GERARDA MACDONALD Highland dancer Antigonish Highland Games Hall of Fame Inducted: July 11, 2019 Gerarda MacDonald, Highland dancer, instructor and choreographer, presents Sarah McKenna with the Florence MacMillan Trophy at the 2008 Antigonish Highland Games As a...
STEPHANIE GRANT Highland dancer Antigonish Highland Games Hall of Fame Inducted: July 11, 2019 Grant (right) competing at the 2003 Antigonish Highland Games. Stephanie Grant (left) presents the Florence MacMillan Trophy to third-time winner Sarah McKenna at the 2009...
Phyllis MacDonald of Antigonish won numerous Highland Games dancing medals during the 1940s and 1950s and was named top senior dancer of the Games in 1952, 1954 and 1955.
Florence MacMillan was a premier dancing instructor who brought champion dancers like Mabel MacInnis, Gerarda MacDonald, Janice Macquarrie and Patsy MacAdam into prominence. She bucked the dancing establishment with her methods and eventually saw her students win...
The Scotia Highland Dancers (original troupe 1979) from Antigonish, Guysborough, Inverness and Richmond counties performed original choreography made to accentuate the grace, agility, strength and precision of Highland dance. Many champion dancers were included in the...
Janice Macquarrie of Doctor’s Brook, Antigonish County, was a consistent champion at the Highland Games from mid 1960s to 1980. She was the first local dancer to compete in the world championships and was named Canadian National Exhibition champion in 1976. She has...
Sandra MacDonald of Antigonish was Highland Games champion in her age grouping six years in a row. She retired from competition after capturing the Angus R. MacDonald Trophy as top senior dancer at the 1957 Games.