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Members & Memberships

Members

Membership of GCHDFAis open to those interested in helping to realise the aims of the Association and currently includes dancers and their parents, Highland Dancing teachers, Highland Dancing adjudicators, Highland Dancing examiners, competition organisers and other interested individuals.

It is our belief that the Association benefits by encouraging membership not only from those with expertise in knowledge and technique of Highland Dancing as such, but also from others who have managerial, accounting and other skills necessary to oversee the running of the organisation.

Memberships

· GCHDFA is a represented member of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (SOBHD). The SOBHD is the World Governing Body that was founded in 1951. Its objectives are to advance the art of Highland Dancing and preserve its traditional form, to provide consistent basis for dancers to be adjudicated at Highland Games and competitions world-wide and to provide, through examination, qualified individuals to adjudicate at those Highland Games and competitions.

· GCHDFA is a member of Dundee City Sports Council.

· Members of GCHDFA are active within the Scottish Games Association The Scottish Games Association (SGA) is the governing body of Traditional Highland Games in Scotland. It represents over 60 Highland Games in Scotland and has several associate members overseas in Canada and Australia etc. It assists individual Highland Games, sets rules for competition and records any new records created.

· Members of GCHDFA are also active within the Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust.

· Teacher members of GCHDFA are very active within the main Highland Dancing teaching/examining organisations, the BATD, STDA and UKA. The BATD is a world-wide organisation that provides professional qualifications through examination for teachers of dance over a wide range of dance styles. Students, and parents of students, attending classes run by a qualified teacher gain confidence from this qualification and the knowledge that the teacher has the support and backing of such an organization. For more information about the BATD, please visit their web site at www.batd.co.uk.