8th Te Anau Tartan Festival
Highland Piping & Dancing Events
To be held at the RealNZ Fiordland Community Event Centre, Luxmore Drive, Te Anau
Competitions on Saturday 8th April 2023. Workshops on Sunday 9th April 2023.
Piping Adjudicators: Mr Peter MacLean, Ashburton, and (depending on entries) Mr Graeme Bryce, Christchurch.
Highland Dancing Adjudicators: Mrs Lana Leckenby, Queenstown, and (depending on entries) Mrs Annetta Cowie, Clyde.
Dancing Workshop Tutors: Mrs Julie Hawke, Christchurch & Mrs Robyn Simmons, Blenheim
Piping Workshop Tutor: Mr Graeme Bryce, Christchurch.
Competition Administrators: Mrs Kirsty Pickett and Mrs Jolie Hazley
TO ENTER ONLINE
Each competitor must firstly add up the total number of dancing AND piping events they wish to enter. To see a full list of events, scroll down.
The online instructions will allow you to complete your entry and also add on any workshops and other events.
Entries close 25th March. Entries may continue to be made online up to the day but a penalty fee will apply per event entered.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW & PRINT A HOW-TO GUIDE TO OUR ONLINE ENTRIES
Schedule of Highland Piping & Dancing Events
Please note that, as per our rules (as advertised on the competition schedule), entries received after 25th March 2023 automatically incur a late fee which is why prices now charged on the order form are higher than those listed below.
Highland Dancing
Novice
1 Highland Fling (4 step) $4.50
Under 8
2 Highland Fling (4 step) $4.50
3 Irish Jig $4.50
Under 10
4 Highland Fling $4.50
5 Irish Jig $4.50
6 Sword Dance $4.50
7 Sailor's Hornpipe $4.50
Under 12
8 Highland Fling $4.50
9 Irish Jig $4.50
10 Sword Dance $4.50
11 Sailor's Hornpipe $4.50
Under 14
12 Highland Fling $4.50
13 Highland Reel (Sword Dance) $4.50
14 Seann Triubhas $4.50
15 Irish Jig $4.50
16 Irish Hornpipe $4.50
17 Sailor's Hornpipe $4.50
14 Years and Over
18 Irish Reel (Irish Jig Double Time) $4.50
19 Irish Hornpipe $4.50
20 Sword Dance $4.50
21 Highland Fling $4.50
22 Seann Triubhas $4.50
23 Sailor's Hornpipe $4.50
Dancing All Comers (NB: Not open to PDANZ registered competitors)
24 4-step Fling (Under 14 years) $2.00
25 4-step Fling (Adults) $2.00
Solo Piping
Novice
1 2/4 March $4.50
D Grade
2 Slow Air $4.50
3 2/4 March $4.50
4 Strathspey & Reel $4.50
C Grade
5 2/4 March $4.50
6 Strathspey & Reel $4.50
7 Hornpipe & Jig $4.50
B Grade (submit 2 tunes of each type)
8 2/4 March $4.50
9 Strathspey & Reel $4.50
10 Hornpipe & Jig $4.50
A Grade (submit 3 tunes of each type)
11 2/4 March $4.50
12 Strathspey & Reel $4.50
13 Hornpipe & Jig $4.50
Piping All Comers (NB: Not open to PDANZ - registered competitors)
14 Chanter - March of own choice $2.00 (NB entrants in this event may not also play on the full pipes in Novice or higher grades)
15 2-minute Taster - tune of own choice $2.00
Highland Dancing Workshops & Other Events
Dancing Examination Workshops - Mrs Julie Hawke & Mrs Robyn Simmons
Initial $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Preparatory $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Grade 1 $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Grade 2 $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Grade 3 $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Grade 4 $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Grade 5 $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Elementary $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Intermediate $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Advanced $40.00 or $20.00 (if also competing)
Insights from the Highland Dance Company of NZ - 12 years & under FREE
Insights from the Highland Dance Company of NZ - 13 years & over FREE
Highland Piping Workshops & Other Events
Piping Workshops - Mr Graeme Bryce
Novice & D Grade $50.00 or $25.00 (if also competing) Introduction to bagpipe maintenance & step by step process to learning a new tune. (2hrs)
C Grade & above $50.00 or $25.00 (if also competing) Bagpipe maintenance, drone tuning, setting chanters and technique (3hrs)
CLICK HERE for Pipe Band Solo Drumming