08/28/2026
It’s Worlds weekend (aka the best weekend of the highland dance year) which means it’s time for some THROWBACKS 🤌🏻✨
I have SO many memories from August spent competing in Scotland over the years 🥲❤️ I’m wishing I could teleport there right now 😭
(it MUST be mentioned that an annual Scotland trip spent competing every weekend was made possible by Lindsey & Jonathan who opened their home to me every year & took me all over the dang place. angels on earth put into my life! if you know them, YOU KNOW!)
It’s always inspiring to watch the best dancing in the world, and see dancers achieve lifelong dreams.
I can’t wait to be tuning in tomorrow!!!
GOOD LUCK to all the dancers in the final (and teachers with dancers in the final!), with extra good luck going out to the Canadian dance fam & extra extra good luck to the Maritime gang 🫶🏻 I can’t wait to cheer everyone on!!
07/29/2026
Performing in the Basel Tattoo part 2: show week 🫶🏻
(this makes part 1 worth it every time)
Grateful to be part of the team of 66 in 2026 with the best group of humans, the best vibes, and the performances❣️ the highland dance world needs more CanCelt ❤️
📸 Brent_McCombs
07/26/2026
Hell week can be described by: drinking a red bull then immediately falling asleep for a nap between rehearsals 😴
Can also be described by my (sometimes tragic) ŌURA stats
📈 activity time
📈 steps per day
📉 recovery time
📉 sleep
📉 general wellness lol
Tattoos for highland dancers is the most niche experience… ever? A dance team from across the country (sometimes from around the world) is brought together for a series of performances
We’ve never performed with the group before & we don’t know the dances prior to arrival
6 days may seem like a lot of rehearsal time, but the reality is the dances need to come together in a couple days to give time to get them show ready!!
✨ 6 days of rehearsals
✨ 6 dances to pull together + a monk finale (iykyk)
✨ 66 canadian dance team members
✨ 11 shows in 7 days
✨ 100/10 team vibes 🫶🏻
Being a part of the CanCelt team has been on my performance bucket list for years… grateful to have been selected for the 2026 team only begins to describe it ❤️
Part 2 coming soon with a show week photo dump 🫶🏻
