Trophies for toe-tally talented pupils at Fife dance school
A Kirkcaldy dance school has been celebrating after picking up a haul of trophies at an prestigious event.
Pupils from Kirkcaldy Dance triumphed at the annual Scottish Closed Championships in Glasgow run by Dancesport Scotland, the governing body for dance north of the border.
Karen Millar, Principal Teacher at the school, said she was “really proud” of her pupils.
“Our juvenile couple, Alex and McKenna won both U12 Ballroom and Latin championships, and our youth couple Evie and Esmè also won both U21 Ballroom and Latin championships.
“Evie also won the U21 solo ballroom league trophy and Abbey won the U21 Latin league trophy.
“It's the only championship that we have in Scotland for ballroom and Latin dancing.
“Evie and Esmè won the Youth Ballroom trophy last year and the year before that when they were still juniors they won the Ballroom trophy, but this year they won the ballroom and the Latin which was huge.
“It was just amazing. They’ve done really well, I’m really proud of them all.”
With classes in both Philp Hall in Links Street and St Pius Church Hall in Brodick Road, Karen runs the school with husband Jim and son Johnny, offering both adult and child classes.
“There’s lots of dance schools out there doing different things,” Karen says, “but Ballroom and Latin is a bit of a niche thing but it’s great fun and the kids we have just now love it.
“And we’re always happy to see new people.”
Karen says that Evie and Esmè’s win in the Latin was the biggest surprise at the Closed Championships.
“The girls winning was a huge shock because they've not won the Latin for a long time, not since they were juveniles. There's always been one couple that's been better than them, but they just pulled it out the bag. It was actually unbelievable.
“And Alex and McKenna were dancing in the under 12, but they're only 9 and 10. They’re a new couple, they’ve only danced together for less than a year and McKenna's only been dancing for about a year and a half doing ballroom.
“On the day it was a real team performance, they were all shouting each other on.
“They’ve been amazing, we’re just really, really proud of them.”