2025 FLA Open Championship, Restricted Premier, and Pre-Premier Competition

Saturday Pre-Premier, Restricted Premier & Championship April 5, 2025, 7:30AM-5:00PM

Organizers: Lindsey Mallon & Mary Recknagel

Contact email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Ajudicators: Kiki Bentzen, Fiona MacNeil, and Alison Plemons

Pipers: Daniel Carr & Drew Bacon

Pre Premier & Restricted Premier competition begins at 8:00AM, Championship to follow lunch approximately 12:15 PM;

Spectator ticket link: 57th Annual Dunedin Highland Games Tickets, Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

Please refer to the official rues for competition at www.scotdanceusa.com

Address: Dunedin Community Center, 1920 Pinehurst Road Dunedin, Florida 34698

Event held rain or shine

Competition will take place inside the Dunedin Community Center in Edinburgh Hall. Chairs will be provided, please refrain from bringing your personal chairs. Spectators and competitors may enter Edinburgh Hall at 7:00 AM. Please see below "Restrictions" for rules & regulations.

Entries must be received on or before 11:00 PM, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, NO EXCEPTIONS

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2025 Florida Open Championship and Dunedin Highland Games Highland Dance Competition held in Dunedin, Florida on Saturday, April 5, 2025

Competition venue guidelines and regulations must be followed.

Championship award money

21 & Over, 18 & Over, 16 & U18

1st: $40, 2nd: $35, 3rd: $30, 4th: $25, 5th: $15, 6th: $10

14 & U16, 12 & U14, 10 & U12, 7 & U 10

1st: $35, 2nd: $30, 3rd: $25, 4th: $20, 5th: $15, 6th: $10

Championship Dancer of the Day trophy will be awarded on points, minimum of 6 dancers in group

Pre Premier Awards: Most Promising Beginner, Most Promising Novice, Most Promising Intermediate

Photos by Charley Street, StreetLife Photography

Accommodations

Dunedin is the Spring Training Home of the Toronto Blue Jays, and most of the hotels book up very quickly. We are in close proximity to Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs to the North, and Clearwater to the South. Listed below are a few Dunedin hotels.
The Fenway Hotel, 453 Edgewater Drive fenwayhotel.com (844) 569-9879

Holiday Inn Express, 975 Broadway (727) 450-1200

Hampton Inn, 2641 Michael Place (727) 733-1400

Beso del Sol Resort, 1420 Bayshore Boulevard (727) 734-8851

Palm Court Motel, 2090 Bayshore Blvd (727) 736-0441

Amberlea Motel, 1035 Broadway, (727) 733-3228

Coconut Villas, Woodette & St. Joseph’s Drive on the Dunedin Causeway, (866) 450-0708

Best Western Plus Yacht Harbor Inn, 150 Marina Plaza, Dunedin (727) 733-4121

Traveling with an RV? Check out the Blue Moon Inn & RV Resort only about a mile from Highlander Park on US Alt 19 in Dunedin

Other attractions:

Caladesi Island State Park located

REGISTRATION

Pre-Premier & Restricted Premier category registration 7:30 AM - 7:50 AM

Florida Open Championship-Premier Registration approximately 11:30 AM

RULES & REGULATIONS:

● RSOBHD rules will govern all events and trophies.

● Each dancer must present a valid 2025 ScotDance or RSOBHD Registration card. Pre-Premier cards will be collected and returned during awards.

● A Restricted Premier dancer is one who has not won an overall trophy* in a Premier or Restricted Premier class for two (2) years preceding the date of the Restricted Premier event he/she is entering. *The trophy must have been in a group with 6 or more dancers. Dancers may do both the Restricted Premier & Championship.

● Dancers must be in appropriate costume to receive awards.

● Dancers entering first will dance last. Dancers must be ready and appear when called or forfeit the chance to dance in that event.

● Proof of age must be provided if requested. Age applies as of April 05, 2025.

● Age groups will be determined or adjusted as needed by entries received by due date.

● The adjudicator’s decision is final.

● Medals/ribbons and trophies will be awarded in all Pre-Premier and Restricted Premier sections except Primary where medals/ribbons only will be awarded.

● Three-Month Rule – Judges may not adjudicate any competitor that they have instructed for a period of three months. If a competitor has entered a competition with a judge they have attended a class or workshop within the last three months, the dancer must step down from the competition.

● The organizer reserves the right to add or remove events from the schedule and make other changes as long as its action is within the scope of RSOBHD rules and is, in its judgment in the best interest of the event.

● Entries must be received on or before 11:00 PM, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, NO EXCEPTIONS

● No field entries will be accepted.

● All fees must be in US Currency.

SORRY, NO REFUNDS.

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

7:30 to 7:50 AM - PRIMARY, BEGINNER, NOVICE, INTERMEDIATE, AND RESTRICTED PREMIER REGISTRATION

8:00 AM- PRE-PREMIER AND RESTRICTED PREMIER COMPETITION BEGINS

APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM - PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP REGISTRATION

APPROXIMATELY 12:15 PM - PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS

SATURDAY DANCES

Primary - 16 pdb, 6 pdb/4 highcuts (4), fling (4), sword (2&1)

Beginner and Novice - Fling (4), Sword (2&1), Triubhas (3&1), 1/2 Tulloch

Intermediate and Restricted Premier - Fling (4), Sword (2&1), Triubhas (3&1), Strathspey & Highland Reel (2&2)

Championship (7&U12) Fling (4), Sword (2&1), Triubhas (3&1), Strathspey & Highland Reel (2&2)

Championship (12&U14) (14&U16) (16&U18) (18&U21) (21&O) Fling (6), Sword (2&2), Triubhas (4&2), Strathspey & Highland Reel (2&2)

Photo Credit StreetLife Photography, Charley Street

Host or Publisher Dunedin Scottish Arts Foundation