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UKAdance is delighted to celebrate the fantastic achievement of Lucy Patton, who was recently named Runner-Up in the Jun...
11/09/2026

UKAdance is delighted to celebrate the fantastic achievement of Lucy Patton, who was recently named Runner-Up in the Junior World Highland Dance Championships at Cowal.

This is an outstanding result and a wonderful reflection of Lucyโ€™s hard work, dedication and talent.

We would also like to congratulate her teacher, Linda Napier, whose guidance and support have played such an important part in Lucyโ€™s success.

A huge well done to you both from everyone at UKAdance โ€“ a very proud moment and a fantastic achievement! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ†

๐ŸŒŸ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒŸUKAdance would like to send our warmest congratulations to ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ...
10/09/2026

๐ŸŒŸ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒŸ

UKAdance would like to send our warmest congratulations to ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‚๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ .

Reaching a World Championship Final is a tremendous achievement in itself and reflects so much dedication, training, commitment and hard work from both dancer and teacher. We are incredibly proud to see members of the UKAdance family represented on the world stage.

We would also like to congratulate all of the dancers who achieved a placing in this yearโ€™s World Championships:

๐Ÿ† ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
๐Ÿฅ‡ 1st โ€“ ๐’๐š๐๐ข๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž โ€“ Alberta
๐Ÿฅˆ 2nd โ€“ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ข โ€“ Glenrothes
๐Ÿฅ‰ 3rd โ€“ ๐Š๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข ๐Œ๐œ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง โ€“ Campbeltown
4th โ€“ ๐‚๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐…๐จ๐ง๐  โ€“ Kirkcaldy
5th โ€“ ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ โ€“ Queensland
6th โ€“ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ง โ€“ Perth

๐Ÿ† ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
๐Ÿฅ‡ 1st โ€“ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐”๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ญ โ€“ Scone
๐Ÿฅˆ 2nd โ€“ ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ง โ€“ Cupar
๐Ÿฅ‰ 3rd โ€“ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐š โ€“ Queensland
4th โ€“ ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐œ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ โ€“ Carluke
5th โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ฐ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก โ€“ Alberta
6th โ€“ ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ โ€“ Kilmarnock

๐Ÿ† ๐€๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
๐Ÿฅ‡ 1st โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž โ€“ Nova Scotia
๐Ÿฅˆ 2nd โ€“ ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐œ๐œ๐š ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฐ โ€“ Aberdeen
๐Ÿฅ‰ 3rd โ€“ ๐„๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ก ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ Helensburgh
4th โ€“ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง โ€“ Huntly
5th โ€“ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ โ€“ Victoria
6th โ€“ ๐‚๐ก๐ฅ๐จ๐ž ๐Œ๐œ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง โ€“ Edinburgh

A huge ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐. To perform at this level takes an extraordinary amount of dedication, and you should all be immensely proud of what you have achieved.

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐–๐žโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ!

๐”๐Š๐€ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž email us your ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ so that we can share and celebrate your achievements across UKAdance.

Weโ€™d love to hear from you!

Once again congratulations from everyone at ๐”๐Š๐€๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ†

๐ŸŒŸ Congratulations Zoe Patterson! ๐ŸŒŸWe are delighted to celebrate the success of Zoe Patterson of the Maureen Smith Dance ...
10/09/2026

๐ŸŒŸ Congratulations Zoe Patterson! ๐ŸŒŸ

We are delighted to celebrate the success of Zoe Patterson of the Maureen Smith Dance Academy, who recently won the Adult Solo category at the Classique de Danse Awards.

At just 17 years old, Zoe has already enjoyed a hugely successful dancing career. She came through the UKAdance medallist system, gaining valuable experience through UKA medallist competitions in her early years, and has gone on to achieve success as both a solo dancer and in partnership.

One of the highlights of her junior career was winning the All Girl Junior Classical event at the Blackpool Dance Festival in 2024. Since moving into Amateur Solo, Zoe has continued to perform at the highest level and has consistently placed amongst the top two dancers in the country.

She has also enjoyed success in Pro-Am dancing with Freja Smith, has been part of numerous winning formation teams, and has partnered Freja in the presentation of her inventive dances.

Zoe was one of four nominations from her school at this yearโ€™s Classique de Danse Awards, alongside Anya Melville & Evelyn Laidlaw, Owen McGregor, and Daniel Schuker & Freya Carruthers.

We are especially proud that Anya, Evelyn, Owen, Freya and Zoe have all progressed through the UKAdance medallist system.

A huge congratulations to Zoe and the Maureen Smith Dance Academy on this wonderful achievement. We look forward to seeing what comes next! ๐Ÿ‘โœจ

8th November!Ballroom & Latin Competition at Waterside Leisure Centre, Somnes Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 9RADeadline: 26...
10/09/2026

8th November!
Ballroom & Latin Competition at Waterside Leisure Centre, Somnes Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 9RA
Deadline: 26th October

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Massive thankyou to our Scrutineer Linda, Musical Maestro Adam & our very hard working helpers Liz, Aileen, Babs, Linda ...
06/09/2026

Massive thankyou to our Scrutineer Linda, Musical Maestro Adam & our very hard working helpers Liz, Aileen, Babs, Linda & Pam. Also big shout out to the wonderful staff at Wythenshawe Forum who made our event go smoothly. Also big thanks to the fabulous .uk for the balloon media wall

A big shoutout to our wonderful adjudicators today at our eventHannahMichaelCharlotte
06/09/2026

A big shoutout to our wonderful adjudicators today at our event

Hannah
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Charlotte

Well that's a wrap for Wythenshawe! The atmosphere was brilliant & the standard was absolutely fantastic. Many thanks to...
06/09/2026

Well that's a wrap for Wythenshawe! The atmosphere was brilliant & the standard was absolutely fantastic. Many thanks to Teachers, Pupils and everybody who supported our event today. We wish you a safe onward journey and we look forward to seeing you at our future events. Thankyou

Ballroom & Latin Competition at Wythenshawe Forum!THIS SUNDAY!Are YOU joining us?
04/09/2026

Ballroom & Latin Competition at Wythenshawe Forum!
THIS SUNDAY!
Are YOU joining us?

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