Dancing Achievement Award (DAA)

Intermediate-level DAA Course

Will be held in conjunction with TAC Summer School 2025

August 3 to 10, 2025

Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

 

The Dancing Achievement Award (DAA)  is open to all Scottish country dancers seeking to develop their personal dancing skills. The course is limited to 12 dancers.

 Have you been Scottish Country Dancing for a while and wondered what level you are dancing at?

  • Do you enjoy a challenge and want to improve your dancing technique?
  • Do you enjoy working towards and achieving goals with a team?
  • Have you ever considered taking the RSCDS Teaching Certificate but are unsure if your technique is good enough?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then the Intermediate-level DAA (Dancing Achievement Award) Course, offered in conjunction with TAC Summer School 2025, is the class for you.

Course Teacher: Arthur McNair from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania    

DAA Course Schedule: August 4-7, 2025 -  Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons from 1:15 – 4:30 p.m. The assessment will be held on Friday afternoon, August 8, 2025.  

The deadline to register is Friday, May 16th. The cost of the course is $150 CDN, which can be paid in addition to your Summer School registration (as a resident or non-resident): https://tac-rscds.org/index.php/tac-summer-school/2025-tac-summer-events-registration-form. If you have already registered for Summer School and not included the DAA course, please contact TAC Summer Events Registrar, Vicky Zeltins This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

The Dancing Achievement Award allows dancers to work with a course teacher, concentrating on personal dancing technique.  You can download the syllabus for either course here:  DAA Intermediate Level

For queries about the DAA Course, contact Joyce Lindsey at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For queries on the registration process, contact the Summer Events Registrar, Vicky Zeltins, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Course teacher: Arthur McNair,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   

Arthur McNair

Arthur McNair began Scottish country dancing in the late 1990s and received his Teacher’s Certificate in 2004. He teaches classes weekly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has taught workshops throughout North America. Arthur's first emphasis in his teaching is for all dancers to enjoy dancing to whatever level they are able to, with a secondary emphasis on the beauty that comes from dancing well with others. Arthur also plays accordion with the Scottish dance band Highland Square.