Sailor's Hornpipe 

Ahh, brings back fond memories of my days spent in the Navy and the times we would prance around the poop deck in this fashion.

This is a mezmerizingly cool dance... if that makes any sense... ;D lol Thank you for posting!

I've been dancing in general since I was like 2.5, I started irish dance when I was about 9, still do that... Picked up Highland when I was 13 I think... Now I'm 17.

I live in Florida too! I'm a male Highland Dancer and I feel like it gives me the upper hand in competition being a guy. I was put next to two championship dancers from Canada who had to start from Beginner (Which I am) at my first games, and I got 3rd in Sword over the both of them, whom got last places! I was sincerely shocked, considering they creamed us all in everything else. This weekend is the Zephyrhills Highland Games and I'm supposed to be against two other guys!

You have to come to canadian championships in vancouver this summer!!!! And i very much envy your highcuts. They're so effortless. I've been in premier for three years now and i'm still fighting with them :P

Sweet as high cuts mate!

That's fun! It's usually a pretty good competition--never much luck with the weather though--always really really hot or raining and nasty.

I'm not sure which "number" the step is in the book, but it's called "Low Cutting"... it's quite fun I find, but a lot of people have difficulty with the movement, so only do it if you're really comfortable with it. You get to pretend you're dead though!

really good extensions :) wish mine were at good :) xx

Haha so do I! Thankfully the problem has been fixed since then.

@Marine1Bulldog "My Love, She's But a Lassie Yet"

Haha nope I'm not and now I don't. That'd be about a 6hr plane ride for me. Although I've been to Victoria, BC and it's absolutely gorgeous.

Thanks!

I won this... as well as the fling, swords and ST... got the trophy, the pre-premier aggregate and the outstanding VT pre-premier trophy... So I was proud of myself lol.

Just keep working at them, they come eventually.

Haha when I first started highland (after 4 years of Irish I was feeling the same way). I've gotten over it, but sometimes the two styles kinda bleed on each other in terms of technique.

@Wishyouwerehere080 no, you can just wear whatever colour you like

Not as much as I'd like to... I'd say 4-6 competitions per year. My problem is that I do Irish dance as well, so I have to split my competitive time between the two.

yes, I believe so

Why thank you!

Ok so if a "part" is 8 bars, then a 4-step hornpipe is 9 parts, 5-step is 11 parts and a 6-step hornpipe is 13 parts.

@myke22779 Haha, it's not like we're exactly crawling with them up here in the north either ;-)

Depends on what you mean by parts and what you mean by official. In competition we do either 4,5 or 6 step hornpipes. This vid shows a 4 step hornpipe. So it would be AAABBAABBAA... The first A being the intro. Some pipers use multiple tunes and splice them together for longer hornpipes so it'd be like AAABBAABBCCDD. Does that make sense? Message me if you want an attempt at further explanation.

lol the two girls either side of you dont look very happy. Great job on the wingcuts. You couldnt see them properly:( Good Luck in the future!

Intermediate... That was my 1st interm. comp.

Highland, 5 now I think...

what is the the step you did 3rd??? i wanna know and nobody is telling me lol. ive just gone up to premier and im doing wingcuts too....grr theyre great! (note the sarcasm) hehe

Hehehehe...

how many years u been dancing?

What's the name of the tune?

Yep... Quechee Highland Games. I got 1st.

wow i've danced longer than u but you're still a much better dancer

Victoria, BC?

Aww thanks... If the crotch had been where it was supposed to be, they would have looked better :-(

Thanks!