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Nelson Highland Dancing Organisation

Based in Nelson, New Zealand our organistation works hard to promote, foster and further highland dancing in the Nelson Region.

We do this by hosting competitions and providing other opportunities to develop our members love for this special art form. If your child is interested in pursuing highland dancing there are currently two teaching options available in Nelson. Please make direct contact with either dancing school to enquire about lessons

Denise Mathison:
[email protected]
035484337

Get Reel Dance (Helen Gilchrist):
[email protected]
021 277 3752

16/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to dance with us at Competition Society Day in Richmond. We hope you all had as much fun as we did today. Big shout out also goes to the NHDO team (and others😉) who give up their time to make these days possible. See you all again in November for our A&P Show comps 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

13/08/2026

Hi folks, a few things to note for Sunday's Competition Day event. Our normal changing facility won't be available until about 10.30am due to a prior booking in that room so please come prepared if you can. We will get you in there as soon as we can. Doors open at 8.45, Dancing starts at 9.30am and look out for the opportunity to win some goodies in our dancers raffle. See you all there 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 😊

26/07/2026

NHDO Members Day. Our centre AGM, competition dancing, shared lunch and a dance workshop to round out the day. Thanks to everyone who contributed to a great day and special thanks to Victoria Trayner for coming to judge and providing an excellent and insightful workshop. Despite the already tired legs I'm sure the dancers took a lot from the day.💪

15/07/2026

The Nelson Highland Dancing Organisation are proud to host this year's Competition Society Day on Sunday 16th August at the Richmond Town Hall. We have an Open South Island Championship and 7 Merit awards to compete for. Its going to be a great day.
Please get your entries in and paid no later than the 9th August.
Please also remember to return your cups from last year engraved and polished. Thank you😃
Link to the entry form below: https://www.cognitoforms.com/NelsonHighlandDancingOrganisation1/NelsonHighlandDancingOrganisationIncCompetitionSocietyDay2026

15/07/2026

We look forward to welcoming you to the NHDO AGM which will be followed by our Members Day competition and after a "bring a plate" shared lunch our Dance workshop will commence.
Remember - It's also your opportunity for members to apply for the NHDO Summer School Scholarships. Check your emails for entry details.
See you all there.😁
Dancing Entry form link here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/NelsonHighlandDancingOrganisation1/NelsonHighlandDancingOrganisationIncMembersDay2026

08/07/2026

The NHDO would like to wish all the dancers who will take to the stage over the next 4 days the very best of luck at the New Zealand Highland & National Dance Championships 2026 over in Blenheim.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

28/03/2026

Congratulations to all our Scottish Society day winners. Our thanks to Karen Mortenson for judging the days events. We look forward to seeing you all again later in the year (August) for our Competition Society Day event.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

26/03/2026

Carrying on the Multi-Cultural theme of the week April brought the flavour of the Highlands and danced in front of her school alongside dancers from Samoa, Myanmar, Philippines, Germany, India, Sri Lanka, Spain and Thailand. How lucky are we to have such diversity to enjoy.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Well done April 👏👏

22/03/2026

We had a blast at Nelson's Multicultural Festival at Founders Park today. It was very hot in the sun but the dancers kept their cool and breezed through some great performances that were well received by the crowds. Lots of people asking questions about the outfits, dances and even "why do they hold their fingers like that in the Fling🦌". Thank you to everyone that came to support us. Well done Meredith, April, Kaede and Koko and to flag bearer for the day Ange 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏👏

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