My name is Claire Macmillan.  I am 13 years old and I live in Knoxville, Tennessee.  My teacher is Mrs. Judy Hackett.  My mother and I commute every Tuesday for lessons at her home in Brentwood, Tennessee.  It is a three-hour trip one way.  I usually do my homework on the trips and sleep on the way back.  I have been her student for five years now and with her help I have been able to accomplish a lot of the goals I had set for myself.

Here are a few of my accomplishments for the past three years

2006 Accomplishments:  The Atlantic International Championship at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games.  The winner of the Sadie Simpson North American British Association of Teachers Highland Dancing award.  The Marguerite Reid Junior Scholarship Award at the Delco Workshop as well as choreography competition.

2007 Accomplishments:  Repeat winner of the Junior Scholarship at the Delco workshop in Philadelphia.  I won the premier 14 and under trophy both Saturday and Sunday at the Stone Mountain Highland Games in Atlanta, Georgia

2008 Accomplishmentsz:  I began the year placing as the 4^th runner up at the Queen Mary Championship In Los Angelos, CA.  I won the 14 and under trophy at the Cary NC Highland Dancing Completion and tied for dancer of the day. I won the Carolinas Open Championship at the Loch Norman Highland Games in Charlotte, North Carolina.  I won 13 and under Southeast Regional Championship at the Savannah Highland games.  5^th runner up at the United States Interregional Championships in Denver Colorado

Most of all I love to dance!