Competitors in the Scottish Lilt, Highland dancing heats, held during the 2025 Braemar Gathering Highland Games in Scotland. This was on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Scottish Lilt is believed to have originated in Perthshire after 1746 and for competitions is usually danced to a retreat march called "Battle of the Somme", by P/M Willie Lawrie. #highlanddance #braemargathering #scottishlilt | Aberdeenshire Scotland

Competitors in the Scottish Lilt, Highland dancing competition, held during the 2024 Tomintoul Highland Games. These friendly Games were held on Saturday 20th July 2024 at Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park, Moray, Scotland. It is believed that the Scottish Lilt is a courting dance, performed by Scottish gentlewomen to show how graceful they could be. It is a combination of the Highland and Ballet forms of dance and for which the dancers wear the Aboyne outfit, the prescribed attire for f

Good to see traditional Scottish Highland dancing from the young ones like these during Oldmeldrum Sports and Highland Games over the weekend. VisitAberdeenshire . | Scotland Online