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Meet our Judge and Piper

Judge - Eleanor Belton - Canada

Eleanor has actively been teaching for over 45 years and in 1995 became owner and Artistic Director of Aspects of Dance in Burlington, Ontario. Most of the students at Aspects of Dance, train in Highland, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Musical Theatre and Acrobatics.

Many of her competitive highland dancers have travelled throughout Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Scotland. Some of her students have won Ontario and Canadian Championship titles as well as placing in the top 6 at the World Championships in Dunoon, Scotland.

Eleanor is a member of the World-Wide Judges Panel, Royal Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (R.S.O.B.H.D.) she is also a Fellow, Life Member and Examiner with the British Association Teachers of Dance (B.A.T.D.) Eleanor has travelled throughout Canada, United States, Australia and Scotland, adjudicating, examining and conducting Highland and Choreography Workshops.

Piper - Doug Frobese - Duncanville, Texas

Doug Frobese began playing bagpipes at age 9 at St. Thomas Episcopal School in
Houston, Texas. In 1991, Doug joined the Hamilton (now St. Thomas Alumni) Pipe
Band, served as pipe major from 1997 to 2000 when the band won grade 3A and took
third prize in grade 2 at the World Pipe Band Championships, and played with the band
when it won the grade 2 World Championship in 2019.

Besides pipe bands, Doug also plays for Scottish highland dancing competitions and
with the Celtic folk bands The Rogues and Scotland Rising. Doug played for the United
States National Dancing Championships in 2008 and 2014. When not piping, Doug is a
lawyer in Dallas.
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