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PRINCIPAL
Myra Mackie
Fellow UKA Ltd
Member GPTD
Registered Care Commission (Scotland)
Registered NNEB
HNC Childcare & Education
Owner of the Myra Mackie School of Dance with 40 years teaching experience. Fully trained with the UKA in all dance styles
taught by the dance school.
Mum to Laura and Lesley who also now teach with the dance school. Also co-owns Home From Home Childcare with her husband
Max.
Assistant Principal
Laura Douglas
Fellow UKA Ltd
Bsc HONS and Dip Ed (Dist)
Mrs Douglas started dancing at the age of 2 with the Myra Mackie School of Dance. She was trained fully by Mrs
Mackie (her mum) and has been teaching with the Myra Mackie School of Dance for over 10 years.
She has appeared in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and on TV.
Mrs Douglas also coaches the Scottish Starlet Cheerleaders - www.scottishstarlets.co.uk who remain affiliated with the Myra Mackie School of Dance.
Assistant Principal
Lesley Mackie
Licentiate UKA Ltd
Registered Care Commission (Scotland)
Registered SNEB
HNC Childcare & Education
PDA Childcare
Daughter of Mrs Mackie and teacher with the dance school for over 8 years. Miss Mackie currently teaches at Pumpherston
(Wednesday) and has recently started at Broxburn. Also works as the Nursery Manager at Home From Home Childcare. Miss
Mackie is a fully qualified Nursery Nurse and is registered with SNEB and the Care Commission (Scotland).
Qualified Teachers
Fiona Campbell
Licentiate UKA Ltd.
Miss Campbell also joined the dance school over 20 years ago at the East Calder dance class. She is now one of the higher
qualified teaching members assisting whenever we ask - a true godsend knowing pupils are being taught by someone who knows
how we operate, the high standard that we expect and is popular with both pupils and parents alike! She has reluctantly given
up teaching one evening after work at a local sports centre where her informal dance class was popular with the children.
This was due to extensive work commitments. In addition to all of this, she has recently taken on the role of Senior
Squad leader with the Scottish Starlets Cheerleaders.
Claire Robertson
Associate UKA Ltd.
Miss Robertson has been a member of the Myra Mackie School of Dance for over 20 years. She is also a qualified
dance teacher and after graduating from Edinburgh University, enjoyed her 'gap' year by touring Australia, New Zealand, Fiji
and beyond! Miss Robertson kept in touch and sent Mrs Mackie a copy of her travel diary on a regular basis. She has recently
returned and taken up the assistant teaching post at Mid Calder on Friday afternoons.
Laura Scott
Associate UKA Ltd.
| Miss Laura Scott |
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| New Associate UKA - joining the professional team! Congratulations Laura! |
Laura has been dancing with the dance school for over 19 years. She has also studied dance at Edinburgh's Telford
College. Laura works with Mrs Douglas at the Saturday class in Broxburn and is Assistant Coach at the Cheer classes
held on Monday evenings in Pumpherston. Hopefully this is the first of many professional certificates. She
has achieved the first rung on the ladder but Mrs Mackie intends that she keeps climbing to advanced teacher status!
Miss Megan Burnside
Provisional Member UKA Ltd.
| Miss Megan Burnside |
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| Proudly holding her Provisional Member certificate! |
Megan has been teacher training with the dance school and associated Scottish Starlets Cheerleaders (as Youth
Squad leader) for 3 years. She is currently studying HND Beauty Therapy at college. Megan is pictured above
proudly holding her certificate for the Provisional Members examination.
Training Team Members.
Senior Trainer
Miss Hollie
Pre-school trainer with Mrs Mackie at Pumpherston and also trains with Mrs Douglas at the Broxburn classes.
Hollie has been with the dance school since a very young age and is now very high up in the examination award system.
It will not be long before she will commence working towards the Provisional Member semi-professional level.
A popular
pupil wherever she appears - but also a previous Drama Queen of the Month!
Trainer
Miss Natalie.
Natalie joined us 7 years ago, transferring from a local dance group. She has worked very hard and has
now joined the teaching team passing on skills that she has acquired. Natalie is currently studying Computer Graphics at university
in Glasgow.
Natalie is pictured here with Cara in full highland dress.
The girls also perform at other local
events e.g. various charity displays and they have also danced at Edinburgh Castle on the esplanade in front of the public
and been photographed by the many tourists!
Miss Cara assists
Mrs Mackie on Wednesday evenings at the Pumpherston highland and national dance classes. She has also studied ballet with
the prestigious Scottish Ballet and participated in the Senior Associate Programme.
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