After 13 years of dancing in front of a variety of
crowds, a young Blenheim woman has performed in an event that has no match. Danielle
Pope, 19, was the Blenheim’s only dancer to be chosen to perform at the Royal
Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Wellington over the weekend, and she says she was emotional
by the opportunity. She says it is amazing to dance with the Scottish dancers
but it can also be challenging.
She added their way of dancing is slightly different
than ours and it is difficult to match them at times but it is incredible that
such a world popular event has visited New Zealand. She shared the feeling
saying the overall experience was incredible and in terms of glory and size it
was like the Tattoo in Edinburgh which surprised me. The world famous event has
visited overseas only three times since its starting more than 60 years ago and
the people attended the performances from all over the country and even the
world.
Danielle had chance once before of performing in the
Edinburgh Tattoo and then she traveled to Scotland. She explained the culture
and experience was amazing because the size of the castle and the number of
attending people was quite incredible. Danielle who is a pharmaceutical student
at Otago University, says dancing removes the stress after a long day of study
and classes and I would be lost without it because it is one of my craze.
