The Purple Ghillie

05/22/2026

Good luck to all dancers competing at Nova Scotia Selection Meet tomorrow! 🍀

You’ve put in the hard work— so enjoy your time on stage and take it One Dance at a Time! Everyone at The Purple Ghillie is already so proud of you!💜

04/22/2026

Ghillie is missing!
Have you seen this well travelled 🧳 Bear ?

We've still not heard a peep from our Ghillie!

If you have any photos of Ghillie, please share them with us. Hopefully he'll come out of hiding when he sees all the fond memories everyone has of him 🐻❤

04/19/2026

Congratulations to all the competitors ,organizers and parents on a jam packed weekend of dance💜
See you next time

As we look ahead to tomorrow's 2026 Atlantic Canada Open Championship and SDNS Pre-Premier Competition we wanted to take a moment to thank all of our sponsors for tomorrow's events.

Thank you to our Bronze Corporate Sponsors:
Empower Physical Rehabilitation
Staples (Bedford Commons)
Sobeys (First Lake Drive)

Thank you to The Purple Ghillie for their generous donation of all the keeper sashes for the champion and runner-ups for the championship.

Thank you to local artist Emily Plemel of Emily Paints, who created a beautiful keepsake for the keeper award of the Elizabeth Todd Memorial Challenge Award.

Thank you to the dance schools, associations and individuals who sponsored an award in tomorrow's competition:
Celtic Nova School of Dance
Liz and Adam Mariotti
MacArthur Dancers
Marielle Lesperance School of Dance
Strait Area Highland Dance Association

Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped us plan for this event and will work tomorrow to ensure its success.

Lastly, we wish the best of luck to all competitors tomorrow!

We are excited to welcome you and thank you for supporting the 2026 Atlantic Canada Open Championship and SDNS Pre-Premier Competition.

04/16/2026

We are very proud of our dancing Queen(Machara) and this group of dedicated students! Congratulations on keeping Scottish heritage alive in Nova Scotia.

Our graduating students were honoured to attend a special lunch and receive a certificate of recognition by Municipality of the County of Inverness staff and council members this week.

The Municipality has been a strong supporter of these students and of Beinn Mhàbu from the beginning and we sincerely appreciate that!

Tapadh leibh gu h-àraid gu | Special thanks to Warden Bonny MacIsaac, Deputy Warden Lynn Chisholm, CAO Keith MacDonald, Morgan Murray, and Ben MacKay!

04/16/2026

The Purple Ghillie will not be processing orders from Thursday April 16th to Sunday April 19th!
Any orders placed in these days will be processed after this weekend, and we will see you all at Celtica and Atlantics!💜
🏷️
•
•
•

03/06/2026

We will be leaving the competition tomorrow at 2pm, and we will have limited stock. Make sure you swing by before we’re gone!
🏷️
•
•
•
novascotian

03/06/2026

We can’t wait to see you all bright and early tomorrow!

‼️The Purple Ghillie will be closed by 2pm‼️
🏷️
•
•
•
novascotian

11/15/2025

Good luck today dancers!🍀

We’re all cheering for you at The Purple Ghillie, remember to take it One Dance at a Time💜
🏷️
•
•
•

11/14/2025

🚨Due to unforeseen circumstances:
The Purple Ghillie will not be officially open until 9:30am on Saturday, November 15th.

If you have an emergency, contact us no later than 6:30pm tonight- Friday, November 14th.

If you have an emergency on the day of the competition, find Machara- who will be wearing a grey apron.

We will see you all bright and early!💜
🏷️
•
•
•

11/13/2025

It’s that time!🎄

Get your Christmas shopping done this weekend at the BATD competition in Bedford, giftware ordered this weekend can be delivered by the holidays. 💜
*This does not include Ghillies*

We’ll see you there!
🏷️
•
•
•