ABRMHD Director & Teacher:
Jessica Imeson, Member SDTA, Member ScotDance Canada
Highland Dancing has run in Jessica’s family for over 60 years. Her Great Aunt Stella Mills was heavily
involved with Calgary Highland Dancing Community, and her Aunt Phyllis Robinson soon followed
suite, and became a very successful competitor.
Jessica Imeson started her Highland Dancing career at the age of 7 years old under the direction of
Andrea Tronnes in Airdrie, AB. After years of excellent training, at the age of 13 and after winning her
first Provincial Championship, Andrea moved to Houston, TX. Thankfully Andrea’s mother welcomed
her with open arms, and began training with Dawn Tronnes in Calgary, AB.
Jessica had a successful competitive career by winning many titles such as, Pacific Northwest Champion
& Runner up, Western Canadian Champion & Runner up, Alberta Provincial Champion & Runner up,
Canadian Championships Runner up, and North American Champion & Runner up.
Jessica discovered the passion for teaching at a young age and opened up her own school at the age of 17
while still living in Airdrie. By the time she was 22, she moved into Calgary and started teaching under
the tutelage of Dawn Tonnes who has since retired from Highland Dance.
Throughout the years Jessica has produced dancers that have accomplished Champion and Runner up
titles all throughout Canada, USA and Scotland.
By day she is a Logistics Coordinator & Business Development for a busy transportation company.
ABRMHD Teachers:
Anne Clennet, Associate SDTA
Anne started highland dancing at age 8 with the Mannville-Vermilion Highland Dancers in east
central Alberta, which is where she later began teaching. Following university, Anne danced
with the McKinnon School of Dance in Edmonton, becoming an Associate of the SDTA. Upon
her relocation to Calgary, her love of dancing and teaching led her to the Alberta Rocky
Mountain Highland Dancers in 2009, where she has been instructing since 2013. By day, Anne is
a marketing and communications consultant with the Alberta Human Rights Commission. Her
passion for health, human rights and travel has taken her abroad to volunteer in Kenya and
Nicaragua. She is currently working toward becoming a Member of the SDTA.
Hayley McDougall, Associate SDTA
Hayley began highland dancing at the age of four under the direction of Dawn Tronnes and Jessica Imeson.
Hayley is an Member of the SDTA and ScotDance Alberta. She represented Alberta at the Canadian Championships in 2004
and has represented Canada at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2012, 2015, and 2017, the Basel Tattoo in 2016, 2018, and 2019,
and tattoos in Belfast and Germany. Hayley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with Distinction and a Bachelor of Kinesiology
with First Class Honours from the University of Calgary working towards a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Kinesiology with
First Class Honours from the University of Calgary. She values safe dance practice and teaching, injury prevention, fitness and health;
all apparent in her undergraduate honours thesis examining the injury prevalence and risk factors among Highland dancers.
Hayley is still actively competing and performing, and loves sharing her knowledge and passion with young highland dancers.
Erin McDougal Associate SDTA
At the age of four, Erin began Highland dancing under the direction of Dawn Tronnes.
In 2016 and 2018, Erin was selected to perform with a Canadian dance group,
then as part of an international team in 2019 in the Basel tattoo in Switzerland.
Alongside performances, she has enjoyed competing in both competitions and championships since the age of five. In 2017,
she passed her associates examination to be qualified to teach both classes and private lessons.
Currently, she is studying Criminal Justice at Mount Royal University in hopes of pursuing a career as a Juvenile Probation Officer.
Working with youth is a valued activity that is a part of her week at the dance school.
Callum Hunter, Associate SDTA
Callum began highland dancing at the age of five at the Dalhousie
Community Centre, transitioning to Jessica Imeson’s school two years later.
She has had the privilege of dancing in the Basel Tattoo twice, both in 2018
and 2019, and is looking forward to her next Tattoo adventure. Callum is
currently studying Interdisciplinary Leadership at the University of New
Brunswick (but studying from home this year) with the hopes of continuing
to law school. She also dances with Nicole Odo when she is in New
Brunswick. Callum has enjoyed competing and performing for over ten
years and has a particular passion for choreography. She values the
opportunity to be a teacher and support ABRMHD students in their dance
journeys and can’t wait to see what they will accomplish!
ABRMHD Assistant Teacher:
Kate Sjostrom
ABRMHD Assistant Teacher:
Emma Bromley
ABRMHD Assistant Teacher:
Kayla Bogner