The Joyce Deddens Premier Highland Dancer Award is presented annually to the outstanding performance of traditional Scottish Highland dancing at the Columbus Scottish Festival in Columbus, IN

A founding member of The Scottish Society of Louisville, Kentucky, Joyce has been teaching Scottish Country Dancing since the early 1980s and is currently leader of the local branch. She earned her preliminary and full certificates of dance at Brock University in St. Catherine’s, Ontario. Joyce currently teaches classes in Louisville, Kentucky at the Louisville Scottish Country Dancing Society.

Winners:

2011	Jean Sybil Stein from Illinois, pictured with past-president, Jim Hughes
2010	KatyBeth DeBellevue from Union, Kentucky pictured with past-president, Jim Hughes