The 22-year-old from Cannington spent the better part of her summer in Scotland as one of the featured highland dancers in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

The event, which ran from Aug. 1 to 23, attracts more than 200,000 spectators each year.

"We performed every week night and twice on Saturday. And there was between 9,000 and 10,000 people for each show," she said, adding that segments were also aired on the BBC.

"They told us that it would reach about 10 million homes."

Ms Campbell was one of only 46 dancers chosen to represent the Canadiana Celtic Association at the tattoo and knew little of the event before she got overseas.

"I really didn't know how big the show was until I got there," she said with a laugh.

She applied late after learning about the tattoo from a friend. She thought little about her chances, until organizers e-mailed and told her that she had made the cut.

"I was absolutely ecstatic," she said.

The highland dancing portion of the nightly entertainment ran for roughly four minutes and featured 80 dancers from Canada and Scotland that had only days to learn the routine.

While Ms Campbell admits the short timeframe made it more difficult, she has a wealth of experience behind her. She started dancing at the age of three and had some hands-on coaching from family members.

"My grandmother and mother both danced, so I guess it's in my family,"

While the nightly shows kept her extremely busy, Ms Campbell did take some time to explore Scotland.Her sight-seeing expeditions included St. Andrew's -- including the legendary Old Course -- and Glasgow.

"The amount of history is Scotland is unbelievable," Ms Campbell said.