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by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Heading to California this weekend for the Hidden Valley Feis or Missouri for the Kansas City Feis? Connecticut for the Constitution State Feis or Ontario for the Oakville Feis? Or maybe you’re off to New Mexico for the Enchantment Feis.
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up and taking the stage. Best of luck to all competitors and be sure to come back and share your results with us!
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Heading to Ontario this weekend for Feis Baile Na Ros or New York for the Southern Tier Feis? How about Michigan for the Great Lakes Feis?
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up and taking the stage. Best of luck to all competitors. And be sure to come back here and share your results!
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Heading to Atlantic City this weekend for the Lynn Academy Feis or Milwaukee for the Milwaukee Feis and McMenamin Academy Feis? How about New York for the Feis at the Falls or California for the Comortas an Chosta Oir? Massachusetts for the McInerney School Feis? Or maybe Delaware for the Irish Culture Club of Delaware Feis?
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up and taking the stage. Best of luck to all competitors. And be sure to come back here and share your results!
Follow our Oireachtas Training series, and check back soon for the second half of this interview with Ms. Moran to get great tips on how to improve your reel or slip jig steps in time for the Oireachtas!
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
The Doherty School of Irish Dance from the Midlands region, England/Wales claimed another 2012 British National Irish Dancing Championship title Sunday with its World Champion Senior Ladies' Ceili team. This was the fourth 2012 British National Irish Dancing Championship title for the school, with Champions Nadine Martin in Senior Ladies, Boys under 12 Sam Goldsmith and Boys under 16 Macaulay Selwood topping their event's podiums earlier on the weekend.
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up and taking the stage. Best of luck to all competitors. And be sure to come back here and share your results!
by Caitlin Buck, Feis America LLC Contributor
The 2012 Summer Olympics kick off its opening ceremony July 27th in London, England! Who’s excited? Millions of course! Yahoo Sports has been posting clips of a select few of the United States of America's awesome athletes preparing for battle– I mean competitions (I have The Hunger Games on the brain!). By clicking play on the videos below, you too can be privy to a couple of secrets to success that gymnasts Jonathan Horton and Aly Raisman use... secrets that Irish dancers can very easily incorporate into their training for an extra boost. After all it’s that extra boost that can make all the difference.
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Heading to Wisconsin this weekend for the Badger State Feis or the Cream City Feis? How about Washington for Dance for Life or New York for the Governor Thomas Dongan Feis? Or maybe you’re off to Virginia for the Nation's Capital Feis.
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up and taking the stage. Best of luck to all competitors. And be sure to come back here and share your results!
“Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy” – The Tams
Play this for a cheerful ride to the feis.
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up and taking the stage. Best of luck to all competitors. And be sure to come back here and share your results!
. Check back here on IrishCentral's Irish dance page for more North American Irish Dancing Championship recaps, photos, interviews and results!
page, and stay tuned here on IrishCentral's Irish Dance page for updates, photos and results.
by ERIN CONCANNON
by ERIN CONCANNON
Recently, there have been tons of buzz and press about the glitz and glam of Irish dancing competitions, and how everything goes against the all-natural look. But to those immersed in the competitive world of Irish dance, we know all the self-tanning, makeup and sparkles don't make the champion. It sure helps a dancer feel her best when on stage, though.
Aby PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Heading to Salt Lake City this weekend for the Utah State Feis or Manheim for the Celtic Fling Feis? Or maybe you’re off to Ohio for the Dayton Area Feis or Minnesota for the Twin Cities Feis. New Jersey for the Peter Smith Feis or Connecticut for the New Haven Feis? Or perhaps you’re gearing up for Nova Scotia’s Fundy Feis.
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up and taking the stage, preparing for the upcoming 2012 North American Irish Dance Championships in Chicago. Best of luck to all competitors and be sure to come back and share your results with us!
By Caitlin Buck Feis America LLC contributor
Remember in "The Lion King" how the hyenas flinch whenever someone nearby uttered Mufasa? I'm a competitive Irish dancer who started when I was 18. I have a flinch word too. Mine is... timing.
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up and taking the stage. Best of luck to all competitors. And be sure to come back here and share your results!
Photo courtesy Martin Bradshaw
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Heading to Alberta this weekend for the Wild Rose Feis or Colorado for the Pikes Peak Feis? How about Indiana for the Indianapolis Feis or Ontario for the Greater Toronto Feis? New Jersey for the Patricia Murphy School Feis? Massachusetts for the Irish Heritage Feis MA? Or perhaps you’re going to Ohio for the Cincinnati Feis or New York for the United Irish Counties Feis.
Photo courtesy Triona Brown
The Greater Buffalo Feis, a regional Irish dancing competition held June 2, 2012, attracts competitive Irish dancers and a panel of distinguished adjudicators from both Canada and the United States. Adjudicators were ADCRGs Jimmy Early, Gary Healy, Orla Kelly, Patsy McLoughlin, Philip Owens, Deirdre Penk O'Donnell, Luann O'Rourke, and Lisa and Karen Petri.
Eleven of 23 solo events yielded champions with perfect 300 scores, which means all three judges awarded each a first placement for that competition. Of the 11 perfect scores awarded, two were Preliminary Championship events with a light and heavy round danced. Perfect scores were awarded to Eastern Canadians Annie Pendlebury from Ni Fherraigh O'Ceallaigh (Preliminary Champion Girls under 15) and Nicole Finch from Gilchrist-Canavan (Preliminary Champion Girls under 17).
2nd Maire Amlicke and 3rd Aileen Markovitz
Post and photos by Courtney Kaderbek,
Photo courtesy Clark Academy of Irish Dance
Fifteen talented Irish dancers from The Clark Academy of Irish Dance competed as a group on the Tuesday, May 28th edition of America's Got Talent Season 7. The dancers - Carlee Miller, Brooke Reimann, Francine and Katie Jane Lawler, Abby and Jake Sieve, Briley Mastis, Ellie and Maggie Gannon, Olivia Smugala, Colleen Crutsinger, Julie Brennan, Erin Tilley, Isabel Kaiser and Kate Hermann - delighted the audience and the judges with their big smiles, gorgeous costumes and lively hard-shoe dancing.
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Photo courtesy Paul Seale
Seven team competitions involving hundreds of skilled Irish dancers kept audiences enthralled this weekend at An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha's Irish National Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin. Irish dancing schools from every region of Ireland competed for the top spot on the podium, and seven winners, including three teams from Ui She in the Leicester Region, were the delight of Irish dance enthusiasts in attendance at CityWest.
Photo courtesy Annette Foley Slemon
Sean Slemon, the 2012 All Ireland Irish Dancing Champion for Boys 9-10, claimed the Irish National Irish Dancing Championship title Saturday in Dublin. Slemon, who dances with Rinceoiri na Riochta in the Munster Region of Ireland, was followed by his friendly rival Jack Lynch from Ui She. Lynch placed 2nd at the 2012 All Ireland Irish Dancing Championships.
shown here as 2011 World Irish Dancing Champion
Photo courtesy Sylvan-Kelly
Two-time World Irish Dancing Champion and All Ireland Irish Dancing Champion Ronan Kelly has won the Irish National Irish Dancing Championship for Boys 11-12.
The 2012 Irish National Irish Dancing Championships, hosted at CityWest in Dublin by An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, is taking place this weekend. In the Girls 11-12 and 12-13 events, two-time World Irish Dancing Champions Keeva Corry and Brogan McCay topped the podium as well.
Photo courtesy Camelia Rose
Keeva Corry, the two-time 2011 and 2012 World Irish Dancing Champion and 2012 All Ireland Irish Dancing Champion from Croghan-Greene in the Munster Region of Ireland has clinched the Irish National Irish Dancing Championship for Girls 11-12.
Photo courtesy McCay Family
The 2011 and 2012 World Irish Dancing Champion Brogan McCay, whose claims to fame include a starring role in Jig! The Film, is the 2012 All Ireland Irish Dancing Champion for Girls 12-13. McCay dances with McConomy Bradley in the Ulster Region of Ireland.
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
No matter your competitive destination this weekend, we want to share four tunes you should add to your own playlist before lacing up, taking the stage and honoring our favorite Feis Moms. Best of luck to all competitors. And be sure to come back here and share your results!
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Heading to Atlanta this weekend for the Peach State Feis or Edison for the Shea-Jennings School Feis? Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Spring Feis or Connecticut for the Lynn Academy Spring Feis? Or maybe you’re traveling to Canada for the Victoria Feis or Forest City Feis.
with Sarah Klopp, Feis America LLC intern
by PATRICIA MCNAMARA
Heading to Alberta this weekend for the Mattierin Spring "Feis in the Park" or Little Rock for the Little Rock Feis? Or maybe you’re off to Syracuse for the Bob Gabor CNY Feis, Seattle for the Emerald City Feis or Stuart, Florida for the South Florida Feis. Maybe you’re gearing up for Utah’s Feis SLC, Massachusetts’ Hansen-Keohane School Feis or perhaps Pennsylvania’s Four Provinces Feis.
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