World Irish Dancing Championships Saturday - girls 11-12 top ten results

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When the littlest girls finished their first two rounds at the World Irish Dancing Championships, the second group to take the stage seem like old hats at this major international competition thing. After all, as girls aged 11-12 they could already have one World Irish Dancing Championship experience under their belt. Most have competed at the All-Ireland Irish Dancing Championships this year or last, and they performed well at a qualifying event or they wouldn't have made it here.

The big stage and bright lights are less intimidating than one might remember. There are seven adjudicators watching instead of five or three, and it can be a bit daunting when announcements are made in Gaelic before English. But when the music starts and the rhythm clicks in, the steps are as natural as the beating of one's own heart. It has been said that for these youths, there is nothing in the world that comes close to the thrill of Irish dancing on the Worlds' stage.

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A whopping 64 Irish dancers from North America comprised nearly half of the 143 registrants for the Girls 11-12 competition. After the heavy and light rounds had been danced, just 14 North Americans made it to the recall round. In the end, two-time North American National Irish Dancing Champion Ava-Marie Schroder from Mattierin rose to the top position of all North Americans in 8th place.

Ashley Smith, Chloe Williams and Laura Pentimone-Pace
from Ardmore Academy in Rutherford, New Jersey
Photo: Jodie Williams

Three additional United States' dancers made the Top 20: Caitlin Ward from Donny Golden (13th), Orla Mullane-Godley from Mullane-Healy-Godley (14th) and Margaret Muise from Tim O'Hare (17th). Ten dancers from across North America placed from 21st to 47th: Kerri Betz from Ryan Kilcoyne, Julia Marino and Emily McEwen from Rince na Tiarna, Nicoletta and Julianna Bremer-Summa from Bremer, Seana Isaac from O'Grady-Quinlan, Jayne Rush from Mullane-Healy-Godley, Chloe Williams from Ardmore, Grace Metcalfe from Butler-Fearon-O'Connor Eastern Canada and Caitlyn Maurer from Petri.

Special congratulations go out to Keeva Corry from Croghan-Greene in the Ulster Region, Ireland on defending her title as the 2011 World Irish Dancing Champion for Girls 10-11.

2012 World Irish Dancing Championships

Top 10 Girls 11-12

1-Keeva Corry Croghan-Greene, Ireland

2-Mairead Trainor-Aitken Trainor, England

3-Liadh McGrath-Sylvan Kelly, Ireland

4-Beth Monaghan-Carey, England/Wales

5-Niamh Neale-Doherty, Ireland

6-Lucy Lynch-Ui She, Ireland

7-Tegan Rodden-Ar Rialla O'Donoghue, Ireland

8-Ava-Marie Schroder-Mattierin, Canada

9-Aoibheann Doyle- Ni Chearra O'Baolain-McMahon, Ireland

10-Ellie Conlon-McLaughlin, Scotland

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IrishHeartDance | Apr 01, 2012, 02:49 PM EDT

I know that no matter what the steps are, the standard of judging them applies - i.e. turn out, crossed feet, timing, rythym etc. - nothing has changed about this standard regardless of what is performed in shows. Judges have to apply these when taking their ADCRG exam and many of the high placements at the World Championships have come from teachers who performed in these shows. Hope this helps.

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Pete Moss | Apr 01, 2012, 06:29 AM EDT

Kathleen, there seem to be a variety of steps being used by the different schools of Irish Dancing, some seem to focus more on traditional steps whilst some tend towards the inclusions of more modern steps, I guess as a consequence of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance. When it comes to championships like the Worlds, what criteria do the judges favour/apply? Are these criteria clearly published? I suspect that it's more of the traditional steps as when one looks as the distribution of awards there clearly seems to be more "traditional" dancing schools in the top 10. Looking forward to the benefit of your/your readers expertise.

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