IrishCentral Irish dance competion - b5cc3275d518416eacb61d676e8d84d1 http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Irish+dance+competion IrishCentral Irish dance competion en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/travel/the-gathering-dublin/irish-dancing---450-dancers-competing-in-south-dublin---video-191677971.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/travel/the-gathering-dublin/irish-dancing---450-dancers-competing-in-south-dublin---video-191677971.html Irish Dancing - 450 dancers competing in South Dublin - VIDEO (IrishCentral) Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:01:40 PST
On February 17th 2013 The Gathering Dublin held its first event: supporting the 26th Annual Feile Rince (Ciaraithe leis An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha) Held in Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co Dublin, 450 dancers competed in three competition areas, a great turn out as you can see in the videoA special Gathering competition was also held, with participants from all over the world taking part READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Back-at-it---returning-to-Oireachtas-2012-to-compete-as-adults-in-ceilis-181382621.html http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Back-at-it---returning-to-Oireachtas-2012-to-compete-as-adults-in-ceilis-181382621.html Back at it - returning to Oireachtas 2012 to compete as adults in ceilis (IrishCentral) Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:30:44 PST
By: KERRY O'SHEA

Last year I made my return to competitive Irish dancing at the Mid-Atlantic Oireachtas for 2011. Three other friends and former dancers joined me, and we competed in the adult ladies four-hand competition, which we wound up winning.

READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/TLCs-The-Big-Jig-chronicles-American-Irish-dancers-competing-at-World-Championships---VIDEO-169153166.html http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/TLCs-The-Big-Jig-chronicles-American-Irish-dancers-competing-at-World-Championships---VIDEO-169153166.html TLC’s “The Big Jig” chronicles American Irish dancers competing at World Championships - VIDEO (IrishCentral) Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:18:30 PDT
By: KERRY O'SHEA

TLC is continuing its mission to bring competitive Irish Dance to the mainstream with its newest show ‘The Big Jig’ which will share the story of several young American Irish dancers who are heading for the World Championships.

READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/waterford-and-galway-irish-crystal-awards-rank-high-on-irish-dancer-wishlists-photos-154411755.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/waterford-and-galway-irish-crystal-awards-rank-high-on-irish-dancer-wishlists-photos-154411755.html Waterford and Galway Irish crystal awards rank high on Irish dancer wishlists PHOTOS (IrishCentral) Sat, 26 May 2012 03:15:11 PDT
 Irish dance crystal awardsPhoto: Darlene WhiteThere are many rewards - intrinsic and extrinsic - for the competitive Irish dancer  Among the material rewards - scholarships, travel and trophies - the crystal ranks highest on the list of awards! If someone would have told me years ago that my son would have more crystal as a 14 year-old boy than I do as a married adult, I wouldn't have believed them  But, that's the case  The first piece of crystal he won was at his very first Regional Irish Dance Competition, the 2008 Southern U READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/top-7-favorite-videos-of-irish-dancing-boys-and-men-152027345.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/top-7-favorite-videos-of-irish-dancing-boys-and-men-152027345.html Top 7 favorite videos of Irish dancing boys and men (IrishCentral) Fri, 18 May 2012 07:15:54 PDT
Inspiration!Photo courtesy Gabriella WoodOne of the greatest things about Irish dancing in this day and age is the great assortment of fabulous Irish dance videos of some of the best and brightest in the Irish dance world  Where it used to be that one would need to see the "greats" in person, or at the very least hear tell about a performance, now, we can make use of the internet and watch the "greats" or "near greats" on video My son, Cameron, and many other boys around the world are gearing up for the 2012 North American Irish Dance Championships in Chicago, Illinois which will happen in less than 2 months Every time Cameron hits a lull in his training routine and needs a jump-start to encourage him to do even better and train a little harder, he goes to his favorite videos of Irish dancers to inspire him READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/how-far-is-too-far-to-travel-for-an-irish-dancing-competition-141196773.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/how-far-is-too-far-to-travel-for-an-irish-dancing-competition-141196773.html How Far Is Too Far To Travel for an Irish Dancing Competition? (IrishCentral) Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:45:18 PST
How far would you travel for your child to compete in an Irish dancing competition? What is doable or normal as far as travel-time for a feis? Back to the original question in the title of this post- How far is too far to travel for a feis? The answer to any of these questions, for the most part, has to do with whether or not one plans on spending the night near the feis venue On most any given weekend in the world of Irish dance, there is a feis (Irish dance competition) Usually, there are more than one, and so, choices must be made as to which one to take one's children to  Travel time is a major deciding factor READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/how-to-qualify-to-compete-at-an-irish-dance-oireachtas----links-to-schedules-and-video-of-winners-129337538.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/how-to-qualify-to-compete-at-an-irish-dance-oireachtas----links-to-schedules-and-video-of-winners-129337538.html How to qualify to compete at an Irish dance Oireachtas - Links to schedules and video of winners. (IrishCentral) Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:05:38 PDT
3 of the top 4 finishers in the U12 solo competition at the 2010 Southern Region Oireachtas held in Washington, DC ~ Waiting to hear how they did ~ Jameson Wright of the Walsh Kelley School, Zane Pall of the Rince Na h'Eireann School, and Cameron White of McGrath AcademyYou're an Irish dancer! Yay!Now that you're part of an Irish dance school, and maybe even competing at feisanna, you've been hearing about the upcoming Oireachtas- the exciting, stressful, wonderful, prestigious, anxiously-awaited Oireachtas!!It seems a very elite and even sometimes exclusive thing to hear someone say, "I'm competing at the Oireachtas this year" They are automatically preceived as a better breed of dancer- a star within the school Names such as "Oireachtas Team" when given to the group from an Irish dance school, who are going to the "O" make the elected few look a little brighter and cooler READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/new-trends-in-boys-irish-dance-costumes-127835108.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/new-trends-in-boys-irish-dance-costumes-127835108.html New trends in boys' Irish dance costumes (IrishCentral) Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:54:08 PDT
I remember four years ago My son was getting ready to compete at his first big regional Irish dance competition, an Oireachtas He had always just worn the "school costume" for his Irish dance that consisted of a colored shirt that was one of the school's colors, a black satin tie with a Celtic trinity knot embroidered on it, and black dress pants straight out of a department store That was what many of the boys wore READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/competing-in-irish-dance---packing-for-a-feis-125807398.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/moms-to-reel-boys/competing-in-irish-dance---packing-for-a-feis-125807398.html Competing in Irish Dance - Packing for a Feis (IrishCentral) Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:04:03 PDT
The days leading up to a feis can be stressful There is a lot of preparation and planning that goes into getting ready to compete on feis day In my house, my Irish dancing son is preparing He is practicing like crazy- stretching, running through steps, working on stamina, and doing drills READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/go-feis--the-irish-dance-blog/record-number-of-senior-ladies-compete-for-north-american-irish-dance-title-125021244.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/go-feis--the-irish-dance-blog/record-number-of-senior-ladies-compete-for-north-american-irish-dance-title-125021244.html Record number of senior ladies compete for North American Irish dance title (IrishCentral) Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:26:46 PDT
Megan Palmer and Jacqueline Gregory from Liz Gregory in AustraliaErika Cocco, Stefanie Warren and Candice Corrigan from Penk O'Donnell (W Canada)Caitlin Gash and Katie Lawler from Sheila Tully (IL)The Senior Ladies (over 20) competition at the 2011 North American Irish Dancing Championships had more entries than ever before, requiring a split competitionThis is testimony to the feature article written by Patricia McNamara in the July/August issue of Feis America magazine, Sorority of Seniority Read about some of the influential teachers/adjudicators – Kevin Broesler, Sally Houston, Patsy McLoughlin, Deirdre Penk-O’Donnell – and their success at keeping young ladies interested and motivated to keep dancing through the teen years when so many other challenges and opportunities present themselves READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/irishdance/Brave-Amelia-competes-just-two-days-after-emergency-surgery-42616357.html http://www.irishcentral.com/irishdance/Brave-Amelia-competes-just-two-days-after-emergency-surgery-42616357.html Brave Amelia competes just two days after emergency surgery (IrishCentral) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:03:13 PDT
By: MEGHAN SWEENEY

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