IrishCentral Oireachtas - b5cc3275d518416eacb61d676e8d84d1 http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Oireachtas IrishCentral Oireachtas en-us 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.

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By: MIKE FARRAGHER

Some people spend Thanksgiving weekend watching football and shopping for bargains; others travel far from their homes to watch intense Irish dance competitions, as Mike Farragher did when he went to Philadelphia to watch a top regional championship.

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Fine-tuning your Oireachtas Steps Part 1by Courtney Kaderbek for Feis America LLCFor many Irish dancers, summer is when regional Irish dancing championship training becomes serious School is out, and there is more time to practice and perfect those Oireachtas steps Sometimes the hardest part about practicing is not understanding how to practice to your best advantage Nothing is more frustrating than feeling as if no progress has been made in your dancing, even after a long time spent practicing READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Scoil-Rince-Saoirse-at-the-2011-Mid-Atlantic-Oireachtas-in-Philadelphia-135880018.html http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Scoil-Rince-Saoirse-at-the-2011-Mid-Atlantic-Oireachtas-in-Philadelphia-135880018.html Scoil Rince Saoirse at the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Oireachtas in Philadelphia (IrishCentral) Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:00:29 PST By:
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! READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/irish_dance/Western-Canadian-Region-Oireachtas-Parade-of-Champions---VIDEO-134851688.html http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/irish_dance/Western-Canadian-Region-Oireachtas-Parade-of-Champions---VIDEO-134851688.html Western Canadian Region Oireachtas Parade of Champions - VIDEO (IrishCentral) Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:54:02 PST
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Ready to be wowed? Check out these Western Canadian Oireachtas champs! 

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Ready to be wowed? Check out these Western Canadian Oireachtas champs! 

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Ready to be wowed? Check out these Western Canadian Oireachtas champs! 

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By: KERRY O'SHEA

The fall season is high-time for regional Irish dance competition across North America, and for the Mid-Atlantic region, Thanksgiving weekend is forever linked with the annual Oireachtas in Philadelphia.

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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/irishdance/Worlds-Irish-Dance-in-Glasgow-Minor-Mixed-Figure-Dancing-Under-13-results-89476367.html http://www.irishcentral.com/irishdance/Worlds-Irish-Dance-in-Glasgow-Minor-Mixed-Figure-Dancing-Under-13-results-89476367.html Worlds Irish Dance in Glasgow: Minor Mixed Figure Dancing Under 13 results (IrishCentral) Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:50:23 PDT By:

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READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/irishdance/Worlds-Irish-Dance-in-Glasgow-Boys-14-15-results-89475047.html http://www.irishcentral.com/irishdance/Worlds-Irish-Dance-in-Glasgow-Boys-14-15-results-89475047.html Worlds Irish Dance in Glasgow: Boys 14-15 results (IrishCentral) Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:25:33 PDT By:

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