Southern Region Irish Dancing Championships top three solo results Saturday

Maureen McTeggart Hall ADCRG congratulates
McTeggart's 2nd place Zane Glotzpach and 12-Time Regional Champion Jason Hays
at Southern Region Irish Dancing Championships!
photo: Kay Horton for Feis America LLC

Three seems to have been one of the magic numbers last night at the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America - Southern Region Irish Dancing Championships!  Three ladies from Drake Irish Dance swept the solo competitions with Amanda Carpenter, Christina Deacy and Catie Foley all clinching the titles for Senior Ladies, Ladies under 20 and Ladies under 19.  Catie Foley is the defending champion for the region, having also placed 4th at the North American Irish Dancing Championships in July.

Three Drake School Ladies Clinch Southern Region Irish Dancing Championships!
Photo: Kay Horton for Feis America LLC

Three young men also rocked the stage, winning championships for Senior Men, Men under 20 and Men under 18.  Jason Hays and Alex Mowatt-Larssen, both from McTeggart, defended their 2010 regional titles and Colin Barkell from Maple earned the Senior Men title.  To add to the excitement, Hays and Mowatt-Larssen were part of McTeggart's 15 & Over Choreography team which won for the second year in a row!

Among the toughest competitions of all the North American regions, every round is uncomfortably close with friendly rivals vying to keep or claim titles.  The oldest of the competitors, most of the dancers in these competitions have been sharing the stage, the spotlight, the glory and the disappointment for ten years or more.

Grace Gregory with 3rd place Ladies under 19 Victoria Cumbie
both from Rince na h'Eireann
photo: Feis America LLC

Kiera Daley won 2nd place Ladies under 19
with retired Breffni dancer Carolyn Ho
photo: Feis America LLC

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Southern Region Friday Results

Eastern Canada Premiere Competition Results
Mid-Atlantic Region Team Results

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Jason Hays is now a twelve-time Oireachtas champion, and was delighted to honor one of his teachers with the big win.  He said, "Best part of the night was seeing my teacher get honored for sixty years of teaching!  Mrs. Hall you are forever my hero and I love you!".

2006 World Champion and 12-Time Southern Region Champion
Jason Hays with Maureen McTeggart Hall, ADCRG
photo Feis America LLC

Maureen McTeggart-Hall ADCRG was one of three honorees for this year's regional Irish dancing championships.  Alicia Mosti, TCRG was paid tribute for her role as the first certified Irish dancing teacher from Mexico and Kevin Broesler, ADCRG, was honored for 30 years of teaching in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern Regions of the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America.

Full results are available at Feis Results; here are the Top Three solo champions in these categories:

Ladies 20 & Over aka Senior Ladies  -
CHAMPION Amanda Carpenter from Drake
2- Samantha Wheaton from Watters
3- Kelly Witherspoon from Maple

Bill Maple ADCRG with Kelly Witherspoon
3rd Place Senior Ladies
 Southern Region Irish Dancing Championships 2011
Photo courtesy Bill Maple

Ladies under 20
CHAMPION Christina Deacy from Drake
2- Sierra Dieton from Watters
3- Megan Baffa from Broesler

Kiera Daley from Breffni Academy
2nd place Ladies under 19
Southern Region Irish Dancing Championships 2011

photo Feis America LLC

Ladies under 19

CHAMPION Catie Foley from Drake     DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2- Kiera Daley from Breffni
3- Victoria Cumbie from Rince na h'Eireann

Inishfree Texas/Mexico ladies clinched five Top Five positions
at the Southern Region Oireachtas Saturday.
Not pictured: Ladies under 18 Champion Courtney Otis and Ashleigh Hopkins.
Photo: Feis America LLC

Ladies under 18
CHAMPION Courtney Otis from Inishfree Texas/Mexico
2 Tory Zehnder from Broesler
3 Erica Nielsen from Broesler

2011 Southern Region Irish Dancing Senior Men Champion
Colin Barkell from Maple Academy
shown with parents at 2011 North American Irish Dancing Championships
photo courtesy Bill Maple

Men 20 & Over aka Senior Men - 7 placed, all World Qualifiers
CHAMPION Colin Barkell from Maple
2- Christopher Nelson from Broesler
3- Daniel Johnson from Rhythm of Ireland

Men under 20 - 7 placed, all World Qualifiers

CHAMPION Jason Hays from McTeggart     DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2- Zane Glotzbach from McTeggart
3- Mischa Lassow from Broesler

Men under 18 - 7 placed, 5 World Qualifiers
CHAMPION Alex Mowatt-Larssen from McTeggart   DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2- Dillon Bradford from Drake
3- Patrick Brady from Rince na h'Eireann

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Mid Atlantic Irish Dancing Championship Team Results Top Five

Eight pairs of Irish dancing shoes make a ceili team!
Photo courtesy Early-McLoughlin School of Irish Dance

Mid-Atlantic Regional Irish Dancing Championship Team Results!

The team competitions at ANY regional Irish dancing championship are always the most hectic and most fun part of the whole event.  Dancers who may or may not have competed in solo competitions join up with their dance classmates, dress as alike as humanly possible and move as one unit throughout the venue.  One can read the lips of the littlest leaders as they count off during practice and siblings who have been paired together in a mixed ceili may well start a short-lived battle.  Like the fictional Madeline and her two straight lines of little girls in Paris, dancers are seen holding hands as they make their way around the ballrooms and are kept busy with parents and young teachers while waiting their turn on stage.  The older dancers are truly as delightful - so many have been dancing ceili together since a young age that they are like mature couples at a family wedding!  The adult competitions at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Irish Dancing Championships are well-subscribed and from young to old, there are hundreds of teams and close to a thousand team members on site on team day.

O'Rourke Irish Dancers practicing for the Mid-Atlantic Regional
Irish Dancing Championships.
Photo courtesy O'Rourke Irish Dancers

Big congratulations to Rince na Tiarna from New York which defended or claimed a total of six championships including the Girls under 15 Figure competition and O'Rourke Irish Dancers from New York which successfully defended their titles in three of the adult competitions.  Kudos to Marie Moore and McDade Cara for defending their titles in the Girls 8-Hand Ceili 15 & Over and Mixed 8-Hand Ceili under 15, respectively.




McDade-Cara ceili dancers at the
2010 Mid-Atlantic Regional Irish Dancing Championships.
Photo courtesy McDade-Cara.



Girls 8 Hand Ceili under 9 - 18 teams placed
Champion McDade-Cara B
2 O'Rourke A
3 Hendry A
4 Ryan-Kilcoyne A

Girls 8 Hand Ceili under 12 - 51 teams placed
Champion Rince na Tiarna A
2 Marie Moore B
3 Petri A
4 Mulvihill-Lynch B
5 Marie Moore A

Girls 8 Hand Ceili under 15 - 21 teams placed

Champion Rince na Tiarna B   DEFENDING CHAMPIONS!

2 Marie Moore A

3 O'Sullivan A

4 McDade-Cara B

5 O'Rourke A

Girls 8 Hand Ceili 15 & Over - 28 teams placed

Champion Marie Moore A  DEFENDING CHAMPIONS!

2 Peter Smith A

3 Rince na Tiarna A

4 O'Sullivan A

5 O'Sullivan Academy A

Mixed 8-Hand Ceili under 9 - 6 teams placed

Champion Rince na Tiarna A

2 McDade-Cara A

3 Coyle A

4 Inishfree A

5 Drumcliffe A

6 Schade A

Mixed 8-Hand Ceili under 12 - 17 teams placed

Champion Peter Smith A

2 Marie Moore A

3 McDade-Cara A

4 Drumcliffe A

5 Johnston A

Mixed 8-Hand Ceili under 15 - 6 teams placed

Champion McDade-Cara A   DEFENDING CHAMPIONS!

2 Petri A

3 Inishfree A

4 Broesler A

5 Marie Moore A

6 Coyle A

Mixed 8-Hand Ceili 15 & Over - 6 teams placed

Champion Broesler A

2 Peter Smith A

3 Inishfree A

4 McCarthy A

5 O'Grady-Quinlan A

6 McNiff A

Girls 4-Hand Ceili 15 & Over - 28 teams placed

Champion Mullan Davis A

2 Early-McLoughlin A

3Tie O'Malley B and O'Sullivan A

5 Early-McLoughlin B

Mixed 4-Hand Ceili 15 & Over - 7 teams placed

Champion Denogla A

2 Broesler C

3 Boland A

4 Hendry A

5 Niall O'Leary A

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See Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship Figure Dance Results for under 10 and under 15 here!

See New England Regional Championship Team Results here!

See Western U.S. Regional Championship Team Results here!

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Figure Dance under 12 - 5 teams placed

Champion Rince na Tiarna A

2 Drumcliffe A

3 Schade A

4 McDonald-Ashford A

5 Carle A

Adult Ladies 8-Hand Ceili - 6 teams placed

Champion O'Rourke A  DEFENDING CHAMPIONS!

2 O'Malley A

3 Boland A

4 Niall O'Leary A

5 Young A

6 Crossroads A

Adult Mixed 8-Hand Ceili - 3 teams placed

Champion O'Rourke A DEFENDING CHAMPIONS!

2 Crossroads A

3 Niall O'Leary A

Adult Ladies 4-Hand - 17 teams placed

Champion Early McLoughlin A

2 O'Malley B

3 O'Malley A

4 O'Rourke B

5 O'Rourke A

Adult Mixed 4-Hand - 6 teams placed

Champion O'Rourke A DEFENDING CHAMPIONS!

2 Crossroads A

3 Niall O'Leary A

4 Niall O'Leary B

5 McElligott B

6 Young A

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Mid-America Irish Dancing Championships Results Part 1



 

Elizabeth Bish of Mulhern School of Irish Dance
defended her 1st place trophy for Girls under 14
at the Mid-AMERICA Regional Irish Dancing Championships.
Photo courtesy Elizabeth Bish

 Girls under 8
Champion Caroline Malloy - Mulhern
2 Gracie Peters -Trinity
3 Eva McHugh - Sheila Tully
4- Marissa Recchia - Sheila Tully
5 Mairead Lowry - Mullane Healy Godley
6 Catherine Moore - Regan Rankin
7 Mallory Lindsay - Regan Rankin
8 Carson McGrath - Mullane Healy Godley
9 Sara Massei - Burke
10 Annabelle Mullins - Mulhern


Girls under 9
Champion Emma Smith - Trinity
2. Maria Murphy - Mulhern
3. Sarah Conneely - Sheila Tully
4. Abby Llewellyn - Clarkson
5. Ellen O'Leary - Burke
6. Anna Muise - Tim O'Hare
7. Claudia Morrison - Dillon Gavin
8. Eleanor Arnoldt - Trinity
8. Grace Mullane Godley - Mullane Healy Godley
10. Michalene Donnelly - Lavin Cassidy


Boys under 9
Champion Collin Mountain- Richens Timm   DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2 Connor Labo- Flanagan-O'Hare
3 Max Ehlers- Cashel Dennehy
4 Kyle Kohn- Mullane Healy Godley
5 Cooper Downing- Burke- Ohio
6 Patrick Markovitz- Clarkson
7 Elijah Foye- McClanahan
8 Charlie Malberti- Burke-Ohio
9 Christopher Moran- Brady Campbell
10 Jayson Chrapla- Trinity

Grace Wright from Mullane Healy Godley
Mid-AMERICA Regional Irish Dancing Champion Girls under 10
Photo: Feis America LLC

Girls under 10
Champion Grace Wright - Mullane Healy Godley
2  Samantha Ryzner - Trinity
3  Sydney Niewiedzial - Trinity
4  Meghan Gibbons - Mullane Healy Godley
5  Cosette deBourbon - Regan Rankin
6  Tess Clifford - Mulhern
7  Lydia Fredrick - Trinity
8  Olivia Livelli - Trinity
9  Tighe - Trinity
10 Anna Clare McMahon - Lavin Cassidy

Maggie Nowkowski from Trinity Irish Dance,
winner of the Mid-America Regional Irish Dancing Championship for Girls under 12
placed 6th in her division at the North American Irish Dancing Championships
Photo courtesy Trinity Irish Dance

Girls under 12
Champion Margaret Nowkowski - Trinity   DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2 Marina Flatley Griffin - Mullane Healy Godley
3 Abby Raye Reynolds - Cashel Dennehy
4 Hannah Mazzei - Burke
5 Ellie Joyce - Clarkson
6 Ciara Hanley - Regan Rankin
7 Erin Pouba - Mullane Healy Godley
8 Ciara Gerrity - Regan Rankin
9 S. Meyers
10 Kara Clancy - Trinity

Girls under 13
Champion Caroline Cofoid - Mulhern 
2 Clare Caruso - Mulhern
3 Moira Kramp - Trinity
4 Mary Kate Guinan, - Mulhern
5 Brooke Heidenthal - Richens/Timm
6 Martina Lee - Lavin Cassidy
7 Emma Curran - Trinity
8 Brooke Howard - Regan Rankin
9 Lauren Wartner - Mullane Healy Godley
10 Molly Clifford - Mulhern


Girls under 14
Champion Elizabeth Bish - Mulhern   DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2. Gia DeBourbon - Regan Rankin
3. Mary Kate McCarthy - Mulhern
4. Emma Griffiths - Dennehy
5. Molly Quinn - Regan Rankin
6. Caitlin O'Rourke - Tim O'Hare
7. Kathryn Lenz - Dennehy
8. Shauna Reilly - McGing
9. Therese Muise - Tim O'Hare
10. Hannah Newell - Tim O'Hare


Girls under 15
Champion Colette Harling - Cashel Dennehy
2 Meaghan Kenfield - Trinity
3 Maeve Ours - The Academy
4 Cara Horan - Trinity
5 Audrey McDonnell/Hutton  - Burke Conroy
7 Katie O'Connor - Burke Conroy
8 Katie Corbeil - Burke
9 Allie Garcia - McGing
10 Shannon Gleeson - Morgan


Girls under 16
Champion Brenna Pfriem - The Academy
2. Eileen Doyle - Tim O'Hare
3. Colleen McCoy - McNulty
4. Samantha Eckstein - Bell
5. MacKenzie Holland - Trinity
6. Erin Gentile - Trinity
7.Lorena Grundy - Millenium
8. Reynolds
9. Sullivan
10. Woellecke


Girls under 17
Champion Patricia Dumke - Mullane Healy Godley
2- Lyndsey Faherty - Richens/Timm
3-Claire Chernowsky - Goggin/Carroll
4-MacKenzie
5-Christine Kerrigan - Burke
6-Pearson
7-Megan Cahill - Mullane Healy Godley
8-Paige Dausinas - Dennehy
9- Alexa Peter - Trinity
10-Shannon McNamara - Dennehy


Girls under 18
Champion Maggie Eileen Doyle - Trinity
2. Abbey Pluth - Dennehy
3. Meghan McCarthy - Burke OH
4.Erin McCormick - The Academy
5.Katelyn Dunn - Mulhern
6.Rachael Duncan- Burke OH
7.Colleen O'Connor -Burke Conroy
8.Jessie Doloresco - McGing 
9.Chandler Martin - Burke OH
10.Kelly Dalton - Trinity


Ladies under 19
Champion Brea McGaffey - Flanagan O'Hare   DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2 Meaghan Sweeney - Mayer
3 Megan Daly - Mayer
4 Jorgensen -
5 Samantha Saud - McGing
6 Rebecca Staff’ - Trinity
7 Shirley
8 Profeta
9 Anne Dziak - Trinity
10 Alicia Barth - Mayer


Dennehy Irish Dancers Mike Putman, Abby Pluth and Bridget Smith
share the stage at the Mid-America Regional Irish Dancing Championships.
Photo: Margaret Masterson Putman

 Ladies under 20
Champion Bridget Smith - Dennehy
2-Kathleen Duncan - Burke OH
3-Chelsea Holloway - Rince Nia
4-Catilin Richardson - Mayer
5-Brianne Guardiola - Mayer
6-Tara Kristock - O'Hare
7-Caitlin Mann - Burke OH
8-Amanda White - O'Hare
9-Caitie Mordan - O'Riada-McCarthy-Manning
10-Breeanne Glavan - Johnson-Glencastle


Senior Ladies
Champion Alanna Morsby - McGing   DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2 Jenna Piecuch - Flanagan O'Hare
3 Alicia Andersen - Clarkson
4 Kellyanne Farrell - Inishfree
5 Alicia Sbertolli - Trinity
6 Alicia Cook - Broesler
7 Katie Higgins - Clarkson
8 Allison Duvall - McTeggart
9 Mary Sarah O'Shea - Nugent
10 Mary Fleck - Richens/Timm

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Mid Atlantic Regional Irish Dancing Championship Results Part One



Sixty-four dancers from Mulvihill-Lynch School of Irish Dance
prepare for the Mid Atlantic Regional Oireachtas.
Photo courtesy Mulvihill-Lynch School of Irish Dance


Every Thanksgiving, the Irish dancing schools from the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the regional Irish dancing championships.  Dancers and teachers, with their families and fans, travel from Delaware, New Jersey, New York and across Pennsylvania for solo and team competitions and coveted regional Irish dancing titles.  Here are results of some of the solo competitions so far, and three team results. Congratulations to all who placed, especially the five who defended their titles!

Stay tuned for more here on Go Feis! The Irish Dance Blog by Feis America.


Girls under 8
Champion Meghan Sheridann - Petri
2 Maggie Webber - Mulvihill Lynch
3 Hanna Cai Cuniffe - Marie Moore
4 Alicia Caracciolo - Petri
5 Sara Samzeemui - O'Rourke

Girls under 9
Champion Bridget Abraldes - Mulvihill-Lynch    DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2 Erin Karlok - Peter Smith
3 Aine McIntyre - Johnson
4 Emma Johnson - Hagen
5 Sophie Lusty - Peter Smith

Girls under 17
Champion Kate Kaneko - Peter Smith  DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2 Kevinah Dargan - Rince na Tiarna
3 Fiona Egan - Broesler
4 Julianna Harkins - Shea Jennings
5 Shannon Cogan - Mulvihill Lynch

Ladies under 18
Champion Alesandra Doughty - McDade Cara
2 Taylor Kerrane - Petri
3 Ryan Ashley Moran - Early McLoughlin
4 Moira Cahill - Coyle
5 Shannon O'Gorman - Ryan Kilcoyne

Ladies under 19

Champion Kristin Callaghan - Donny Golden
2 Brittany Lucatuorto - Mulvihill Lynch
3 Shannon Corrigan - Early-McLoughlin
4 Colleen Meenan - Schade
5 Austen Keim - O'Grady Quinlan

Ladies under 20
Champion Cassidy Luebbers - Broesler  DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2 Mary Skaalerud - Mulvihill Lynch
3 Kara Titus - Petri
4 Alison Silverman - Campbell
5 Katherine Kramer - Coyle

Senior Ladies 20 & Over
Champion Carissa Lucatuorto - Mulvihill Lynch
2 Erin Skaalerud - Mulvihill Lynch
3 Morgan Murray - Inishfree
4 Tara Strazdas - Peter Smith
5 Brittany Kelly - Broesler

Boys under 8
Champion Darin Carlin - O'Rourke
2 Joey Marino - Rince na Tiarna
3 Daniel Callanan - Lynn
4 Caleb Bourgeois - Short
5 Nicholas Lynch - Drumcliffe

Boys under 9
Champion Ronan Burke - Shea Jennings
2 Liam Webber - Mulvihill-Lynch
3 Ronan Swope - Coyle
4 Sean Cousland - O'Grady-Quinlan
5 Keegan Barry - Rince na Tiarna

Boys under 17
Champion John Ferns - Denogla
2 Ryan Thornton - Broesler
3 Joseph Lanzillotta - Mulvihill Lynch
4 Rory Beglane - Inishfree
5 Sean Doctor - Donny Golden

Men under 18

Champion Nicholas Paulson - Broesler   DEFENDING CHAMPION!
2 Christopher Parronchi - Peter Smith
3 Tim Ryan - Broesler
4 Sean Sanders - Inishfree
5 Liam Connolly - Drumcliffe

Men 18 - under 20
Champion Ryan Broesler - Broesler
2 Peter Ryan - Smith Houlihan
3 Daniel Drew - Peter Smith
4 Owen Riley - Peter Smith
5 Corey Purcell - O'Grady Quinlan

Senior Men 20 & Over

Champion Jonathon Srour - Broesler   DEFENDING CHAMPION! 
2 Joseph Riley - Peter Smith
3 Eoin Halpin - Denogla
4 Andrew Colletti - Boland
5 Charles Walck - Johnston

Mixed 8-Hand Ceili under 15
Champion McDade-Cara A
2 Petri A
3 Inishfree A
4 Broesler A
5 Marie Moore A

Girls 8-Hand Ceili under 15

Champion Rince na Tiarna B

2 Marie Moore A
3 O'Sullivan A
4 McDade Cara B
5 O'Rourke A

Figure Dance under 10
Champion Hagen A
2 McDonald-Ashford A
3 McElligott A
4 Carle A

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Western United States Region Irish Dancing Championships Top Five Solo Results



Parade of Champions Friday Solo Competition Winners

Western U.S. Regional Irish Dancing Championships

The Western United States Region of the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America held its regional Irish dancing championships in Anaheim, California November 18-20, 2011.  Twenty adjudicators from Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States judged dozens of competitions for solo competitors and teams.  More than 2,000 dancers, teachers and Irish dancing fans from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington and Wyoming flocked to the Hilton Anaheim.  Many families made a vacation of the trip, with its proximity to Walt Disney World. 

Dancers from Butler-Fearon-O'Connor at the Western U.S. Regional Irish Dancing Championships.
Photo: courtesy Olivia Griffin



Thirteen defending champions topped the podium again, with Butler-Fearon-O'Connor sweeping eight regional solo titles, more than any other individual school. Congratulations to everyone who placed, and best wishes to the World Qualifiers and National Qualifiers as you prepare for the Majors in 2012!

TOP FIVE SOLO COMPETITION RESULTS
For Team Results, see our blog post here at Go Feis! The Irish Dance Blog

U8 Girls

1 Deirdre Smith Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
2 Fiona Akazawa Dillon Moore
3 Christina Doolan Wick
4 Maya Coyne Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
5 Molly Kipp Tir Conaill

U8 Boys
1 Niall Finnegan - Healy
2 Colin Clark - Power
3 Eric Jones  - Celtic Steps

U9 Girls
1 Katja Behrens - Celtic Steps  Defending Champion!
2 Katie Boatwright - Tir Conaill
3 Izzzy Taulli - Kelly
4 Allison Greening - Celtic Steps
5 Ava Mourtizen -  Butler-Fearon-O'Connor

U9 Boys
1 Eric Crone - Tir Conaill
2 Lorcan O'Longaigh  - Yeates
3 Aaron Jimenez  - Celtic Steps
3 Zane Emming  - Moriarty-Moffitt
5 Kieran Miraz - Tiernan

U10 Girls
1 Maggie Whibbs - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
2 Siena O'Regan  - Kelly
3 Bridget McMahon  - Comerford
4 Mackenzie Moore-Kosslow - Bracken
5 Molly Shehan - Celtic Steps

U10 Boys
1 Cameron Lambert - Comerford  Defending Champion!
2 Dillon Ecker - Martin Percival
3 Liam Boyd  - Tir Conaill
4 Braeden McDonald - Celtic Steps
5 Liam Kelly - Celtic Gold

U11 Girls
1 Alexis Farnsworth - Acadamh Rince
2 Maggie Fitzgerald  - Claddagh
3 Mary Teresa Diesslin  - Martin Percival
4 Chloe McGovern - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
5 Bella Bravin - Maguire Academy

U11 Boys
1 Joey Rougas - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor  Defending Champion!
2 Logan Porter - O'Connor
3 Aiden Shannon - Celtic Steps
4 Max Tucker - Maguire Academy
5 Tristan Bouchard - Comerford

U12 Girls
1 Maeve Smith  - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
2 Renae Marshall  - Wick
3 Maegan Betz -  O'Sullivan Academy
4 Madalyn Wenger  - Celtic Steps
5 Allyson Talpash  - Donna Means

U12 Boys
1 Nate Schutte -  Butler-Fearon-O'Connor  Defending Champion!
2 Thomas Harvey  - Claddagh
3 Dallin Womack  - Scariff
4 Sam Taylor  - Martin Percival

U13 Girls
1 Tess Cruickshank  - Kelly  Defending Champion!
2 Clare Casey  - Whelan-Kennelly Academy
3 Erin Armstrong  - Cleary
4 Sara Heller  - Claddagh
5 Victoria Schull  - Maguire Academy

U13 Boys
1 Christophe Bouchard  - Comerford
2 Josh Garzaniti - Celtic Steps
3 Christian Conaway  - McCartan
4 Ryan Evans - Lyons
5 Ciarin Rule  - Greene-Comerford

U14 Girls
1 Carley Reger * Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
2 Libby Decker + Tir Conaill
3 Meghan O'Connor * Cleary
4 Devin Byrne * Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
5 Devon Olinger + Butler-Fearon-O'Connor

U14 Boys
1 Ian Mannenbach - Yeates
2 Geoffrey Woods  - Comerford
3 Cody Stoelk  - Yeates
4 Liam Critchely  - Tir Conaill
5 Peter Farrell - Maguire Academy

U15 Girls
1 Ann Maire Kenny  - Claddagh  Defending Champion!
2 Amanda Probert  - Claddagh
3 Hannah Labrie-Smith  - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
4 Sophie Beirne  - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
5 Cristina Curcelli - Comerford

U15 Boys
1 Jake Grey  - Comerford  Defending Champion!
2 Brendan Herridge  - Tara
3 Ryan Lohmeyer - Malone
4 Jeffrey Decker  - Heritage
5 Matthew Peterson  -  Kelly

U16 Girls
1 Kinsey McNevin  - Wick
2 Chelsea Hoy  - Wick
3 Lauren Shinnick - Celtic Steps
4 Sarah Farley  - Celtic Steps
5 Aine McGovern  - Whelan-Kennelly Academy

U16 Boys
1 Sean Weller  - Celtic Steps  Defending Champion!
2 Ryan Sibbald - Rose-Ritchie

U17 Girls
1 Melanie Kane  - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor   Defending Champion!
2 Mia Leonelli  - Claddagh
3 Gabrielle Corrigan  - Penk-O'Donnell
4 Emily McNellan  - McTeggart
5 Megan Weber - Healy

U17 Boys
1 Makulumy Alexander-Hills  - Claddagh
2 Brian Perry-Carrera  - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
3 Ryan Ostiller  - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
4 Byron Maltez -  Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
5 Hadley Hofreiter - Celtic Steps

U18 Girls
1 Tori Lopez - Comerford
2 Katie Anschuetz - Comerford
3 Katie Shaughnessy - Painter-Larson
4 Erin Hayes - Wick
5 Kaitlyn Guyle - O'Connor

U18 Men
1 Greg Molony  - Martin Percival  Defending Champion!
2 Casey Kelly - Celtic Gold

U19 Ladies
1 Alanna Callaghan - Claddagh  Defending Champion!
2 Kinsey Brimhall - Comerford
3 Emily Macconnell -  Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
4 Annabella Maurera - Wick
5 Ashley Allen - Claddagh

U20 Men
1 James Macsweeney - Whelan-Kennelly
2 Martin Garfield-Levine - McTeggart
2 Justice Odem - McTeggart

U20 Ladies
1 Olivia Griffin - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor  Defending Champion!
2 Sarah Cherry - Tir Conaill
3 Candice Corrigan - Penk-O'Donnell
4 Marcia Speights - Celtic Steps
5 Diana Eales - Aniar

20 & O Ladies
1 Devon Nishida  - Claddagh
2 Jackie Flynn - Healy
3 Tehya Baxter - Butler-Fearon-O'Connor
4 Tasha Straszewski - Painter-Larson
5 Kaleigh Jeffers - Penk-O'Donnell

20 & O Men
1 Blaine Donovan - Celtic Steps  Defending Champion!
2 James Reese - Tir Conaill
3 Joe Poch  - Celtic Steps
4 Marshall Roberts - Power
5 Mark Pottinger - Bennett

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New England Regional Irish Dancing Championships Team Results

Liam Harney poses with his winning Girls Junior Ceili Team
at the All Ireland Irish Dancing Championships in February.  Harney teams
won thirteen New England team titles!
Photo: Mary Lee Fleschell

The Harney Academy of Irish Dance in Massachusetts swept the majority of the team competitions at the New England Regional Irish Dancing Championships held November 18-20 in Providence, Rhode Island.  Harney's ceili dancers, renowned for teachers Liam and Sally Harney's ceili choreography and execution, won nearly half of the twenty-seven team events, including all four age groups of Girls Ceili.  Gilleoghan Irish Dance from Connecticut clinched three titles: Girls 4-Hand under 15B and Mixed 4-Hand under 12 and under 15.  Teams from the Goulding School, O'Shea-Chaplin School, Smith-Houlihan, and Pender Keady also had their turn atop the podium.  Choreography competitions were won by Murray School, Heavey-Quinn Academy and Pender-Keady Academy, in age group order.  Adult dancers from Fagan and the Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club each took home two championships as well.

Congratulations to the hundreds of dancers who participated in the traditional team competitions and special kudos to those who placed!


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New England Regional Irish Dancing Championship

Team Results 2011

Girls Ceili under 9

1 - Harney - A 1
2 - Brady - A 2
3 - Murray Academy - A 3
4 - Pender-Keady - B 4
5 - Dunleavy Shaffer - B 5

Girls Ceili under 12
1 - Harney - B 1
2 - Pender-Keady - A 2
3 - Murray Academy - A 3
4 - Harney - A 4
5 - Brady - A 5

Girls Ceili under 15
1 - Harney - A 1
2 - Smith Houlihan - B 2
3 - Harney - B 3
4 - Harney - C 4
5 - Gilleoghan - B 5

Girls Ceili 15 & Over
1 - Harney - A 1
2T - Goulding - A 2
2T - Pender-Keady - A 2
3 - O'Shea-Chaplin - A 3
4 - Stillson - A 4
5 - O'Shea-Chaplin - B 5


Mixed Ceili under 9
1 - Harney - A 1
2 - Brady - A 2
3 - Pender-Keady - A 3

Mixed Ceili under 12
1 - Harney - A 1
2 - Smith Houlihan - A 2
3 - Gilleoghan - A 3

Mixed Ceili under 15
1 - Goulding - A 1
2 - Gilleoghan - A 2

Mixed Ceili 15 & Over
1 - O'Shea-Chaplin - A 1
2 - Harney - A 2
3 - Gilleoghan - A 3


Girls 4 Hand under 9A
1 - Smith Houlihan - A 1
2 - Murray Academy - A 2
3 - Pender-Keady - C 3
4 - Harney - C 4
5 - Pender-Keady - G 5

Girls 4 Hand under 9B
1 - Pender-Keady - D 1
2 - Lenihan - C 2
3 - Nevin Academy - A 3
4 - Pender-Keady - A 4
5 - Sheeaun - C 5


Girls 4 Hand under 12A
1 - Harney A
2 - Goulding - A 2
3 - Pender-Keady - D 3
4 - Harney - D 4
5 - Harney - E 5

Girls 4 Hand under 12B
1 - Harney - C 1
2 - Harney - A 2
3 - Smith Houlihan - B 3
4 - Murray Academy - B 4
5 - Goulding - E 5

Girls 4 Hand under 15A
1 - Harney - E 1
2 - Gilleoghan - C 2
3 - Pender-Keady - B 3
4 - Lenihan - C 4
5 -Goulding - A 5


Girls 4 Hand under 15B
1 - Gilleoghan - B 1
2 - Harney - C 2
3 - O'Shea-Chaplin - A 3
4 - Harney - D 4
5 - Murray Academy - A 5

Girls 4 Hand 15 & Over A
1 - Harney - C 1
2 - O'Shea-Chaplin - H 2
3 - Pender-Keady - D 3
4 - Smith Houlihan - A 4
5 - O'Shea-Chaplin - D 5

Girls 4 Hand 15 & Over B
1 - O'Shea-Chaplin - A 1
2 -  Harney - B 2
3 - O'Shea-Chaplin - F 3
4 - Gilleoghan - B 4
5 - Pender-Keady - A 5

Mixed 4 Hand under 9
1 - Harney - A 1
2 - Harney - B 2
3 - Pender-Keady - B 3
4 - Keane O'Brien - A 4
5 - Pender-Keady - A 5

Mixed 4 Hand under 12
1 - Gilleoghan - A 1
2 - Smith Houlihan - A 2
3 - Harney - A 3
4 - Harney - B 4
5 - Pender-Keady - A 5


Mixed 4 Hand under 15
1 - Gilleoghan - A 1
2 - O'Shea-Chaplin - A 2
3 - Goulding - A 3
4 - Heavey Quinn - A 4
5 - McInerney - A 5

Mixed 4 Hand 15 & Over
1 - Harney - A 1
2 - Gilleoghan - B 2
3 - O'Shea-Chaplin - B 3
4 - Gilleoghan - A 4
5 - O'Shea-Chaplin - A 5


Choreography under 12
1- Murray Academy - A 1

Choreography under 15
1 - Heavey Quinn - A

Choreography 15 & Over
1 - Pender-Keady - A

Adult Ladies Ceili
1 - Fagan Ceili - A 1
2 - Woods - A 2

Adult Mixed Ceili
1 - Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club

Adult Ladies 4 Hand
1 - Fagan Ceili - B 1
2 - Fagan Ceili - A 2
3 - Woods - A 3

Adult Mixed 4 Hand
1 - Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club
2 - Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club

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Eastern Canada Irish Dancing Champs Girls Solo Results Friday

Eastern Canada Regional Irish Dancing Championships 2011
Friday Girls Solo Results - Under 8 through Under 15

The first day of the Eastern Canadian Regional Irish Dancing Championships has come to an exciting end, and solo dancers and teachers are celebrating with fellow dancers and families.  Held at The Westin in Ottawa, competitors traveled from all over Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, vying for World and North American National Irish Dancing Championship qualifications.  Results were tabulated by Peter Moran and his expert team and Feis America on Irish Central is grateful to Peter for sharing these with us so quickly!  We will be posting photos and more results, so stay tuned to Go Feis! The Irish Dance Blog right here!

Girls Under 8
1st Carson Einwechter from Doyle Academy
2nd Jordana Kehoe from McGinley Academy
3rd Hannah Furness from McGinley Academy
4th Florence Rodrigue from Woodgate-Shamrock
5th Cecilia Wojcik from Corrigan
6th Grace Noonan from Corrigan
7th Abby Hennessy from Goggin-Carroll
8th Eileen Grant from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
9th Maeve McCloskey from McGinley Academy
10th Allison Daly from McGinley Academy
11th Brigid Lemmens from Druid Academy
12th Ainsley Smith from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
13th Ainsley Crook from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
14th Olivia Howlett from McGinley Academy
15th Claire Cox from Cornell School of Irish Dance
16th Cassandra Murchland from Corrigan

Special congratulations to Jaylene Kehoe from McGinley Academy who defended her Eastern Canadian championship title which earned in 2010 in the Girls under 8 competition!

Girls Under 9 - All 18 qualify for the North American Irish Dancing Championships in 2012
1st Jaylene Kehoe from McGinley Academy
2nd Taylor Kane from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
3rd Kiera Kenny from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh 
4th Clare Molony from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
5th 227 Heather Buller from Woodgate-Shamrock
6th Beibhinn Parisi from McGinley Academy
7th Isabelle Hebert from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
8th Rachel Mintz from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh 
9th Emma-Jane McGeever from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
10th Laura Fedor from McGinley Academy
11th Emma Pittens from Woodgate-Shamrock
12th Marijke Domanski from Short School
13th Emily Hambly Goggin-Carroll
14thTara McQuillan from McGinley Academy
15th Keighlin de Vera from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
16th Megan Orr from McGinley Academy 
17th Jenna Hilborn from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
18th Rachel  Hennessy Goggin-Carroll

Girls under 10 - Top 8 are World Qualifiers and all who placed are North American Qualifiers
1st Ainsley Flemington from Goggin-Carroll 
2nd Sarah Campeau from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
3rd Heather Fletcher from Goggin-Carroll
4th Fiona Reynolds from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
5th Joely Bernier from Goggin-Carroll
6th Lenna O'Handley from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
7th Lauren Rooney from Woodgate-Shamrock
8th Sinead Reeves from Corrigan
9th Capri Van Olm from Short School
10th Laurenne Tynski from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
11th Caitlin Hogg from Druid Academy
12th Savannah Principe from Short School
13th Niamh Fedor from McGinley Academy
14th Hilary Nixon from Woodgate-Shamrock
15th Miranda Cox from Corrigan
16th Carrington Cavallin from Woodgate-Shamrock
17th Lauren Pope from Goggin-Carroll
18th Madelaine de Vera from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
19th Emma Stadler from Goggin-Carroll
20th Julianna St. Pierre from Finnegan School
21st Rylea Wilson from McGinley Academy
22nd Katelyn Watson from Reaney
23rd Katie Cavanagh from Woodgate-Shamrock
24th Vanessa Genise from Woodgate-Shamrock
25th Jessica Dekker from Reaney

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READ MORE:

Eastern Canada Irish Dance Championships Perpetual Trophy Winners

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Western Canada Irish Dance Championships 2011 Top Five Results!

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Girls Under 11 - Top 8 are World Qualifiers and all who placed are North American Qualifiers

1st Grace Metcalfe from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
2nd Lillian Pich from Woodgate-Shamrock
3rd Heather Hudson from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
4th Benet Avery from Gilchrist-Canavan
5th Shauna Deery from Woodgate-Shamrock
6th Erin-Louise Reynolds from Woodgate-Shamrock
7th Meghan Haughey from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
8th Lindsay Clarke from Finnegan School
9th Sydney O'Hara from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
10th Kaitlyn Buller from Woodgate-Shamrock
11th Caitlyn Micuda from Goggin-Carroll
12th Talia Johnstone from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
13th Taryn Costello from Woodgate-Shamrock
14th Hayley Bowdery from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
15th Kyleigh Stubbs from Corrigan
16th Claudia Cox from Cornell School of Irish Dance
17th Marilena Mohan from Doyle Academy
18th Shannon Lemmens from Druid Academy
19th Shaelynn Lancaster from McGinley Academy
20th Kierra Phillips from Doyle Academ
21st Clara Walker from Goggin-Carroll
22nd Phoebe Corless from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh

Special congratulations to Claire Gormley from Butler-Fearon-O'Connor who has twice defended her Eastern Canadian championship title from 2010 (Girls under 11) and 2009 (Girls under 10).


Girls Under 12 - Top 8 are World Qualifiers, all who placed are North American National Qualifiers                1st Claire Gormley from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
2nd Emma Tomlinson from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
3rd Brianna Wilson from McGinley Academy
4th Liana Evans from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
5th Isabella Simms from Goggin-Carroll
6th Ellie Evans from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
7th Ashley Kinzinger from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
8th Sophia Flynn from Corrigan
9th Meghann Stark from Reaney
10th Rachel DeVincenzo from Corrigan
11th Julia Sullivan from Doyle Academy
12th Rachel-Leigh Morris from Corrigan
13th Tara Rochester from Miller School
14th Gillian Whelan from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
15th Paige Mackintosh from Goggin-Carroll
16th Kaylee Manning from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
17th Caroline Williams from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
18th Erica Daly from McGinley Academy
19th Meghan Quinn from Goggin-Carroll
20th Gabrielle Conaghan from Miller School
21st Rachel Hoare from Graham
22nd Lauren Lozier from Goggin-Carroll
23rd Shaeleigh Spracklin from Short School

Girls under 13 - Top 9 are World Qualifiers, Top 25 are North American Qualifiers
1st Meghan Hachey from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
2nd Brynna McVittie from Woodgate-Shamrock
3rd Kylie Paliani from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
4th Hayley Pereira from Goggin-Carroll
5th Martine Steiner from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
6th Paige Doyle from Woodgate-Shamrock 
7th Kayla Ruggle from McGinley Academy
8th Ariel Seale from Corrigan
9th Nieve Robinson from Goggin-Carroll
10th Jade O'Hara from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
11th Simone Faloona from McGinley Academy
12th Nicole McGeever from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
13th Kenzie Rich from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
14th Siobhan O'Brien from Goggin-Carroll
15th Miranda Lee from Goggin-Carroll
16th Olivia-Lee Ramundi from Gilchrist-Canavan
17th Maggie Leon from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
18th Meghan Connolly from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
19th Marissa Brown from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
20th Emery Wehrli from Corrigan
21st Holly Hicks from Goggin-Carroll
22nd Grace Woolgar from O'Donnell
23rd Laura Fontaine from Goggin-Carroll
24th Rowan Dupuis from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
25th Shannon Fletcher from Goggin-Carroll
26th Jenna Shepley from McGinley Academy
27th Kerry McCann from Goggin-Carroll
28th Siobhon Wagner from Druid Academy
29th Katie Zenker from Goggin-Carroll
30th Maddie Hill from Goggin-Carroll

Special congratulations to Avery McNair from Butler-Fearon-O'Connor who twice defended her Eastern Canadian championship title from 2009 (Girls under 12) and 2010 (Girls under 13)!

Girls Under 14 - Top 11 are World Qualifiers, Top 28 are North American Qualifiers
1st Avery McNair from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
2nd Meaghan Kilmartin from Short School 
3rd Ailish Dunn from Gilchrist-Canavan
4th Alana Della Mora from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
5th  Julia Silano from Goggin-Carroll 
6th Laura Campeau from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
7th Madeline Cameron from Gilchrist-Canavan
8th Leiden McMurray from Gilchrist-Canavan
9th Sophie MacLellan from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
10th Katherine Fuller from Corrigan
11th Laura Ryan from Goggin-Carroll
12th Vanessa Silano from Goggin-Carroll
13th Shannon  Johnson from Anderson Johnson Dance
14th Alexa Bujouves from Corrigan
15th Brianna Delaey from Cornell School of Irish Dance
16th Siobhan Haughey from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
17th Meadhbh O'Connor from Kelly School
18th Rebecca Holland from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
19th Triona Reaney-Brown from Reaney
20th Katey Spence from Gilchrist-Canavan
21st Laura Devine from Woodgate-Shamrock
22nd Emma Nelles from Greenfire Academy
23rd Meghan  Henry from Goggin-Carroll
24th Jenna  Gibbon from Corrigan
25th Celina Graham from Graham
26th Kieva Strawbridge from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
27th Cailey Theos from Goggin-Carroll
28th Isabel Gamus from Woodgate-Shamrock
29th Lindsay Paling from Goggin-Carroll
30th Lauren Adolphe from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
31st Lily Chafetz from Short School
32nd Annie Pendlebury from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
33rd Ashley O'Brien from Short School
34th Morgan Muzzatti from Ardán Academy of Irish Dance

Special congratulations to Claire Gallibois from Butler-Fearon-O'Connor who defended her Eastern Canadian championship title earned in 2010 in the Girls under 14 competition!


Girls Under 15 - Top 11 are World Qualifiers, all who placed are North American Qualifiers
1st Claire Gallibois from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
2nd Laura Pastor from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
3rd Justine Bongers from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
4th Nikki Daly from Woodgate-Shamrock
5th Emily Woolgar from O'Donnell 
6th Alexandra Petersen from Corrigan
7th Ayla Reid from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
8th MacKenzie Goggin-Wade from Goggin-Carroll
9th Janie Pendlebury from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
10th Breanna Behring from Goggin-Carroll
11th Erin Tackaberry from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
12th Sarah Brown from McGinley Academy
13th Emily Politeski from Goggin-Carroll
14th Siobhan Alexander from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
15th Charly Moore from Woodgate-Shamrock
16th Lauren Ibbott from Corrigan
17th Isabel Johnson from Ardán Academy of Irish Dance
18th Braedyn Ellis from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor
19th Brianna Robinson from Goggin-Carroll
20th Courtney Trew from Sue Fay Healy School Of Irish Dance
21st Megan  Kenny from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
22nd Elise Bishop from Gilchrist-Canavan
23rd Blaire Pearce from Ni Fhearraigh O'Ceallaigh
24th Kelsey Crone from Short School
25th Katherine Follis from Gilchrist-Canavan
26th Emily Jaeger from Butler - Fearon - O'Connor


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