Friends across North America celebrate National Irish Dancing Championships

Megan O'Keefe, Emily Twyman, Clare O'Shea

with ADCRG Heather McClanahan from McClanahan (KY)

De Danaan dancers Megan Barling, Valentina Dugandzic and Fred Nguyen
from Western Canada

Caitlin Faimon, Evie Kennedy and Jackson Hastings
from Nashville Irish Step Dancers (TN)
with friend Haley Tanner from Watters (FL) - 3rd from left

Between rounds, dancers vie for practice space on a free stage!

Jillian Collins, Nora and Breanna Ahern, Liam TeeKing,
Alyssa Enright and Julia Murphy from
Gilleoghan (CT) gather with parents to support friends at awards.

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New England friends gather at National Irish Dancing Championships

Amy Bessey, Lizzie MacLellan, Kristen Towey and Victoria Goddard

from Proto-Casano (MA) enjoy the colorful fountain show

at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel.

Gilleoghan (CT) dancers Clare Ahern, Caitlin TeeKing, Sophie Jones and Maura Whaley.

Fun in the fountain at the Moms to Reel Boys Meet 'n Greet!

Declan Meagher - Marie Moore (PA) with Braedan Mahoney, Lucas Hu

Patrick Mello, Griffin Wilkins and twins Aidan and Alex Boni from Harney (MA)

Kassie Seavy and Nicole Greco from Gilleoghan (CT) at awards Sunday

Hannah Lewis and Angela-Marie Conklinfrom Murray (NH)

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New Yorkers in Top 5 for Girls under 10 at North American Irish Dancing Championships

Emily Marino from Rince na Tiarna in New York
2011 North American Irish Dancing Champion under 10

Three little girls from metropolitan New York Irish dance schools joined friendly rivals from Trinity in Illinois and Gilleoghan in Connecticut atop the Girls under 10 podium last night at the North American Irish Dancing Championships in Nashville, Tennessee!

Emily Marino from Rince na Tiarna (NY) won first place and shared the podium with

2 - Sydney Niewiedzial from Trinity (IL/WI)
3 - Farran Dougherty from Broesler (MD/NJ)
4 - Nora Ahern from Gilleoghan (CT)
5 - Paige Diecidue from Mulvihill-Lynch (NY)


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Melissa McCarthy defeats Paige Turilli for 2011 NAIDC girls under 15 title

Melissa McCarthy from Harney Academy (MA)2011 North American Irish Dancing Champion

Girls under 15B

Melissa McCarthy of the Harney Academy from Massachusetts clinched the Girls under 15B North American Irish Dancing Championship after coming in second behind 2010 and 2011 World Champion Ann Paige Turilli from Inishfree New York. McCarthy also placed second behind Turilli at the All-Ireland Championships.

Top Five in the Girls under 15B event:

2 – Ann Paige Turilli from Inishfree (NY)
3 – Mackenzie Mahler from Blakey (Western Canada)
4 – Kelsey Parry from Pender-Keady (CT)
5 – Breanna Ahern from Gilleoghan (CT)

Top Five in the Girls under 15A event:

1 – Aisling Reinhardt from Elaine Kavanagh (Ireland)
2 – Heather Monaghan from Mulvihill-Lynch (NY)
3 – Meaghan Kenfield from Trinity (IL/WI)
4 – Collette Harling from Cashel Dennehy (WI)
5 – Kellyn Berrigan from Pender-Keady (CT)


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Photo courtesy of www.dance.net from 2011 Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne