McMenamin Academy Feis Irish Dance Open Champion Results and Photos

The 2nd Annual McMenamin Academy Feis on August 14, 2011 was held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Irish dance families who also registered for the Milwaukee Feis on August 13th were in for a weekend of back-to-back feising fun! After opening ceremonies and anthems, competitions got started right away with figures and first feis competitions.

Here are the Open Champion results as tabulated by our friends at FeisWorx! Visit FeisWorx for complete results.

Open Champion Boys under 13:
1st McKimmon Engelhardt (McNulty School of Irish Dance)

2 Michael Wall (Cashel-Dennehy)

3 Henry Schnabel (Richens-Timm, Indiana)

4 Raphael Hallerman (Rince Nia Academy)

Open Champion Boys under 15:

1st Donovan Lyon (Rince Nia Academy)

2nd Mitchell Hollman (Glencastle Irish Dancers)

Open Champion Girls under 12:

1st Sophie Steigerwald (Cashel-Dennehy)

2 Mairead King (Dillon-Gavin)

Open Champion Girls under 14:

1st Kristen Anklewicz (Sheila Tully Academy)

2 Gabby Hughes (Sheila Tully Academy)

3 Sarah Elizabeth Hubbard (Trinity Academy)

4 Suzanne O'Meara (Cashel-Dennehy)

Open Champion Girls under 16:

1st Rachel Knapp (Dillon-Gavin

2Tie Finola Hughes (Cashel-Dennehy) and Emma Reynolds (Mulhern)

4 Ashley VanHandel (Yeates Academy of Irish Dance, OR)

Open Champion Girls under 18:

1st Mina Margaret (Rince Nia Academy)

2 Allison Wall (Cashel-Dennehy)

3 Katie Wilhelms (Trinity Academy)

Open Champion Ladies 18 & Over:

1st Kathleen Jorgensen (Cashel-Dennehy)

2 Ellen Harris (Cashel-Dennehy)

3 Caitlin Livingston (O'Hare School of Irish Dance)

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Nadine Martin from Doherty wins North American Irish Dance Title Ladies under 20

Nadine Martin from Doherty (England/Wales)

2011 North American Irish Dancing Champion

Ladies under 20

Greetings from Nashville and the Irish Dance Teacher's Association of North America's flagship event, the North American Irish Dancing Championships! Saturday’s competitions for titles in six age groups culminated in an exciting celebration last evening in the Delta Ballroom.

Congratulations to 2011 North American Irish Dancing Champion for Ladies under 20 Nadine Martin from Doherty Academy (England/Wales). Martin’s coup follows a 4th placement at the World Irish Dancing Championships and 2nd placement at the All-Ireland Championships this year.

2 - Cassidy Luebbers from Broesler (MD/NJ)
3 - Caitlin Richardson from Mayer (Mid America)
4 - Candice Corrigan from Penk O'Donnell (Western Canada)
5 - Chelsea Holloway from Rince Nia (WI)

For Ladies under 20, Feis America is thrilled to have featured TWO of the TOP FIVE in the July/August issue's feature article by Patricia McNamara, "Sorority of Seniority". Cassidy Luebbers from Broesler (MD/NJ) took 2nd place, following a 7th placement at Worlds and 16th at All –Irelands. Candice Corrigan from Penk O’Donnell (Western Canada) took 4th place following an 11th placement at Worlds.

Fifth place winner Chelsea Holloway from Rince Nia Academy (Sean Beglan TCRG, Wisconsin) also placed 19th at Worlds.

Feis America has been expressly prohibited from publishing real-time results or live commentary, but will post information once results are publicly available. For full results and updates in real-time, visit www.nanationals.net/2011.

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