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Post by paleo on Nov 30, 2021 11:23:11 GMT -5
 On November 26th, my granddaughter competed in an Irish dance competition, Mid-America Oireahtas, in Chicago. This competition is to determined qualifications for both 2022 North American championships and World championships. Ella qualified, and will be competing in the North American championships in Montreal, next July and in the World competition in in Belfast, Ireland next April. As an added bonus Ella has also been invited, and will compete in the All Ireland Championships in Killarney, Ireland in Feb. Ella has a dance studio in Madison, where she teaches Irish dance to younger kids, in cooperation with the school she trains at, Bellator Academy of Irish Dance, in Milwaukee. Several of her students also qualified for the North American competition, so Ella will be going there as a competitor and as a teacher. A lot of really, really hard work on her part, all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA in school. BTW she's 16 years old. |
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Post by billhammond on Nov 30, 2021 11:25:28 GMT -5
That is amazing! Way to go, Ella!
p.s. You might want to edit the thread title.
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Post by Village Idiot on Nov 30, 2021 12:22:46 GMT -5
That is awesome, and well-deserved. I got to meet Ella this summer, what a nice girl. She put up with a bunch of us adults for pretty much an entire day. She deserves an award for that too!
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Post by drlj on Nov 30, 2021 12:53:18 GMT -5
Congratulations. She sounds terrific.
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Post by Dub on Nov 30, 2021 13:00:46 GMT -5
Wonderful! Congratulations to Ella and her doting grandfather. She is an amazing young woman indeed.
As an aside, Belfast isn’t actually in Ireland.
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Post by Cornflake on Nov 30, 2021 13:14:51 GMT -5
Very impressive! She must be quite a young woman.
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Post by coachdoc on Nov 30, 2021 14:32:33 GMT -5
Cool.
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Post by kbcolorado on Nov 30, 2021 16:04:01 GMT -5
Simply outstanding!
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Post by gbacklin on Dec 1, 2021 12:13:29 GMT -5
Congratulations !!!
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Post by Tamarack on Dec 1, 2021 12:33:04 GMT -5
Congrats to Ella, her parents and proud grandfather!
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Dec 1, 2021 20:20:50 GMT -5
On November 26th, my granddaughter competed in an Irish dance competition, Mid-America Oireahtas, in Chicago. This competition is to determined qualifications for both 2022 North American championships and World championships. Ella qualified, and will be competing in the North American championships in Montreal, next July and in the World competition in in Belfast, Ireland next April. As an added bonus Ella has also been invited, and will compete in the All Ireland Championships in Killarney, Ireland in Feb. Ella has a dance studio in Madison, where she teaches Irish dance to younger kids, in cooperation with the school she trains at, Bellator Academy of Irish Dance, in Milwaukee. Several of her students also qualified for the North American competition, so Ella will be going there as a competitor and as a teacher. A lot of really, really hard work on her part, all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA in school. BTW she's 16 years old. I can't read the label on the box she is holding. Bailey's Irish Cream or Jameson's? |
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Post by paleo on Dec 1, 2021 21:21:09 GMT -5
On November 26th, my granddaughter competed in an Irish dance competition, Mid-America Oireahtas, in Chicago. This competition is to determined qualifications for both 2022 North American championships and World championships. Ella qualified, and will be competing in the North American championships in Montreal, next July and in the World competition in in Belfast, Ireland next April. As an added bonus Ella has also been invited, and will compete in the All Ireland Championships in Killarney, Ireland in Feb. Ella has a dance studio in Madison, where she teaches Irish dance to younger kids, in cooperation with the school she trains at, Bellator Academy of Irish Dance, in Milwaukee. Several of her students also qualified for the North American competition, so Ella will be going there as a competitor and as a teacher. A lot of really, really hard work on her part, all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA in school. BTW she's 16 years old. I can't read the label on the box she is holding. Bailey's Irish Cream or Jameson's? Ha ha, if it would have been Bailey's I would have taken it! Instead of a trophy she got an Irish vase, very light green with darker green shamrocks, quite lovely. |
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Post by RickW on Dec 1, 2021 23:02:33 GMT -5
Excellent work.
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Post by Dub on Dec 1, 2021 23:43:15 GMT -5
I can't read the label on the box she is holding. Bailey's Irish Cream or Jameson's?  |
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