Best Celtic Steps
WRO Ever!! 85% recall rate- 21 World
Qualifiers - 3 Solo Wins - 4 Team Wins -
Dozens of top 5's
A Huge
Congratulations to
all!
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| World Qualifiers, Blaine Donovan (and first place winner) & Branden MacDonald during awards. Congrats also goes out to first place for Sean Weller as well. (not pictured) |
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| Celtic Steps Girls & Ladies Figure Teams take three first place titles. Pictured Here: Minor Figure Team with teachers: ADCRG, Shaun Casey & TCRG, Aisling Casey |
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| Celtic Steps Teams had recoord recalls this year! Good job dancers! |
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Oireachtas Solo Results for Celtic Steps
Girls Under 8
Kennedy McDonald -- 6
Madison Reilly -- 26
Victoria Strawbridge -- 28
Boys Under 8
Eric Jones -- 3
Girls Under 9
Katja Behrens -- 1st Place!
Allison Greening -- 4
Lauren Birchby -- 8
Delaney Howell -- 9
Eileen Shehan -- 15
Boys Under 9
Aaron Jimenez --3
Girls Under 10
Molly Shehan * 5th WQ
Erin Storch * 10th WQ
Elyse Bryant -- 13
Reed Fricke -- 17
Bridget Newsome -- 33
Megan Henderson -- 35
Emma McCartney -- 40
Boys Under 10
Braeden McDonald * 4th WQ
Girls Under 11
Brynnae Hemphill * -- 6th WQ
Abigail Hostetler --27
Audrey Parmentier --14
Boys Under 11
Aiden Shannon *3rd WQ
Girls Under 12
Madalyn Wenger * 4th WQ
Tara Storch * 8th WQ
Faith Daugherty * 11th WQ
Siobhan Sterling* NANQ -- 15
Irelan Fricke --23
Savannah Moody -- 51
Allie Jones -- 52
| Girls Under 13
Anna Barr -- 31
Boys Under 13
Josh Garzaniti * 2nd WQ
Girls Under 14
Danielle Kinney * 13th WQ
Ciara Shannon -- 28
Miranda Garzaniti -- 40
Kika Macfarlane -- 48
McKenzie Weller -- 56
Boys Under 14
Brady Wiesner* -- 8th NANQ
Girls Under 15
Emily Barr * -- 11th WQ
Olivia McCartney -- 19
Hunter Grenier -- 26
Maeve Heitman -- 48
Ellie Dorchuck -- 61
Girls Under 16
Lauren Shinnick * 3rd WQ
Sarah Farley * -- 4th WQ
Molly Clark * -- 10th WQ
Madeline Calderon-Jackson --24
Hannah Peterson -- 34
Danielle Thaxton -- 39
Boys Under 16
Sean Weller* 1st Place! WQ
Girls Under 17
Robyn Kinzie * -- 11th WQ
Boys Under 17
Hadley Hofreiter * 5th WQ
Girls Under 18
Jessica Lesser -- 12
Girls Under 19
Kate Shinnick -- 19
Ladies Under 20
Marcia Speights + * 4th WQ WMH
Men 20 and Under
Blaine Donovan * 1st Place! WQ
Joe Poch * 3rd Place WQ
Ladies 20 and Over
Elizabeth Barton -- 22
| Oireachtas Figure Results
Girls Figure Under 12 1st Place!
Girls Figure Under 15 --Team A 1st Place!
Girls Figure Under 15 -- Team B 7th Place
Ladies Figure 15 and Over-- 1st Place!
Oireachtas Team Results
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Ceili Special Under 10 Girls
Team B-- Celtic Steps 3rd Place
Team A -- 6th Place
Ceili Special Under 10 Mixed
Team A -- First Place!
Girls Ceili Under 12
Team A 4th Place
Team B 5th Place
Girls Ceili Under 15
Team B 3rd
Team A 12th
Team C 15th
Girls Ceili 15 & Over
Team B 2nd Place
Team A 8th Place
Mixed Ceili Under 12
Team A 2nd Place
Mixed Ceili Under 15
Team A 2nd Place
Mixed Ceili 15 & Over
Team A 2nd Place
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| Congrats Josh Garzaniti for your second place! |
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| Girls Under 10 Team for Celtic Steps |
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| Junior A Figure Team Takes First Place Oireachtas 2011 |
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News and Press Releases: NANS July 2011
Celtic Steps Figures Teams Sweep 2011 Nashville, TN National Championships.
Our school had multiple recalls and FOUR 1st place titles in Figure Choreography!
Sr. Ladies Figure: 2011 World Champions & 2011 National Champions
Sr. Mixed Figure: 2011 World Champions & 2011 National Champions
U 16 Jr. Figure: 2011 National Irish Dance Champions
U 13 Minor Figure: 2011 National Irish Dance Champions
We are so proud of all who danced!
Celtic Steps Congratulates all of our recalled dancers:
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NANS, Nashville, TN 2011 Results for
Celtic Steps Solo Dancers
U8 Girls
17th Kennedy McDonald
U8 Boys
14th Eric Jones
U9 Girls
8th Katja Behrens
55th Lauren Birchby
57th Delaney Howell
U10 Girls
44th Reed Fricke
U11A Girls
35th Annelise Hopkins
U12 A/B
29th Madalyn Wenger
U14B Girls
48th Danielle Kinney
U16 Boys
6th Sean Weller
U16A Girls
29th Lauren Shinnick
34th Molly Clark
39th Madalyn Jackson
U16B Girls
58th Sara Farley
U17A Girls
33rd Megan Padgett
U18A Girls
16th Jessica Lesser (WQ)
U18B Girls
25th Kylee Fehr
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U17B Girls
25th Robyn Kinzie
U19 Ladies
51st Kate Shinnick
U20 Ladies
21st Marcia Speights
Senior Men
2nd Blaine Donovan
13th Joe Poch
Teams and Figures
Girls U11 Ceili
7th Celtic Steps
Girls U13 Ceili
16th Celtic Steps
Girls U16 Ceili
5th Celtic Steps
21st Celtic Steps
Mixed U11 Ceili
4th Celtic Steps
Mixed U13 Ceili
2nd Celtic Steps
Mixed Ceili U16 CHAMPIONS Celtic Steps
Girls U13 Figure Choreography CHAMPIONS Celtic Steps!!
Girls U16 Figure Choreography CHAMPIONS Celtic Steps!!
Ladies 16&O Figure Choreography CHAMPIONS Celtic Steps!!
Mixed 16&O Figure Choreography CHAMPIONS Celtic Steps!!
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| Celtic Seps Junior Figure Team, First Place NANS, 2011 |
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| Celtic Steps Minor Figure Team also wins National Title at NANS, 2011 |
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| Aisling Casey coaches Celtic Steps Figures Teams for Nationals |
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| NANS, 2011 Celtic Steps participated in the Guiness Book of World Records, "Longest Jig Line". |
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| Shaun and Aisling Casey with three of their National Qualifing & Recalled Dancers |
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Two teams from Colorado's Celtic Steps School of Irish Dance crowned champs at
2011 World Irish Dance Championships in Dublin
Colorado is now home to two World Champion Irish Dance teams as today both the Senior Girl's Figure team of 16 girls and the Mixed Figure team of eight girls and eight boys each from Colorado's Celtic Steps School of Irish Dance won their respective competitions at the 2011 World Irish Dance Championships in Dublin, Ireland. The 2011 World Irish Dance Championships (the 41st "Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2011") in Dublin attracts more than 4,500 dancers representing hundreds of Irish dance schools from 32 countries around the globe.
One of the marquee competitions of the Championships is the Senior Girls Figure competition, which features teams performing intricately choreographed routines that would make any Broadway producer proud. Celtic Steps performed "The Salmon of Knowledge" and their stellar performance beat out teams from Ireland, Scotland, England, Australia and Norway to bring the coveted title to Colorado.
(Download press release for names of dancers and more info...)
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| Celtic Steps Senior Ladies and Mixed Figure Teams are now World and 2011 National Champions! |
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| The Celtic Steps Sr. Mixed Figure Team also took first place at the 2011 National Championships and in Dublin, Ireland at the Worlds. Congrats to all of our hard working dancers, dedicated teachers and supportive parents of these very talented kids. |
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| Celtic Steps "Salmon of Knowledge" World Champion team, and the 2011 National Championship team pictured with teachers, Aisling and Shaun Casey |
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More World Championship 2011 News:
Celtic Steps takes home two world titles for Senior Figure Teams, recalls three solo dancers, and places 4 Ceili Teams from the 2011 World Championships
Here are some more updates from the CLRG World Irish Dance Championships in Dublin Ireland / Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2011
Placements in Solos:
Marcia Speights-- 10th Place, Comp #22 Ladies 19-20
Blaine Donovan-- 13th Place, Comp #2 Men 19-21
Sean Weller-- 21st Place, Boys Under 16
Placements in Figures (16 Hands):
Competition #55 - Senior Mixed Figure
1st - Team A Celtic Steps
Competition #56 - Senior Ladies Figure
1st - Team A Celtic Steps
Competition #54 - Junior Girls Figure 13 - 16
9th - Team A Celtic Steps
Placements in Ceili (8 Hands):
Competition #43 - Junior Mixed Ceili 13 - 16
4th - Team A Celtic Steps
Competition #43 - Junior Girls Ceili 13 - 16
22nd - Team B Celtic Steps
Competition #45 - Senior Girls Ceili
12th - Team A Celtic Steps
Competition #47 - Senior Ladies Ceili
18th - Team A Celtic Steps
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Western Regional Oireachtas
Sacramento, CA
Celtic Steps Takes 5 First Place Titles in Sacramento.
Katjia Behrens 1st Place
Josh Garzaniti -- 1st Place
Sean Weller -- 1st Place
Blaine Donovan -- 1st Place
Lauren Shinnick -- 1st Place
All Celtic Steps Figure Choreography Teams Placed in the top 5!
Senior Mixed-- 1st Place
U15 A-- 1st Place
U12 A-- 2nd Place
O15 A-- 3rd Place
O15 B-- 4th Place
U15 B-- 5th Place
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ALL 19 WORLD QUALIFIERS (WQ) to dance at
Irish Dance World Championships
Dublin, Ireland 2011!!
Girls u8
1st Katja Behrens
8th Kennedy McDonald
Boys u8
6th Eric Jones
Girls u9
9th Reed Fricke
Girls u10
10th Annalise Hopkins (WQ)
Boys u10
2nd Aidan Shannon (WQ)
Girls u11
9th Tara Storch (WQ)
10th Madalyn Wenger (WQ)
Boys u12
1st Josh Garzaniti (WQ)
Boys u13
5th Brady Wiesner (WQ)
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9th Matthew Hopkins
Girls u13
15th Danielle Kinney (WQ)
Girls u15
1st Lauren Shinnick (WQ)
10th Molly Clark (WQ)
11th Sara Farley (WQ)
Boys u15
1st Sean Weller (WQ)
2nd Kyler Epperson (WQ)
Girls u16
5th Robyn Kinzie (WQ)
Boys u16
3rd Hadley Hofreiter (WQ)
Girls u17
6th Kylee Fehr (WQ)
Girls u19
5th Marcia Speights (WQ)
Boys u20
1st Blaine Donovan (WQ)
Girls 20&O
10th Liz Barton (WQ)
Boys 20&O
3rd David Jenista (WQ)
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| Aisling and Shaun giving last minute advice to our teams. |
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| Celtc Steps Figure teams get some last minute coaching. |
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Worlds, Scotland 2010 Update--
Celtic Steps hits the top three!
Once again, Celtic Steps enters the World Irish dance arena and takes third place. Representing Celtic Steps as the United States National Champion 1st place dancers, our mixed figure team moved up from last year's 5th place to take a spot in the top three at the World Championships in Scotland. Congrats, for all the hard work, blood, sweat and tears that went into this win.
Other Celtic steps placements at worlds included a 5th place for our Senior Mixed Ceili team, and our Senior ladies Ceili team and Senior Mixed Ceili B teams were both only one place away from a recall.
In solos, Eimear Toal, who was a first place regional champion took 15th place in the Senior Ladies (World Medal Holder). And a big round of applause goes out to our Celtic Steps boys and men, Blaine Donovan, David Jenista, Hadley Hofeiter, Nick Sullivan all recalled in the top 33% of the World Champions.
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| Celtic Steps Jr. Figure Team with Shaun and Aisling Casey at All Irelands in Killarney, IE |
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| Celtic Steps Rocks All Irelands Figures
2010 Killarney, IE
Won 1st Place -- Junior Figure Choreography Team
Won 1st Place -- Senior Mixed Ceili
Won 2nd Place -- Senior Figure Girls Team
We had lots of solo recalls but a special congrats goes out to
David Jenista 9th Overall and 4th in light shoe solo recall
Marcia Speights 26th and 4th in Light Shoe Solo recall
For more photos or info please go to our "News" page.
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Celtic Steps Rocks Denver
Western Regional Oireachtas
2009 Denver, Colorado
We congratulate our 40 recalled dancers & 13 World Qualifiers!
Won 1st Place -- Junior Figure Choreography Team
Won 1st Place -- Senior Mixed Figure Choreography Team
Won 1rd Place -- Mixed Senior Ceili Team
Won 1st Place -- Eimear Toal Senior Ladies Solos
Won 1st Place -- Josh Garzaniti- U11 Boys Solos
2nd Place -- Senior Girls Figure Choreography Team2nd Place -- Girls Senior Ceili Team2nd Place -- Marcia Speights U-18 Girls
(More updates coming soon. Contact us directly at celticsteps@aol.com if you would like an official press release on this competition.)
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| Aisling Casey at Denver 2009 Oireachtas |
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| Shaun Casey thrilled for one of his dancers! |
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We Congratulate the following winning teams:
2010 All Irelands
Jr. Figure 1st Place
Sr. Figure Mixed 1st Place
Sr. Figure Ladies 2nd Place
Sr. Mixed Ceili 1st Place
2010 World Championships TBD this month!
Good Luck Celtic Steps this spot is for your names!
2009 North Amer. Championships, TN USA
Won 1st Place -- Senior Figure Choreography Team
Won 3rd Place -- Senior Girls Ceili Team
2009 World Championships, PA USA
Won 5th Place -- Senior Figure Choreography Team
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