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The North Texas Irish Festival is pleased to welcome the
following regional dance schools to the 2003
Festival.
They include:
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San
Antonio Irish Dancers
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The San Antonio Irish Dancers have performed in and around
the San Antonio area since 1982 and have always been a welcome
favorite at the North Texas Irish Festival. The group is dedicated
to promoting Irish culture in the forms of both music and dance.
Though the group's main focus is on traditional ceilidgh dancing, championship
dancers provide an exciting contrast in the form of non-traditional
jig and reel steps performed in hard shoes.
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San Antonio
Irish Dancers
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Emerald
School of Irish Dance
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Under the direction of Emily Touzin, the school began in
Montpelier, Vermont in 1968 with 35 students. After 4 years in
Houston, the school moved to Dallas where it has been since 1977.
Studios in Grand Prairie were added in 1996 and in Lewisville in
2000, directed by Emily's daughter, Leslie Middleton. The
newest studio opened in Mesquite in 2001.
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Emerald School of Irish Dance 
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McTeggart Irish Dancers
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The McTeggart Irish Dancers of North Texas, under the direction of Mrs. Maureen
McTeggart Hall, A.D.C.R.G., practice in Fort Worth, Texas weekly. The dance
school performs throughout the Texas, Oklahoma area, at major cultural events to
promote and keep alive traditional Irish dancing. Performances are also
scheduled at nursing homes, shopping malls, schools, and hospitals to name a
few. The students compete against each other and dancers from all across the
United States when they attend a "Feis", sometimes traveling to New Orleans,
Houston, Denver and the Irish Festival Feis in Dallas. Students of all ages are
welcome to join for competitive and pleasure dancing instruction.
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McTeggart Irish Dancers
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Shandon
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The Shandon School of Irish Dance, located in Garland and Fort
Worth, is run by Kay Brown LaGreca TCRG. Kay has been dancing for over
20 years and has devoted the last 5 years to teaching the joy of Irish
dance to children and adults of all ages. The school teaches
traditional Irish Dances for fun, show and competition. Students are
accepted as young as 3 and as old as, well as long as they can move.
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Shandon
School
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Hibernia
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The Hibernia School of Irish Dance and Hibernia Irish Dance Company operate under
the direction of Erin Maureen Reid, TCRG (certified step dance and céilí dance instructor
by the Commission of Irish Dance in Dublin Ireland). The Hibernia School of Irish Dance
offers an education, ranging from traditional to modern, in competitive solo and team
Irish dancing. They offer a dynamic and challenging learning environment for all students.
Classes for the less competitive dancer, seeking exercise or Irish cultural exploration
are also part of the Hibernia School curriculum. Proper technique is emphasized for serious
and casual students alike.
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Hibernia School
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Erin
Reid
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Erin Mureen Reid was born in Detroit and has lived in Dallas since 1986. She began
Irish dancing in 1991, and was most recently taught by first-place
World Champion, Neill Reagan, ADCRG. She competed and placed fourth
in the 1997 US Southern Regional Championships, and in 1998,
qualified for and competed in the World Championships in Ennis,
County Clare, Ireland.
Erin has performed at the Texas Scottish Festival every year since
1998 with master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser. Fraser is known for
his work on the soundtracks for Titanic, Last of the Mohicans, and
Spitfire Grill, as well as numerous recordings of his own. Erin will
be leading the Saturday evening ceili.
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Erin Reid
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