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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, M arch 3 , 2 0 1 7 | 1 6 Marta Marychuk Reporter mmarychuk@oakvillebeaver.com Aitscene `Connected to your Community " Thirteen to compete in World Irish Dance Championships Thirteen dancers from the Goggin-Carroll School of Irish Dance have qualified to com pete at this year's World Irish Dance Cham pionships, which will be held April 9 to 16 in Dublin, Ireland. These dancers com e from Oakville, M ississauga, Burlington and Milton. They will be com peting with m ore than 4,500 dancers from the United States, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Russia, South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Japan and other dancers from across Canada. Since the dawn of the m usical Riverdance in the m id-`90s, Irish dancing has been popular around the world. But the history of Irish dancing began m any years earlier. The Irish Dance Com m ission w as es tablished in Ireland in the 1890s, under the um brella of the Gaelic Teague whose goal w as to prom ote Irish language and culture. In the 1930s, formal lists of Irish dance teachers, ju d ges and com petitors were registered and this practice continued an nually through the years. Until the 1960s, the com m unity was alm ost exclusively for dancers in Ireland and Great Britain. W hen the first World Irish Dance Cham pionships happened in 1970, the group gained global status. Until 2000, the prestigious World Irish Dance Cham pionships w as never held outside the 26 counties of Ireland. Since then, it has been held in Belfast, Glasgow, Tondon, Philadelphia, Boston and Mon treal. To raise m oney for the dancers, the Claddagh Ball will be held on Saturday, March 25 at the Te Dom e Banquet Hall. If you w ould like to attend, offer a do nation for the silent auction or want more inform ation about Irish dance, contact Barb Goggin at dance@goggin-carroll. com. w i Thirteen dancers from the Goggin-Carroll School of Irish Dance have qualified to com pete a t the World Irish Dance Championships this year. In the fro nt row, from left, are Ava Vickers, Amy Zenker and Abby Hennessy. In the m iddle row, from left, are Brenna Allore, Flor ence Rodrigue, Emily Hambly, Catherine Hoare and Brynna McVittie. In the back row, from left, are Jack Kukolic, Isabella (Bella) Simms, Caitlyn Micuda, Kerry McCann and Gavin McCarthy-Willoughby. *" 1 if jj^ if" . . A . . r 9 km . i A >: 1 1 |a W M r W /V ( 1 -o dad fa { M y fjj fr * \ 'A s a h | submitted photo A tF v '* ul W - j/v # \ B J F , M V iT T l m y m / 4j iV J Vachon Insurance Group T pI JO H N PALAD IN O ______________________ L A W O F F IC E ______________________ 2 0 0 -5 4 6 8 D un da s St. W, T o ro nto, ON 1 -8 0 0 -7 6 6 -8 6 6 2 v a c h o n in s c e .c o m As independent insurance brokers, w e have freedom of choice. So should you. W e ' ll p r e s e n t y o u w ith m o re o p t io n s d e s i g n e d t o b e tte r m a tc h y o u r p ro te c tio n a n d b u d g et n eed s. · REAL ESTATE * WILLS & ESTATES · COMMERCIAL LEASING · CORPORATE 447 Speers Road,Suite 200B,Oakville,ON L6K 3S7 Don't settle for one quote from your insurance agent. Let us help you get your money's worth. G e t o n f r e e i n s t a n t o n - lin e q u o t e a t w w w . v a c h o n i n s c e . c o m C a ll u s a f t e r q u o t e , a s y o u m a y b e m i s s i n g d i s c o u n t s y o u d e s e r v e ! I PHONE: 905-842-3311 " FAX: 905-842-7433