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The O'Hare Irish Dance Booster Club
is proud to present
“The Rhythm of Ireland – An Evening of Irish Music and Dance”
Friday Evening, March 12, 2010
Doors open at 6 pm
Dinner 6:30 to 7:30
(Lenten meal available, see menu below)
Show 8:00 to 9:30
Our Lady of the Elms High School, Ann Amer Brennan Theater
1375 Exchange Street, Akron, OH, 44313
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a festive evening offering fabulous food, courtesy of The Barley
House, and exceptional Irish entertainment, featuring:
- 33 Champion Dancers from The O'Hare School of Irish Dance, including:
- World Qualifiers Amanda White and Caroline Compton;
- All Ireland Qualifiers Deanna Chapa, Caroline Compton, Sierra Grahovic, MacKenna Hornyak,
Catie Pauley, Alanna Walsh, & Amanda White
- The Summit Choral Society/Masterworks Chorale Chamber Singers - More Info
- Pat Flynn, Akron's own Irish Tenor- More Info
- The Hired Hands, Celtic Harpists - More Info
To order tickets online CLICK HERE
or for additional information, please contact
Mary at therhythmofireland@gmail.com or call her at 330-209-5692.
| Ticket Prices |
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| Dinner & Show | |
| Adult | $30 |
| Children (12-under) | $20 |
| Show only | |
| Adults | $25 |
| Children | $15 |
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| The Barley House Dinner Menu |
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| Corned Beef & Cabbage |
| Pasta Alfredo with Vegetables |
| Rigatoni |
| Salad, Vegetable, Rolls |
| Coffee |
| Other Beverages, Including Beer & Wine, by Donation |
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Please mail payment to: O'Hare Irish Dance Boosters, P.O. Box 36242, Canton,
OH 44735. Make checks payable to O'Hare Irish Dance Booster Club, and be sure to
indicate whether dinner and show tickets, or show only. Orders will be filled in
the order payment is received, first come, first served, with limited seating
available. Program sponsorship opportunities available. Contact Mary for more
information (see above for email and phone).
Proceeds from this evening will benefit the nonprofit O'Hare Irish Dance
Booster Club, and provide partial scholarships to support participation in the
World Championship competition in Glasgow, Scotland in April for our two World
Qualifiers, and in the All-Ireland Championship competition in Killarney, Ireland,
in February for our seven qualifiers.
The O’Hare Irish Dance Booster Club is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, which
promotes Irish dance and culture through supporting the dancers of the O’Hare
School of Irish Dance in Ohio. Our goals are to maintain and disseminate the
tradition of excellence in the art of Irish dance.
Thank you for supporting the O'Hare Irish Dance Booster Club!
Bios:
| Amanda White |
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Amanda has been Irish Step Dancing since she was eight years old and has now danced for ten years. With close coaching from Eileen O’Kennedy Dunlap, her first major competition
was the Oireachtas Mid-Western Regional Championships, only two years after she started dancing. Since then she has Qualified for the World Championships in Ireland twice (’05 and ’10).
Amanda also attended the ’09 World Championships in Philadelphia for Ceili dancing. She was part of a Ceili team for approximately eight years. She has been to Ireland three other times
for the All Ireland Championships including this year’s competition.
Amanda is attending the University of Akron. She has been asked to audition for Riverdance. Amanda also helps teach
classes and private lessons for up and coming dancers.
Amanda’s advice for aspiring Irish dancers is, “Never, ever, ever give up!! Keep your dreams big and take baby steps. You can do
whatever you put your mind to.” |
| Caroline Compton |
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Caroline is 12 years old and is a 7th grader at St. Michael School in Canton. Caroline finished 10th out of
121 girls in her age group at the Midwest Regional Championships in November, 2009 which qualified her to
attend the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in March 2010.
Caroline has been dancing for 8 ½ years, since she was 4. Her major dance accomplishments include:
qualifying for the World Championships this year, recalling in soft shoes, hard shoes and overall at
the 2008 All-Irelands, being in the top 10 at the Oireachtas (Midwest championships) 2x, being in the
top 20 at the Oireachtas 4x and finishing in the top 25 at the North American Championships in 2009.
Caroline was a member of O’Hare’s U13 8-hand girls’ ceili team, which took 14th at Worlds in 2009 and
2nd at the North American championships in 2009.
Caroline’s other activities include: volleyball, cheerleading, track and “Power of the Pen”, a writing
team at her school. Her favorite accomplishments outside of dance include high honors at school and
breaking the 6th grade girls’ mile-run record at St. Mike’s.
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| Summit Choral Society |
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The Masterworks Chorale is proud to present it's 20th season of choral masterworks
concerts. The Chorale has grown from 65 adventurous volunteer singers on its first concert (October 1990),
to its present membership of nearly 80 voices. These men and women representing many diverse
backgrounds, cultures, races and beliefs are brought together by their love of the choral art and by
their years of dedication to musical interpretation, sight reading, foreign language study, precision
of vocal articulation and diction – and the sheer joy and pleasure found in bringing to sound masterworks
from across the centuries and from all over the world.
In the past twenty years, the Chorale has performed numerous masterworks at such varied local venues as the
Akron Civic Theatre, Arlington Church of God, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Goodyear Theater,
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, St. Bernard Catholic Church and St. John Cathedral in Cleveland.
They have also appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York City and, in June 2005 joined with the Beijing
Central Conservatory of Music Chorale and Tianjin Orchestra in a historic performance of Bach’s B
Minor Mass to a capacity crowd in Beijing’s infamous Forbidden City Concert Hall conducted by artistic
director, Dr. Frank C. Jacobs. This multi-generational chorale is composed of singers from throughout
the greater Akron area and many surrounding communities (encompassing five counties). They would welcome
inquiries about auditions for membership at any time to 330-434-7464. Visit our website at
www.SummitChoralSociety.org
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