June 06, 2010Tickets are on sale now for Traidisiún: An Irish Dance Show
Tickets are on sale now for the June 18 and June 19 8 p.m. performances at Montgomery College's Performing Arts Center on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. Be sure to visit our website at http://www.culkinschool.com/Traidisiun to buy tickets and read about some of the surprises we have in store for you! Congratulations to our newest Champ dancer!
Congratulations to Aleah J who qualified for Preliminary Championships with a win at the Comhaltas Irish Dance Festival (CCE Feis) over Memorial Day weekend!
Figures Classes at the Culkin SchoolAt the Culkin School, we believe in teaching the basics properly and well in the early years of instruction – that is why we spend so much time in the first classes a dancer takes listening to the music, practicing turnout, etc. Good figures dancers do those basics well, so through our re-registration process we invite dancers who have had at least one full year, and sometimes two, of Irish dance experience to participate in the Figures program. The Figures program at the Culkin School is intended to supplement the solo program. In other words, the figures class would be the second class of the week for the dancer. However, if a dancer has been with the Culkin School for at least two years, they can opt to take only the figures class. Read more after the jump.... May 03, 2010Congratulations to our newest Champ dancers!
With the spring feis season upon us, a round of congratulations go to three of our newest preliminary championship dancers - Alex P, Erika K and Tatijianna K. Keep up the good work!
April 18, 2010Summer Camp Registration is Open!Registration for our summer camp offerings at Glen Echo Park are now open for registration! We will be offering 3 different programs at Glen Echo, and their descriptions and links to the registration page are found below. We will also have camps this summer at Hughes UMC in Silver Spring We hope you can join us for one of these summer dance opportunities! More details (and the Silver Spring registration form) after the jump.... March 28, 2010Traidisiún, An Irish Dance Show
Join us in June at the show...or join us NOW on the web at our new website to learn more about the performance. As we get closer to the show, we'll include ticket information and more! March 16, 2010Join us or watch us TONIGHT at the Kennedy Center!St. Patrick's season is in full swing and tonight is the big show at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage. Join us at 6 p.m. EDT in Washington, D.C. -OR- LIVE on the Internet! To watch online, follow this link to the Millennium Stage page. If you miss the live performance, be sure to check in later today or this week for the archived performance. Hope to see you there! January 01, 2010Registration Open for Adult Spring Semester Classes
Just a reminder that the fall/winter term for the Culkin School adult classes wraps up at the end of January. Registration for all classes is open now for the Spring term, which begins the first week of February.
Go to http://www.glenechopark.org/class/classclassIndex.aspx?ctlgID=34&ctgyID=65&typeID=3 to sign up for classes now! And stay tuned for information on Open Gym and Ceili Camps for this summer.... Congratulations to our World Qualifiers and Oireachtas Champions!Belated congratulations to all the Culkin School dancers who represented us at the 2009 Southern Region Oireachtas in Dallas, Texas in December. Among our solo and team dancers, we're honored to have a number of World Qualifiers and another regional championship title. Moira R, Samantha D, Margot W, Matthew L and Patrick A all qualified for the 2010 World Championships. And the Ladies 4-Hand, made up this year of Tammy L, Kate P, Lynne H and Angela H, won their 6th straight championship title. A number of other dancers qualified for the 2010 North American Championships in Orlando this coming July. Great job by everyone! September 23, 2009Sign ups available for four upcoming shows
Nothing like starting out the dance year with a bang! After the jump are 4 upcoming performances we hope will fit into your schedule. Please follow the link to the Yahoo! Group database to sign your dancer up for the shows. If you are having issues with Yahoo! (a few of you are, however, we've had many new Culkin families sign up in the last week, so thank you!), please email Nicki at nicki ~at~ culkinschool.com (replace the ~at~ with @) directly. If you are unsure of which troupe you are in, below is a description of material your dancer needs to have mastered for each troupe. Sean & Nicki will update the class assignments on the web in the next few weeks.
Continue reading "Sign ups available for four upcoming shows" » September 06, 2009Did you know you can find us on Facebook and Twitter?
Keep up with the Culkin School online using today's technology. We have a new Twitter feed -- follow us @culkinschool and become a fan of our Facebook page.
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August 12, 2009Congratulations!Congratulations are in order for a couple of Culkin School dancers:
July 26, 2009A request for your thoughts and prayersWe are asking members of the Culkin School to please keep the Ross family in your thoughts and prayers. Information on services is available via the Yahoo! Groups. You may add to the online guest book by following this link or view the Washington Post announcement by following this link. We also want to express our sincerest condolences to the Rice family. Michelle was such a joy and loving part of our adult dance program and we will miss her very much. You may see and add to her online guest book by following this link. And we also ask for your continued thoughts for the Rosewag and Bayhurst families on their recent losses. July 18, 2009Baltimore Feis Registration Open
Registration for the Baltimore Feis, to be held Saturday, September 19, is now open on eFeis.com.
July 06, 2009Congratulations to our National Champions! Congratulations are in order for a very talented group of adult dancers who traveled to Nashville this weekend. The Adult Ladies jig team placed 1st in their competition, winning the national championship title.Seventeen of our adult dancers went to Nashville for the competition, including Alexandra W, Amy T-W, Bonnie Z, Catherine M, Debbie K, Ellen B, Erica B, Erin S, Julie D, KC F, Lynne H, Melissa de B, Mo M, Pam L, Shaneene L, Shauna L and Tammy L. Members of the championship team included Alexandra, Amy, Debbie, Erin, Julie, KC, Melissa and Tammy. Congrats to all of our adult dancers on representing the school so well! Hard work and perseverance pays off! Congratulations!
Congratulations to Matthew L who recently won his final 1st place at the Celtic Fling Feis nd qualified for Preliminary Championships. Good luck to you Matthew and keep up the hard work!
June 23, 2009Congratulations!
Congratulations to Katie K for achieving her second Prelim 1st place at the Old Dominion Feis and qualifying for Open Championships! Way to go, Katie!
June 13, 2009Congratulations to our Seniors!With the end of the school year, we want to congratulate all of our graduating seniors! The Class of 2009 is the largest we've graduated and while we are thrilled that you've reached your senior year and will be heading off to college this fall, know that we will miss those of you heading out of state and out of classes! Congratulations to two of our seniors, Melissa R and Rachel M, for being selected for scholarships from the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America. Best wishes to all our senior champs, including Rebecca M, Corrine D, Megan W, Kara H, Maggie M and Caroline M. Registration for Summer and Fall Classes is available now!Registration for Culkin Summer Camps continues and we're now also taking registration for the 2009-2010 class year. Please see the website for more information: May 05, 2009Summer Adult Classes - Registration OpenRegistration is now open for the Culkin School Adult Irish dance summer classes. Included is a new summer "mini-mester" for adult students interested in trying out Irish dance, soft shoe review for current student and a hard shoe intensive.Register through the Glen Echo Park website.
April 28, 2009Summer Class RegistrationBack by popular demand! Summer classes for new and current students are just around the corner and registration is now available. Classes will be held at the Culkin School's Hughes location in Silver Spring and at Glen Echo Park in Bethesda. Visit our Summer Schedule page for information and registration. January 25, 2009Congratulations!
Congratulations to Margot W who travelled to the Raleigh Feis and got her 2nd first at the Preliminary level. She is now an OPEN Champion, the highest level possible for an Irish dancer. Way to go!!!!!!!
December 30, 2008IDTANA Scholarships for College-bound dancers
Each year the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America provides an opportunity for college-age Irish dancers to apply for merit-based scholarships to assist with college tuition.
Two types of scholarship awards are given:
- At least three scholarships for college-bound high school seniors graduating in Spring 2009 Scholarship amounts will be determined later. Winners will be announced at the 2009 North American Championships in Nashville, Tennessee in July 2009. The deadline for application is March 27, 2009. Follow this link to download an application. December 08, 2008Congratulations to our Oireachtas dancers!
Congratulations to all of our teams and dancers who traveled to Orlando this weekend for the 2008 Southern Region Oireachtas, including:
- Under 9 Boys Champion Patrick A A number of solo dancers also qualified for the 2009 North American Irish Dance Championships. Culkin ceili teams also placed in the Mixed Under 12 8 Hand, Mixed Under 15 8 Hand, Girls 15&Over 4 Hand, Adult Ladies 8 Hand, Adult Ladies 4 Hand and Adult Mixed 4 Hand. Thanks, too, to all the parents and family members of our dancers -- especially the first-time Oireachtas-goers. It takes a lot of coordination to get 100+ dancers to and from Florida. The hard work and dedication of the dancers and their supporters paid off! And a special thanks to our adult teams -- who were awarded the 4 and 8 hand championships for the 5th year in a row! November 23, 2008Good Luck to our Oireachtas CompetitorsThe 2008 Southern Region Oireachtas is just around the corner! This year, the Culkin School is being represented by 25 solo competitors and 17 teams.
Best wishes to ALL of our dancers heading to Orlando! Dance your best! SearchLinks
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