Culkin School News Blog

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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.

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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:

• Culkin School Summer Camps and Classes
  
• 2009-2010 Class Year Registration
  

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Registration 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.

• Download a class information flier (PDF format)
  

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Back 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.

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Two types of scholarship awards are given:

- At least three scholarships for college-bound high school seniors graduating in Spring 2009
- At least one scholarship for a student enrolled in a four-year undergraduate college program who will be still be enrolled during the 09-10 school year.

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.

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- Under 9 Boys Champion Patrick A
- World Qualifiers Margot W (U12), Moira R (U14), Corinne D (U17) and Kara H (U17)
- Under 9 Mixed Ceili Champions - Mattie A, Patrick A, Sean C, Niamh D, Jill G, Coral H, Tatijanna K and Olivia M
- Ladies 4 Hand Ceili Champions - Tammy L, KC F, Erin W and Amy T-W
- Ladies 8 Hand Ceili Champions - Tammy L, KC F, Erin W, Amy T-W, Alexandra W, Melissa d, Debbie K and Julie D

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!

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The 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!

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Can't find the One More Time CD you got with registration?

Played it so many times it's scratched?

Suggesting practice music to your friends or family who don't go to the Culkin School?

Well, no worries as the Culkin School's CD One More Time is now available for purchase and download online through iTunes.  Just go to the iTunes store and search for "Culkin School" and you'll find the CD.

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It's been a busy few weeks and we've got the photos to prove it!  Visit the our Photo Gallery or select one of the following links to see what we've been up to!

• Old Dominion Feis
• Culkin Adults Fundraiser at McGinty's
  
• North American Irish Dance Championships
• Mason District Park Spotlight at Starlight show
• Wolftrap Children's Theatre in the Woods
  

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As May and June rolls in, we say congratulations (and goodbye) to our seniors, some of whom have been with us for a decade.  Graduating from college this year is Jen S.  Our high school seniors include Phillip S, Rachel K, Erica S, Jenny E and Nikki M.  Good luck to those heading to college nearby, across the country and across the Atlantic!  We'll miss you!

(If the webmaster missed any of our seniors, please send an email to webmaster ~at~ culkinschool.com an I'll get the info posted!)

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Be sure to check out our YouTube videos page for more from this show and others! 

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Adult Open Gym returns to Hughes this summer! Sessions will be held for all levels of adult dancers on Wednesday evenings from 8:00 to 10:00pm beginning June 25 and ending August 27. The idea of these sessions is to work on and refine material dancers already have.  

The cost is $10 per session and a minimum of 10 dancers is needed for each session.  If we don’t have enough dancers registered in advance for a particular night, we will have to cancel that date.

Please download a registration form and return it to reserve your space.

• Adult Open Gym Registration (Word document)
  

Posted by webmaster at 08:37 PM | Permalink

Congratulations to all of our dancers who did so well today at the Comhaltas Irish Dance Festival - the CCE Feis.  It was great to see so many out there wearing the Sligo black and white!

Congrats, especially, to three of our newest championship dancers:  Kia R and Mary Margaret S both qualified for Prelminary Championships.  And earning her second 1st place in prelims, Allie P qualifies for Open Championships!  Way to go girls! 

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• 2008 - 2009 New Student Registration Form (PDF File)
  

• Tuesday at 4:00 in Washington, DC ~ NEW LOCATION!
• Tuesday at 4:00 in Bethesda
• Tuesday at 4:45 in Rockville (St. John's)
• Wednesday at 4:15 in Silver Spring
• Thursday at 4:15 in Kensington
• Saturday at 9:30 in Rockville (Rockville United Methodist)

• Session 1 - September 20 - November 22 (10 weeks, $100)
• Session 2 - January 10 - March 14 (10 weeks, $100)
• Session 3 - April 25 - June 6 (7 week, $70)

More on class locations is available after the jump...

Continue reading "Registration for New Beginners Open" »

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We've added a new "Frequently Asked Questions" folder to the Culkin School Yahoo! Group to help answer questions you may not be able to find on the website.  Currently, there are detailed answers to questions on ordering Culkin School costumes and Irish dance competitions.

Go to the FAQS folder for more information on these topics.  You must be a member of our Yahoo! group to access the files. 

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We've added a few new photo galleries to the website and updated some of the existing galleries.  Be sure to take a few minutes to see the pictures for:

• Glen Echo Family Day Festival
• Washington Golf & Country Club Show
• New photos in the DC St. Patrick's Day Parade gallery
• New photos in the Championships Dancers gallery 

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