“First the girls danced with soft shoes then they did some dances with hard shoes “, said Destiny.  McKenna thought they danced very fast.  Zachary said, “they kicked up their legs a lot.”  They criss cross their legs a lot when dancing.   “They have to keep their arms straight beside them when they are dancing”, said Adyson.  “They did this to keep balance and not fall because in olden days they took off the upper door and danced on it so they didn’t want to fall off” said Nicole.  They wore certain costumes depending on how long they had danced. Both boys and girls can do Irish dancing.  The beginners wore white shirts and black skirts if they were girls or boys would wear black pants and white shirts.  Another level dancer had a black embroided dress.  The upper levels got to pick their own colors and design their own costume.

Charlie said, the Irish Dance comes from Ireland.  The Irish celebrate an important day called St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th.  That is a busy month for the dancers.  They travel to different schools to dance and exhibit their talents. They also traveled around doing contests.  One of the girls was a champion level dancers.  They ranged in age from 6 – 24 years of age.

A few days after they performed we watched some other videos of Irish dancers from Liverpool, Sydney, Australia and the USA.  We decided if they dance in all these places that Irish dancing most be world wide.  Have you ever done Irish dancing?   Our state dancing is clogging and shagging.