2024 North American Championships – Grapevine, TX

Murray Academy - NAIDC 2024

We are so happy with our dancers’ performances at the 2024 North American Championships held in Grapevine, TX!  They worked extremely hard leading up to the event and performed well under pressure in large/highly competitive groups, against dancers from overseas as well as Austrailia, Canada and Mexico! Some of the highlights were:

  • A very special shout out to Brielle Maguire, 1st place, Girls U13A Champion! She has stayed in the top 3 since attending her first North Americans as an Under 8— what an amazing track record!!
  • A huge congrats to Ava Krueger, 4th place in Girls U16B and Fiona Marino, 5th place, Ladies U18A, for reaching the podium for their second time each at a North Americans…fantastic dancing!
  • Another special acknowledgement goes to our podium-placing Under 16 Team of eight who came in 4th. We selected this team to attend, based on their performance at the Regionals, and they did not disappoint—excellent job! 

Overall, there were many personal best performances and placements. We had 76% of our dancers recall, 7 of which were top 10 and 17 in the top 20. 😊  Additionally, 38% of our dancers placed highly enough to qualify for the World Championships in Dublin in 2025—our best yet!  

Find the list of participating dancers and summary of results here.

2024 World Championships – Glasgow, Scotland

Murray Academy – Worlds 2024

We are so happy to have had 18 solo dancers take the stage in Glasgow to represent Team Murray and New England USA at the 52nd World Championships. We were so proud of their many stand out performances over the week, but we are especially proud of their hard work in the lead up! Their positive attitudes and energy throughout the whole process was amazing – such a great group.❤️ Looking forward to keeping the momentum going for NAIDC 2024 in Grapevine, Texas!

🌎🏆WORLD GLOBE🏆🌎

5th – Brielle Maguire, Girls 12-13

🌟SET DANCE RECALL MEDALS🌟

🏅14th – Maggie Krein, Ladies 20-21
🏅23rd – Rowan Wong, Girls 11-12
🏅24th – Fiona Marino, Girls 17-18
🏅26th – Ava Krueger, Girls 15-16
🏅39th – Kelsey Lema, Girls 11-12
🏅45th – Maeve Marino, Girls 13-14

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2024 All Ireland Championship, Killarney, Ireland

Murray Academy – All Ireland 2024


Earlier this month, 14 of our dancers traveled to Killarney, Co. Kerry for the 2024 All Ireland Championship. Aside from the World Championships, the All Ireland Championship is regarded as the most prestigious and elite competitions in all of Irish dancing.[a] Of our 14 dancers, Team Murray returned with 5 dancers in the top 20 and 7 World Qualifiers! Our dancers represented Team Murray exceptionally well, with great dancing and attitudes–we are so very proud! (Click the title to read more)

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