Congratulations to all of the Murray Academy dancers, families and teachers on this year’s regional championship!! This year, we had 3 solo winners, 1 runner up, and 21 Qualifiers, along with 13 in the top 5 and 21 in the top 10! Results are summarized as follows:

Solo Results:

3 Winners
1 Runner-up
21 World Qualifiers
13 Dancers in the top 5
21 in the top 10
34 in top 20
Recall rate of 75%

Traditional Set Results:

1 Winner
3 in the top 5
7 in the top 10
Recall rate of 55%.

In team competitions, we had 1 winner, 1 runner-up, 8 teams in the top 5, and 10 teams in the top 10, including four Ceili teams. We are so proud of all of our dancers!

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Brigid O’Connor — Second Place!!

Congratulations to the eight Murray Academy dancers who traveled to Belfast to participate in the prestigious All Ireland Championships! This competition is second only to the World Championships in prestige. We are very proud of Brigid O’Connor who placed 2nd in the U11 competition. We also had 2 others in the top 20–Sadie Bucknam 12th place, and Clare MacRitchie 18th place. All our dancers earned a recall medal in both light and heavy dances, and 7 or our 8 dancers recalled! Congratulations to these additional placers: 25th Jolie Preece; 28th Charlotte McDaniel; 34th Caitlin MacVarish; and 44th Bailey Kelly.

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Congratulations to the Murray Academy dancers, their parents and our teachers and trainers on the great success of our dancers at this year’s North American championship! We would especially like to congratulate our newest National Champion, Brigid O’Connor, Girls U11A, on winning her competition (with a nearly perfect score of 875 out of 900)!

Of our 44 soloists, 77% recalled (top half) and 27% placed high enough to qualify for the 2017 World Championships in Dublin (12 dancers). In addition, we had 7 dancers in the top 5 and 10 in the top 10.

We are so proud of our dancers for their goal setting, work ethic, and ability to perform under pressure. What amazing girls!

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