Dance Drama winners Kennedy School Belfast
Dance Drama Results
6.48pm That concludes our coverage for today since we have to vacate our seats and hence internet connection to allow for tonights Dance Drama. However, we shall have images and information purporting to all tonights thrills and spills on the website in the coming days as time will allow.
We also have more images from todays competitions and will also edit, size and load them or any others from the week as soon as is possible Join us again tomorrow morning when we shall be opening the commentary with Mens 17-18 Championship
Until then
Goodnight
6.37pm The audience obliges Mr Sean Cullinanes' request of three cheers for the Champions raising the roof of the Waterfront
6.30pm 'The Mermaids' shall be danced once more by the winning team Sean Eireann-McMahon Midlands, England to roars and clapping from the entire auditorium. The atmosphere is once again electric here in the Waterfront Belfast
6.21pm The awards ceremony is due to commence for the 2008 world Champions Senior Ladies figure18-19
1st figure 8 Foireann A Sean Eireann-McMahon Midlands, England 2nd Figure 10 Foireann A The Academy Birmingham, England
3rd figure 4 Foireann A McLaughlin Glasgow, Scotland
8 Foireann A Sean Eireann-McMahon Midlands, England
6.15pm And the winner is...
6.10pm Yet more excitement here in the Waterfront Belfast as the results of the Senior Ladies Ceili are being announced
5:52pm The presentations are now about to take place for the Ladies 18 - 19
Full results Ladies 18 - 19
So our winner for the Ladies 18 - 19 is 31 Caoimhe Ní Bhaoláin Ní Chearra-Ó Baoláin Drogheda, Ireland
Catherine Flanagan awards her 100 to.... 31 Caoimhe Ní Bhaoláin Ní Chearra-Ó Baoláin Drogheda, Ireland
Kevin McCarron sees it like this 100 to....26 Maggie Darlington Claddagh California, USA
Gerry Varden gives his 100 points to.....85 Jillian McDermott Butler-Fearon-O'Connor California, USA
Bernie Downey gives her 100 to ....31 Caoimhe Ní Bhaoláin Ní Chearra-Ó Baoláin Drogheda, Ireland
Chris McPartland awards his 100 to.... 26 Maggie Darlington Claddagh California, USA
Maria Wogan gave her 100 to....1 Foireann A Mullane-Healy-O'Brien Chicago, USA
71 Jennie Richert Lavin-Cassidy Chicago, USA
5.36pm Adj1 Pat Brady Mullins gaveher top score to......
5.35pm The fanfare has sounded, the hall is dimmed and the screen is lowered and that can only mean one thing - results 
5.30pm The results shall be given after a short interval
5.29pm That concludes competition 56 Senior Ladies Figure
5.22pm Performing 'The Vikings' is the final team 10 Foireann A The Academy Birmingham, England
5.14pm The penultimate Figure 9 Foireann A Ryan Tipperary, Ireland performing 'Skyfest '08 at The Rock of Cashel'
5.07pm Walking onto stage are Team 8 Foireann A Sean Eireann-McMahon Midlands, England performing 'The Mermaids'
5.02pm Now on are Figure 7 Foireann A Doherty Coventry, England dancing 'Great Wpman warriors of Ireland'
4.55pm Figure team 6 Foireann A Claddagh California, USA performing 'Roisin Dubh'
4.50pm 'Celtic Rhymn' performed by 5 Foireann A Coleman Mayo, Ireland
4.44pm Next on shall be team 4 Foireann A McLaughlin Glasgow, Scotland performing 'The four Green Fields'
4.38pm Figure Team 2 Foireann A Kidd Birmingham, England shall perform 'New Beginnings'
4.30pm Dancing 'The Croppy Boy' is 1 Foireann A Mullane-Healy-O'Brien Chicago, USA
4.25pm Now on stage now 12 Foireann A Ard na Greine Calgary, Canada dancing 'The Croppy boy'
4.18pm First on stage are Team 11 Foireann A Clann na nGael Newcastle Upon Tyne, England dancing 'Daughters of Ireland'
4.11pm Our MC for the figure shall be Mr Sean Cullinane
4:07pm The Figure dance will start very shortly beginning with number11. Teams are asked to proceed sidestage to keep the dancing to the timetabled schedule 
Full Result of Ladies 17 - 18
3:47pm The girls are sidestage for the presentation of the 17 - 18 competition which will be starting in a couple of minutes.
and the winner of the Ladies 17-18 competition is.... 53 Claire Greaney Hession Galway, Ireland 2nd 84 Suzanne Coyle McLaughlin Glasgow, Scotland
3rd 7 Jillian Oury Trinity Chicago, USA
4th 115 Charlotte Wilkes Murchu-Duiginn London, England
5th 55 Simona Mauriello Maguire-O'Shea London/Essex, England
Adj7 Owen McAuley awards his 100 marks to ..... 84 Suzanne Coyle McLaughlin Glasgow, Scotland
Adj6 Deborah Mulvenna awards her 100 to ....84 Suzanne Coyle McLaughlin Glasgow, Scotland
Adj 5 Mary Honan awards 100 to .......53 Claire Greaney Hession Galway, Ireland
Adj 4 Gerard Meehan gives his top mark to ....53 Claire Greaney Hession Galway, Ireland
Adj3 Tim O'Hare awards 100 to .....7 Jillian Oury Trinity Chicago, USA
Adj 2 Karen Petri gives her 100 to ... 84 Suzanne Coyle McLaughlin Glasgow, Scotland
Adj 1 Grainne ni Chonchchubhair awards 100 points to ..... 115 Charlotte Wilkes Murchu-Duiginn London, England
3.25pm The lights dim and the hall fills for the results of The Ladies 17 - 18 competition
3.14pm We are waiting on the results of the Ladies 17-18. They are expected in approximately fifteen minutes
3.12pm Out & About at the Waterfront 
Aaron Crosbie & Alice Reddin saying
'We love you Billy, we do & it's all work & no play here'
Aaron Crosbie, Eileen Mulhern & Geraldene Corless
Eileen wishes to say 'Hello Bridget, Conal & Seamus'
Celine Hession & Mary Grainey
Cian McGahan - 10 months
Deirdre & Lisa Gallagher say ' Go Claire, Go'
Biagio Mineo & Esther Bromley - over from Italy for the Worlds
Ger Stack, Sinead Lightly, Brian McKittrick, Kathleen Clifford Lightly, Linda Ball & Ann Burke
Kathleen Maguire
Lisa Waites, Fiona & Maria Duiginn&
Ms Lizzie Ellis reigning World Champ & now also TCRG
Maureen Cunniffe
Michael ryan, Frances Ward, Sean Og Graham & Deirdre Kiely
Seanean Doherty & Ciara Drain
Seanean wants to say to those in the drama team 'would you hurry up to the practice area now please'
Shannon Kincaid, Dallas wants to say 'Hi Kincaid and Good Luck tomorrow'
Vinnie O'Connor & Jimmy Friel
2.45pm The recalls for Ladies 18-19 are now being announced and girls are asked to make their way over to the set hall immediately
2.08pm That concludes both rounds one and two as 63 Lucy Rogers Kildunne Wellington, New Zealand completes her reel
2.05pm The penultimate dancers in the second round are currently on stage 61 Brianna McCormick Burke Ohio, USA and 62 Amy Griffin Claddagh London, England
1.57pm On now 48 Patrice McHugh Kennedy Belfast, Ireland 49 Keelin Gavaghan Trainor London, England
1.52pm 37 Rebecca Warrington Kay-Hallissey Christchurch/Auckland, New Zealand and 38 Hannah Green Joyce-O'Donnell Leeds, England bow off stage as 42 Kelly Botterill Clifford Northants/Warwickshire, England 43 Allir Lewis An Daire Western USA prepare to dance their reel
1.49pm Presently on stage we have 35 Erin Rees Irwin Alberta, Canada 36 Catherine Kennedy Doherty-Reid Belfast, Ireland
1.41pm Next up are 22 Chloe Mullarkey Donny Golden New York, USA and 23 Kristin Higgins Pender-Keady Connecticut, USA
1.38pm competitors 20 Abigail Haynes Devaney Lincoln, England and 21 Stacey Keary Sean Eireann-McMahon Midlands, England
1.36pm awaiting Frances and Liams cue are 15 Elizabeth King Shamrock Canada and 16 Kerri Smith DeNogla New Jersey, USA Backstage
1.30pm Currently dancing their reel are 2 Susannah Apuzzo Pender-Keady Connecticut, USA and 3 Toni Fulop Morgan Manchester, England 1.21pm The changing of the dancers with 81 Siobhan Casey Stanley-Carroll Bedfordshire/Peterborough, England 83 Deirdre O'Reilly McNelis-Cunnningham Donegal, Ireland 84 Eleanor Rooney Fleming-Ball Munster, Ireland 85 Jillian McDermott Butler-Fearon-O'Connor California, USA
1.17pm Returning from stage are 76 Leanne Maund Devaney Lincoln, England and 78 Sarah Sloyan Sylvan Kelly Mayo, Ireland
1.16pm Just off stage 70 Jennifer Blackman Young Queensland, Australia 71 Jennie Richert Lavin-Cassidy Chicago, USA 72 Kelly Elle Carvalho Murchu-Duiginn London, England 73 Laura Barry Walton NSW, Australia
1.11pm After a very short break we are directly into the second round as 64 Maeve Quinn Trainor London, England 65 Siobhan Forrest Maguire-O'Shea London/Essex, England walk on stage to dance their reel 1:07am Recalls for Ladies 17 - 18 The sets shall be sarting over in Hall B immediately
1.06pm That concludes round one and girls are asked sidestage for the second round starting from number 64
1.03pm Last competitor in this round is now on stage 32 Carina Young Young Queensland, Australia
12.57pm The first round is nearing the end as 26 Maggie Darlington Claddagh California, USA and 27 Hayley Ward Celtic Ohio, USA prepare to dance
12.55pm Ready to go are 24 Jordan Dobbyn Mullane-Healy-O'Brien Chicago, USA and 25 Karly Peacock Doherty-Reid Belfast, Ireland
12.39pm The competition is interrupted to give the recall of competition 24 Ladies 17-18
12.42pm Up next 11 Nora O'Malley Maple Virginia, USA and 12 Olivia Robin O'Neill New Zealand
12.34pm There are thirty dancers yet to complete their first round as 3 Toni Fulop Morgan Manchester, England and 4 Amy Turton Penk-O'Donnell Vancouver, Canada take to the stage
12.28pm Awaiting their cue from our Antrim boys are 90 Rebecca Loughran King Merseyside, England and 91 Jennifer Maddison Ní Chearra-Ó Baoláin Drogheda, Ireland
12.25pm
Dan the man and the lovely Rose Fitsgibbons
Still working hard Peter Smith & Sean Fagan
Waterfront staff - sound technicians
12.20pm Dancing their heavy round are 81 Siobhan Casey Stanley-Carroll Bedfordshire/Peterborough, England and 83 Deirdre O'Reilly McNelis-Cunnningham Donegal, Ireland
12:12pm Competitors 70 Jennifer Blackman Young Queensland, Australia 71 Jennie Richert Lavin-Cassidy Chicago, USA currently on stage dancing their first round
11:59am 58 Meaghan O'Connor Schade New York, USA 59 Alexandra Siega Gray Connecticut, USA 
11:50am 53 Rachael McGinley McConomy Derry, Ireland 54 Sarah Elson Watt Fort St.John, Canada
11:37am 33 Sinead Cross Trinity Chicago, USA 35 Erin Rees Irwin Alberta, Canada start us off in the Ladies 18 - 19 competition 
11.27pm Our panel for the Ladies 18-19 are taking their seats. They are
Gerry Varden
Bernie Downey Lanigan
Pat Brady Mullins
Maria Meehan
Catherine Flannigan
Kevin McCarron
Chris McParland
11.27pm Our musicians for this competition are Frances Ward , himself a dancer and teacher and former performer with Ragus accompanied by Sean Og Graham, a talented composer and graduate of the Limerick based Irish World Academy of music
11:25am Our final competitor 1 Ciara Ryan Ard-Rialla Cavan/Louth, Ireland leaves the stage as Dan calls the ladies sidestage for the Ladies 18 - 19 which will be starting shortly. 
11:17am Just finished their 2nd round are competitors 100 Melissa Softley Irwin Alberta, Canada 102 Johanna Obrien Kay-Hallissey Auckland, New Zealand and about to dance competitors 103 Vicky McMullan Doherty-Reid Belfast, Ireland 104 Aimee DeVeaux Peter Smith New Jersey, USA 
11:04am 83 Megan Largy Steel Brittish Columbia, Canada 84 Suzanne Coyle McLaughlin Glasgow, Scotland 
10:58am The girls relax backstage before their 2nd round 
10:45am 54 Melanie Sanderson Claddagh California, USA 55 Simona Mauriello Maguire-O'Shea London/Essex, England 57 Kathleen McGowan Inishfree New York, USA 58 Meaghan O'Connor Schade New York, USA
10:41am Poised and ready for their slip jig are 52 Claire Borzner Marie Moore New Jersey, USA 53 Claire Greaney Hession Galway, Ireland 
10.26am Now up are 35 Allison Cullen Schade New York, USA and 36 Rebecca Unitt Butler-Fearon-O'Connor California, USA 10:23am 34 Alicia Aileen Andersen Clarkson Missouri, USA
32 Caroline McCarthy Burke-Conroy Mid-America, USA
30 Clare McDermott Ard-Rialla Cavan/Louth, Ireland
10.19am Presently dancing their light round are 27 Bridget Cunningham McLoughlin New York/New Jersey, USA and 28 Lianne Hayden Siobhan McDonnell Sligo, Ireland
10.13am Changing of dancers with 14 Aimee Black Stanley-Carroll Bedfordshire/Peterborough, England 15 Jenny Murray King Merseyside, England 17 Sophie Easton Devaney Lincoln, England 18 Josie Callahan Broesler New Jersey, USA currently on stage 
10.01am The second round and the slip jig gets underway as the first two Ladies take to the stage
9:48am The first round of the Ladies 17 - 18 has just finished and the 2nd round will be starting very shortly with 2 Franki James-Roberts Margaret McAleer Doncaster, England 3 Emily George Claddagh California, USA 9:33am The first round is nearing completion and the Ladies have been called sidestage for their light round
9.20am
Maura Dixon CLRG Office Manager keeps everything running
smoothly behind the scenes
9:15am On stage 42 Aoife Kennedy Murrihy-Flynn Balbriggan, Ireland 43 Kim Kelly Doherty-Reid Belfast, Ireland
9:03am 28 Lianne Hayden Siobhan McDonnell Sligo, Ireland 29 Maxine Spelman McDonagh-Byrne Galway, Ireland 30 Clare McDermott Ard-Rialla Cavan/Louth, Ireland 31 Kirsty Morin Aaron Crosbie London, England 
8:53am On stage we have 19 Stephanie Richmond Maguire-O'Shea London/Essex, England & 21 Maria Sidoli Murchu-Duiginn London, England
8.42am we have just past the half way point of round one of the Ladies 17-18 with seventy Ladies yet to dance
8.36am awaiting their starting bar from Gerry and Seamus are 115 Charlotte Wilkes Murchu-Duiginn London, England and 1 Ciara Ryan Ard-Rialla Cavan/Louth, Ireland
Backstage
8.26am Changing on stage now are 102 Johanna Obrien Kay-Hallissey Auckland, New Zealand 103 Vicky McMullan Doherty-Reid Belfast, Ireland with 104 Aimee DeVeaux Peter Smith New Jersey, USA 105 Iman Jomha Mattierin Alberta, Canada 
8.18am On now 94 Helen McTiernan Kenny Midlands, England and 96 Emily Beckman An Cor Rud Virginia, USA
8.13am The competition proceeds as 86 Terri Stutt The Academy Birmingham, England and 87 Rachel McCartan Doherty-Reid Belfast, Ireland 88 Morgan Murray Inishfree New York, USA poise themselves for their first round
8.05am The competition commences as 78 Sinead Nolan Móna Ní Rodaigh Louth, Ireland and 79 Lara Brewster Penk-O'Donnell Vancouver, Canada dance their first round
8.03am The adjudicators are organising themselves at their desks.
Our panel this morning are Grainne Ni Chonchunhair, 
'Best wishes to Eugene on our anniversary'
Owen McAuley, Glasgow
Karen Petri, USA
Gerrard Meehan, England
Mary Honan, Munster 
'Wishing good Luck to all the dancers'
Tim O'Hare, Chicago USA
Deborah Mulvenna, Belfast
7.55am The Glasgow boys Gerry Conlon and Seamus O'Sullivan blast a few bars of the heavy jig to hurry the starting numbers sidestage
7.50am The starting number for this competition is 78 and Dan has asked all Ladies up to 108 sidestage
7.45am Ladies finish their last minute preparations 
7.40am Assisting him sidestage shall be Munster man Charles Moore and presenting certificates as the Ladies exit the stage after their second round is Fedelma Mullan-Davies
7.39am Our MC this morning is Belfast boy Dan Armstrong, known to the dancers as 'Dan the man'
7.35am People are flooding into the main auditorium here as staff open the doors
7.33am Our musicians up bright eyed and bushy tailed this morn are Gerry Conlon, now over twenty years involvement in the Irish dance scene, and Seamus O'Sullivan, a veteran with almost thirty years playing for dancers. Both boys are from Glasgow
7:30am The hall is being prepared by the Waterfront staff
7:28am Good Morning and welcome to day 6 of the World Irish Dancing championships in the Waterford Belfast |
