Date: Friday 6th April

Todays Sponsor: Sheila Hayes

00.41am : The hall is again emptying after the 6th day of competitions

That completes our online coverage of events for today.

We will be back again tomorrow, Saturday morning with Competition 4 Mens 17 - 18 Championship.

Goodnight


00.21 : The winning Dance Drama team - McLaughlin from Glasgow, are currently performing their winning number

00:10am : The presentation ceremony is now beginning in the main hall

11:38pm : Competition 57 : Dance Drama

11:30pm The Dance Drama has now finished and we are waiting for the result

11:20pm : Our final act of the evening is from the McLaughlin School from Glasgow
On the Banks of the Clyde - A Story of Emigration

11:00pm : Next we have team 10 the Lally school from Manchester for their performance of Who will marry my daughter?

10:40: Just off stage are Team 9 O'Connor School from Sligo after performing
The Julianna - a Survivor's Tale

10:25: Backstage we also have Team 8 Portland from Oregon USA waiting to perform Aedin of the Underworld

10:05: Next group to go onto the stage is Team 7 Scoil Mobhi Meath to perform
An Sliotar Orga - The Golden Sliotar

9:45 : The second half of the Dance Drama continues as Team 6 Collins School London go on to perform Cormac and Mary

9:40pm : During the interval Michael is introduced to members of the organising committee

9:30pm : Team 5 Flood from Glasgow backstage after their performance of
The Garden Where Honey Flowed

9:15pm : Team 4 Kennedy from Belfast backstage after their performance
The Gem of the Roe

8.pm : Team No.3 Celtic Inspiration from Norway just having performed
The Vikings Attack

8.40pm : Team No.2 : Lally, Manchester, England are now on stage performing Finnegan's Wake

8:30pm : The Dance drama is just about to commence with Team No.1 (Gallagher Halsteren, Holland) Performing The Dutch Connection

8:25pm : The Auditorium is full and everyone is eagerly awaiting the first performance of the evening

7:30:We had a surprise visitor to Glasgow this evening to watch the Dance Drama.

7.02pm : Hall is being cleared to allow for preparations for tonights Dance Drama at due to start at 8pm

6.59pm : The winning Ladies Figure Over 16 are now dancing their winning performance

6.55pm :The award ceremony is currently underway in the main hall

6.47pm : The winning figure for Competition 23 the Ladies 18-19 team 4 Sean Eireann McMahon from Midlands England

6.45pm : Our runners up for this competition were Comerford figure from Western USA

6.43pm : The Figure teams are assembling back stage Team 3 Woodgate from New York USA/ Ontario Canada

6.41pm : The presentation ceremony for Ladies figure 18-19 is just getting started in the main hall

6.28pm : The Ladies 18-19 Winner Ciara Sexton, Turley School Covetry

6.24pm : Our podium ladies are just about to go on stage to receive their awards

6.23pm : The Ladies are assembling back stage for their presentation ceremony

6:21pm Now we have the presentation of the Ladies 18 - 19

6:19 Result of Ladies figure over 16

6:10pm : Result of Ladies 18 - 19

5.35pm : Presently on stage is Team 2 Comerford from Western USA

5.10pm : No.12 doherty-Reid from Belfast on stage

5pm : Currently on stage is Team No.9 Rince na hEireann from North Carolina, USA with their story of Wterford Crystal Designs

4.57pm : Waiting backstage is team No.11 Griffin-Lynch from Surrey

4.43pm : Preparing out in the foyer is team No.12 doherty-Reid from Belfast

4.37pm : Just leaving stage for the Ladies Figure over 16 is team No. 8 Claddagh from California

4:11pm The Ladies Figure over 16 has now started with team 5 (Clann Na nGael, Newcastle, England) on stage

3.50pm :

3.45pm : Ladies 17-18 winner Maggie Darlington

3.35pm : The girls presentation ceremony is now underway in the main hall

3.32pm : The top 5 Ladies 17-18 waiting sidestage for their presentation ceremony to commence

3.20pm : The winners have been called backstage whilst preparations are currently underway for the presentation ceremony

3:25pm : Full results for Ladies 17 - 18

3:16pm: Competition 24 Ladies 17 - 18

3:13pm The results for the Ladies 17 - 18 are currently being called in the hall, will be posted here in about 3 minutes. As soon as they are announced in the hall.

3:11pm The Recalls for Ladies 18 - 19

3.06pm : The results for Competition 24 Ladies 17-18 are just beginning now with

3.03pm :The recalls for Competition 23 Ladies 18-19 are being called now in the main hall

2.48pm : People are spilling out from the Strathclyde Suite to the main hall for the announcement of the results

2:33pm : The sets are now complete for the Ladies 17 - 18

2:26pm : The Ladies 18 - 19 second round has just finished. The recalls will be announced in about 30 minutes.

2:19pm : In the Ladies 18 - 19 we have 40 Betty Thompson (McTeggart Oklahoma) and 41 Caroline Loughstaf (King, Merseyside) waiting on stage for the music to dance their light round..



1:48pm : In the main auditorium Ladies 18 - 19 dancers 9 & 11 are currently on stage

1:45pm : In the Ladies 17 - 18 sets we are at number 37 with 6 girls left to dance.

1:30pm : Dancer 76 Carina Young (Young, Queensland Australia) has just finished her sets in the Strathclyde hall.

1.27pm : The 2nd round has just kicked off with starting numbers 46 Judith Clyne (Haughey, McAuley, Edinburgh) and 47 Kelly Witherspoon (Maple, Virginia USA)

1:20pm The first round of girls 18 - 19 has just finished and the second round will start in about 5 minutes

1.15pm : The 1st round of the Ladies 18-19 is nearly finished as competitors 16 Ciara Lee Jenkinson (Mona Ni Rodaigh, Dun Dealgan) and 17 Nicola Condon (Burke, Galway) complete their heavy round.

1:10pm Just coming off the stage is 13 Emily Penner (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor Califoria USA) and 12 Carly Deline (Comerford, West Coast USA)

12:39pm Currently off the stage is 70 Bronagh Rogan (Penk-O'Donnell. Vancouver) and 71 Ciara Brady (Lyons Cavan)

12.30pm : We're at the half way mark of the 1st round - heavy - of Ladies 18-19. Making their way backstage are 58 Ciara Sexton (Turley, Coventry) and 60 Megan Cowen (King, Merseyside)

12.22pm : Recalls for Competition 24 : Ladies 17-18 click here

12.18pm : Dan Armstrong is announcing the recalls for competition 24 Ladies 17-18 in the main hall. Ladies are asked to make their way immediately to the Strathclyde Suite since they will be commencing in 10mins with start No. 55 Maeve Quinn (Trainor, London)

12.10pm : We are at the very beginning of the Ladies 18-19 with the second dancers 23 Emma Jayne McSwine (McConomy, Derry) and 24 Courtney Lussier (Boland-Lussier, NY USA) presently on stage as 26 Meadhbh Murphy (O'Connor-Rea, Cork) and 28 Kelly Kardas (Norton-Healy, Chicago) wait to do their heavy round

12pm : The Ladies 18-19 Championship is starting with competitor No.21 Colleen Wagner (O'Grady-Quinlan, Pennsylvania, USA) and 22 Laura Weston (Robson, Teeside, UK)

11.57 : Our musicians for the afternoon are Gerry Conlon and Seamus O'Sullivan

11.55 : Our adjudicators for the afternoon are getting ready to take their seats. They are Anthony Nolan-Limerick, Mary Devaney Folan-Galway, Brendan O'Brien-Dublin, Collette McAllister (Coiste Faire), Michael McInerney-England, Margaret McBride-Galway, Des Silke-England and Phoebie O'Donoghue-Connaught

11.53pm : Competition 23 : Ladies 18-19 is just about to commence. The ladies have been asked sidestage to get the competition started

11.48am : That concludes the first 2 rounds of Competition 24 the Ladies 17-18 Championship. The recalls shall be announced as soon as available

11.40pm : Our last two competitors are waiting sidestage to dance their light round 79 Ashleigh Camsey (McElvogue, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) and 80 Loise Wallace (Dance Trax, Cape Town S. Africa)

11.12am : The competition continues as 95 Jillian McDermott (Comerford, West Coast, USA) and 96 Emma Ponsonby (Caroline Greene, Glasgow))

10.59am : Presently on stage we have competitors 81 Kaitlynn Estaba (Pender-Keady, Connecticut, USA) and 82 Jennie Richert (Lavin-Cassidy, Chicago)

10.46am : The Ladies 17-18 continues as 63 Siobhan casey (Stanley-Carroll, Midlands England) and 64 Eleanor Rooney (Fleming-Ball, Limerick) leave the stage

10.31am : Completing their light round is 48 Laura Stanley (Ni Chearra-O'Baolain, Louth) and 49 Eileen Fitzpatrick (Schade, NY, USA)

10.22: Walking onto the stage are competitors 41 Danielle Guiden (Doherty, Coventry) and 42 Devon Nishida (Claddagh, California, USA)

10.05am : The starting number for the 2nd round of the Ladies 17-18 is 19 and they are literally just about to go on stage. 19 Amy-Louise Griffin (Claddagh, London), 20 Rachel McGinley (McConomy, Derry) and 21 Cianna Callnan (Tuamhumhan, Limerick)

10am : That concludes the 1st round and the 2nd round will follow on immediately.

9.50am : We have our final competitors on stage for the heavy rounds as 87 Casey Schools (Richens-Timm, Ohio USA) and 88 Laureen Gallagher (Scottish Regional council, Glasgow) complete their 1st round

9.45am : We are nearly at the end of our 1st rounds as competitors 78 Aisling O'Meara (Sheila Hayes, Cork) and 77 Jenny Maddison (Ni Chhearra-O'Baolain, Louth) exit the stage

9.30am : In the wings waiting to go on for their heavy round is 83 Victoria Greenan (McLoughlin, New Jersey, USA), 87 Casey Schools (Richens-Timm, Ohio USA), 75 Emily Massey (Ard-Ri, London) and 80 Louise Waliace ( Dance Trax, Capetown, S Africa)

9.10am : Fresh from the stage is 37 Caoimhe Ni B (Ni Chearra -O'Baolain, Louth) and 38 Olivia Houck (Broesler, New Jersey, USA)

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8 .55am : The 1st round is progressing speedily as we meet our half way mark of the 1st round for the Ladies 17-18 with 25 Jenna Piecvch (Woodgate, NY USA/ Ontario canada) and 26 Sarah McMahon (Kennedy, Belfast)

8.50am : Finishing their 1st round are 23 Kerri Smith (DeNolga, New Jersey, USA) and 24 Hayley Ward (Celtic, Ohio, USA)

8.25am : Backstage the Ladies are preparing to go on stage. We have 22 Christina Scibelli (Schade, NY, USA), 31 Lauren Stewart (Goggin-Carroll. Toronto, Canada), 27 Elizabeth King (Shamrock, Ontario, Canada) and 24 Hayley Ward (Celtic, Ohio, USA)



8.10am : Just off stage is 93 Katie Martin (McElligott-Gallagher, Arizona, USA) and 94 Sinead Cross (Trinity, Illinois, USA)

8.02am : The musicians for this morning are Martin Daly and Brian O'Sullivan - both from Glasgow

8am : Our adjudicators are seated and ready for the Ladies 1st heavy round.
Today they are Conleth Mullan-Derry, Terry O'Connor-Australia, Stella Moore-Manchester, Marie Moore Cunniffe-USA, Charles Moore-Limerick, Lisa Waites-London and Phyllis Cronin Ryan-Limerick



7.55am :Our ladies have been asked side stage in order to commence Competition 24. The starting number for the 1st round is 89 and competitor Sarah Davidovitz (CeimOir, London) waiting backstage with 91 Nora O'Malley (Maple, Virginia, USA)

7.45am : The auditorium is slowly starting to fill up for our 1st competition of the day Competition 24 the Ladies 17-18 Championship

7.35am : Good Morning and welcome to the 6th day of World Irish Dancing Championships here in The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall