Fall 2016 - Hurley School of Irish Dance

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Fall 2016
A Quarterly Newsletter: Fall 2016
USED SALE 8/28
Mark your calendars for the Fall
used shoe and dress sale. This is
for anything you own related to
Irish dance that you can find in
the closet collecting dust!
Sunday, August 28th
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Welcome to our 11 year at
the Hurley School!
Wow, what a year we had in 2015 - 2016 at Hurley! Our
students learned SO much. Many achieved short-term and longterm competitive goals, new friends were made, our dancers
attended many local and distant feises, Oireachtas (regionals),
Nationals, and World Championships, and with your support
this year Doug became an ADCRG! MANY thanks to our
families; you are the glue of our school!
Save the Date!
Classes Begin
Used Sale
Oireachtas 2016
September 6th
Classes begin
Tuesday,
September 6th.
Register online!
August 28th
Laytonsville Studio
1:00 – 3:00 PM –
bring ALL your
used gear!
December 2nd – 4th
Best of luck to our
solos and teams at
this qualifying
event in Baltimore!
Laytonsville Studio
6826 Olney-Laytonsville Rd.
Laytonsville, MD 20882
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Please come early and bring your
items already prepared with a
name and price. You do not
want to miss out on a chance for
used shoes! See you then!
THE HURLEY EXAMINER
FALL 2016
Nationals Recap!
All of our dancers were brilliant
on stage and represented Hurley
so well in Orlando, FL over the
4th of July! We are so proud of
each and every one of them! A
huge congrats to Mary Kate
Songer who recalled and came
48th place out of 125 dancers in
the U13A group! Well-done
Hurley dancers! We look forward
to New Orleans next summer!
4th Annual Hurley Feis – Committee Forming Now!
Once again our school hosted a fantastic competition over Memorial Day Weekend with over
1,000 competitors and their families. THANK YOU to our 2016 Committee and the 125+
volunteers involved! THIS YEAR we are in need of new committee members!
Committee Positions OPEN: WE NEED YOU!
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FEIS CHAIRPERSON
FEIS REGISTRAR
VENUE LIAISON
ANTHEMS CHAIR
RAFFLE BASKET COORDINATOR
INFO/REGISTRATION DESK CHAIR
POSSIBLE VENDOR CHAIR/ASSISTANT
Email Annie at hurleyschool@gmail.com if interested.
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THE HURLEY EXAMINER
FALL 2016
Annie’s Fall Feis Picks
Baltimore Feis MD (9/17)
ROI Feis VA (10/15 – 10/16)
www.feisweb.com (90% full)
www.efeis.com
Pocono Feis PA (9/24)
Feis Culkin MD (11/5)
www.feisweb.com
www.feisweb.com
McLoughlin School Feis NJ (10/2)
Coyle Feis PA (11/13)
www.feisweb.com
www.feisweb.com
Forward Dancer Feis Results
Dancers can access all results online via the
registration site. Please FORWARD them to
Annie, Margaret, Lizzy, Sarah, or Doug!
Forward or scan ALL results to
hurleyschool@gmail.com and main TCRG
*Note: you can now view your grade results on
both www.feisweb.com and
www.feisworx.com.
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See You September 6 !
Please make sure your registration is done
BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1st online so that
classes can be planned accordingly. Do you
know any beginners that want to take Irish
dance with Hurley? Please forward them our
newsletter and website!
Happy Dancing!!!
The Hurley School of Irish Dance
Hurley Studio
6826 Olney-Laytonsville Rd.
Laytonsville, MD 20872
Cheryl O’Hara Dance Elite
11799 Fingerboard Rd.
Monrovia, MD 21770
Annie Hurley Morrison ADCRG/Director
hurleyschool@gmail.com
301-367-4890
Margaret Prendergast Moebus TCRG
mgtmoebus@gmail.com
240-388-4218
Sarah Gibney Burton TCRG
sarahburton5@gmail.com
301-906-0631
Lizzy Carlson TCRG
carlsonlizzy@gmail.com
860-391-1522
Douglas Westfall ADCRG
douglas.westfall@gmail.com
443-235-6084
New Teacher Spotlight!
Welcome Lizzy Carlson TCRG!
Lizzy began Irish dancing at the
age of 5 with the John O’Keefe School of Irish
Dance in Connecticut. She competed at the
regional, national, All Ireland, and All European
levels. In addition to her competitive Irish dance
career, Lizzy has also participated in many
onstage shows. She has performed with the New
Haven Symphony Orchestra, the Hartford
Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops Symphony
Orchestra, Grammy Award-winning artists The
Chieftains, John Whelan, and also on local
television networks. She student-taught with the
John O’Keefe School and continued teaching at
local dance studios in the New York area while
attending Manhattanville College. She received
her bachelor’s degree in May 2011 from
Manhattanville College where she managed the
Irish Dance Club. Lizzy is a certified member of
An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha. She achieved
her TCRG certification in December 2013. She
taught with the O’Rourke School of Irish Dance
in NY until her recent relocation to Maryland.
Lizzy is thrilled with this opportunity to join
the Hurley Irish dance family and is excited to
bring her enthusiasm and passion of Irish dance to
current and new Hurley students.