Sionnaine Irish Dance Academy

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SIDA dancers have been a part of the proud tradition of Irish dance for the past 7 years. They range from ages 3 to adult, male and female, beginner to advanced, and recreational to competitive. They work hard and train weekly in both traditional and modern Irish step dancing including hardshoe and softshoe, as well as ceili (group) dancing and choreographies.

The majority of SIDA dancers attend 5 to 10 competitions and/or championships per year. Their top dancers travel to compete in the Western Canadian Oireachtas (World Qualifying Rounds) every year. Some of these dancers qualified to compete in the North American Irish Dance Championships in Toronto 2001, Boston 2002, Nashville 2003, and Philadelphia 2004. Congratulations to Chelsea Wedel, who placed 49th out of 136 in the National Championships in Nashville 2003, Danielle Klassen who qualified at the Oireachtas 2003 (4th) and traveled to Ireland to compete in the World Championships 2004, and Colleen Hughes-Games, Karli Raine, & Paula O’Hara who also qualified at the Oireachtas 2003 to compete in the National Championships in Philadelphia 2004. You’ve made your school proud.

Michelle Kilby TCRG began Irish dancing at the age of four with the Violet Moore School of Irish Dance. She has been competing at the highest level of dance since the age of eleven and qualified for the World Irish Dancing Championships every year since then placing between 1st and 4th. Michelle has participated in National and International competitions in such places as Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Fort McMurray, Boston, San Diego, Orlando, California, and Ireland. Her awards for championships have totaled twenty-five 1st, fourteen 2nds, and nine 3rds. For solo and group competitions she has accumulated over 1,000 medals consisting of 1st to 4th placing. Michelle's last competition was at the National Championships in Vancouver 1997, where she placed 11th internationally and retired from competition to teach dancing.