The O’Hare School of Irish Dance Booster Club is pleased to present The Rhythm of Ireland - An Evening of Irish Music and Dance. This event will feature the O’Hare Irish Dancers, the Summit Choral Society’s Masterworks Chorale Chamber Choir, Akron’s Irish Tenor Pat Flynn, and Celtic music by the Hired Hands. Dinner has generously been provided by the Barley House.
The evening will include a professionally choreographed performance with the O’Hare School’s premiere dance troupe. The troupe includes many champion dancers, most notably, this year’s dancers who have qualified for and will be competing in overseas competitions in 2010 such as the World Championships and the All-Ireland Championships.
Join us for this exciting event on March 12, 2010 at the Ann Amer Brennan Theater at Our Lady of the Elms High School. Doors open at 6:00 pm, dinner is served at 6:30 pm and the show begins at 8:00 pm.
Tickets may be purchased for the show only or you may purchase tickets for dinner and the show:
$30 – Adult Dinner & Show Ticket
$25 – Adult Show Only Ticket
$20 – 12 & Under Dinner & Show Ticket
$15 – 12 & Under Show Only Ticket
To buy tickets or inquire about the performance, please contact Mary Compton at (330) 209-5692 or at therhythmofireland@gmail.com. Visit the O’Hare School of Irish Dance website at www.oharedanceohio.com.
The proceeds from The Rhythm of Ireland will benefit the O’Hare Booster Club, a non-profit organization, who offers financial support to dancers of the O’Hare School and the dancers who will compete overseas this year. $10 of each ticket is tax deductible.
This year, the school will be sending Caroline Compton (St. Michael’s School North Canton) and Amanda White (University of Akron) to compete at the World Irish Dance Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in April. These young ladies qualified to compete in the World Championships with their placements at the Regional Championships this past fall in Columbus.
Deanna Chapa (North Canton Middle School), Sierra Grahovac (Jackson School for the Arts) and Amanda White (University of Akron) recently represented the school and competed at the All-Ireland Irish Dance Championships in Killarney, Ireland.