Final Oireachtas Highlights

The 2012 Mid-America Oireachtas in done. Here are some video highlights of the weekend (of course, video taping of the actual competition in never allowed). Overall, Abby and the O'Hare Irish dancers had a very good showing. On Friday, Abby danced one hard shoe and one soft shoe dance in competition with around 125 other dancers. The top 60 were "recalled" to dance a longer "set" dance for final placement. Abby was one of those top 60 finalists. In the end, she finished a very respectable 44th overall (her friend Anne finished 7th). On Saturday the Ceili team took the stage. There were 36 teams competing with the O'Hare O15 Ceili team. Once again, only the top half "recalled" for the awards ceremony that evening. The O'Hare team was one of the 18 teams that recalled. Once the final scores were in, they finished 7th place overall. That was the best showing for the O'Hare school, which had a number of other Ceili teams competing at various levels. In fact, the Ceili team did so well, there is some discussion about entering them into the 2013 World Irish Dancing Competition in Boston next Spring.