Trinity - Irish Dance Champs to Defend Title

[123paramore321]

Wow! They are really good! I'm glad I'm not in their region! LOL!!! =]

[nottootired]

i was at belfast competing with them, they were amazing!

[flonkoo]

wow there out standing :O

[lauraneville]

Kudos to Trinity...and all of the other companies that contribute to Irish Dance.

And to "Irishdancer 1989"...a special thank you for being one of the dancers who helped to promote general audience awareness. Thank you sincerely

Dance fan from kansas

[irishdancer1989]

Well you maybe the best irish dancers in the usa but i was dancing lord of the dance i did 7 usa tours, and in canada.

[JonasGrl34]

at 00:35 he sed sumthin bout the dancers r better in america. . . .

did their ppl fight and die to keep it alive?

wat does the dance mean to dem?

[FREEASTHESTARS]

this is AWESOME- some of the best dancing I've seen!

[3MMA3R3WDC]

i irish dance :D nd im actualli irish :D

[DamainMcGintyFan]

me too!!!

[sunnynerd46]

The Verlin School was the first US dance school to win gold for teams at Worlds. There have been numerous solo winners from US schools in the New England. None from the midwest yet.

[reeltreble1994]

yaya Trinity! you guys are the best! I'm from your sister school,Tiernan!

[sunnynerd46]

Correction: the Verlin School won teams at Worlds in 1985.

[hollywoodboy1]

I like this studio- Keep up the good work guys.

[drunkiemee]

have they had any solo world champions?

[Fitzbugs]

Jillian Oury, I believe, has placed as high as 2nd in solos at Worlds. This past year I beleive she came in 2nd.

[craicFiddler]

She was also All-Irelands Champion for the past two years in a row.

[luv2jig]

Lots of other schools have won gold in team dancing for the US.

[craicFiddler]

Can you name any other U.S. Irish dance schools that have won gold medals in team dancing before this year in the world championships?

[IrishDancingRosie]

Yes-The Claddagh School in California.

[craicFiddler]

Really? I thought that this year was the first time that Claddagh won a team gold in World's. What other years did they win? Mark Howard also said that Trinity has won only seven world gold medals in team dancing - but that number is now up to nine. I really don't believe that "lots of other schools have won gold in team dancing for the US". Up until this year, no other school in the U.S. besides Trinity has won a gold medal in world team dancing competitions.

[IrishDancingRosie]

OOPS sorry, misread that, yeah Claddagh did win this year, but you're right, I don't think anyone else from the US has won in teams at the world.

I wonder if any Canadian teams have won?

Sorry bout that, I tend to not read things all the way through, a lot... =)

[sunnynerd46]

Verlin won in the 1985.

[gabbygurtie]

The Claddagh school in Ca has won the 8 hand a few times so Trinity is not the only "team" to win. They are the only choreography team to do so. I think that part of it has to do with the fact the its expensive to get that many kinds over to the UK for Worlds. Those kids work hard and deserve their kuddos but it bothers me that the media ignores the other fabulously talented dance teachers and the pupils around the country.

[Amtrak1194]

I happen to dance at Trinity and no the media is not ignoring the other dance schools around the United States, this was a Chicago hi-lite and therefore since Trinity had the most dancers going to Belfast I think that it was deserved that the people not aware about Irish Dance in Chicago got to see what we were all about and how committed our dancers are.

[tigeress407]

he couldn't have started the school if he was a teenager cuz in comission u have to be 21 to be a fully qualified teahcer and to get your tcrg!

[craicFiddler]

Mark Howard was born about 1962 in Yorkshire, England. He started dancing in Chicago at age 9 and founded the school in 1979 at age 17. That was almost 30 years ago, so the rules might have been different.

[irishdancechik04]

I get the feeling that when he founded it, it wasn't an actual registered and competing school. I think he just did it to teach kids how to dance and earn some money and it just turned into the amazing school it is today over time.

[trinity0252]

That's what I think too!

[isolache]

@tigeress407 Actually he did!!! I was there :-)