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INSTRUCTORS
ANDREA DRUMMOND MOTT TCRG, Instructor
Andrea was born in
Boston, Massachusetts and began her dancing career at the age of five. During
her competitive years she won the Greater Boston Championship, New England
Regional Oireachtas twice, has placed as high as 11th at the North American
Championships, and has qualified and competed at the World Championships
multiple times. In addition, she has toured as a soloist both nationally and
internationally with a variety of Irish performers.
Andrea received her TCRG
certification in Los Angeles and also passed the examination in the Oral Irish
Language portion of the examination. Andrea was raised to speak Irish by her
mother, and encourages her students to learn about the Irish culture and
language in addition to dance.
MAUREEN EDWARDS,
Assistant
Instructor
Maureen Edwards
instructs beginner dancers and is studying for her TCRG exam. She started Irish
dancing at age 7 under the direction of MaryJo Murphy, TCRG, in San
Francisco, California. She competed in both local and regional feisianna, and
rose to the championship level by age 10.
While a Graduate student at the
University of Virginia, she was a part-time Irish dance teacher with over
twenty-five children under her instruction. She has competed in adult ceili at
local, regional and national levels. Her love of Irish dance has been a
recurrent theme in her life, and altogether, she has over 10 years of experience
in Irish dance. She currently lives in South Aurora with her husband and two
daughters, ages 5 and 7.
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