February, 21, 2008 - Irish Dance Recital
Warren Performing Arts Center - Indianapolis, Indiana
It was a cold 16 degrees in Indianapolis last night, but it was warm and wonderful at the Richens/Timm Academy Irish Dance Recital. Irish dancers from 4 years to about 32 years were so enjoyable to see. The costumes were very beautiful and the fast feet amazing. World class dancers who will compete in Dublin to the 4 year olds brought the crowd of about 500 to their feet as well as squeals of joy and applause. The program lasted about an hour and a half, but seemed to go by quickly.
Our own class of '65 TPO did the sound for the entire program and did not miss a cue. Mrs. TPO co-chaired the recital with another lady. The program progressed without a hitch, and best yet was that every dancer had a great smile and seemed to be having the best time ever performing for us. When everything runs smoothly and seems to be fun for the performers, I think we forget that so many people work very hard to make this happen.
Carleigh, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. TPO, was amazing in 4 dances, Jury's Medley, Treble Jig, The Vikings in Ireland and Reel Around the Sun. She is a Junior in high school, but is in the senior dance division. She is an accomplished Irish Dancer of four years, as well as straight A student at Cathedral High School. She likes to ride horses, and gave up volleyball this year to concentrate on dance. Every time I have been with Carleigh she has been charming and so pleasant to be with.
The dancing was soft shoe and hard shoe, equally entertaining. Three of the dances were from the famous "River Dance" show with Michael Flatley. My favorite two dances of the evening were the Reel Around the Sun, hard shoe, and the Treble Reel, hard shoe. The Treble Reel, the last dance of the evening, included the dance school teachers led by John Timm, school owner and 1993 Senior Mens World Champion. This was so beautiful with seven dancers. The rhythm of the shoes was like a "machine gun". Every move and jump perfectly in-sync with the other dancers.
Indy’s Irish Festival is September 19th - 21st of 2008 at Military Park, downtown Indianapolis. Some of us had talked about attending this year. Irish Festival is dancing, food, music, and etc., but mostly fun.
Mrs. Hawkeye
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I saw a clip of the final dance routine when Riverdance was just debuting in Ireland, before it had become all the rage, and was overwhelmed. I was thrilled when it got popular and toured the U.S..
If Mr. Timms is a Men's Champion, he and his students must be something to behold.
We'd love to see Carleigh and the rest dance, and will begin to make plans for 19-21 September.
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