The
West Virginia Feis would like to congratulate Sarah Degnan for receiving
the Pittsburgh Feis Meritorious Service Award and Anna Mitterer for receiving
the Martin McHugh Scholarship Award. Both young ladies are Open
Championship dancers at the Bell School of Irish Dance and are planning
careers in health care. They will both attend four-year
colleges following their graduation from North Allegheny Senior High School in
June.
Musicians
West Virginia Feis - March 25, 2023
Bell Feis - March 26, 2023
Tessie Burke Reel Feis - July 22, 2023
Tessie Burke Jig Feis - July 23, 2023
Pittsburgh Feis - September 23, 2023
Pittsburgh Fall Feis - September 24, 2023
Pittsburgh Winter Feis - December 30 and 31, 2023
Dutch Country Feis - Friday June 23 and Saturday June 24 in Lancaster PA hosted by the Paloma School of Irish Dance
Registration on FeisWeb
On March 25 2023, the Martin McHugh Scholarship Award will presented. This scholarship was established in 2006 by Jim Graven as Chairman of the West Virginia Feis. It is awarded each year to an Irish step dancer from the Pittsburgh Area. It was created in honor of Martin McHugh, a dedicated father of a step dancer and tireless feis volunteer. Marty passed away in January 2006 at the age of 47.
One of the earliest known settlements in County Offaly is at Boora Bog which dates to the Mesolithic era. Excavations there provide
evidence of a temporary settlement. Stone axes, arrowheads and blades were
discovered which date to between 6,800 – 6,000 BCE.
Republic of
Ireland 1998-2019
Thursdays 7:30 - 9pm – April 6, 13, 20, 27
After seventy years
of disappointing economic performance the Republic became one of the fastest
growing economies in the world. The Celtic Tiger started in the mid-1990s
and boomed until 2001. It slowed down, only to pick up again in 2003. It slowed
again in 2007 with recessions in 2009 and 2013 followed by comparative
prosperity. The scandal of bank "bail-outs' saw Irelands debt rating go
from AAA status to junk status. Government
brought in austerity budgets to repay debt.
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