On May 19th, we hosted our annual spring feis in Stratham, NH, USA. Cara Rince, the Murray Academy’s parent booster group, held an amazing fundraiser to support Murray’s dancers traveling to the North American Championships in Vancouver this month!

The “Feis-Tastic” Raffle Basket boasted a value of $1,000 and included spectacular donations from vendors like Irish Dancing Magazine, Elevation Designs, Camelia Rose, and Reel Champ Socks. Along with many donations made by our Murray families, the raffle was able to raise $3,000 to offset Murray NANs dancers’ travel costs. The parent-run group works hand in hand with Anne Murray MacRitchie, TCRG to continually support the dancers in achieving their goals in Irish Dance.

We truly appreciate all of the donations and support we have received for both our annual spring feis and our (new in Jan. 2019!) winter blackout feis. We are so proud of the hard work and dedication of our dancers and wish them the best of luck in Vancouver!

On June 11, 2019 one Irish Dancing’s young stars, Ian Luebbers passed away suddenly. The exact circumstances of Ian’s passing are unknown but believed, by authorities, to be an accident.

Ian was named Irish Dancing Magazine’s “Most Likely to Succeed” in 2015 in the Irish Dancing Man of the Year contest. This vibrant young man was gifted in everything he put his mind to. After winning four Mid-Atlantic Oireachtas titles and placing as high as 2nd at the All Irelands and 5^th at the Worlds with the Broesler School, he decided to take a break from Irish Dancing during his high school years. “At that age, I didn’t have a healthy perspective on dancing. I felt a relentless pressure to succeed, and by the time I entered high school I was burned out,” shared Ian in his 2015 interview. Not one to rest, Ian took up soccer, a sport he had keen

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Liffey Rivers - A HIT with Dancers!                            

“My daughters announced in the late 1990’s that they did not want to read my old Nancy Drew books because they were “boring,” explains author Brenna Briggs. Brenna was beyond disappointed her daughters didn’t relate to the beloved sleuth, Nancy Drew. “Nancy’s exciting life had been my entire reason for living when I was their age. In fact, after the two of us had been introduced, I began to look at everything differently. Was my home room teacher really a nun? Or was she only pretending to be a nun for some nefarious purpose that I would have to uncover? Was the school librarian really a librarian? And so on….”

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