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Chelsea
Jr. Intern - Chelsea O'Connor Rea comes from a well known Irish Dancing family. Her mother, uncle, brother, and sister are all Irish Dance teachers at the famous Butler Fearon O'Connor School. Chelsea has grown up in the Irish Dance world and absolutely loves Irish Dance. She is a world class dancer on the international dance circuit and a two time Western USA Regional Oireachtas Champion.
Chelsea enjoys traveling to various states and competing overseas but loves seeing her dance friends from around the world the most! She loves being on stage; her favorite dance to perform is slip jig and her favorite tune is King of the Fairies. Chelsea plans to follow in her family's footsteps and be involved in Irish Dance for a long time as an Irish Dance teacher.
Life on lockdown is difficult for everyone and Irish Dancers are no exception. While many in Europe are now experiencing a second wave of restrictions, dance studios in America are slowly beginning to feis again and dancers are excited to be back to the business of dancing.
When Celtic Steps of Colorado announced their feis, the Celtic Steps Championships and US Belt was moving forward in late September, four Brady Academy families from Boston signed up for the feis, even though it meant flights, rental cars, and hotels.
The Fraser, Harrington, O’Donnell and Pinkham families were beyond excited to be back on the feis circuit after being sidelined for so long. Confident that Celtic Steps would deliver a safe environment, the families took the plunge back into the feis scene.
Dancers Neve (U10), Claire (U12), Ronan (U11) and Nola (U10) could not contain their excitement to be feising again. The dancers had travelled together in the past, including for the 2020 All Irelands in February where Ronan placed in Boys 10-11 and the girls all recalled and finished in the top 30. After the All Irelands, the families were planning to travel together to the 2020 Worlds, but those plans were squashed by the pandemic.
Pictured: The Brady Academy families at the All Irelands in February 2020
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