It seems like an eternity ago that Ireland last won the Eurovision Song Contest, but born there was the global phenomenon of Riverdance.

You too can enjoy Irish dancing at the Crawley Irish Festival with displays throughout the afternoon kicked off an open dance competition.

Modern Irish dance has entertained millions worldwide. The Festival has Irish dancing and more…

IRISH DANCE STAGE

Irish dance displays form an integral part of the Crawley Irish Festival and continue to prove more and more popular each year. Local and regional dance schools demonstrate their routines in the August bank holiday sunshine and entertain the crowds.

Irish dance schools participating:

• Andromeda Edmunds School of Dancing [CAID]
• Mullins School of Irish Dancing [CLRG]
• O’Brien School of Irish Dancing [WIDA]

OPEN DANCE COMPETITION

The Open Dance Competition is open to any experienced Irish dancers regardless of previous affliation but you should check with your own organisation. Please ensure registration by 12.30pm. Hosted at the Irish Dance Stage.

Organised by Andromeda Edmunds - contact: 07961 230338

CEILI MARQUEE

The Ceili Marquee gives us all an opportunity to get involved with traditional style set dancing. Tomas O Dea will be providing the calling for this event to live music of course.

Live music using traditional instruments will help with the mood while you can dance along with complete strangers and quite a few spectators!

SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship is available for the Irish Dance Stage and Ceili Tent which includes stage branding, inclusion of logos on publicity material and on the website. For more information, please contact David Nolan on 0774 035 8221.