Musician Joe DeGeorgeo, 18, of Minneapolis has been playing violin for 15 years and playing Irish for just under 10 years. As student at the Center for Irish Music (CIM), […]

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Dancer Hannah Reichenbach, 20, of Inver Grove Heights, dances and teaches with Rince na Chroi. Now a college student, Hannah decided she wanted to join “those big girls wearing the […]

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Harpist Hannah Flowers of Forest Lake feels that the harp chose her at birth. Born prematurely, Hannah “lived” in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for a very long time, where […]

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Dancer, Musician and Teacher Danielle Enblom of Minneapolis used her IMDA Educational Grant for travel expenses for Camp Souches a Oreilles in Quebec, Canada. Following are her comments about the […]

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Irish dance is a family affair for Sophia, Sarah, and Sydney Wahl of St. Louis Park. The sisters study with North Star Irish Dance in Eden Prairie. According to their […]

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Uilleann piper Ryan Behnke of Hastings is a professional performer as well as teaching the fine art of playing the iconic Irish pipes. Ryan began playing uilleann pipes here in […]

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Musician Morien McBurnie, 16, of Minneapolis has been playing guitar since he was 6 years old. Morien tells us that he is fortunate to have grown up surrounded by traditional […]

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Michael Breidenbach of Saint Paul is using his IMDA Educational Grant to help with the purchase of a new bagpipe. Mike first became interesting learning the bagpipes when he came […]

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Bagpiper Kent Kaiser of St. Paul discovered the pipes as an adult. Growing up in a musical family in Silver Bay, Kent played organ and euphonium as a young person […]

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Kelly Ann Shanahan of St. Paul has been studying Irish dance for nearly 12 years, starting when she was five years old and was drawn to it by seeing dancers […]

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