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Bronx Kids March To An Irish Beat
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Celeste Sunderland
Published Mar 14, 2008
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Celeste Sunderland
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We all know that on St. Patrick's Day, everybody's Irish. But this rings especially true for the kids of Keltic Dreams, an Irish dance troupe from PS 59 in the Bronx, featured in today's New York Times. When Dublin-born music teacher Caroline Duggan's mostly black and Hispanic students started asking questions about her funny accent and Riverdance poster, she started teaching them about Irish culture, and step dancing. Soon, dozens of her seven- to twelve-year old devotees were stepping sprightly in time to the Irish tunes, performing at venues around the city.
Last May, Duggan raised enough money to take 32 of the dancers to Ireland where they performed for the president, and filmed a documentary which will air on Irish TV this St. Patrick's Day. Those lucky Irish! Well guess what? New Yorkers will get to see the kids perform in person, because on Monday, Keltic Dreams will take their place in the long line of green-clad politicians and pipe bands, as they march up Fifth Avenue in New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Until then, you can watch this video of them dancing:
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