Date Posted:06:23:52 06/23/05 Thu Author: Journey Subject: Finding a School....
Hey,
I'm really interested in starting Irish step dancing classes, but I am having trouble finding out if there are any schools
in my area--I live in Southern West Virginia--and wondered if there are any dancers in this forum from my state or Virginia who could help me out.
There are a few in WV. Maxine Olsen teaches at Scoil Damsha (Morgantown area but she travels.) The Inwood Academy of Dance has a visiting TCRG from VA and then there is the Maple School located in Harpers Ferry. The New Hopewell Center for the Arts has an Irish dance class, though it is not TCRG certified. However, the teaching is very good there. This is located in Kearneysville right outside of Charles Town. For the Maryland/WV line, you can try Russell and Millie Beaton. They teach out of a Fredrick,MD dance school and are TCRG's (Russell is an adjudicator), so you can try there, also.