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NEWS

2014 North American Irish Dance Championships

The 2014 North American Irish Dance Championships will be held at the  Palais des Congres de Montreal July 2 - 6, 2014.   Hotels are now open for booking.  McBride Dancers, please check the MSID Section for all pertinent information, a copy of the Syllabus and Hotel Information. Entries will open April 1, 2014 and Close May 1, 2014. 

NEW CLASSES  - NEW LOCATIONS

Registration is now open for Brand New Beginners/Advanced Beginners in Lafayette and Brand New Beginners in Tracy (Central Valley).  Please see our location pages for Lafayette and Tracy or email us at [email protected] for more information

Mickey Mouse Christmas House

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Look for some McBride Irish Dance alums and a current dancer on TV this Christmas season.

Current McBride dancer from the Thursday class, Delaney Gill, along with Team Mize (which of course includes Eileen Mize, Karen Mize Gill, and Megan Mize Albright) join their parents and grandparents on ABC's The Great Christmas Light Fight. 

The Mize Family at Marinwood’s Mickey Mouse Christmas House are one of 20 families from across the country being featured on a new reality Christmas decorating competition on ABC this December--dubbed "the first reality show of its kind."  For more information  "LIKE" the Mickey Mouse Christmas House on Facebook for updates, photos, and more information:   For more on the show click HERE to go to ABC.GO.COM. 

Please join the McBride School in wishing the Mize Family and the Mickey House Christmas House the Best of Luck and a Wonderful Holiday Season!

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Created and Submitted by one of our Dancers!  We think You Rock too!  Team McBride!!

St Patrick's Day Performances

Come Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the McBride Irish Dancers on Sunday March 17, 2013, as we bring a little bit of Ireland to the City of Dublin's St. Patrick's Day Festival!  There is no better way to get your hands clapping or your feet tapping than with the Dancers from the McBride School of Irish Dance.

For more information about the event, please visit the City of Dublin's Festival Website.

2012 Oireachtas Send Off Party

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GOOD LUCK to all the McBride Dancers heading off to Seattle this week for the Western Region Oireachatas.

GO TEAM McBRIDE!!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Check out the McBride School's Caelan, Liz and Katie in the Pleasanton Weekly, with a photo and caption from our performance at the Scottish Games on September 2.   Clerk HERE to see the Pleasanton weekly and the dancers on page 5.  

Friday, September 7, 2012

The McBride Irish Dancers will be performing at the St. Augustine's Parish Picnic  on Sunday, September 16. at 2:00 p.m.  The Parish is celebrating Music and Dance from around the World! Come Join in on the Fun! 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Welcome to our new website!  We hope you like it as much as we do.

This page will be used to keep our families and friends up to date with what is happening with the McBride School, our students and Irish Dance in general.  Please keep checking back.

Sunday September 2, 2012

The McBride Dancers are performing today at the 147th Annual Scottish Games in Pleasanton, California.  We will be performing from 10:30 to 3:30  at the Irish Pavilion.  Come see a little bit of Ireland at the Scottish Games!

Championships Results
(Feis San Francisco 2013)

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8&U Preliminary: 
Daniel V. - 4th
Preliminary  9 yr:
Jackie M. -1st                  
GIllian M. - 3rd

Friday, July 20

Our very own Elsa was featured in the Davis Enterprise about her trip to compete in the Nationals. You can read the article
Here

Congratulations Elsa!

Monday July 16

Congratulations to Caelan, Julia, Katie O., Katie M. and Elsa for their first time participation at Nationals in Chicago! Congratulations to Isobel for her recall at Nationals and placing 40th!

The competition was tough, but you ALL looked the part, danced beautifully and we couldnt be more proud of each and every one of you!

Monday, July 2, 2012


GOOD LUCK to all the McBride Dancers competing this week at the 2012 North American Irish Dance Championships! Check our Facebook page, McBride Irish Dancers, or McBride Dance CA to keep up with all the news from Chicago!

GOOD LUCK to all our Dance Friends competing this week!

Friday June 22, 2012

Did you know that we have many multi-talented students in the McBride School:

Elizabeth and her Brother Andrew are very talented Scottish Dancers as well, and were asked to perform at the Brave Movie Premier at Pixar Studios!

Zuriah M. is one of our Champion dancers who also is trained in Scottish Dancing, who was asked to perform at the 99.7 premier of Brave!

Some of you may remember the Pixar Short "Boundin" where McBride Alum and Champion Dancer Gwen B. was the talent behind the Irish Dancing Sheep in the film. 

We are very proud of you all!

March 2012

Our Very Own Krissy Williams is in the News! Not only is she an accomplished Senior Champion Irish Dancer, but she is a Terra Linda High Track Star!
Read the
Marin Independent Journal Article about Krissy's run to break several long-standing 1976 track records at TLHS. We are very proud of her for her accomplishments, both on the dancing stage and on the track field!

RESULTS

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2013 Western US Region Oireachtas
Sacramento CA

TRADITIONAL SETS:

U8 - Jillian K. - 12th
U11 - Carly F. - 9th
U12 -Gracie G. - 18th
U13 - Amelia G. - 10th
U15 - Makenzie F. - 8th


SOLOS
U9 - Daniel V. 3rd
U10 - Jackie M. - 22nd (NQ)
U11 - Caelan L. - 35th (NQ)
U12 - Emma G. - 46th
U12 - Katie M. (out due to injury)
U14 - Julia V. - 54th
U17 - Elsa Y. - 39th (NQ)
U18 - Isobel W. - 5th (WQ)
U18 - Katie O. - 16th (NQ)
20& O - Emily W. - 24th (NQ)


Congratulations to ALL our Dancers - Recall or No Recall!  You danced beautifully and we are PROUD of Everyone!
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Congratulations to Gina who received her second win on October 20 at the East Bay Feis!  Gina is now an Open Champion!!  The second trophy is her 1st place win in the Treble Reel.

Congratulations to All our Team McBride Dancers who competed at the North American Irish Dance Championships in Anaheim.  You danced like the Champions you are! 

Congratulations to Daniel V. who placed 14th in the U9 Boys

Congratulations to Julia V, who placed 54th in U14 (Group 1) Girls

Congratulations to Isobel W. who placed 24th in U18 (Group 2) Girls

Feis San Francisco

Congratulations to ALL our Solo and Championship Dancers who competed at Feis San Francisco.  You ALL danced amazingly, and we are so very proud of each and every one of you, no matter the results!  Every day our Dancers and Dance Families remind us why we love to teach Irish Dance!  Thank you for choosing McBride!

Championship Results
(Feis San Francisco 2013)

Preliminary 8&U - Daniel V. - 4th
Preliminary 9 yr - Jackie M. -1st
                        - Gillian M. 3rd
Preliminary 10 yr - Caelan L. - 1st
                          - Jillian B. - 4th
Preliminary 11 yr - Emma G. - 1st
Preliminary 12 Yr - Aisling W. - 1st
Preliminary 14 yr - Brigitte P. - 1st
Preliminary 16 yr - Gina M. - 3rd
Preliminary 17 yr - Rozana S. - 1st
Open  11 yr - Katie M. - 3rd
Open  17 yr - Isobel W. - 2nd
Open 17 yr - Katie O. - 4th
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John Kennelly Memorial Feis 2013

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Congratulations to Brigitte on your First 1st - U14 Preliminary Championship at the John Kennelly Memorial Feis!  

Congratulations to ALL our McBride Dancers who did Fantastic this past Saturday in Sacramento!

Irish Dance Aid Feis 2012

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Congratulations to Jackie and Caelan on your First 1sts (U9 and U10 Preliminary Champion-ships) at the Irish Dance Aid Feis on December 16, 2013!  You are on your way to Open!

Congratulations to ALL our Dancers.  Everyone who competed came home with fantastic results and we are very proud of you ALL!                          

2012 Western Region Oireachtas Results

U8 Boys -   Daniel V.     5th
U9- Girls - Jackie M.  11th  NQ
U10 Girls - Caelan L.  24th  NQ
                  Fiona M.   33rd
U11 Girls - Katie M     29th  NQ
U12 Girls - Aisling W. 40th
U13 Girls - Julia V.     52nd
                  Brigitte P. 56th
U14 Girls -  Laura G. - 61st
U17 Girls -  Isobel W.    7th  WQ
                   Katie O.    35th

Congratulations to ALL our dancers who competed at the 2012 Western Region Oireachtas.  No matter the results, we are proud of each and every one of you!  You are ALL Champions to us!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

We hope that everyone had a wonderful time at the 2011 Western Region Oireachtas in Anaheim! It was the first Oireachtas for some, and we hope it was a great experience for you! The McBride School had a very successful Oireachtas!

Traditional Set U10 - Aoife A - 21st
U8 - Jackie M. - 10th
U9 - Caelan L. - 17th NQ
U10 - Katie M. - 15th NQ
U12 - Julia V. - 45th
U14 - Laura M. - 43rd, Lily S. - 55th
U15 - Elsa Y. -  44th, Gina M. - 58th, Michelle G. - 60th
U16 - Isobel W. - 7th, WQ, Katie O. - 41st
U18 - Krissy W. - 9th NQ

U10 Mixed Ceili Team - 5th.

All of the competitions were tough and we couldnt be more proud of ALL of our Dancers and Ceili Team Members! Now is the time to start working towards next year!

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