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Tuesday's Tribute: Cat's Guest Post (Her Afternoon with an Irishman!)

My Tuesday's Tribute is to my lovely Irish dancer daughter, Catherine, age 6! She has been working hard at her dance lessons and will be in many performances this month!

Catherine is my guest co-poster today. She wants to share some exciting news with you ! Guess who we are hanging out with at Irish dance class this afternoon?

Michael Patrick Gallagher, Riverdance lead and co-owner/teacher of Cat's Irish dance school, Tir Conaill Academy!! He will be teaching at Tir Conaill today! Can I hear a whoop whoop?! Her weekly teacher is Christopher McGrory, world class champion dancer, platinum selling Irish musician, and owner of her school as well. Chris is also one of the nicest people you'll ever meet! (and his music is fantastic!) This kid of mine found the Irish pot of gold when we found Tir Conaill Academy!

Cat wants to share a video of Michael Pat dancing. She'd like to show you what she's learning. Irish dance is just incredible to watch. She recently started wearing "hard shoes"(which is what they are doing in the video.)

If you've never seen Michael Pat dance, I hope you take a moment to watch because he is AMAZING! (it's a few minutes, but it's a fabulous few minutes, and would mean the world to Cat to know that you enjoyed it! She begged me to post it!)

Here is Michael Pat on "Dancing With the Stars" last spring. He will rock your socks off! (Keep your eyes on his feet! They are in the Guiness Book of World Records for the World's Fastest Feet! The steps are super complicated!)

(You'll need to turn up your sound for this!)









I bet you're ready for St. Patty's Day now!

Catherine says thank you for watching "her" video! (proud mama thanks you too!)

Have a wonderful Tuesday!


p.s. Update: For those of you who've inquired, Christopher's cd's are available through his link up there. Just click on his name and it will take you right to him!

(Thanks everyone for your interest today! It's been overwhelming and wonderful!)

Comments

LadyStyx said…
That level of difficulty and yet the man makes it look completely effortless.
Kelly said…
That was amazing! Tell your daughter thanks, and I hope to see her on Dancing with the Stars one day : )
blognut said…
Congrats to Cat, she's a great blogger!
kel said…
I love Irish Dancing!! good for her!!!
Mother Mayhem said…
Thank you, Cat! I enjoyed your video!

LOVE Irish dancing. Every time I see it or hear the music it feels as though my heart begins to pound with the drumming. It's my Irish blood. :o)
Badass Geek said…
I am so bad at dancing, I have three left feet.
Jillene said…
AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing the video Cat!!
Cute Girl! How did you ever get her involved in Irish Dance? I think its great..but its not as common.. (or I live in a hole and I don't know what I'm talking about)
Unknown said…
Wow that's amazing! And something that I could never in a million years do!

I tried to have my oldest daughter be guest blogger a few times and it didn't work out...she's too temperamental and a little bit of a diva...Congrats to Cat for doing such a great job!
Cajoh said…
She looks like she could definitely be one of those dancers on Dancing with the Stars (either a star, or a dancer).

Good luck with her lessons.
Marie Reed said…
Cattttt! You are an awesome guest blogger:) I just adored your creative post idea! I, of course, would fall flat on my face if I tried this! High Five!
Randi Troxell said…
how exciting for her! bet she loooved it and she is super cute too!
Marie Reed said…
PS I totally just grabbed that new 'you might like these stories' widget! Wow!
Melissa said…
I LOVE it. So neat. Mom, you have to get some video of her. I love Irish dancing.
Just SO said…
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I love making new friends.

I love this type of dance and I like this guy better than Michael Flatley...he doesn't seem as arrogant.

Good luck to your daughter on learning this and on the many programs that I am sure she has coming up! I think it's cool that she does this.
Kristina P. said…
I love the whole Riverdance style. She looks great!
from an irish Mc...my cheers to her! love her hair bouncing around too! this is a fam tradition here...and i have never got my girlies in...i'm so bad.
Nicole said…
Very cool. I cant imagine how great it would be to see that live! Good luck to your daughter and lets hope she gets that far in her dance career.
That type of dancing looks so hard...but very cool. Enjoy all the extras. *How awesome to learn from some of the best.

Maybe we could see a video of the class.... :D
Jenners said…
I just love Irish Dancing and I love the video! I remember that when it was on! Tell her she did a bang up job with her post -- and to keep on dancing!

And I was lucky enough to see The Lord of the Dance himself -- Michael Flatley -- in his Lord of the Dance on Broadway years ago. It was way too cool.
Mammatalk said…
As Irish blood runs thru this mama's veins, I gleefully approve.
Alexis AKA MOM said…
Wow she just amazes me at 6 and has such a passion and is just all around a good kid! You're one lucky mama and I would be totally proud too! Love the video and the pic! Have fun girlie, you rock!!

Yup I'm ready bring on St. Patty's day!
Anonymous said…
That dancing is amazing. I would love to see him perform live but thanks for the clip because that was incredible. :) Your daughter is super cute!
Anonymous said…
Way to go Cat! Love it! Keep up the good work! Love you kiddo! P.S. Love the video!
Seeker said…
Absolutely loved the video...Love Riverdance... as for blogging...GO CAT GO!!! Great Job!!!!

Thanks for sharing...My Irish is ready for St Pat's Day now
Ash said…
So wonderful!! You're so welcome, sweet Cat. Thank you for sharing it - Em
Stephenie said…
How exciting...She is just so adorable... I bet you are so proud of her....
Stephenie
Shan G said…
Very cool! I LOVE Riverdance!

And have you ever seen the movie Angela's Ashes? Go rent it if you haven't. I can't remember if it was Frank McCourt who played Kevin the Bartender on Ryan's Hope, BUt he is either the author of that book OR it was his brother who wrote it.

You have done a great job as guest blogger, Cat!
Robyn Jones said…
Your daughter is beautiful...and that was incredible...
I love this kind of dance..
Anonymous said…
What a great video! He's awesome.
Jenni said…
How COOL is that! I have always wanted to learn!
Cygnus MacLlyr said…
Art this enthusiastically expressed, esp. of ancestral bent, is more than enough to bring tears to this child of Lir...
debi9kids said…
I just love watching that.
They are so talented and impressive.
Can't wait to see Cat up there one day!
Kristen Andrews said…
she is so darn cute, I love that shot it really captures the dancing. Dancing is so good for her. I did Ballet for 14 years and it kept me out of trouble.
Jess said…
She's CUTE!

Please send her to me asap! ;)
Deb said…
i remember seeing that on the show! i bet cat is an awesome dancer and one day she'll be making her big debut!
Jen said…
Your daughter is doing Irish dancing? That is so cool! I love to watch Riverdance. It's amazing! Thanks for all of your sweet comments on my blog! Have a great day.
A Psych Mommy said…
Blast--I can't see the video at work--silly blocks! Well, I guess I SHOULD be working rather than looking at really cool dance videos--but then again, this IS my break!

I'll have to check it out tonight!
Grand Pooba said…
That was awesome! So cool and I'm definately ready for Patti's day!
Wow...how is it that she can do that, and I can barely stand up?

Great Tribute, girl!!

Jay
Kat said…
I used to use the Riverdance soundtrack to get to sleep when I was in high school. Something about the rhythm of the clicking of the shoes did it every time.
Anonymous said…
So cute!

Hubby and I love riverdance!
Jennifer said…
Very cool vis w/ some amazing dancing! And I'm totally jealous of your daughter's hair!!
3 Bay B Chicks said…
Wow! What a fantastic opportunity for your daughter to be taught by one of the true greats. I can see why you are so proud. Such a wonderful accomplishment at only 6 years old!

-Francesca

PS: I really think Catherine may be needing her own blog soon. She has quite a knack for it. :)
I am so sorry Cat for being so late. This week has just gotten away from me so quickly. Your guest co-post was wonderful. I can see you are a fantastic dancer. One day I will be able to point to you on a poster and say I knew her when...

Shoot for the stars!!

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