Welcome to the Friends of McGahan Lees Irish Dance Academy website.
This site is intended for Irish dancers all over the world -- from pre-feis beginners to world championship contenders. Family and friends of dancers, and anyone thinking of starting Irish dancing lessons, should also find it of great interest -- especially the beginners area. Have a good look round!
Please note that this site is maintained by dancers' parents - NOT a qualified dance teacher (click 'read me!' on the top menu bar for more details).
McGahan Lees Irish Dance Academy – Christmas Feis 2011
Click here to download details and entry form
Sunday 4th December
Sawyers Hall College, Sawyers Hall Road, Brentwood CM15 9DA – START 10am
We've just received the syllabus for this year's Belfast Championships, to be held 1st & 2nd October at the Beechlawn House Hotel, Dunmurray Lane, Belfast BT17 9RR.
Adjudicators are Annette Dolan, Caroline Green, Denise Elbert, Kevin McCarron, Julie Loughlin, Sean Hennigan and musicians are Stephen Carolan and Anthony Davis.
The syllabus is available for download in Word or PDF format - just click the 'Attachments' link, below.
Tuesday 9th August, 2011
We are sorry to announce the cancellation of tonight's class in Dartford, due to the potential proximity of rioting. Our apologies for any inconvenience, but we are sure you will understand the need for extreme caution under the circumstances.
We will try to post other last-minute class information here, if we are forewarned of potential problems.
Frances, Debbie & Cecily
We had an excellent weekend at our 10th Open Feis in Chelmsford on 19-20 March, 2011. We were very glad to welcome old friends and hope that everyone enjoyed themselves. The weather was fairly kind this year too! Thank you to all those hard-working volunteers and the fellow teachers who supported our feis and helped to make it a success.
Thank you most of all to the dancers who graced our stages, and without whom there would be no competitions for us all to enjoy - not forgetting the parents, families and friends who supported them.
As this is our 10th Open Feis, we plan to run a Live Commentary -- providing we can get a decent mobile broadband signal.
Click the menu item, top right, to access the pages for Saturday and/or Sunday.
Our final timetable is now available for download in PDF and Microsoft Excel format. You will also find copies of the syllabus and entry forms. Please email webmaster@mcgahanlees.com if you have any difficulties with downloading.
Go to our Open Feis 2011 page
We are proud to announce the 10th McGahan Lees Open Feis, to be held at Hylands School, Chelmsford, on 19 & 20 March, 2011.
Go to our Open Feis 2011 page
We had an amazing time at our 9th Open Feis in Chelmsford on 13-14 March, 2010. It was good to see old friends and to make new ones, and we hope all of our competitors and their families had a good weekend. Thank you to everyone who worked or helped, danced or supported. Without you our feis would not have been the success it was. Special thanks go to those who travelled long distances to be with us. Your efforts to join us are much appreciated, and we hope to see you again next year.