News & Results

Congratulations to all of the Murray Academy dancers, families and teachers on our best results ever at this year’s regional championship!! Out of the 12 girls’ competitions that we competed in, we had 4 winners, 4 runner ups, and 20 Qualifiers, along with 15 in the top 5 and 24 in the top 10! Results are summarized as follows:

Solo Results:

4 Winners
4 Runners-up
20 World Qualifiers
15 Dancers in the top 5
24 in the top 10
32 in top 20
Recall rate of 83%

Traditional Set Results:

1 Winner
2 Runners-up
6 in the top 5
14 in the top 10
Recall rate of 74%.

In team competitions, we had 6 teams in the top 5, and 13 teams in the top 10, including five 8 hand teams. Our dancers were amazing!

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Congratulations to all of the Murray Academy dancers, families and teachers on our success at this year’s North American championship!! Results are summarized as follows:

Kate Babcock – U17A National Champion!
Clare MacRitchie – U16B Runner-up
11 World Qualifiers
4 Dancers in the top 5
9 in the top 10
12 in top 20
U13 team placed 15th out of 53 teams
Overall recall rate was 63%

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Congratulations to all of the Murray Academy dancers, their parents and the teachers on our best ever results at this year’s World Championships!! This year 16 of our 17 qualifiers were able to attend (Emily Varga was injured but will be back to competing for the 2015 North American Championships). A special congratulations goes to Kate Babcock, U17, for her 3rd place and for bringing home a Globe! We earned 6 World medals, four more than any other New England Irish dance school in girls’ competitions, and 3 additional recall medals, giving us a total of 9 individual medals, the highest total in New England for girls! Additionally, our U19 Girls Senior Ceili team placed 7th which was also a world medal. We are proud of our 56% recall rate for solos and for the outstanding performances of all our participating dancers. We are so proud of you team Murray!

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