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               Director of Green Fire.              Artistic Director of Green Fire.

 dancers list  

Zachari  Layne  Wetz        Kim keeler            TJ  monahan                   elaine murray       svetlana Harrington       Ed koehne  Alexandra  Harrington       Ginny Johnson                                              joanna douglas     Timothy Douglass         aMANDA Davis                          Ben Hogan                   Amanda  Hogan         Natalie Hogan             Bonnie Hogan           Josh Robertson            Amber keating               Jansina Grossman        Sarah James   Christian Robertson                                                                                                                      

Elaine is the artistic director and choreographer , also a gold medal winner, has been performing Irish dancing for fifteen years. A costume historian and a former history museum curator, she has been researching the history of Irish dancing.  She is currently working on reconstructing a series of dances from 1815.  

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Ed was one of the first students of Katie Griffin from County Kerry, Ireland, founder of the Twin Cities’ first Irish dancing academy, Tir Na Nog, in 1991.  He has studied and performed with Tir Na Nog and Scoil Na d’Tri Irish Dancing Academies and Clann Na Cairdre dancers and has won gold medals in dance competitions.   He also plays the bodhran, a primitive Irish drum made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame.

Favorite 

Songs: 1.The Blood is strong.  CD link The Second Wave

              2. Reel Beatrice.  CD link No Boundry

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Suin Lowary                            Dancer, Green Fire Irish Dancers

Suin has performed with Green Fire Irish Dancers since Christmas of 2003. In addition to the job that pays the bills (attorney editor at West Publishing), she teaches ceili dancing at the Dubliner Pub in St. Paul, every Wednesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. She also studies the Irish language at Gaeltacht Minnesota, and has been known to burst into song if plied with a pint or two of Guinness.

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Zachari                                    Dancer, Green Fire Irish Dancers

Zachari began Irish dancing during college as a member of the ACTC Irish Dance club while earning a bachelor's degree in elementary education at the University of Saint Thomas.  She officially joined Green Fire at the beginning of its second year.  Her favorite dances to perform are those in Victorian costume.  Zachari also teaches ballet at a variety of locations.  She is currently in the process of starting her own ballet studio.  Her website is www.pasdedeuxdance.com. 

Favorite Songs: 1.Si Beagh,

                             2. Si Mor

                            3. Space Ceilidh, By Natalie Mac Masters.

Sarah Marie James                                Dancer, Green Fire Irish Dancers  

Sarah Marie James is a nursing student at the College of St. Catherine.  She began Irish dancing at the Conway Community Center in the summer of 2003.  There, Joe Richter was her first instructor.  Sarah, at first, knew nothing about Irish dance, but caught on quickly mostly thanks to her too-short Achilles tendons (for Irish dancers spend lots of time on their toes rather than flat on their feet).  In the fall of that year, Sarah began dancing with Green Fire and continues to dance with the company.  She enjoys Irish dance and performing greatly.                                                                                                                 TOP

Revised: April 13, 2006 .