Dancing the Quickstep.

Niall and Joan have an abundance of hobbies… Niall’s hobbies are life, stillness, dance and golf.
Joan’s hobbies are dance, walking, gardening and reading.

They both have taken dance classes for the past 5 years, but never competitively.

They’ve known each other before this competition and they took part in this to help fund-raise (through the art of dance).

Niall believes you should never go more than 17 years, without winning a prize!

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Dancing the Charleston. 

Phillip’s hobbies include clay-pigeon shooting, deep sea diving… and to be more realistic, badminton as well.

Claire is usually found hitting the tiles, practicing her dance moves for Strictly.
When she gets the chance, she loves jet-setting to new places.

As far as knowing each other well, Claire states jokingly; “I was hi-jacked!” and “We work together – when we have to!”.
They decided to join Ozanam Come Dancing 2015 because they feel it’s good to be able to do something to help Ozanam House Community Resource Centre and support the work Ozanam House does with young adults.

Their first impressions of the song and dance is they love the the Great Gatsby type of theme to it. They say their dance is very exciting, if not slightly terrifying! In three words: Fabulous, fun, flirty.

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 Dancing a 60’s Swing.

Dierdre’s hobbies are yoga, tennis, and reading. Conor’s hobbies are playing pool, gym, and tennis.

While they both have extensive experience ‘busting out’ their moves in the clubs, Deirdre has experience with Irish dancing.

When asked if they knew each other before this experience they said, “Yes, we are partners, since way before Strictly.” They took part in this event because it’s a great cause and it will be fun to learn to dance.

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Doing a Swing dance.

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Dancing the Cha Cha Cha.

Ronan’s hobbies include soccer, reading, cycling volunteering in Ozanam House and dancing in Coppers.

Sarah’s hobbies are Camogie, shopping and of course volunteering! They both have extensive knowledge and experience of dancing in coppers.

Their first impression of the dance and music?
Very fast, but lots of fun. In three words: Twisty, fast, fun!

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 Dancing the Hustle.

Judith’s hobbies are the flying trapeze! While Shane’s main hobby is competitive dancing.

Judith has had experience in the circus, while Shane says ” I nearly won Ozanam Come Dancing last year, but I was robbed due to internal SVP politics! – Ha ha!”
They didn’t know each other before the competition, but Shane thinks he knows Judith from “Crime Watch”. A joker that one.

They decided to participate because Shane loves dancing and Judith says, “If your not in, you can’t win”.

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Dancing the Paso Doble.

Rachel’s hobbies include running and reading, while Donal enjoys golf, traveling and running. Although they have no previous dance experience, they are working extremely hard now.

They did not know each other before this experience, Rachel works in FK International and Donal is a volunteer in Ozanam House.

They both took part to raise as much funds as possible for the Ozanam Youth Group Programmes & Summer Projects. Also they feel it will be a good experience.

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Dancing the Charleston.

Ellen’s hobbies are music, drama, swimming, yoga and reading. Shane’s hobbies are watching movies and public speaking.
Although Shane doesn’t have much experience dancing, Ellen has experience with ballet classes as a kid and has performed in musicals and plays.
They both knew each other before this event and decided to take part so that they could meet new people, give back to charity, learn a dance from a professional and to have fun!

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Dancing the Jive.

Rebecca and Barry in their mean time just like chillin’ out, maxin’ & relaxin’ all cool.

Their dance experience basically entails all their moves at Copper’s, Diceys and in front of the mirror, when no one’s watching…

They decided to take part in this event due to their long friendship of eight years. That’s including the college days and eventually professional colleagues at McCann Fitzgerald.

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Dancing the Cha Cha Cha.

Cian’s hobbies are cycling, football,and gaming. Cian once was the ugly step sister in a school production of Cinderella in primary school, and that’s about as much performance skills and experience he has.

Over the last number of years, Cian has been concentrating on striking the right balance between work and family life. He has two small children and doesn’t have much time for activities outside of that. He decided he wanted to challenge himself and do something he’s never done before.

Ida loves art, literature, food, and wine! Great fun! And she has indeed had some dance experience before. Although she did not know her partner Cian before this event, she is extremely positive overall with the song and dance.

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