Sarah is a legal executive at McCann FitzGerald. Her hobbies are practising yoga and walking her dogs! She has danced before doing classes in ballet and contemporary dance and has even tried her hand at teaching both.
Joe is a solicitor at McCann FitzGerald. During his free time he plays soccer and he has also been known to do some power-lifting….way to go Joe! His dance experience comes down to the odd wedding, the work Christmas party and some serious moves at Coppers at 3 am!
Sally and Conor are both trainee solicitors at McCann FitzGerald. Their hobbies are cricket and going out to Coppers.
Conor was involved in a musical youth society in Tipperary. He was caught on camera doing the “gangnam style” dance on a boat in Carrick-on-Shannon. We await the you tube clip!
Sally used to do street dancing when she was in school. She used to charge the boys in her primary school class £1, and would teach them how to street dance in her garage.
Leah and Shane aka “Sheah”.
Leah works in Ozanam House as a Childcare Worker in the Childcare center. Her dancing career came to an end when she was six after a freak hand gliding accident and has been since known to clear a dance floor in seconds!
Shane is a volunteer at Ozanam House and helps to teach the young children guitar as well as working with the teenage youth groups. His hobbies are’ hunting with his eagles and volcano testing’, hmmm?! He has danced while dressed as a clown so has lots to live up to!
They were two time Equatorial Guinea Jive Champions (in 1978 and 1979)!!!
Lauren and James both work in technology. They’ve both volunteered in Sunshine House, so Ozanam House and SVP are very close to their hearts. They met at college and both volunteered with Trinity SVP running their kids club and getting involved in the SVP Panto .
Lauren is a technology analyst for Accenture. She has been a tap dancer since she was 3 and has always wanted to learn ballroom dancing.
James is the founder of his own company Visilit. He is a drummer in a band so they’re hoping he has natural rhythm!
Fiona has been a volunteer in Ozanam House with various youth groups for the last 3 years. She is a primary school teacher. She spends her free time volunteering at Ozanam House and running and minding her puppy Cujo. She was described as “an uncoordinated heifer” by her Ballet teacher when she was 7….We’re sure she was wrong Fiona!
Dave works as a Pensions Administrator and he heard about Ozanam House through Fiona. His hobbies are playing soccer, reading, watching TV, eating… He doesn’t really have any dance experience except for one year of ballet when he was a kid! Well…only one that he is willing to admit anyway!
Ann and Gary are both volunteers at Ozanam House. Ann works with the Ozanam Youth Group and Gary has been involved with the summer project for the past 2 years. They both work as primary school teachers.
Ann’s hobbies are reading and eating. She comes from Cork and appeared in a ‘Rat in a Tap’ version of the Pied Piper of Hamlin when she was 5.
Gary is a true blue Dub. His hobbies are swimming and reading. Ozanam Come Dancing will be his very first dance experience!
Ozanam Come Dancing, Saturday 26th April 2014, The Academy, (Middle Abbey St, Dublin 1)
Doors open 7pm and the show runs from 7.30pm to 10pm
Tickets are available from 16 March HERE>>
Ozanam Come Dancing is our biggest annual fundraising event, where we hope to raise funds to support the many youth programmes that we provide in Ozanam House.
We have 7 couples volunteering their time to learn a dance which they will perform on the night. You get to vote for your favourite and together with the Judges scores on the night, the couple with the most votes wins the competition! With dances from the Quickstep to the Tango, the Paso Doble to the Jive, this promises to be an entertaining and fun night out!
This event is proudly sponsored by McCann FitzGerald and DIAGEO Ireland
14th March
What are your expectations about the show and the dancing lessons?
‘We are here to enter and win Ozanam Come Dancing and move on to greater and better things’!
How was your first dance practice? What are your first impressions?
‘It was daunting but also exciting!! We’ve discovered some hidden talents and we’ve released the “tiny dancers” from within…’
14th March
What are your expectations about the show and about the dancing lessons?
“We want to be able to dance together without breaking limbs or causing concussion! To be super-nervous! Not to be asked too many questions by you about how we are getting on during practice and to raise loads of money for an awesome summer project 2014”!
How was your first dance practice? What are your first impressions?
“Shocking, scary and embarrassing were our first impressions”. Fiona said: “it also confirmed for me the words of my ballet teacher! We didn’t realise our co-ordination was so bad! Everyone seems really nice though. Our dance teacher June is great and so encouraging”!
14th March
What are your expectations about the show and about the dancing lessons?
‘We expect to win and that it’ll result in a whirlwind tour of Monaghan!!!’
How was your first dance practice? What are your first impressions?
‘It was awesome’!!! Shanes first impressions were Jeremy Beadle and John Cleese!’