DAY 1: March 12th, 2015

Trinity Irish Dance Company is heading to California for their debut performance on U.S. soil in early a decade!

For tour and ticket information, visit http://www.trinityirishdancecompany.com/events/

 

 

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Best part of a 6am call at Midway airport? The beautiful Chicago sunrise.

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Rehearsal Directors, Maggie Doyle (Trinity/Elmhurst), MacKenzie Holland (Trinity/Chicago), and Chelsea Hoy (From the Wick Irish Dancers in Denver, CO) do airport breakfast together and cast members say goodbye to Chicago.

 

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Artistic Director Mark Howard using his time on the plane to work.

 

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Landing in Portland to catch our second leg of travel. Next stop: Sacramento.

 

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Finally on the ground! Ready to rock Folsom, CA.

 

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Lunch time with the two youngest members of the cast. 14 year old Olivia (Trinity/Madison) and 13 year old Sydney (Trinity/Palatine)

 

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Lunch: Check.

Bags: Check.

Bus ride: Check.

Just waiting for one of our lead male dancers, Kiernan Donahue (Trinity/Milwaukee), to arrive before heading to the theater. The cast members taking advantage of the warm, fresh air in Folsum to rehearse. Maggie Nowakowski (Trinity/Grafton) does some mean drumming!

 

Next: Day 2