Our Holiday Hooley is bringing you holiday laughs and cheer right into the coziness of your living room. Recorded live on the Celtic Junction stage, we’ll deliver warm-fuzzies and family fun! This hosted variety show is a party for all ages with Irish music, stories, sketches, step dance, caroling, and more. Beyond that, it’s wacky good fun for everyone with brief guest appearances from well-known holiday characters including The Grinch and yes, even Santa Claus! Presented by the O’Shea Irish Dancers with a world-class band. Choreography and music by original Riverdancer, Cormac O’Sé, of Dublin. Don’t miss it – you’re guaranteed the best seat in the house!
The Hooley is hosted by comedian Joshua Will and Natalie O’Shea. Musicians include Midwest Fleadh champion in English and Irish song Aidín Ní Shé; Todd Menton of band Boiled in Lead; multi-instrumentalist and singer Dennis Curley; fiddler David Ochs; guitarist John Wright; and Cormac O Sé. O’Shea Irish dancers include regional and national champions. Relax with your favorite holiday treats from home and enjoy the show!
When: Saturday, Dec 19
Time: 6 pm Central Standard Time
Where: Your Living Room - You will be given the link once ticket is purchased.
Digital access to the show begins on Dec 19th at 6pm. Your purchase via Eventbrite will allow you to watch the Hooley all season long.
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About O'Shea Irish Dance
Your source for world-class Irish dance classes, solo and team competition, and professional Irish dance and music shows in Saint Paul. O'Shea Irish Dance is offering hybrid classes and open for registrations on an ongoing basis.
O'Shea Irish Dance is led by director Cormac O'Sé T.C.R.G., original cast member of Riverdance & native of Dublin, Ireland. Cormac comes from a deep pedigree with the legendary Scoil Rince Uí Shé of Dublin, Ireland, taught by his parents for the last 48 years. Cormac toured for six years with Riverdance, performing over 2000 performances, across four continents to over two million people. He can be seen in the original film, Riverdance, The Show and four other film productions.
Established in 2005, OID provides Irish dance classes and training for the demanding and technical art form of traditional and competitive Irish Step dance where dancers train as artists, musicians, and athletes. Teaching ages three to adult, OID instructors inform the whole dancer to train a healthy body in strength, flexibility, and fitness as well as a healthy mind in confidence, discipline, and performance.
Cormac is a T.C.R.G. (certified instructor with An Coimisiún Le Rinci Gaelacha) qualified instructor which is required for a school's students to compete in Irish dance.
OID's Minnesota dancers have achieved 9 Regional Solo Championship titles, 2 Regional Ceili Titles, 4 National Championship Titles and 6 top-ten placements in the World Championships bringing the only 2 world globes home to the state.
O’Shea Irish Dance features their dancers in performances throughout the year, and produces two professional, full-length theatrical shows annually at several Twin Cities venues, including Stepping Stone Theater, Chanhassen Dinner Theater, and the Fitzgerald Theater. Read the March 7, 2020 Review in the Pioneer Press.
Email us!
CORMAC Ó SÉ
cormac@osheairishdance.com
NATALIE O’SHEA
natalie@osheairishdance.com
DONNA DINGLE
OIDadmin@osheairishdance.com
PERFORMANCE INQUIRIES
O’Shea Irish Dance
The Celtic Junction
836 Prior Ave. North,
St. Paul, MN 55104
612-722-7000
About the Celtic Junction Arts Center
Mission and History
The Celtic Junction Arts Center (CJAC) was founded in 2016, with a mission to celebrate, promote, and preserve cultural arts and community. The four arms to the organization are:
Celtic Junction Concert Series (CJCS) which presents local, national, and international traditional music concerts and original theater with Celtic themes
Eoin McKiernan Library (EML), an Irish heritage and arts library established with a book bequest from Eoin McKiernan, one of Minnesota’s greatest champions of Irish art and culture
Irish College of MN (ICMN) which offers year-round classes in Irish language and literature, creative writing, drawing, and more
Irish Outreach Coalition (IOC) which brings performances of Irish dance, music, and language to the wider community
CJAC is the nonprofit heart of The Celtic Junction, a brick and mortar building bought in 2009 by Irish immigrant, dancer, and musician Cormac O’Se and his Minnesota-born wife, playwright and theater director Natalie O’Shea, to house local Celtic arts organizations. CJAC’s unifying vision is to fuel the growth of Celtic arts with exceptional programming and connect our evolving community in a central home.
Since 2009, The Celtic Junction been home to three independent arts organizations: O'Shea Irish dance, Center for Irish Music, and Irish Fair of Minnesota. We collaborate with these organizations regularly, and they form the core of the Irish Outreach Coalition.
Other independent arts groups also use The Celtic Junction space including Keane Sense of Rhythm, Wild Goose Chase Cloggers, Loma Mor Set Dance, Celtic Phoenix Theatre, and Scottish Highland Dance.
In 2018, CJAC won IrishCentral's Creativity and Arts Award for the Best Irish American Center.
Celtic Junction Arts Center
836 Prior Avenue N
St. Paul, MN, 55104
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GENERAL: info@celticjunction.org
CONCERT: concerts@celticjunction.org
CLASSES: education@celticjunction.org
OUTREACH: outreach@celticjunction.org
LIBRARY: library@celticjunction.org
RENTAL: rental@thecelticjunction.com
