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Lauren is from Portland, Oregon, where she was a 1988 Rose Festival Princess. Trained in musical theater before applying her talents to Irish dancing, she has appeared on Prime Time Country and Live At The Grand Ole Opry, danced with The Chieftains, and performed at renaissance festivals throughout the United States. A two-time qualifier for the World Irish Dance Championships, Lauren spent much of 1999 and 2000 touring nationally with Dancing on Common Ground. In addition, she appeared with husband, Jim, on the cover of the December 2000 issue of Irish Dancing Magazine. In 2005, Lauren earned her TCRG, teacher's certification with the Irish Dance Commission (CLRG), and in 2017 earned her ADCRG, adjudicator's certification. Lauren has also appeared in nationally-syndicated television programs including TNT's Leverage and NBC's Grimm.
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Angela, who lives in Wenatchee, Washington, has served on numerous non-profit boards including Wenatchee Parent Child Preschool, EAT (a local food sustainability group), John Newbery Elementary PTA, Wenatchee Irish Dance, and various home owner associations, filling positions including president and secretary. Angela has been involved in the local Irish Dance community since 2004 when her oldest daughter began Irish step dance. She has been affiliated with An Daire Academy since 2006, acting as the location coordinator in Wenatchee, Washington from 2008-2013, and serving as an assistant instructor since the fall of 2012.
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Originally from Portland, Oregon, Sue now makes her home in Kennewick, Washington. After working in marketing for twenty years at a high-tech firm, she left the formal working world to focus her time on raising her daughter. Sue has worked for the Kennewick School District and the local Boys and Girls Club. She owns a dance studio in Richland, Washington, and turns all manner of glass items into dance competition trophies, weddings keepsakes and other artistic items.
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Steve Zander is currently the Chief Financial Officer for the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis (BGCC), a position he has held since 2012. From 2009 to 2012, Steve served on the Board of Directors of the BGCC as Treasurer and Secretary. Prior to joining the BGCC, Steve spent 20 years with a manufacturing company. In his most recent position, he was both the Business Unit Vice President & Controller of Global Commodities and the Business Unit Vice President & Controller of Fabricated Products. In this dual role, Steve was responsible for the Accounting for all of the global operating locations (North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia) of this $1.5 - 2 billion corporation. Steve received a BA degree in Accounting from Eastern Washington University in 1984 and an MS degree in Management from Stanford University in 1997. Steve also passed the CPA exam in 1984.
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A native of Portland, Oregon, Jim is a Western US Regional Champion and three-time qualifier for the World Irish Dance Championships, placing 2nd at the North American Championships and 4th at the All-Irelands. He spent 1999 and 2000 touring nationally with Dancing on Common Ground, and with wife, Lauren, appeared on the cover of the December 2000 issue of Irish Dancing Magazine. In 2003, Jim earned his TCRG, teacher's certification with the Irish Dance Commission (CLRG). In 2010, he earned his ADCRG, adjudicator's certification, and now travels throughout North America much of the year judging Irish dance competitions. In 2012, Jim was elected Vice President of the North American Feis Commission, the first teacher to be elected to the executive board.
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Becky has been involved in Irish Dance in one form or another for the last 14 years. Her family started with Dance in San Jose, California with the Kennelly School, continuing with An Daire Academy once they moved to the Portland area in 2003. Shortly after joining the school, Becky was "volunteered" to chair a local feis and found she was hooked! Even after all her dancers retired from Irish dance, she continued in her role as co-feis chair, and for the last 11 years has helped run four different feiseanna in Portland, Vancouver, Seaside and Honolulu. Her favorite thing about Irish Dance? All the amazing people she has met over the years!
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Amanda is originally from San Jose, California where she lived until 2003 when she moved with her family to Hillsboro, Oregon. She has been involved in Irish dance since the age of 10 and was a Preliminary Championship dancer when she retired from competition in 2013. During her career as a dancer, she had the privilege of competing on teams at the Irish Dance World Championships twice: once in 2009 and again in 2012. Today she continues to be an active part of Irish dance by coordinating stages at several feiseanna every year. Amanda now works as an American Sign Language Educational Interpreter in Vancouver, Washington, where she lives with her husband.
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