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Local girl heading to World Irish Dance Championships By Ron Giofu A 13-year-old girl from Amherstburg is heading to Ireland this spring to showcase her talents in Irish Dance. Zoe Basinski, a Grade 8 student at Amherstburg Public School, will be heading to Dublin, Ireland April 4-12 to take part in the world championships. Basinski is one of ve dancers from the merald sle ance ociety in indsor to ualify with other dancers from that school being Brianne Slawik, Connor Labo, Clare Maher and Claire Heynsbroek. “ t s really cool to ualify ” said asinski “ uali ed for worlds efore ut didn t want to go that time ” ow that she feels she deserves it asinski is e cited to go to the world cham pionships ike the other world uali ers asinski trains over hours per week often si days per week with aturdays eing in akville he earned her trip to reland thanks to a fourth place nish at the astern anada ireachtas competi tion. “ cried ” said asinski when she learned that she earned the trip to the world championship “All of my teachers told me that worked so hard and deserved it ” Zoe wasn’t the only one who cried, as mother Donelle noted she could be heard “so ing” as she took video of her daughter s num er eing called he ourney to the orld rish ance hampionship has een e tensive arious competitions have kept the asinski family usy and onelle noted that she and hus and ike have een travelling with oe across orth America and eyond tops have included such places as lorida hode sland ontreal ew rleans and the United Kingdom. “ he s pretty much taken us all over the world ” said onelle At competitions, dancers perform routines in hard shoes and soft shoes and, if good enough to get called back, they perform a solo number in front of the judges. asinski trains onday ednesday hursday aturday and unday “ started when was ve years old ” she e plained Classmate and friend Mya Mulder demonstrated for the class and when Basinski saw it she was hooked he uickly rose through the ranks and progressed well in Irish Dance. “ made it up seven levels in three years ” said asinski hen not competing or practicing asinski and her merald sle ance oci ety teammates also stay busy at performances. St. Patrick’s Day can be “fun but chaotic” for the team as they often perform at ten different places in the same day around indsor sse ounty here will e a fundraiser arch for the ve rish ancers heading to reland with it being held at Central Park Athletics. More information, including tickets, can e o tained y following them on ace ook calling or e mailing worldsemeraldballwindsor@gmail.com. “ keep dancing ecause it ust makes me happy ” said asinski “ stay in it e
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Zoe Basinski (foreground) is shown accepting her awards at the recent Eastern Canada Oireachtas competition. The local 13-year-old is one of five Irish Dancers from the Windsor-Essex County region to be heading to the World Irish Dance Championships in Dublin, Ireland in April. (Submitted photo) cause like going places ” asinski said she has made a lot of friends all over the world through rish ance and hopes to one day coach or be a judge in Irish Dance. “ ve achieved a lot of my goals ” she added “ think it would e cool to e a teacher y teachers tell me would e a good teacher ecause give good feed ack ” hat said udging is of particular interest as one of her coaches elieves she could be good at that in the future. Basinski encourages others to try Irish Dance. “ e need a lot of kids to try rish ance ” she said he merald sle ance ociety offers adult classes as well and onelle remarks “you don t reali e the cardio and the footwork re uired” to e an rish ancer he merald sle ance ociety is a parent run not for pro t organi ation that has een operating for over years t is operated under the direction of the og gin-Carroll School of Irish Dance.
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