New Orleans 2017, Ирландские танцы

The annual North American Irish Dance Championships are being held in New Orleans for the first time since it began in 1980. Dancers as young as 6 years old face judges on a series of stages accompanied by live music. Fifty percent of the dancers will be called back for a final round, culminating with an awards ceremony. More than 4, 000 Irish dancers from as far away as Australia, Ireland, England, and Scotland are competing in the sixday competition, which began on July 4. (Video by Brett Duke, , The TimesPicayune), irishdance