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TALENTED troupes of Killarney dancers will be stepping it out on the Late Late Toy Show this year. Eighteen dancers from the Sheehan Murphy School of Dance and the under-15 set dancers from Spa will take centre stage on the show on December 2.

The youngsters from the Sheehan Murphy School of Dance, coached by Norrie Sheehan, Aine Murphy and Mary O’Mahony, are aged between six and sixteen. They will be performing a step-dance piece choreographed especially for them and which they debuted as entertainment at Norrie’s son’s Pat Sheehan and his bride Joanne Murphy’s wedding.

Meanwhile, Spa’s super set dancers will be performing a set on the toy show also. There was great excitement last night in Spa GAA Clubhouse when dance teachers Triona and Mairead Mangan told their All-Ireland under-15 mixed set, that RTÉ invited them to the hugely popular toy show.
“Noreen O’Sullivan, one of the parents of the dancers (Cian), sent in a video of the team with the permission of the dance coaches to RTÉ Late Late Toy Show auditions,” said spokeswoman Anne Holland. “They were delighted when they made the initial cut after thousand of kids all over Ireland auditioned.”

The dancers, coaches and parents travelled to the Imperial Hotel in Cork on October 24 and met Late Late Show presenter Ryan Tubridy.
They danced and were interviewed by the RTÉ staff. Yesterday the Killarney dance troupes received the welcome news that they had made the cut. “They were informed that they must travel to Dublin on the 20th and 27th of November to meet with the Choreographer. Then on 1st and 2nd December they will have rehearsals for the live show in Donnybrook,” said Anne. “To say that the roof wasn’t nearly lifted with excitement in Spa is an understatement, when the dancers found out they made the cut.”

Big congratulations to the Sheehan Murphy School of Dance and the Mangan School of Dancing.
 

 
Above: The Spa set dancers and coaches.