Alana Rose Irish Dance Company

Good luck to our two dancers Eilidh and Ashley competing at the OPIDF All Scotland tomorrow 🍀

Good luck to our dancers competing at Feis Samhraidh tomorrow in Edinburgh 💜🏅

What an incredible weekend for everyone at Alana Rose Irish Dance Company at the WIDA All Ireland Championships in Galway! 🇮🇪💚

I couldn’t be prouder of every single dancer.

✨ Results ✨

💜U8 – Ava Rose Thompson – All Ireland Champion 🏆
⭐ U10 – Sienna MacQueen – 10th Place 🏅
💜U11 – Eilidh Simpson – All Ireland Champion 🏆
⭐️ U11 – Daisy Harkness – 2nd Place 🏆
💜U12 – Karmen Smith – 6th Place 🏅
⭐ U16 – Isabella McLean – 14th Place 🏅
💜U17 – Cara Macpherson – 2nd Place 🏆
⭐️U19 – Iona McRae – 2 x All Ireland Champion 🏆🏆
💜U25 – Nathan McRae – 3 x Double All Ireland Champion, winning both the U25 Championship and the O18 Modern Set Championship 🏆🏆🏆

A huge congratulations to all of our dancers. Whether you came home with a title, a placing, or simply gained more experience 🥰

Thank you to all our amazing families for your continued support, and well done to WIDA for another fantastic championship weekend 🇮🇪

Good luck to our 9 dancers heading for Galway this weekend for the All Ireland Championships 🇮🇪

☘️ Glasgow Open Feis Results ☘️

Now that I’m just about recovered from our very first Glasgow Open Feis (😂), I’m finally getting around to posting some of our results!

What a weekend it was and what an achievement for our dance school 💜

Before I mention any results, I want to say how incredibly proud I am of our team. From the dancers, to the parents, volunteers, helpers and everyone who worked behind the scenes , you were amazing. You all helped make our first ever Feis such a success.

And what a day our dancers had…..

⭐ 40 x 1st Place Solo Dances and so many amazing podium places 🥇🥈🥉

🏆 Adult Beginner Premiership Winner – Rachael Anderson
🏆 U9 Primary Premiership Winner – Louenne Howe
🏆 U10 Intermediate Premiership Winner – Ava Mary Logan
🏆 U17 Preliminary Championship Winner – Meghan Grieves
🏆 U11 Open Champion – Tegan Connolly
🏆 U19 Open Champion – Iona McRae
🏆 U30 Open Champion – Nathan McRae

🏆 The Kennedy Memorial Cup Charity Reel Winner (Beginner/Primary) – Ayva Grace Cannon

🏆 The Kennedy Memorial Cup Charity Reel Winner (Intermediate/Open) – Lucy Maguire

A huge well done to every dancer 💜

Thank you so much to everyone who supported our first Feis 🥰

Here’s to the first Glasgow Open Feis run by the Alana Rose Team and hopefully the first of many! ☘️💚💜

The very best of luck to everyone competing at the WIDA Glasgow Open Feis tomorrow! ☘️

We look forward to welcoming you all. Safe travels and enjoy your day! 💚

A wee reminder to the adults behind anonymous profiles on online forums …

Our dancers are children.

They are not gossip topics, they are not targets for cruel comments, and they are certainly not here to be torn apart by adults hiding behind anonymous accounts.

These young dancers work incredibly hard. They spend hours at class, practise at home, balance school and family life, and step onto the stage because they genuinely love Irish dancing. They do it with passion, courage, and pride.

It does not matter what organisation, school, or teacher they come from- every single child deserves to feel supported, encouraged, and celebrated.

The real problem in Irish dancing is not the children. It is the adults who think it is acceptable to publicly criticise and mock young dancers from behind a screen.

If you have to stay anonymous to say something about a child, then deep down you already know what you are doing is wrong.

Let the kids dance.
Let them enjoy what they love.
Let them be proud of themselves.
And most importantly… let them be children.

💚☘️

🌎🏆 WIDA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 🏆🌎

What a time it has been for Team Alana Rose… and honestly, I don’t even know where to begin 🥹💜

Behind every single result this week is months and months of hard work… 4 classes a week, fitness sessions, sore legs, early mornings, late nights — all while juggling school, university, exams, placements, and personal challenges that most people will never even see.

But what makes me most proud isn’t just the results… it’s the resilience, the commitment, and the way this team shows up for each other every single day 💜
The support, the laughter, the love — not just from the dancers but from the parents too — is something so special and never goes unnoticed. This is more than a dance school… it’s a family 🥹

And WOW… what a team result:
🏆 1 International Championship Cup
🌎 5 World Globes
🏅 Countless World Medals

Here are our incredible dancers…
💜 Grades Day – U9 Intermediate Premiership – Sarah – 9th Overall 🌎🏅
An amazing result to start the week and such a strong performance — you should be so proud 💜

💜 U8 International Champion – Ava Rose Thompson 🏆🌎
You have worked SO hard for this moment and to see you become an International Champion is just incredible. So well deserved 💜

💜 U10 – Sienna MacQueen 🌎
Missing out on the recall doesn’t take away from what you achieved — 16th in the world is something to be so proud of. Your hard work never goes unnoticed 💜

💜U11 World Champion – Tegan Connolly 🏆🌎
WORLD CHAMPION!!! What an achievement. Your dedication and determination has paid off in the biggest way possible 💜

💜 U11 – Daisy Harkness – 3rd in the World 🏆🌎
An outstanding result in such a tough age group. You continue to prove yourself every time you step on that stage — your consistency, confidence and performance quality are just incredible 💜

💜 U11 – Eilidh Simpson – 6th in the World 🏆🌎
Such a strong, confident performance from start to finish. You’ve worked so hard for this and it really showed on that world stage 💜

💜 U12 – Arra Huxter – 9th in the World 🌎🏅
You set yourself a goal and SMASHED it with your recall — everything you’ve worked for showing on that stage 💜

💜 U15 – Lucy Maguire 🌎
No recall this time but 11th in your hornpipe is an amazing achievement — your strength and determination never goes unnoticed 💜

💜 U16 – Isabella McLean 🌎
The progress you have made over the past year has been incredible, and finishing 32nd in the world is such an amazing achievement — so well deserved 💜

💜 U17 – Cara MacPherson – 7th in the World 🏆🌎
Beating last year’s placing — a huge achievement. The growth, maturity and strength in your dancing this year has been amazing to watch 💜

💜 U17 – Meghan Grieves 🌎
19th in the world is something to be proud of. Your hard work, perseverance and determination to keep pushing — even when things don’t go your way — says everything about you. Keep going, your time is coming 💜

💜 U19 – Mel Kennedy – 4th in the World 🏆🌎
Another incredible result and improving on last year — your work ethic and determination is second to none and it’s showing in your results 💜

💜 U19 – Iona McRae – 2nd in the World 🏆🌎
An unbelievable achievement and climbing even higher this year — your consistency at this level is outstanding and so well deserved 💜

💜 U23 – Nathan McRae – 2nd in the World 🏆🌎
What a result at this level. Your commitment, professionalism and consistency continue to set the standard — an incredible achievement 💜

💜 U30 – Ashley Coleman 🌎
No recall this time but you SMASHED your goal of completing all 3 rounds — and that is a win in itself 💜

💜 O45 – Julie Maguire – 8th in the World 🏆🌎
A personal best and such a special achievement — proof that hard work always pays off 💜

A huge thank you to Saorse Holistics for keeping our dancers strong and prepared with weekly fitness classes 💪🏼
And to Mairi & Shannon for the sports massages — we are so grateful 💜

I am honestly bursting with pride. Every single dancer, every parent, every moment — this week has been unforgettable.

One team. One dream. One family. 💜

Now time to rest those feet… until the next one 😆🌎🏆

Tomorrow’s amazing Team 💜 Let’s do this 💪🏼🥰

2 Champions of the day 🌍🏆🏆
U8 International Champion- Ava Rose Thompson and U11 World Champion Tegan Connolly 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻🩷🩷🩷