Haran Irish Dance Academy

Spokane’s first Irish Dance Competitions, Feis at the Falls and the Deirdre Abide Memorial Feis will take place September 10th and 11th 2022 at the Spokane Convention Center. Usually the competitions are held on the west side of the state. Spokane’s longest running Irish Dance school, The Haran Irish Dance Academy was founded in Kettle Falls by Deirdre Abeid, and is run to this day by her daughters Caitlin Trusler and Claire Worley.

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Mon., Sept. 5, 2022

Competitive dancers, from left, Lily Nielsen, 16, Ellie West, 15, Emily Drake, 17, and Kaitlin Kelly, 15, rehearse some steps at the Haran Irish Dancers studio in the Perry District Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The Haran studio is sponsoring the first major Irish dance competition in the Spokane area next month.

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Dancers Bailey Plumlee and Kaia Olson, second from right, rehearse some steps at the Haran Irish Dancers studio in the Perry District Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The Haran studio is sponsoring the first major Irish dance competition to be held in the Spokane area next month.

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Competitive dancers, from left, Emily Drake, 17, Lily Nielsen, 16, (hidden), Kaitlin Kelly, 15, (facing) and Ellie West, 15, rehearse some steps at the Haran Irish Dancers studio in the Perry District Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The Haran studio is sponsoring the first major Irish dance competition in the Spokane area next month. All the girls are wearing their elaborate sequined dresses common in the competitions.

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Competitive dancers, from left, Lily Nielsen, 16; Ellie West, 15; Emily Drake, 17; and Kaitlin Kelly, 15, rehearse some steps at the Haran School of Irish Dance studio in the heart of the Perry District on Aug. 25. The Haran studio is sponsoring the first major Irish dance competition in the Spokane area this weekend.

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Irish dance teacher Caitlin Trusler, center, talks her dancers through a routine in rehearsal at the Haran Irish Dancers studio in the Perry District Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The Haran studio is sponsoring the first major Irish dance competition in the Spokane area next month.

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Dancers, from left, Bailey Plumlee and Kaia Olson rehearse some steps at the Haran Irish Dancers studio in the Perry District Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The Haran studio is sponsoring the first major Irish dance competition in the Spokane area next month.

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