Since the incorporation of Irish Dancing in our Christmas pantomime, I have been running an Irish Dancing sports club for the student's on Tuesday afternoons.
As soon as i heard about this event, i thought it would be a great opportunity for the students to get involved in something to do with the Oxford community, not just the d'Overbroeck's school community, and they were all equally excited and prepared for the challenge.
At 20:00 on Thursday 14th March, all of the O'Neill's pubs in the UK started the challenge at the same time in the hope of cumulatively beating the current record of 10,036.
We all had to dance a particular step continuously for five minutes, which is longer than you think!
Overall, we did not manage to beat the existing record however the students and myself had a lot of fun attempting.
During the evening there was a reporter from the Oxford Mail present who were particularly interested in our students and who also took a photo for the paper. This added to the experience for the 6 ISC girls as they were able to send an Oxford paper with an article and a photograph of themselves to their parents in their home country.
I am delighted that i have been able to give them this opportunity as they were very excitable and grateful and i have since had an extra two girls sign up for my class.
You can view the online version of the newspaper article by following the link:
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10294217.Pub_hopes_to_jig_its_way_into_the_record_books/
Lisa Gilmore
Administrative Assistance, Activities Coordinator and Irish Dance Teacher
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