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It's a wintry day in the Midwest, and there are hundreds of girls ages 6 to 18 in a big conference room at the Mid-America Oireachtas of Irish Dance in Chicago. All are wearing mops of synthetic curls, glittery tiaras, and stiff, embroidered dresses. The hair is big, the dresses are big, and there are no bunheads.
Laura McNamara, a pretty, pale redhead with brown eyes and heckles, is one of the thousands competing at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. Now 17, she's been attending the Trinity Academy of Irish Dance since she was 5; one day she hopes to join the Trinity Irish Dance Company, the professional performing branch of the Trinity organization. Two years ago, at the same Irish dance oireachtas, or festival, the quiet teenager placed nineteenth in the solo competition; last year she placed first. How did this shy girl who was far from the winning rung rise so quickly to first place?
According to Mark Howard, who formed...
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