The IDTANA Scholarship

To our Scholarship Applicants: On behalf of the Executive Board of the IDTANA and the registered Irish dance teachers and adjudicators across North America, the IDTANA is pleased to announce that the Scholarship Program has been increased from the $10,000 to $20,000 for 2008. The IDTANA is committed to recognizing the efforts and achievements of our dancers, not only on the stage but in the classroom as well, and we hope to be able to continue offering scholarships at this level long into the future. We look forward to announcing the 2008 recipients in the near future. Michael Mullane ADCRG, President and Russell Beaton ADCRG, Scholarship Coordinator
	The Irish Dance Teacher's Association of North American is proud of the accomplishments of all dancers not only competitively and artistically, but also academically. To recognize the accomplishments of these dancers who excel in the classroom and in the dance studio, the IDTANA is proud to offer $10,000 annually in scholarships for high school senior students, and those students who are already attending college. The IDTANA Scholarship Committee is comprised of a representative from each of the seven regions in North America. Under the guidance of Russell Beaton ADCRG, who is beginning his thirty-seventh year with the Frederick County (Maryland) Public School System where he is the Curriculum Specialist for Visual and Performing Arts - the IDTANA Scholarship Committee works diligently in identifying the scholarship recipients from the application and essay process. New applications are made available around October 1st of each year and will be available for download here. The Scholarships are awarded approximately in early July of each year with recognition and presentation at the North American Irish Dance Championships. We congratulate and recognize this year's recipients:

				*IDTANA Scholarship Committee 2007* Facilitator Russell Beaton ADCRG New England Edward Irwin ADCRG Mid-Atlantic Helaine Sander ADCRG Southern Noelle O’Toole TCRG Mid-America Patricia Weekley TCRG Western USA Miriam Keegan TMRF Eastern Canada Sheila Graham TCRG Western Canada Leslie Wilson TCRG
		COLLEGE STUDENTS
	The 2008 Scholarship Information and Application is now available for download: Application (Word format) Application (PDF format) We look forward to offering the largest scholarship awards ever presented by the IDTANA in 2008. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the IDTANA Scholarship Committee at scholarship@idtana.org .	$1000 SCHOLARSHIP Kelly Witherspoon -Arlington, VA Maple School, Southern US Region Enrolled at Marymount College Majoring in Pre-Physical Therapy	$1000 SCHOLARSHIP Sara Kosmaczewski - Hamden, CT Smith-Houlihan, New England Region Enrolled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Majoring in Biology-Biotechnology

		HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
		$1500 SCHOLARSHIP Caitlin Driscoll - Somers, NY O’Sullivan School, Mid Atlantic Plans to attend Harvard University Plans to major in biology (leading to medical school)	$1000 SCHOLARSHIP Moira Forberg - Western Springs, IL Anam Mor, Mid America Region Plans to attend Harvard University Plans to major in engineering
		$750 SCHOLARSHIP Allison Moore - Fox Point,WI Trinity Academy, Mid America Region Plans to attend MIT or Princeton Plans to major in engineering	$750 SCHOLARSHIP Katherine McNelis - Berkeley Hts, NJ Denogla School, Mid-Atlantic Region Plans to attend Notre Dame Univ. Undecided about major
		$500 SCHOLARSHIP Cynthia Beacham - Enfield,CT Coogan School, New England Region Plans to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or the University of Connecticut. Plans to major in chemical engineering with a minor in biochemistry	$500 SCHOLARSHIP Caroline Bogdan - McLean , Virginia Maple School, Southern USA Region Plans to attend MIT. Plans to major in mechanical engineering
		$500 SCHOLARSHIP Meghan Henry - Itasca , Illinois Trinity Academy, Mid America Region Plans to attend Elmhurst College Plans to major in nursing	$500 SCHOLARSHIP Shannon Cantwell-Mt. Pleasant, SC Drake School, Southern USA Region Plans to attend Duke University , or The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, or Wake Forest. Plans to major in economics or mathematical economics
		$500 SCHOLARSHIP Lindsay Schwartz - Libertyville, IL Anam Mor, Mid America Region Plans to attend the University of Notre Dame. Plans to major in Biological Sciences and Music/Vocal Performance	$500 SCHOLARSHIP Kiera Hayes -Seattle,Washington Comerford, Western US Region Plans to attend Beloit, Scripps, McAlester, Middlebury, or Bates. Possible majors: anthropology, biology, or history
		$500 SCHOLARSHIP Colleen O’Brien - Woburn, MA Dunleavy-Shaffer,New England Region Plans to attend Bates, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Plans to major in English	$500 SCHOLARSHIP Lauren Gorgol -Londonderry, NH John Cunniffe, New England Region Plans to attend Northeastern University. Plans to major in physical therapy (doctoral program)