Trinity Times. Congrats to our Worlds Participants!!! Welcome To The Trinity Times! INSIDE THIS WEEKS TRINITY TIMES:

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1 April 13th, 2017 Trinity Times Welcome To The Trinity Times! Congrats to our Worlds Participants!!! Team Trinity is so proud of each and every one of our dancers who competed at the World Championships in Dublin this week! The tremendous amount of dedication and work you each put in is an inspiration for all of us back home in the USA! INSIDE THIS WEEKS TRINITY TIMES: Congratulations to our U13 Dawn Choreography! These amazing ladies have won Gold in the U13 Choreography! This also makes coach Anne Blume undefeated at the Worlds. Her teams have never come home without Gold! Talk about girl power! Way to go ladies! We are so proud! -Worlds Competitors -Madison Spring Celebration! -Nationals Registration -Irish Fest TPT -Stomping Grounds -Damhsa TPT -Spring Costume Sales -TIDC Golf Outing -Spring Feis Volunteers -Oireachtas Team Tryouts Team members include: Brigid Anderson, Adelyn Baumann, Annabel Brayer, Fiona Culhane, Michelle Dziak, Ari Evangelisti, Elizabeth Gonzales, Ava Gusentine, Isabella Gusentine, Flynn Monahan, Kylie O Brien, Maizie Pleuss, Ciara Pliskie, Katelyn Pratt, Reilly Sedlacek Madalyn Sliwinski, Molly Tobin, Ashleigh Walesa Get a look at all of our Worlds Competitors on the next page!...

2 Worlds Competitors Cont Soloists: Luc Alvarez Ellie Arnoldt Ashton Bauman 2nd place Annabel Brayer Will Scheffler Ryan Chrapla 16th Place Rowan Mary Colyle 13th place Annie Doyle Roisin Doyle Jackson Evans 15th Place 2 Melanie Fitzgerald Megan Guardi Sierra Elaine McNall Flynn Monahan Margaret Mary Nalley Sydney Niewiedzial-29th Place Kylie O Brien Ryan Peter 9th place Delaney Schoshinski Lucinda Stocco

3 Nationals registration Madison Spring Celebration! Thank you to everyone who attended the Madison Spring Celebration this past weekend! A special shout out to everyone who helped plan and facilitate this great event! July 4th through 9th 2017 Hilton New Orleans Riverside 2 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA Nationals registration is open to all who qualify! If you have not received a registration link or are unsure if you qualify, please ask your teacher! Trinity is celebrating 20 years in Madison and it looks like they had a party that will be talked about for 20 more! 3

4 Costume Sales! Its that time of year again! Spring has (Finally) sprung and just like the flowers get new petals, dancers get new costumes! WI will be having their sale at the Third Ward Studio on April 22nd. IL will be having their sale at the Elmhurst Studio on April 23rd. Time Slots are required. Stomping Grounds Festival You are invited to join Trinity as part of a special series that the Ensemble dancers of the Trinity Academy of Irish Dance and the Trinity Irish Dance Company are participating in. Enjoy multi-cultural performances by Chicago's premiere rhythmic, folkloric dance companies! Reserve your FREE seats for the following performances, here: chicagotap.org/performances/stomping-grounds/ April 29, Irish American Heritage Center: Trinity Irish Dance Ensemble May 13, Beverly Arts Center: Trinity Irish Dance Ensemble June 2, Studebaker Theater: Trinity Irish Dance Ensemble (performing "Out of the Woods") and Trinity Irish Dance Company (performing a preview of their newest creation, "Soles") A special showcase is being made by the festival's international guest company GuGu Drum Group from Shanghai! Don't miss this incredible performance. To receive $10 off the ticket price for this unique evening, use discount code: GuGu12. May 2, Studebaker Theatre: GuGu Drum Group See you there!!! Don t forget! Signup for the Costume sales end Monday the 17th of April! So hurry and save your slot before all the blooms are gone! 4

5 TIDC Golf Outing: If you are wanting to spread that Trinity Spirit and would like to help volunteer at this years Wisconsin Spring Feis please follow the link below to signup for a volunteer position! m/ go/20f0b49aaa72ea4f8 5-wisconsin1 OIREACHTAS TEAM TRYOUTS! Trinity Academy alum and three time world champion, Peter Dziak, is raising money for the non-profit Trinity Irish Dance Company! Come out and support him and TIDC in their endeavor to raise money for touring, outreach and new work! This is a perfect Trini-dad event. Feel free to invite non -Trinity parents as well! All are welcome! Its that time of year again! Getting ready for our favorite competition in the Mid-West! 1st Round of Tryouts - Saturday, May 13th / Illinois & Wisconsin dancers on the same day Illinois Dancers / Elmhurst Studios U15/O :30am U12 10:30-12pm U :30pm U8 1-2pm Wisconsin Dancers - Third Ward Studios U8 3-4pm U10 3:30-5pm U12 4:30-6pm U15/O15 5:30-7pm 2nd Round of Tryouts (Callbacks) - Saturday, May 20th / Illinois & Wisconsin dancers on the same day Illinois & Wisconsin Dancers / Oak Grove School O'Plaine Rd, Libertyville, IL U8 11:30-12:30pm U10 12:30-2pm U12 2-3:30pm U15/Senior 3:30-5pm Who is eligible for the Oireachtas Team Trinity tryout? PERFORMANCE AND CONDITIONING CLASS - U14 and older are eligible to tryout if you were on a 2016 Oireachtas team, or by invitation from your weekly teacher. 5 ACCELERATED SERIES All ages and levels are required to tryout for Team Trinity. CORE SERIES (The below age groups are as of January 1 st, 2017). PRE-BEGINNER: Dancers at this age and level would naturally not yet possess the skills necessary for this level of team dancing. Please look forward to this opportunity in the future! BEGINNER: Dancers at this level are still very new to the skill set necessary for this level of team dancing, however there may be a handful of students that teachers feel are able at this time. You have to be invited by your teacher in order to tryout. BEGINNER 2: Any dancer U13 and younger is eligible to tryout. NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER/PC: Any dancer U13 and younger is eligible to tryout. U14 and older are eligible to tryout if you were on a 2016 Oireachtas team, or by invitation from your weekly teacher. Questions about info above: Anne Blume (anne.blume.trinity@gmail.com)

6 MEET THE OFFICE! BETWEEN CLASS ENROLLMENT, SHOW SCHEDULES, MEMBERSHIP DUES, DRESS FITTINGS, AND EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF TRINITY, THERE ARE BOUND TO BE SOME QUESTIONS. HERE IS A LITTLE WHO'S WHO IN THE OFFICE TO HELP GET YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE RIGHT PERSON. The Trinity Elmhurst Office is Open Monday-Friday from 9a-5p The phone number for the Office is: (877) Natalie Howard is the director of the Trinity Academy of Irish Dance. natalie@trinityirishdance.com Maggie Doyle is the Performance Manager. Send her any of your TPT, Ensemble or Trinity Irish Dance Company questions. maggie@trinityirishdance.com Sarah Russell is our Booking Manager. If you have any questions about booking a show, she can help you. sarah@trinityirishdance.com Alicia Murphy is our Program Administrator.You can contact Alicia for class registration help, questions about programming, and class changes (transferring locations, signed up for a wrong class/level, etc.). alicia@trinityirishdance.com For help with anything regarding Trinity Wear, you can contact Alicia at trinity.dance.wear@gmail.com Anne Leonard is the Trinity Booster Club Manager. She is here to help with any and all Booster Club related questions. anne@trinityirishdance.com Casey Carroll is the Trinity Booster Club Communications Coordinator. Send her any questions about your TBC membership dues, TBC website questions, dress questions, and TBC events like Winter Weekend. casey@trinityirishdance.com Limited Office Hours: Ian Dolby handles all billing inquires ian@trinityirishdance.com Cynthia Oblein New Enrollment Coordinator cynthia@trinityirishdance.com Kim Niewiedzial New Enrollment Coordinator kimandsteven@comcast.net Your teachers are also a great resource. You can reach them by Trinity . Every Trinity teacher's is their firstname.lastname.trinity@gmail.com Michaela Donohue is the Academy Manager, covering all Core Curriculum and International Programing michaela.donohue.trinity@gmail.com Deirdre Vrbancic is the Associate Director, who manages all of the Accelerated Programs. deirdre.vrbancic.trinity@gmail.com Anne Blume is the Associate Director, who manages the Team Program. anne.blume.trinity@gmail.com