GALLERY: Stage Academy World Champions do Ireland proud as they return home from LA

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[caption id="attachment_237929" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237930" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237931" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_237933" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237934" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237935" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_237937" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237938" align="alignnone" width="262"] Paula Conlan[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237939" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237940" align="alignnone" width="300"] Paula Conlan, Brenda Malone Gilroy and Michael F Malone[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237941" align="alignnone" width="195"] Tanya Gallagher talks about her experience in LA[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237942" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237943" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237944" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team Ireland's Homecoming in Newbridge

Ali Kay, Tanya Gallagher, Eadaoin Hassett, Katie Conlan, Niamh Conlan, Aoife Byrne, Eirren Turner and Daniel Sinclair[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237946" align="alignnone" width="300"] Tracey Maher and Aoife Byrne[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237947" align="alignnone" width="300"] Tanya Gallagher and Rebecca Naughton[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237948" align="alignnone" width="300"] Brianne Kaye, Eve Quinn and Daniel Sinclair[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237949" align="alignnone" width="300"] Katie and Niamh Conlan with their students Muireann, Joe and Emer O'Donnell[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237950" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sorcha Higgins, Niamh Whitehead, Ali Kaye, Abbie Hogan, Mia Doyle and Cecilia Gregorio[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237951" align="alignnone" width="300"] Peter O'Neill, Yvonne Lovern and Anne Maher[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237952" align="alignnone" width="300"] Jennifer Sinclair and Roisin Mahony[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237953" align="alignnone" width="300"] Daniel Sinclair with his proud mam Jennifer[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237954" align="alignnone" width="300"] Anne Maher with her grandchildren Niamh, Katie and Aoife[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237955" align="alignnone" width="300"] Paul Conlan with her daughters Niamh and Katie[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237956" align="alignnone" width="206"] Angela and Alex Donnelly[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237957" align="alignnone" width="203"] Ali Kay[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237958" align="alignnone" width="194"] Aoife Byrne[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_237959" align="alignnone" width="176"] Daniel Sinclair

Daniel received Gold for all his dance solos in his age category!! So that was contemporary, lyrical, jazz, musical Theatre, open and ethnic dance

Daniel also got 14 medals with the group entries and two semi finals pins for his contemporary solo and jazz group dance!

He got 5 overall world division awards for his lyrical, jazz, musical Theatre, ethnic and open solo dances!!

Then Daniel got 1 months worth of free dances classes to Millennium Dance Complex in LA!![/caption]

Eadaoin received Bronze medal in the Opera category under 18, Silver medal in the Song and Dance category under 18 and a scholarship to New York Film Academy’s Summer Programme for Music Theatre[/caption]

Also the group (Katie niamh Daniel eirren Robyn and Stacy) won
Gold - jazz, contemporary
Silver- gospel, original, Broadway, sa world, sa open, open, sa pop, pop, musical theatre, lyrical, open
Bronze- song and dance
Overall world division winners in jazz and contemporary !
Semi final pins — Also the group (Katie niamh Daniel eirren Robyn and Stacy) won Gold - jazz, contemporary Silver- gospel, original, Broadway, sa world, sa open, open, sa pop, pop, musical theatre, lyrical, open Bronze- song and dance Overall world division winners in jazz and contemporary ! Semi final pins

[caption id="attachment_237963" align="alignnone" width="300"] Katie Conlan

Katie received Bronze for song and dance & self accompanied Broadway! Silver for self accompanied pop, self accompanied open, self accompanied world!

Katie also won A vocal lesson with Romeo Johnson - vocal coach for the voice US

Katie won Scholarship to New York film academy full time program

Scholarship for industry training with shele Sondheim

2 semi finalist pins

Also the group (Katie niamh Daniel eirren Robyn and Stacy) won

Gold - jazz, contemporary

Silver- gospel, original, Broadway, sa world, sa open, open, sa pop, pop, musical theatre, lyrical, open

Bronze- song and dance

Overall world division winners in jazz and contemporary !

Niamh recieved Gold in open instrumental age 18-24, Bronze in musical theatre age 18-24, Overall instrumental open division winner.

Niamh also got a 1 to 1 class with Kimillah Barrett from “so you think you can dance”. Niamh also got to the semi final for instrumental and the group. and recieved 2 semi final pins

Group of 6 for dance and vocal:

2 gold

11 silver

1 bronze

Plus overall contemporary group division winners and overall jazz group division winners.[/caption]

Tanya placed in all her categories and won Three Gold Medals ages 16-17 Acting for Comedy, Spokesmodel and Open, Silver 16-17 Acting for Dramatic, Contemporary, Acting for TV, Bronze Medal 16-17 Acting for Classical. Tanya also won the overall Division Champion of the World Senior for Comedy and Spokesmodel (plaques). Semi Final Badge. Final Medal. Two Scholarships- New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts worth $15,000 annually for a full time College Program (3 years) and for New York Film Academy worth $10,000 annually for a full time College Program (3 years)[/caption]