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Greenville dancer best in world
Drew Lovejoy of Greenville captured the World Irish Dance Championship in the 14-15 male age group Monday, March 29, at the Royal Opera House in Glasgow, Scotland .
A native of Boston, the 15-year-old son of Andee and Donald Goldberg, a ninth-grader at the online school Ohio Connections Academy, began the event as the reigning North American champion and sixth-place dancer in the world.,
All of the other top 10 dancers in his division at Glasgow were from Ireland or England .
Featured in the March edition of “Irish Culture and Dancing” magazine, he has studied Irish dance since age 7, beginning in Dayton , then in Minster and Cincinnati .
He is now a student at the McGing School of Irish dance in Cincinnati .
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By RedHdLass
April 1, 2010 11:42 AM | Link to this
Way to Go!!! You should be very proud of all of your hard work and your accomplishment!!
By lms
April 1, 2010 1:27 PM | Link to this
Congrats!!!! You should be proud. I love to hear when a young person goes the extra mile. A big pat on the back for you.
By Higgs
April 1, 2010 8:01 PM | Link to this
Go Drew!!!!!! YAY!!!! I danced with the McGing Irish dancers up until last year when I had to graduate high school and attend college 2 hours away. Drew is such an AMAZING dancer, I love watching him practice at the studio and he’s the nicest young gentleman you’ll ever meet! Same goes with his mom! Love them both and congratulations and good luck on the rest of the girls and guys competing from McGing!
By jpe
April 12, 2010 6:23 PM | Link to this
Drew is a phenomenal dancer. I’m from a neighboring school but I love to watch him dance! Congrats to you! You did our region proud! :)