About me

Hi, I'm Julia and this is my website. I was born/lived in New Mexico for about 10 years and I love to dance, to be more specific I love Irish Dance. I'm part of a team called McTeggart now (Unfortunately Celtic Steps New Mexico closed the gates so it was time to look for a different Irish dance school in NM. If you live in AZ you can still attend to Celtic Steps there).

Just a few words about McTeggart (here is the address if interested: 10410 Comanche Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111). We have performances and also competitions where we compete against other teams, which could be from the same city, same state, or other states.

Some general information.

For our dances, we use 2 types of shoes:

Soft shoes are called Gillies or pumps and hard shoes. Hard shoes are similar to tap shoes, except that the tips and heels are made of fiberglass, instead of metal, and are significantly bulkier.

The dance competition is referred to as a feis (pronounced "fesh") which means "festival" in Irish. The dress for competitions in the past was simply "Sunday best" (clothes one would wear to church). Irish Dance schools generally have school dresses, worn by lower-level competitors and in public performances.

As dancers advance in competition or are given starring roles in public performances, they may get a solo dress of their own design and colors or wear the team dress. Solo dresses are unique to each dancer. Today most women and girls wear a wig, a bun, or a hairpiece for a competition, but some still curl their own hair. Costumes are heavily integrated into the Irish dance culture and feature traditional elements of classic peasant wear adorned with Celtic designs.

For more information about costumes, competitions... you can find it here.

2020 was an interesting year for me, from New Mexico, I ended up in Romania where I found this extraordinary Irish Dance school Steysha.

What can I say, is a lot of work, we have fun but all this doesn't come cheap. Starting with the classes, the shoes, dresses, and trips for the competitions it adds up.

This is the reason why I created this little online store to help me cover some of the costs related to the Dance Competitions (Travel, lodging dress...).

In 2022 moved back to New Mexico and I'm back to McTeggart again.

Any purchase will be deeply appreciated.