for those who haven’t seen it, here’s a link to a NY Times story and video about the students at an inner-city Bronx school taking up Irish step dancing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/nyregion/14educ.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
It brought a smile and a tear to this old cynic…
cheers,
Myra
a good example of how one person can cause such a positive change in many lives. I bet they never forget that teacher.
Thanks for posting that.
Good stuff! You definitely aren’t alone in enjoying that story!
I want to be there when they put on East Riverdance.
…a trip to Ireland that still inspires dreamy looks among those lucky enough to go.
“The grass wasn’t like ordinary grass,” recalled Nyiasha Newby, 10. “It was like sparkling and stuff, because the water was on it. It was, like, fresh.”
That’s a million-dollar quote to hang a story like this on. It’s worth every penny of the St. Patrick Society’s 70K.
Ms. Duggan had long feared she would never be able to raise enough money for the Ireland trip. That changed two years ago, after she met Tim O’Connor, then the Irish consul general in New York, who put her in touch with a network of Irish-American New Yorkers. She eventually raised $70,000, enough to take to Ireland 32 students and 19 chaperones, among them Mrs. McHugh, who had never been overseas.