O'Faolain Academy of Irish Dance

Get ready for an unforgettable experience! Join us for a FREE Irish dance class at O’Faolain Academy! Open to ages four and up, this is your chance to dive into the vibrant world of Irish dance. Feel the rhythm, make new friends, and have a blast! Don’t miss out—your adventure starts here!

Irish Dancing is getting started at The Mossy Stone Irish Pub! Opening Weekend with some great food, tasty drinks and a great atmosphere!

Our OFA superstar of this week is✨Charolette Reid✨
Charlotte, we’ve been watching you work so hard towards your goals and achieve every single one of them. We are incredibly proud of your dedication and all your accomplishments over the past year. We can’t wait to see you continue to grow and excel in your dancing.❤️🖤

Our dancer of the week is ✨Nadia Tindall✨
Nadia, every week you come in with such enthusiasm and dedication. We’re incredibly proud of you and thrilled to see your hard work pay off! Keep being your silly, hardworking self.❤️🖤

It’s that time of year again where we say goodbye to our college girls. We’re so proud of each of you and want you to know you’re never too far from home. Enjoy every moment and we can’t wait to see where your futures lead. We love you all!❤️🤍

✨We are currently enrolling new students, ages three through adult at both our Webster and Edwardsville locations! If you are interested in exploring Irish dance and its rich history, please contact us via email: [email protected] ✨

Next up for our OFA superstars we have our sisters Gwen and Rose!!❤️🖤
Gwen:
How old were you when you started at OFA: 9
What is your favorite dance: Reel
What do you love about OFA: Competing at feises!
What is your favorite feis memory: Seeing all the costumes!
What is your goal for this year: To be Novice in all of my dances by the end of the year.

Rose:
How old were you when you started at OFA:7
What is your favorite dance: 2-Hand
What do you love about OFA: “I love EVERYTHING!”
What is your favorite feis memory: Winning my first first place medal and seeing all the fancy dresses!
What is your goal for this year: To win medals in Beginner 2!
We are SO proud of both of you and can’t wait to watch you grow more and more!!❤️🖤

Be sure to check out pics from the 2024 OFA Friendship Feis Rock & Reel here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yLT7iOslE0XDZUzP3K_fuRRHxjyJ8MXN

Introducing our senior dancer ✨Grace Ryan✨

1. I was 5 years old when I started dancing at OFA
2. My favorite dance is either Treble Jig or Hornpipe
3. I love the friends and family that I’ve made and getting to see the littles fall in love with my favorite sport
4. My favorite feis memory was getting all first and moving up to champ level
5. My goal for this year is to recall at Oireachtas again!

We are so incredibly proud of you and grateful to have you as one of our teachers at OFA!!🖤❤️

Introducing our newest members ✨Holiday and Genevieve✨

1. How old were you guys when you started at OFA: Holiday started when she was 4, and Genevieve started when she was 5
2. What is your favorite dance: They both love group dances!
3. What do you love most about OFA: They love meeting new friends at dance!
4. What are you most excited for at OFA: They are excited about one day competing and wearing big sparkly crown and tall hair!
5. What is your goal for this year: Their goal is to keep working hard and to have fun!

We are so proud of you both and can’t wait to see what you accomplish over the next few years!!❤️🖤

Another HUGE shoutout to our sweet Charlotte who qualified for PC this weekend!!! 🍀🥰🌈
We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see all of the amazing achievements ahead of you!!! 💞

CONGRATS to one of our newest PC Qualifiers Isabel!!! We are SO SO proud of you and all of the hard work you have put in this past year!!! 🤩🥳🥰

So many great memories this weekend to come!!!❤️🤍🖤

Next up we are introducing ✨Blake Champlin✨

How old were you when you started at OFA: 8!
What is your favorite dance: Light jig!
What do you love most about OFA: Going to dance on Saturdays!
What are you most excited for at your first feis: Winning a medal!
What is your goal for this coming year: Being apart of a group dance!

Blake you been an absolute joy to each and we just adore you! We can’t wait to see all that you accomplish throughout the years!!❤️🖤

Continuing with our OFA superstars here is ✨Addison Champlin✨

How old were you when you started at OFA: 10!
What is your favorite dance: 2-hand!
What do you love most about OFA: Learning the dances!
What are you most excited for at your first feis: Im excited to preform on stage!
What is your goal for this coming year: Learning hard shoe!

Addison we are so incredibly proud of you and can’t wait to see all the things you will do in the future!!❤️🖤

We had the BEST time cheering on our girls this week at NANS!!! So so proud of their great performances and amazing dedication this weekend 🥰🍀

✨Laily • Girls u14 Solos✨
✨Isabel • 17 & over Trad Set✨
✨Lucy • Ladies u20 Solos✨
✨Rebecca • Ladies u20 Solos✨
✨Grace • Ladies u22 Solos✨

Next up is our superstar ✨Peyton Clemons✨

1. I started at OFA when I was just a little baby at 3!! However, I transferred back to OFA at 17 and am now back at my original school. 😘
2. My favourite dance is probably my set that was specially made just for me. Blackthorn Stick. Blackthorn Stick is my fav set, so to have it made for me, is so special and brings a little spark inside of me every time I dance it. I also love the tune of Blackthorn Stick. Anybody that knows me, knows my obsession for Irish Dance music 😉
3. I love how supportive OFA is and how we are there for each other no matter what. We are there for the good and the bad times and always make the best out of everything. I love how hard the class works and I can go to class in a bad mood and leave with a smile because my class mates never fail to make me smile and laugh. OFA is such a positive environment and an environment that allows us to push each other and work hard, yet still have some fun 😉
4. My fav FEIS memory was definitely winning both days back to back at my first FEIS back with OFA in Palm Springs with Carolyn. I had just had a rough Oireachtas, so to go out there just a week after a devastating result and to win it against major competitors was huge. It helped me to pick myself up again and allowed me to know that “ I can do it” I also loved the ID dance with Autumn and Lucy. I couldn’t believe we actually won. I had never won a fun dance like that before so it was special to win along side two of my best friends.
5. My goal is to enjoy Irish Dance to the fullest as I always have. To continue to let Irish Dance bring me light and life. Irish Dance means so much to me and is my everything, so my goal is to continue to enjoy it and soak in all the memories.

Peyton we just love you and are so amazed at how dedicated you are to the sport, and how you always make such a good comeback! ❤️🖤

Introducing our superstar is ✨Lucy Wills✨

1. What age did you start dancing at OFA: I was 3 years old when i started dancing at OFA
2. What is your favorite dance: Reel
3. What is your favorite thing about OFA: I love the community and all the people that we have. The support is absolutely incredible
4. Favorite feis memory: When I won both perpetual trophies for the first time at my schools feis
5. Goal: To become the best version of myself

Lucy we are so unbelievably proud of you and everything you’ve accomplished!❤️🖤

Introducing another superstar ✨Rebecca Janson✨

1.) I was 11 when I started at OFA, but 4 when I started irish dancing!
2.) Blackthorn Stick
3.) I love how everyone supports and uplifts each other in our dancing 💞
4.)Announcing the champ awards at our feis last year with my friends!!!
5.) To be more intentional with my time at studio and live in the moment!

Rebecca we have loved watching you grow over the past few years and are so proud of you!!❤️🖤

Our next superstar is ✨Laily abdeljiabbar✨

1. When did you start dancing at OFA: 5
2. What is your favorite dance: slip jig
3. What do you love most about OFA: How welcoming everyone is and the friends i’ve made here.
4: Favorite feis memory: Winning the barbie themed rock and reel with Lucy
5. Goal: To get top 20 at Oireachtas

Laily we just love you and are so incredibly proud of you!❤️🖤

Introducing superstar ✨Ceci✨

1. When did you start at OFA? I was 4 when i started!
2. What is your favorite dance: Sevens!
3. What do you love about OFA: All of my teachers because they always make me feel happy when I’m there
4. What is your favorite feis memory: Getting first place at my first feis!
5. Goal: Be the best dancer I can and getting to start hard shoe

Ceci we are so proud of you and love seeing how much you love dancing!❤️🖤