About
My big obsession is Irish dance (step & céilí). I tried a few of the dance schools up here in Minneapolis-St. Paul, but they just weren’t as wonderful as my fabulous class in Georgia. So my TCRG back in Georgia is allowing me to be a distance learner using videos and a few flights home to maintain my eligibility to compete. The feis up here is disappointing (not many adult competitors), so I’ll probably have to start travelling to advance. I’m a novice in traditional set, reel and slip jig. Prize winner if treble jig, light jig and single jig. I’ve gotten first place in slip jig and reel, but there weren’t enough competitors for me to advance. Disappointing. I’ve also started teaching an all adlut step class (with Mary’s permission) and that’s been GREAT fun. See more on my home page.
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 Miss Information I graduated summa cum laude from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology. “What,” say you, “is the difference between a Graphic Arts degree and a Graphic Design degree?” The Graphic Design program is housed in the Art Department where as the Graphic Arts degree is housed in the Technology Department. Basically, what that means is that I come a more technical and less art background. I am an artist (of sorts) and I have had several art courses, but I always preferred to be the behind the scenes person getting the designer’s file ready to go on press and doing my best to make the press operators happy (which is no easy task!) Most recently, I was the in-house designer for the Twin Cities Area Chapter of the American Red Cross. I really loved working for a non-profit with as admirable a goal as that of the Red Cross. It was a challenging transition from being the prepress guru to full time right brain work, but I loved it! I got laid off in 2008 and have been looking for work since then. I’d love to do more freelance work and not have to go back into the 40+ hours a week grind, but that was what I was good at so that may very well be where I’m headin’. Em, if I ever get another job interview! HOBBIES
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