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Jim Mueller, ADCRG
A native of Portland, Jim learned his first Irish steps as a postgraduate hobby, dancing and instructing ceili with the Tyrone Ceili Dancers under Wallace Harris and step dancing with the Molly Malone Irish Dancers. Jim helped found ceili societies in McMinville and Ashland, Oregon, and founded the Irish dance troupe, Thar an Phail. Jim is a two-time Western US Regional Champion in solos and danced on three Western US Championship teams. A three-time qualifier for the World Irish Dance Championships, Jim placed 2nd at the North American Championships and 4th at the All-Irelands. |
Lauren Crowe Mueller, ADCRG
Lauren was a 1988 Portland Rose Festival Princess, studying nursing and musical theater before moving to Nashville, Tennessee. There she began step dancing with the Nashville Irish Step Dancers, appearing on Prime Time Country and Live At The Grand Ole Opry, dancing with The Chieftains, and performing at renaissance festivals throughout the United States. Lauren is a World qualifier and danced on two Western US Regional Championship teams. |
Angela Schaub TMRF
Angela has been a part of An Daire Academy since 2006 when her oldest daughter began competitive Irish Step dance. Prior to that, she had been involved in the local Irish Dance community since 2004. From 2008-2013, she was the location coordinator for An Daire Academy here in Wenatchee. Since 2012, Angela has been the assistant instructor in Wenatchee and has helped train dancers to compete for local, regional, and international competitions.
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Jim and Lauren spent 1999 and 2000 touring nationally with Dancing on Common Ground, returning to the Northwest in 2000 to assist Tony Comerford instructing in Seattle and Portland. They appeared on the cover of the December 2000 issue of Irish Dancing Magazine, and with Tony, were IDM's teachers of the month for January/February 2003. Jim and Lauren received their TCRG's in 2003 and 2005 respectively. As instructors with the Comerford School in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, Jim and Lauren trained five Western US Champions, choreographed the 2005 North American Dance Drama Champions and placed dancers in the top ten at the World Championships. In 2005, they founded An Daire Academy of Irish Dance. They currently instruct in Oregon and Washington, performing and teaching workshops throughout North America.