We all gladly take part in assisting in our school's fund raisers, Feis and other annual events for the love of our school and our extended dance family. As moms, dads, siblings, etc., we do the same for each other. We strive to encourage, support and applaud each other's children and their achievements. In addition to the guidance of their teacher, the "Murphy" (now "D'Arcy") family is just that.a family. There is nothing better than the glowing face of a student who has overcome and mastered a challenge. Why? Because of the positive encouraging effect of their teacher. In the end, they always get those steps right and feel so proud and accomplished when they do. It takes someone truly gifted to take a student who is insecure or frustrated while learning new, challenging steps and make the experience fun while increasing the self-confidence of the dancer. Anyone can recite instructions to another person. In our nearly 10 years with this school I have watched my children remain encouraged as they stumbled over their first steps and have watched them soar as they've continued to move up through the levels with the motivation and inspiration of their teachers.įor someone to be a true teacher, they are blessed with a rare and natural gift. A year after he started, my daughter, then 8, also became a student. Prior to coming to the Murphy school, another school in the area dismissed his interest, said he was too old and "maybe they could put him in the half hour adult class once a week". After discovering "Lord of the Dance" when he was 4, he had finally found an Irish dance school in our Ocean County area that was willing to take on a beginning student of his not so typical age and made him feel welcome. I came to the Patricia Murphy School of Irish Dance in 2007 when my son was 15.
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