Meg Delfosse-Doohan, TCRG
Meg, a native of Chicago, Illinois and accredited teacher by the An Coumisiun le Rinci Gaelacha in Dublin, Ireland has been dancing since the age of three with ballet, tap, jazz, modern & Irish. At the age of seven she joined the world renowned Trinity Academy where she danced for 11 years under the direction of Mark Howard. While at Trinity she had the amazing opportunity to learn from Marie Duffy Pask, Richard Griffin & Rosetta McConomy. During that time she placed top three at regional & national championships and has placed at worlds in both solos & teams. While competing, she became a member of the Trinity Dance Company which she performed with for 5 years. In 1998, she was asked to join Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance. She toured with Lord of the Dance for four years. It was while on tour she met her husband Kevin. Meg is very excited to share her passion for dance with all of the students of Grafton Street Academy.
Kevin Doohan
Kevin started dancing with Maureen Keane at age 6. After a leave of absence, he joined the Comerford School in Seattle. With Comerford, Kevin placed top 3 in regional competitions and 4th in Nationals. In 1999, Kevin placed third in the world. After competitive dancing, Kevin went on to dance professionally in Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance. Kevin is very excited to share his dance experience and help others enjoy this world as much as he has.
Lauren Crowe-Mueller, ADCRG
Lauren has been a member of the Western US Region of IDTANA since 2005, receiving her ADCRG in 2017. She is honored to serve as the Western US Region representative to the IDTANA Scholarship Committee and the IDTANA Ethics Board. Lauren recently received her Post Graduate Certificate in “Optimization of Health for Performance in Irish Dance” through the University of Limerick. In addition to Irish dance, Lauren is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild, having appeared in nationally syndicated television programs including TNT’s Leverage, NBC’s Grimm, and TNT’s The Librarians. One of the highlights of her Irish dance career has been establishing new Irish dance schools and assisting in the training of new teachers, in the Western USA, Bermuda, Alaska and Hawaii. She met her husband Jim Mueller, ADCRG-BG through Irish dance 26 years ago and together they operate 4 Irish dancing schools, host 4 feiseanna and 5 grade exams each year and were honored to have judged the Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland and the North American Irish Dance Championships 2025 in Maryland, USA.
Jim Mueller, ADCRG
Jim began dancing in his native Portland, Oregon, before going on to become an Irish dance champion and the first World-qualifier in Oregon. After touring with, and choreographing for, the show Dancing on Common Ground, Jim became a member of the Western US Region of IDTANA in 2003, earning his ADCRG in 2010. A former Vice-President of the North American Feis Commission, Jim serves as a CLRG representative for the Western US Region and to South America, sitting on the Overseas Committee and the Chairperson to the Dance Development Fund. One of the highlights of his career in Irish dance has been working with Dr. John Cullinane to research and publish rare and extinct Irish figure dances. He has authored a book “Rinci Foirne Caillte” the Lost Ceili Dances. He met his wife Lauren Crowe-Mueller, ADCRG through Irish dance and together they were honored to have judged the Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland and the North American Irish Dance Championships 2025 in Maryland, USA.