BILLY ELLIOT Stars Appear at 'Summer On The Hudson- Irish Dance Festival' Opening Event 5/3

The schedule for the Sunday May 3 New York City Irish Dance Festival, 12:30 PM to 8 PM, opening event of the free, 9th annual Summer On the Hudson Festival, has been announced.

A six-month festival of almost 100 events for the whole family, Summer On the Hudson, presented by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, is at Manhattan's Riverside Park South, 59th Street to 72nd Street.

Featured at 12:30 PM in Tent 2 will be stars of the Broadway hit musical Billy Elliott, including Trent Kowalik.

The 8th annual New York City Irish Dance Festival will be at Pier 1, West 70th Street and the Hudson River. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/soh , or www.riversideparkfund.org , or call (212) 408-0219.

SCHEDULE*

*Subject to change

Tent 1
1:00pm
Niall O'Leary School of Irish Dance (Performance)

1:15pm
Children's' Céilí Dance: everyone out on the floor!
1:45pm
Keltic Dreams from PS 59 in the Bronx (Performance)

2:00pm
Niall O'Leary Open Dance Workshop

2:45pm
Donny Golden Dancers (Performance)
3:00pm
Darrah Carr Dance (Performance)
3:15pm
Donny Golden Open Dance Workshop
4:00pm
2009 Senior Ladies World Champion Ashley Smith: softshoe
4:05pm
Solas an Lae Dance Company (Performance)

4:20pm
2009 Senior Ladies World Champion Ashley Smith: hardshoe

4:30pm
Adults Set Dancing Workshop w/ Kathleen Collins

5:30pm
Niall O'Leary Irish Dance Troupe (Performance)

5:45-8:00pm
Céilí: Set and Céilí Dancing for All

Tent 2
12:30pm-1:00pm
Meet the young stars of Broadway hit musical Billy Elliott: Champion Irish dancers Trent Kowalik, David Bologna, & Heather Burns.
1:15pm-2:00pm
Irish Language Circle

2:00pm-3:30pm
Open Music Seisun
3:30pm-4:15pm
Irish Song Circle

4:30pm-5:15pm
Panel Discussion Irish Dance Past & Present:
Donny Golden, Niall O'Leary, Darrah Carr, Ashley Smith, Deirdre Lowery

Tent 3
1:00pm-4:00pm
Face Painting for Kids

1:00pm-4:00pm
Arts & Crafts for Kids