Kathy Carew

Kathy lived most of her young life in Stamford, CT. She started Irish dancing with the Kathleen Mulkerin School of Irish dance at the age of 5. At 7 she was the youngest performer on one of her many tours to Ireland with the well Known Emerald Dancers under the direction of Kathleen Mulkerin. At age 8 Kathy acted and sang in Summer stock in Chataqua New York. She played the part of  the youngest Von Trapp Child in the Sound of Music. Kathy spent much of her time from then on performing in  musicals, dance shows and movies. Kathy had performed on stage and television in the United States, Canada and in Ireland.  While in college, Kathy came back home to perform with The Emerald Dancers at Carnagie Hall. Kathy had also competed in and won many awards throughout the United States and Canada for her solo and group dancing. Over the years Kathy also took classes in Ballet, Jazz and modern dance, but Irish always seemed to be in her blood. Kathy attended Southern Sem and Longwood Colleges in Virginia, where she majored in Education. After college Kathy worked part time as an Irish dance teacher and full time as the director of a Daycare Center in New Haven. Kathy continued teaching both in the fields of  dancing and computer education until 5 years ago when she decided to focus completely on Irish Dancing. Besides teaching in Killingworth, she has classes for both children and adults in Guilford and West Haven. She has been teaching Irish dancing 20 years, but did assistant teaching since she was about 13 years old. Kathy wants to teach the dancers the love of Irish dancing and it's music and culture. Her belief is that life is short, enjoy what you do, and let dance be a part of every day.