ANCHOR:
You know yesterday was the day everyone's Irish. It was, of course, St. Patrick's Day, the celebration derived from Ireland and its patron Saint Patrick. He's credited with bringing Christianity to the Emerald Isle. But it's the ancient people known as the druids who are responsible for the Irish dance, an old tradition born in Ireland, now practiced virtually everywhere in the world.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thirty shows, three parades this year. It's a lot of fun, though, a lot of work.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We need to get the fast hornpipe upstairs now.
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KAYLE, AGE 11: I saw "Riverdance" and I liked it and I thought it was cool.
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SEAN CULKIN, IRISH DANCE INSTRUCTOR: Irish dancing is hot, like especially around St. Patrick's Day.
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JOE, AGE 10: I don't really know why I love it. I like the competition. I like -- I like to -- I like to improvise. I like to learn new things in dance.
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DANIELLA, AGE 21: Irish dancing is very precise. Toes out, heels in, legs straight. It's all perfect positioned. Wherever you come from, when you're in Ireland, in England, in Australia, everybody learns it the same way.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They're only six months old. I banged them up. They're absolutely rotten looking with all the duct tape. When I go up on my toes, it just goes (UNINTELLIGIBLE), and the heel's falling off, but that's OK.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well I like performing. I like making people feel happy. I like them being, whoa, he's good -- he's good and he -- and I can tell he likes it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's like you're happy or joyful.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I feel like I'm flying.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everyone dancing, all that sound, the music going, it's based in the roots of the people and then it's grown from there.
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