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World Irish Dancing Championships coming to Greensboro — and it's only the third time they've been held in the U.S.

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

World Irish Dancing Championships coming to Greensboro — and it's only the third time they've been held in the U.S.

• Dawn Kane
• Apr 6, 2019
• Apr 6, 2019
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• 5 min to read

Kelly and McKenzie King practice their dancing. Greensboro won the bid to host the World Irish Dancing Championships over Orlando, Fla., and Birmingham, England.

Khadejeh Nikouyeh/News & Record

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Dawn Kane

GREENSBORO — Back in 2017, Joan Marie Belnap and Sandra Connick toured the Koury Convention Center as they sought a site for a regional Irish dancing championship.

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McKenzie King (left) and her sister, Kelly King, at the Cultural Arts Center in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

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Kelly King (left) and McKenzie King put their shoes on before practice at the Cultural Arts Center in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

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