In The News

July 20th , 2007

More Than 1,000 Irish Dancers To Compete At Pettit Center

MILWAUKEE--- July 20, 2007 --- The Pettit National Ice Center, a U.S. Olympic Training Site, will host two Irish Dance Competitions July 21-22, 2007. The Badger State Feis and the Cream City Feis each start at 8:30 a.m. A “Feis” is a traditional Gaelic arts and culture festival.

The world famous Pettit Center Olympic Oval traditionally is the site for Olympic speed skaters to go for the gold. During the summer, the ice is removed from the Oval – providing a unique location for special events such as this weekend’s Irish Dance competition. Indeed, the suggestion of the Pettit Center as a location for the Irish Dance competition came from a parent whose son plays hockey at the Olympic Training Site while his daughter competes in Irish Dance.

Families attending the competition will have the chance to join the Pettit Center’s regular public skating sessions that will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

More than 1,000 dancers from throughout the U.S. are expected to compete at the Pettit Center. An Irish Music competition will also be held during the weekend. There is no admission fee and the general public is invited to watch the competition.

For more information about the Irish Dance competitions at the Pettit Center on July 4th, please contact Rob Multerer 414.266.0100, ext. 132 or by email at rmulterer@thepettit.com.

Contact: Rob Multerer
Director of Operations
Pettit National Ice Center
414.266.0100, ext. 132
rmulterer@thepettit.com