Southern Cross Irish Dance

Southern Cross Irish Dance Southern Cross Irish Dance in Ōtautahi Christchurch is run by Shannon Dilger & Argene Flack. Contact us now for information on classes near you.

Southern Cross Irish Dance is an Irish Dancing school established in 2017 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Formed by 2 accomplished and qualified Irish Dancing teachers, Shannon Dilger (ADCRG) and Argene Flack (TCRG), they are excited to be bringing their passion and extensive experience to their Beginner, Primary and Open Championship Irish Dancing classes for children, preschoolers and adults.

Well done to Lauren, Ella, Fionn, and Cora who performed at Strum, Strike and Blow on Wednesday night!! What a fantastic...
05/09/2026

Well done to Lauren, Ella, Fionn, and Cora who performed at Strum, Strike and Blow on Wednesday night!! What a fantastic experience performing for such a big audience - nice work super stars 🀩

Congratulations to all of our dancers who competed in the Claddagh Feis yesterday!! We are so proud of your performances...
30/08/2026

Congratulations to all of our dancers who competed in the Claddagh Feis yesterday!! We are so proud of your performances πŸ’›β˜˜οΈ

Thank you so much to Scoil Rince Kay Hallissey for hosting a fantastic Feis day!

Another fantastic afternoon at The Bog Irish Bar & Restaurant β˜˜οΈπŸ’›Well done to everyone who performed today - we love see...
23/08/2026

Another fantastic afternoon at The Bog Irish Bar & Restaurant β˜˜οΈπŸ’›

Well done to everyone who performed today - we love seeing your confidence grow πŸ₯°

πŸ’™ City of Sails Day 2 πŸ’™Congratulations to our dancers who competed on Day 2 of the City of Sails! A fab day of dancing w...
16/08/2026

πŸ’™ City of Sails Day 2 πŸ’™

Congratulations to our dancers who competed on Day 2 of the City of Sails!

A fab day of dancing with Alexandra and Nita both placing in most of their Novice dances (including Nita winning the trophy light jig!) and all of our dancers who took part in the Inchicore and Mullingar cups taking home a sash - fantastic work Zoe, Nita, Cameron, Isla, Lily K, and Bastien!

We were also so excited for Cameron to have been awarded the Senior Champion of Champions award πŸ₯°

Well done everyone, and thanks again to the Doyle Academy of Irish Dance for hosting!!

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πŸ’™ City of Sails Day 1 πŸ’™Congratulations to our dancers who competed at the City of Sails Championships in Auckland over t...
16/08/2026

πŸ’™ City of Sails Day 1 πŸ’™

Congratulations to our dancers who competed at the City of Sails Championships in Auckland over the weekend!! We are so proud of your performances and attitudes over the event πŸ’›

πŸ’› Charlotte - 1st Place 7 Years
πŸ’› Cameron - 1st Place 12 Years and Senior Champion of Champions! More pics to come in the next post!
πŸ’› Bastien - 2nd Place 8 Years
πŸ’› Zoe - 2nd Place 14 Years
πŸ’› Millie Grace - 3rd Place 8 Years
πŸ’› Lily C - 4th Place 10 Years
πŸ’› Isla - 4th Place 11 Years
πŸ’› Ann-Michelle - 6th Place 10 Years
πŸ’› Anna - 6th Place 11 Years
πŸ’› Lily K - 8th Place 9 Years
πŸ’› Alexandra - Championship Award 9 Years
πŸ’› Stella - Championship Award 9 Years
πŸ’› Emma - Championship Award 10 Years
πŸ’› Scarlett - Championship Award 10 Years
πŸ’› Nita - Championship Award 13 Years

Fabulous dancing everyone! Thank you so much to Doyle Academy of Irish Dance for hosting such a fantastic event!

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πŸ’› Grade Exams 2026 πŸ’›Congratulations to our dancers who completed Grade exams earlier this year - we are super proud of y...
12/08/2026

πŸ’› Grade Exams 2026 πŸ’›

Congratulations to our dancers who completed Grade exams earlier this year - we are super proud of you all!

Pic 1:

Back row
πŸ’› Emma H - Grades 3 & 4
πŸ’› Nita - Grades 3 & 4
πŸ’› Lydia - Grades 1, 2 & 3
πŸ’› Chloe - Grade 3

Middle row
πŸ’› Charlotte - Grades 1, 2 & 3
πŸ’› Lauren - Grades 2 & 3
πŸ’› Fionn - Grades 1 & 2
πŸ’› Cora - Grade 2

Front row
πŸ’› Birdie - Grade 3
πŸ’› Clodagh - Grade 2

Pic 2:

Back row
πŸ’› Ann-Michelle - Grade 3
πŸ’› Hazel - Grade 5
πŸ’› Xanthe - Grades 1, 2 & 3
πŸ’› Willa - Grade 5

Front row
πŸ’› Millie Grace - Grade 3
πŸ’› Lily K - Grade 2
πŸ’› Lily C - Grade 6
πŸ’› Emery - Grade 4
πŸ’› Bastien - Grade 5

Pic 3:

πŸ’› Juliette - Grade 1
πŸ’› Lucy - Grade 2
πŸ’› Theo - Grade 1
πŸ’› Leo - Grade 1

Pic 4:

πŸ’› Theresa - Grade 1
πŸ’› Lily R - Grade 1
πŸ’› Ava G - Grade 1
πŸ’› Olivia L - Grade 1
πŸ’› Poppy - Grades 1 & 2

Pic 5:

πŸ’› Cameron - Grades 5 & 6
πŸ’› Sofia - Grade 8
πŸ’› Eve - Grade 9
πŸ’› Isla - Grade 8
πŸ’› Nydia - Grade 7

Pic 6:

πŸ’› Lottie - Grade 1
πŸ’› Emilia - Grades 1 & 2

Pic 7:

πŸ’› Anna - Grades 1 & 2
πŸ’› Alexa - Grade 4
πŸ’› Catelyn - Grade 2

Pic 8:

πŸ’› Lizzie - Grade 6
πŸ’› Lisa - Grades 4 & 5
πŸ’› Geri - Grades 1 & 2

Pic 9:

πŸ’› Tesh - Grades 2, 3 & 4
πŸ’› Allanah - Grade 9
πŸ’› Pippa - Grade 11

Also not pictured just yet:

πŸ’› Caitlyn T - Grade 11

What a great weekend adjudicating Feis na FΓ©ileacΓ‘n! It was so lovely to meet and judge alongside Ray and Genevieve. Tha...
10/08/2026

What a great weekend adjudicating Feis na FΓ©ileacΓ‘n! It was so lovely to meet and judge alongside Ray and Genevieve. Thank you so much to Sarah and all the organising team for the hospitality. It was a fabulous weekend of dancing!

- Shannon πŸ’›

Gorgeous afternoon of dancing at The Bog Irish Bar & Restaurant πŸ₯°Well done to everyone who performed today!!
02/08/2026

Gorgeous afternoon of dancing at The Bog Irish Bar & Restaurant πŸ₯°

Well done to everyone who performed today!!

A gorgeous moment from this week when Juliette and Ariana brought in the trophy they won for their 2-Hand to show their ...
25/07/2026

A gorgeous moment from this week when Juliette and Ariana brought in the trophy they won for their 2-Hand to show their friends πŸ₯Ή well done you two!

Christchurch Competitions Day 2 - Adult dancers 🀩Congratulations to our fab Adult dancers who performed beautifully at t...
24/07/2026

Christchurch Competitions Day 2 - Adult dancers 🀩

Congratulations to our fab Adult dancers who performed beautifully at the Christchurch Competitions! Super proud of your performances and also super excited for what is to come πŸ₯° well done everyone!!

Special well done to Marina, Krista, Tesh, and Allanah for their beautiful dancing in Adult solos πŸ’›

Thank you so much to Feis Action Irishdancenzphotos for the pics!

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Christchurch

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4pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday 4pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday 4pm - 8pm
Thursday 4pm - 8:30pm
Saturday 9:15am - 3:30pm

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