St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations Begin

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

St. Patrick's Day celebrations are already underway, even though the big day is still 2 weeks away.

REPORTER: In Sunnyside, Queens this weekend, the star attraction was the Keltic Dreams Irish Dancers, a group of Hispanic and African-American girls from PS 59, in the Bronx. One of the dancers was 3rd grader Keila Kolessor.

KOLESSOR: I got nervous when I was dancing in front of all these people. It was pretty fun and the people that were the trumpets and all that...it's cool.

REPORTER: The dance group is scheduled to perform in Dublin this May.

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