Hey guys,
I'm going to take a few minutes to let you all in on some details about me. My name is James J. Hester (alot of people call me J.J. or Stifler -- if you've seen American Pie movies and take a look at me, you'll understand why. They think I look like the actor who played Stifler). I am a Senior at Montclair State University. I live in Newark, NJ with my grandparent's and have lived in Newark for most of my life. An interesting fact about me is that I was homeschooled from 5th grade through 12th grade. I have a big family (grandparent's had 16 children, 8 boys and 8 girls)...from their 16 children, I have 41 1st cousins. Another interesting fact about myself is that I am a World Champion Irish Step Dancer. I started dancing at a very late age (16) but took to it almost immidiately and haven't stopped since. Since age 16 I earned a world medal, 3 national medals, 2 all-ireland national medals, and 3 1st place regional titles. I have performed at many events from NJPAC with an Irish band (the Chieftains) to the New Jersey Governor's Mansion. Aside from the awards and performances, a very bright spot in my dancing career was being accepted into the tour of the show 'Riverdance' (European tour). Due to an injury I sustained 2 days prior to my departure for the show, I was unable to perform in it. After some months of getting healthy and getting my body back in shape, I was back on the local competition circuit doing very well. I am now a Irish Step Dancing teacher. I work for two different schools, one competitive, and one non-competitive. I teach children from ages 4-18. I love my job and I am fairly certain that is what I'll be doing forever. Well, I hope this post provided some insight into who I am, I look foward to reading more about you guys!
James
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I am always mesmerized by Irish step dancers. I tried it once when I was much younger, but I am uncoordinated and accident prone, so it didn't last long. I was actually at the North Jersey Irish festival today at Sussex County fairgrounds, and I was watching alot of the dancing competitions, but I missed the older group, because the pipe bands were playing at the same time.
Step dancing is amazing -- it must take enormous amounts of energy to be able to sustain that level of performance!
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