Photos from Southern California

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These are some photographs of Sarah Felong, the 2010 Southern California Rose, taken at the Great American Irish Fair and Music Festival held in Irvine, California. We hear from Sarah's sister Rachel that Sarah enjoys opera singing and Tae Kwon Do. Not content with that Sarah undertakes volunteer work with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Southern California, 2010

Sarah Felong is the 2010 Southern California Rose. This news comes from the Southern California website, and we quote directly from it - "She (Sarah) is an alumni of UC San Diego where she earned a degree in music humanities. Sarah traces her family roots back to Cork and Kerry. Aside from being an accomplished opera singer, Sarah also volunteers for JDRF and Promise Ball".

Sarah's picture is also from the site. There is lots of news there, and pictures too!

Dancing in Southern California

This video can be found on YouTube, or at diddlyi. The best I can do is quote entirely from that !
"Here's another championship dance that was performed by the Kelly School of Traditional Irish Dance at the 2010 Southern California Rose of Tralee at the CBS backlot in Studio City. It tells the story of a fight between the two types of dance shoes in Irish Dance, the "light" softshoe (ghillies) and loud hardshoes. The girls in the cream are the softshoes, and those in black are hardshoes. I absolutely love this choreography and you guys did a fabulous job! :)"

Southern California and her Escort

Brittany Kelly, 2009 Southern California Rose, with her Escort on the final night. Click for larger pic.

Brittany Alaina Kelly from SoCal

SoCal? That would be Southern California. Brittany is the Southern California 2009 Rose. She is pictured above with fellow contestants and rosebuds. The story, and much more besides, is on their website.

Southern California Rose Update

If this is Sinead Cunningham's reaction to being selected Southern California Rose 2008, what will happen if she wins the International Rose competition? Full article care of Southern California Rose of Tralee Website.

Former California Rose writes..

A former Southern California Rose muses in her blog, here.

latest roses

The Laois rose was named as Stephanie Farrell, for a full report see here.

The Southern California Rose is Sinead Cunningham, this is a link.