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Subject: Closest School to Salem MA?
Author: Cúan	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:35:08 01/25/24 Thu I’m a college student returning to dance. I’d ideally like to dance twice a week and not have to drive to the South Shore [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Probably Bracken, but Murray in NH. No need to go so shore when you have O'shea and Brady in the Boston area too.
Author: depends on what you are looking for [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:17:07 01/28/24 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Good suggestions. It's a shame that no school ever opened a satellite studio to fill the void created when Sheila Bremer closed her Salem school years ago.
Author: old mom [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:31:40 01/28/24 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Several schools tried satellites in the area, but enrollment was just too low to make it financially feasible. I think even Bremer got too small to continue, but am thrilled Petrocelli is giving it a go.
Author: commuter [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:05:24 02/02/24 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Bracken closed last month. Ideas inside.

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Date Posted: 15:08:04 01/28/24 Sun

Unfortunately you are in one of the pockets of the state that doesn't have a super local school these days. Your closest options are going to be Keane O'Brien's North Reading location, O'Shea Chaplin's Reading location, and McGonagle's Wakefield location which are all about half an hour from Salem without traffic. Goulding in Medford is about 45 minutes and the New Hampshire schools are about an hour. In my opinion, you're right to avoid south of Boston because traffic will be a huge headache. Greater Boston area schools may also be transit accessible and some schools have families or senior dancers that will pick you up at bus/train to help you get to class - definitely something to ask when contacting schools. If you're interested in having similar aged classmates, I'd start my search with O'Shea Chaplin, McGonagle, and Murray. One other idea might be to contact Petrocelli about privates, he primarily teaches on the south shore but has a Swampscott beginner class and college dancers in his school so he may be interested in helping you. Best of luck!

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[> [> [> Subject: Good info for OP. I'm so surprised to read that Bracken closed. Any idea why they did?
Author: puzzled [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:13:31 01/29/24 Mon [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Looks like they just moved out of MA
Author: AZ only per website [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:05:23 01/30/24 Tue https://www.brackenirishdanceschool.com/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Right. Until last month they had both MA and AZ studios. What I'm asking is why they gave up the MA studio.
Author: still puzzled [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:32:00 01/30/24 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Thank you so much!
Author: Cúan [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:57:16 02/02/24 Fri This is super helpful! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Forbes in Quincy right on the Red Line
Author: mom of a senior dancer [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:28:45 01/30/24 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Keane O’Brien has a location in north reading
Author: :) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:51:51 02/11/24 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]