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Ridgewood Irish Dancers Perform Live On Fox's Good Day New York Ridgewood Irish Dancers Perform Live On Fox's Good Day New York
Ridgewood Irish Dancers Perform Live On Fox's Good Day New York The JIG Factory of Ridgewood will be on live television on Friday morning. Susan Daly Stanek and her dancers will appear on Good Day New York at 9 a.m., on Fox 5 kicking off St Patrick's Day. (WATCH LIVE: CLICK HERE) Jerry O'Connell is making a guest appearance as the "favorite half-Irishman." The JIG Factory -- owned by Susan Daly Stanek -- has produced some of the world's top Irish dancers, including 16-year-old Julia Mastrangelo, who you can read more about here. In two weeks, 14 of the dancers will be traveling internationally for a competition. JIG Factory, 9 a.m., Good D…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ridgewood Teen Is 5th Best Irish Dancer In The World... And She's Jewish Ridgewood Teen Is 5th Best Irish Dancer In The World... And She's Jewish
Ridgewood Teen Is 5th Best Irish Dancer In The World... And She's Jewish Julia Mastrangelo of Ridgewood has all the makings of an Irish dancer. She's got the moves. She's got the pin-straight red hair. She's got the zeal. There's just one thing that sets her apart. "My last name gives it away," said Mastrangelo, 16. "Usually everyone's name is Irish. And then there's me." She's Jewish-Italian -- only a quarter Irish. But that's never mattered to Mastrangelo. She started when she was seven years old, after her mom saw dancers from the JIG Factory perform at the Ridgewood tree lighting. "She originally thought I would do ballet,"…

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by Cecilia Levine