Club Spraíúil is a creative club for kids that explores Irish culture and folklore through the mediums of art, song, dance, and music.
Welcome to the Club!
Spraíúil (pronounced spree-ool) means “playful” in Irish. Club Spraíúil is a playful club where kids can gather with friends to be creative together. Each club meeting has a focus on some aspect of Irish culture or folklore, which will then be brought to life through art. Kids can expect that they will be dancing, singing, and creating arts and crafts together.
Club Spraíúil meets three times a year, once in the Fall, Winter, and Spring. During warm weather, our club meets at The Barn at Hollywood Farm in Annapolis. During the winter months, we will meet at Club Spraíúil’s home studio in Capetowne, in Arnold, MD. Keep scrolling to see our upcoming dates and register for the club!
Club Meetings:
Tuesday, 13th October 2026
2:30 pm - 6:30 pm
This Tuesday is an early release day for Anne Arundel County Schools. Send your kid to us after school for an afternoon of seasonal story telling and shadow puppetry. This meeting will be held at Hollywood Farm.
We will be sharing “spooky” fairy stories from our Celtic Mythology For Kids book, which the kids will then retell to you in a little Halloween themed show that they will be producing. There will be live music and a fog machine; and our 6-foot crankie theater will be installed again at Hollywood Farm! Your kids will be making their puppets and planning out their storytelling during the club meeting.
Parents, family, and friends can arrive at the barn at 5:30 pm for a kid-friendly “spooky” Halloween evening show.
Saturday, 23rd January 2027
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
This Saturday club meeting will be held at the Club Spraíúil home studio in Capetowne in Arnold, MD. Our specific theme is yet to be determined, but kids can expect a little dancing, a little art, a little music, and a whole lot of fun!
SNOW DATE: 2/20/2027
Saturday, 1st
May 2027
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Our May 1st meeting will focus on Spring time traditions! This club meeting will be held at The Barn at Hollywood Farm and will have two portions:
1) 10 am-1pm for Club members only! We will be making flower crowns, learning May pole dances, decorating a crankie, and preparing for the May Day Ceili.
2) 1pm-2pm May Day Ceili. This is our fourth annual May Day Ceili! Friends, family, and community members can attend this portion of the club meeting for free. The club members will be running show! They will be demonstrating their may pole dances and wearing their flower crowns! Catherine will call a family ceili. Live music and snacks will be provided!
Join the fun and register today!
Club membership is $50 per club meeting.
If you are registering siblings, please use our family discount code, Family20% for a 20% discount at check-out!
If your child would like to participate, but you have financial difficulties, please reach out to Catherine at cmarafino@gmail.com. We would like to make sure your child can join the fun!
Parents must accompany children younger than 7 years old. Parents can join for free!
Are you taking classes
with Annapolis Percussive
Dance?
If so, use the discount code: APDANCER for $10 off club meeting.
Meetings held at The Barn on Hollywood Farm
Directions to the Barn
Club meetings will be held in The Barn at Hollywood Farm. Enter through the farm’s north entrance off of Holly Drive, located at 625 Holly Drive N., Annapolis, MD 21409. If you enter “Hollywood Farm” into your gps, you will be sent to the southern entrance. Be sure to use the address above.
Parents will need to park along the driveway beside the community garden plots and walk their child up to the barn to avoid a back up of cars at the barn.
Club Spraíúil Directors
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*all website art by Amy Healey
Catherine and Amy have joined
creative forces in dance, music, art, and play
to create a club for kids that’s so much fun, adults want to join too!
Amy brings with her years of work in theater design, painting, opera, and music. Catherine brings with her years of work as an Irish dancer and dance teacher for kids. Together, they create an agenda of fun activities, fueled by their own interests in art and dance.
As leaders of Club Spraíúil, they are devoted to making sure each child feels valued, included, and
free to express themselves.
Supplies Needed
BRING TO CLUB
Packed lunch (we have very limited refrigerator space)
Water bottle
Dance shoes (any shoe with a smooth sole) and socks
Sun screen
Bug spray
Sunglasses
Art smock (or wear clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty with paint)
CLUB WILL PROVIDE
Back up bug spray and sunscreen
Cooler for keeping water bottles cold
Art and craft supplies
Come play with us this summer!
Campa Spraíúil is a week-long day camp for kids that promotes Irish folklore, culture, and heritage through music, art, and dance.
Our summer camp is held at The Barn on Hollywood Farm.
Camp directors, Catherine Brice and Amy Healey, have thoughtfully crafted a new Summer camp for 2026. We are looking forward to sharing our love for Irish music, dance, art, and culture with kids in Maryland.
Camp hours are 9am-4pm Monday through Friday. The week culminates in a kid-produced concert/event on Friday at 7:30pm for family and friends to enjoy. Our week is spent helping the campers plan, produce, and execute the Friday evening show.
Our camps are geared for kids, age 8-15.
Campa Spraíúil 2025 and 2026 were so much fun! Be on the look out for information about Summer camp 2027 in the new year. Check out our gallery and parent reviews below!
What People Are Saying…
“Last week, [our daughter] was lucky enough to experience the most magical summer camp that transported her to Ireland while she learned to dance, play the tin fiddle, folklore, created an entire set, and performed a full blown performance at the end of the week! The backdrop of the camp was @hollywoodfarm which is such a hidden gem in this area and I never wanted to leave at drop off. @annapolispercussivedance thank you for the beautiful and memorable week for our girl! She’s been dancing around the kitchen all week!”
— Campa Spraíúil family 2026
“Ireland Camp is wonderful! Annapolis Percussive Dance has several summer camps centered around Irish cultural activities. My 12 year old daughter attended the ‘Mummers, Wren boys and other uninvited guests’ camp last summer and absolutely loved it! The camp culminated in an amazing variety show including Irish dance, storytelling/acting and various other creative activities, that had the audience enthralled! The camp organizers are fantastic. Highly recommend”
— Campa Spraíúil family 2025, 2026
