nationality known_for article_title name occupation
irish irish dance , musician dean crouch
 dean crouch musician
dean crouch

dean crouch is an irish dancer and musician .
at the age of 12 he was great britain champion , british national champion , all scotland champion , all ireland champion , north american champion and the world champion , winning with a score of 900 out of a possible 900 .
crouch began dancing at the age of 7 .
he previously did stage work , but stopped to pursue irish dance .
at the age of 12 he retired from competitive dance to pursue a new challenge as an irish musician .
he plays the piano accordion , piano and keyboards .
he has won the world irish piano accordion championships and the all ireland fleadh and he plays live music for many major competitions as well as local feisanna -lrb- irish stepdance festivals -rrb- .
crouch has also recorded irish dance music cds .
