About Us

The Idaho Rocky Mountain Express is an American Folk Dance ensemble from Burley Idaho USA, which is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Festivals appreciate the variety of dances, beautiful costumes, and happy, wholesome appeal of the program presented by the IRME.

Each year the Idaho Rocky Mountain Express dancers are chosen for the touring team from some 200 students. The group consists of 24 dancers’ ages 14 to 24. Dancers have received extensive training in folk dance with clogging as their specialty.

A bluegrass band accompanies the Idaho Rocky Mountain Express. Members of the band are accomplished musicians. Instruments include fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, ukulele and mandolin and percussion.