NPIDA St. Patrick's Photo Contest!

It's time for another contest here at the Pickett Line Blog. Since our dancers will be performing in lots of shows to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this month, all NPIDA dancers are invited to submit photos to an NPIDA St. Patrick's Photo Contest !

Here are the contest rules:

1. All photos must have been taken by NPIDA dancers only. No exceptions! Assistant Teachers may submit photos (they're dancers too!)

2. Maximum of 5 photo submissions per dancer. Take lots of photos and submit your best shots!

3. Photos must be taken at a March 2011 Eire Born performance or at the CelticFest Parade (March 20).

4. Identifiable people in your photos MUST only be NPIDA dancers/parents/siblings/family members. (This is an ongoing policy of this blog, for privacy reasons).

5. Photo submissions will not be "judged". All entries that meet the above criteria will be posted on the blog.

6. PRIZES will be announced shortly. Every dancer who submits a photo will have their name entered in the draw for a prize. (Your name will be entered once, whether you submit 1-5 photos).

7. All photo contest entries must be e-mailed to pickettlineblogAThotmail.com no later than midnight on Saturday March 26.

Notes:

- Don't have your own point-and-shoot camera ? If your parents have a camera, ask if you can borrow it to take some photos for the contest.

- If you are an NPIDA dancer but are not an Eire Born dancer or guest dancer, or not participating in the CelticFest Parade, you can still enter the photo contest: attend an Eire Born show or the parade as a spectator and take some photos.

- High resolution photos are best. We will likely use some of the best photos in the 2011 Ceili Slide Show!

- Parents: Please encourage your dancers of all ages to take some photos and submit them to the contest!

- Get creative! Instead of posed group shots, try something different. How about a row of dresses hanging backstage? A peek inside your dance bag? An interesting shot of the venue? Hard shoes lined up sidestage? Dancers applying shamrock stickers to their cheeks at the parade? Backstage snacks and drinks? You and your troupe-mates in the car en route to a performance, or out for ice-cream after the show?

Use your imagination and submit your best shots! We can't wait to see them!