Video Link: Grey Cup Parade

Thanks to Catalina who searched YouTube and found this video link of the Grey Cup parade! You'll have to fast-forward through much of the video to see Eire Born: you can hear the "Hey Julie" music around 27:38, and then you can see the dancers beginning at about 27:48.

Eire Born in the Grey Cup Parade

Left, front: Sabine, Sarah, Jadyn and Megan. Back: Catalina, Mikaela, Olivia, Catharine, Tomas, Thea and Jessie 

Waiting for the parade to begin

Jessie, Megan, Sabine, Sarah, Gemma, Emma H, Rhiannon, Mary, Jadyn and Thea 

Dancing in the (very wet) street!

Eire Born dancers and van

Thanks for being such good sports!

The Eire Born dancers braved the rain yesterday and participated in the 2011 Grey Cup Parade in downtown Vancouver! Many thanks to the dancers, their parents, team captain Catalina, as well as the sound team: Vic and Pat in the Eire Born van and Diana on the street.

Thank you to Mark S (Megan's dad) for taking these photos during the parade, and to Gillian for submitting them.

Eire Born at O'Hares and the Buck - Nov.11

Outside O'Hares. Back row: Mikaela, Catalina, Tomas, Gemma and Shannon. Middle row: Catharine, Jadyn, Morgan, Sabine and Kyla. Front: Mckenna

Catalina, Shannon, Gemma and Jadyn

Kyla

Mckenna, Kyla, Sabine, Morgan, Catharine and Tomas

At the Buck. Back row: Catharine, Mikaela, Catalina, Shannon, Tomas and Gemma. Front row: Morgan, Sabine, Kyla, Jadyn and Mckenna

Thank you to Sue for submitting these photos from two Eire Born shows at O'Hare's and the Buck on November 11. Being Remembrance Day, the dancers donated half of their earnings to the Poppy Fund.

More Winter Ceili Photos

Nora and the pre-school dancers Robyn, Siorce and Malia

1. Emma, Sarah and Megan. 2. Leila. 3. Rebecca

Anna, Gemma, Olivia and Emma

Eire Born in action

Megan, Jadyn and Sue at the balloon prize area

Eire Born dancers sidestage

Megan and her grandma buying balloons

Top left: Olivia. Bottom left: Sarah and Megan. Middle: Jadyn. Right: Anna and Olivia

Nora with Robyn, Malia and Siorce

Megan, Lauren (other dancers names please ?)

Left: Eire Born. Right: Camryn

Dad Rob with daughter Lauren

Leila, her friend Taylor, Malia and Tyler (Jadyn's brother)

Malia and Tyler

34 more photos from the Winter Ceili were submitted, so I have grouped some of them into collages to display as many as possible here. Thank you to Gillian (photos #1-7), Leanne (photos # 8-12), and Sue (photos #13-14) for these photos!

Winter Ceili Photos

Connie (far left) and Diana (far right), with dancers assembling in the background

Family fun for all!

Group dancing

Malia and her grandpa (Nora's dad) 

3 generations: Nora with her dad and daughter

Many thanks to Cheryl G, who submitted these photos taken during the group dancing at the Winter Ceili on Saturday.

DeDanaan Feis Registration Deadline

Just a reminder that today is the final registration and payment deadline for the DeDanaan Feis, which will take place on December 3-4 in Surrey. www.feisworx.com

Winter Ceili Tickets

Are you planning to come to the Winter Ceili tomorrow but haven't purchased your tickets yet ? If you are planning to do so, please notify Paula asap. Tickets will be available at the door, but our organizers wish to give the Blarney Stone an updated estimate of numbers for food planning. Paula can be reached at: paula@eireborn.net

Doors open at 3:00pm and the event concludes at 7:00pm. We hope to see you at the Winter Ceili!

Edmonton Mini-Feis: November 6

Pixie K and Emma B-T

Emma with her 1st-place trophy (U-7 Novice/Prz Treble Jig)

Mom and daughter Christine and Emma

Thank you to Christine for submitting these photos taken at the Mini-Feis in Edmonton (the weekend of the Oireachtas). NPIDA had 3 dancers competing: Emma B-T, Pixie K, and Emma H.

We have no photos of Emma H, who advanced to Preliminary Championships based on her feis results. Congratulations Emma!

Sue's Oireachtas Photos

Courtney and Nora with Jadyn and Caitlin

Kim and Kyla - first Oireachtas

Courtney and Jadyn

U-9 Friends Caitlin and Jadyn (right: with U-10 8-Hand team trophy)

Tears of joy for Caitlin and Jadyn: 1st and 3rd in U-9 Girls

Caitlin, Morgan and Jadyn with the U-10 8-Hand team trophy

Jadyn - soft shoe (photos by OnSight Photo)

Jadyn: Top 5 in U-9 Girls! (Photo by OnSight Photo)

Thank you to Sue for submitting these photos, all taken on Friday November 4 during the U-13 competitions.

Coco: Supermodel, Super Fundraiser!

Coco Rocha's Irish Jig at Art Walk 2011 from Coco Rocha on Vimeo.

Earlier tonight, NPIDA alum and supermodel Coco R was honorary chair (alongside actors Richard Gere and Alec Baldwin) at a fundraiser in New York to benefit Coalition for the Homeless. Coco posted this video, saying "I told the crowd if I raised $35,000 in my lot, I'd dance... and we did !"

She then did a couple of impromptu treble reel steps on stage (barefoot, while wearing a long gown!) You can see Richard Gere and Alec Baldwin in the front row - Richard gives Coco a standing ovation at the end. (Click on the icon between the words "HD" and "Vimeo" - 4 little arrows - to enlarge the video).

Congratulations on the fundraising Coco - without a doubt the most money ever raised by an Eire Born dancer! ;)

Professional Photos from the Oireachtas

Jessie: 5th and World Qualifier in U-11 Girls

Jessie - Top 5!

Jessie and Macaela: U-11 World Qualifiers

Jessie and Camryn: U-11 World Qualifiers

Mckenna (hard shoe): 2nd in U-9 Girls

Mckenna - soft shoe

Top 3 U-9 girls: Caitlin, Mckenna and Jadyn

Caitlin and Mckenna: 1st and 2nd place

Anna (soft shoe): 12th in U-12 Girls

Anna - hard shoe

Sarah: 5th in U-9 Girls

Olivia: 9th in U-12 Girls

Camryn: 7th and World Qualifier in U-11 Girls

Mackenzie - 3rd and World Qualifier in U-15 Girls

Thanks to Rosalie, Krista, Jennifer, Leanne and Andrea, who scanned and submitted these professional photos taken at the Oireachtas in Edmonton November 5-6. All photos taken by OnSight Photo.