2nd Annual St. Patrick's Photo Contest!

2011 St. Pat's Photo Contest submissions from Hanna, Rachel, Anna, Catharine, Megan, Jessie, Jadyn and Lauren.

Hey Eire Born dancers and guest dancers performing in the upcoming St. Patrick's shows: make sure to bring your camera along and take a few photos to submit for the 2nd Annual Pickett Line Blog St. Patrick's Photo Contest! (Open only to NPIDA dancers; no photos from parents, family members or friends please).

Here are the contest rules (exactly like last year):

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 then submit your best shots!

3. Photos must be taken at a March 2012 Eire Born performance or at the 2012 CelticFest Parade (March 18).

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". Every dancer who submits a photo will have their name entered in the draw for a prize: a $25 iTunes gift card. (Your name will be entered once, whether you submit 1-5 photos).

6. All photo contest entries must be e-mailed to pickettlineblogAThotmail.com no later than midnight on Saturday March 24.

Notes:
- Don't have your own camera ? If your parents have one, 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 following the guidelines above.

- Please; no blurry or really low-resolution photos (for example from older-model cell phones). High resolution photos are best. All entries that meet the above criteria will be posted on the blog. The winning photo, (if reasonably high resolution), will be included in the 2012 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 friends helping each other with hair backstage? A peek inside your dance bag? An interesting shot of the venue? A row of dresses hanging backstage? Dancers applying shamrock stickers to their cheeks at the parade? Hard shoes lined up side stage? You and your troupe-mates in the car en route to a performance ?

Have some fun, use your imagination and submit your best shots!