The Cookbooks have ARRIVED!

Leanne has advised this afternoon that the Eire Born Edibles cookbooks have arrived! If you already pre-ordered your cookbook(s), you can pick it up from Leanne or Kelly Erin (at her vendor booth) at the DeDanaan Feis.

Eire Born Edibles Cookbook!

The front cover of Eire Born Edibles

The Eire Born Edibles cookbook is now being printed and will ready for delivery in early December! (exact date to be confirmed). The cookbooks cost $20 each and can be pre-purchased from Carrie at the NPIDA studio or these parents: Leanne A and Andrea C (North Vancouver) and Carolyn A (Richmond). You can also place your order at Kelly-Erin's booth at the DeDanaan Feis this weekend.

All cheques payable to EBIDS please.

Eire Born Edibles will make a wonderful holiday gift for friends and family members! Make sure to order your copies soon!

Another Action Photo from the Oireachtas

Thank you to Marion for submitting this scanned action photo of Sabine at the Oireachtas. Photo by OnSight Photo.

Scans of Professional Oireachtas Photos

Olivia B

Sydney B

Olivia and the 1st-place U-15 8-Hand Ceili Team

Sydney and members of the 1st-place U-10 8-Hand Ceili team

Olivia A

Sarah A

Thea

Thea

Thea

Thea and the 2nd-place U-12 8-Hand Ceili team

Mckenna

Mckenna

Mckenna during the parade of champions

Mckenna and the 1st-place U-10 8-Hand Ceili team

Megan

Megan

Megan

Caitlin and Megan

Megan and Nora

Megan

Megan

Hanna

Thank you to the parents who submitted these scans of the professional action and awards photos taken at the Oireachtas on November 9-10. All photos by OnSight Photo.

Josee (photos #1-4); Leanne (photos #5-6); Christina (photos #7-10); Krista (photos #11-14); Gillian (photos #15-21) and Moira (photo #22).

Josee's Oireachtas Photos

Sisters Olivia and Sydney at their first Oireachtas.
Olivia placed 18th in U-12 and Sydney placed 6th in U-10,
qualifying for the 2013 World Championships.
They were also both on 1st-place 8-Hand teams
(Sydney: U-10 and Olivia: U-15).

U-10 friends Aishlin and Sydney at their first Oireachtas

Courtney and Olivia after the U-15 8-Hand team victory

Olivia holding the U-15 Ceili trophy

Olivia and Sydney

Thank you to Josee for submitting these photos taken on November 9 at the Oireachtas. My apologies for the delay in posting these. Please also see below for two more Oireachtas photos submitted by Jennifer.

Oireachtas Friends

Emma helping Anna with her wig at the Oireachtas

Here are two more photos from Jennifer, taken at the Oireachtas on November 9. (These were submitted on the day my computer troubles began; my apologies for the delay in posting).

Tomorrow I will be posting scans that parents have submitted of the professional photos taken at the Oireachtas. (If you have not yet submitted yours, please do so today if possible; thanks !)

Dancer Photo Contest Submissions and Winner!

Photo submitted by Anna
"Thea and Megan awaiting Emma Hib's arrival in Calgary"

Photo submitted by Mckenna
"Self portrait in Calgary"

Photo #1 submitted by Lauren
"Mhairi, Olivia B and Halle"

Photo #2 submitted by Lauren
"Katelyn, Leila, Pixie and Emma awaiting recalls"

Photo #3 submitted by Lauren
"Aishlin and Caitlin"

Photo #4 submitted by Lauren
"Halle at her first Oireachtas"

Photo #5 submitted by Lauren
"NPIDA dancers awaiting recalls on Friday"

 

Photo submitted by Sabine
"Dressed-up monkey stuffy at the Oireachtas"

Photo submitted by Hanna
"Friends Laurel and Sarah"

Thank you to Anna, Lauren, Sabine, Mckenna and Hanna for submitting photos to the "NPIDA Halloween and Oireachtas Photo Contest"! (No one submitted Halloween photos; all entries are photos that were taken at the Oireachtas).

All dancers who submitted any number of photos had their name entered one time in the prize draw (Hanna is ineligible for the prize). Here's the draw for the winner:

4 names ready to be folded and put in the hat...

Names in the hat; give it a shake...

Reach high to pull out one name...

Lauren is the random winner of the photo contest!

CONGRATULATIONS LAUREN!!!
Hanna will deliver your prize in class this week.

Thank you to EBIDS for donating a $25 iTunes card for this contest prize!

Thank you everyone for your patience this past week while my computer was in for repairs. All back to normal now.

De Danaan Feis Schedule Available

The schedule for the De Danaan Feis (December 1-2) has now been posted on FeisWorx: http://www.feisworx.com/.

Thanks for your patience regarding the delay in posting photos, including the photo contest submissions; unfortunately, my computer problems have not been resolved yet.

Gift Card Fundraising Opportunity

Just a reminder from the EBIDS fundraising committee, as per the email sent to all NPIDA families on November 14th:

"The fundraising committee has created another fantastic fundraising opportunity for our school.  Kelly-Erin K from North Van and Kim F from Richmond have created a gift card account with Fundscript.  Fundscript is a company which sells gift cards and gives a certain percentage back to the selling school.  The amounts for the gift cards differ for each venue they are for, but they range from 2% all the way up to 10%.

The variety of retailers is also amazing!  Retailers (such as Futureshop, Gap, Payless shoes, Petsmart, Staples, ToysRus are examples), Restaurants (such as Earls', The Keg, Starbucks, Olive Garden and Wendy's are a sample), Gas (Esso and Petrocan), Grocery stores (Safeway, Superstore, M&M)  all are different types of gift cards which can be purchased. You could even have a weekend escape at a Fairmont Hotel and 10% of the gift card will be given back to the school."

Please refer to the email for the order form; the form is also available at the Richmond and North Van studios. Please return completed forms to Carrie at the North Van studio, or Christine at the Richmond studio. Orders are due Friday, November 28th.

Cheryl's Website, and Computer Problems

Update:

1) Cheryl has now uploaded her Friday and Saturday Oireachtas photos of NPIDA dancers to her own website. Here's a direct link (which is also available from the sidebar at right): www.cherylgaldertphotography.ca. A reminder from Cheryl: if you already had her site bookmarked, you may need to click 'refresh' for the new photos to appear.

2) Due to computer problems, I will not be able to post the photo contest entries to the blog today as originally planned. I wrote this update on Hanna's computer, but all the edited versions of the contest photos are unfortunately on my own computer. Hopefully the computer will be repaired soon- stay tuned!

Cheryl's Oireachtas Photos: Saturday

U-14 dancers Gemma (13th) and Cara (14th)

Catalina (12th in U-16) with mom Claudia

Jessica (U-19)
Mackenzie (4th in U-16) and Michael (1st in Senior Mens); both World Qualifiers;
Stephanie (8th in Senior Ladies) - World Qualifier

Laurel (13th in U-16) with Nora and Courtney

Mikaela (18th in U-15) with Nora and Courtney

Stephanie (center, seated) and friends

Stephanie with Nora and Courtney and her dad

Michael with Nora and Courtney and his mom Suzanne

Laurel and Sarah; Catalina; Catalina and Emma

Saturday night after awards
Back: Nora, Cara, Laurel, Emma, Courtney, Camryn, Taigen and Sophie
Front: Michael, Gemma, Catalina, Stephanie, Mikaela, Thea,
Tomas, Mary (behind Tomas) and Rhiannon

Dance fun at the end of the night

Many thanks to Cheryl for submitting these photos taken on Saturday at the Oireachtas in Calgary last weekend (dancers age 13+). As mentioned in the post below (Friday photos), Cheryl will be posting these photos and more on her own website, likely later next week.

Thank you to those parents who have already submitted scans of their professional action photos; I am compiling a blog post with those photos and would welcome any further additions from other parents. Please e-mail at the highest resolution possible.

Tomorrow I will be posting the photo contest photos!