3rd Annual St. Pat's Photo Contest!

2012 St Pat's Photo Contest submissions
by Emma H, Olivia B, Thea, Sydney and Shannon

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 3rd 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 the last 2 years):

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 2013 Eire Born performance or at the 2013 CelticFest Parade (March 17).

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: your choice of a $25 iTunes gift card or a $25 Chapters gift card! (Your name will be entered into the prize draw once, whether you submit 1-5 photos). A big thank you to EBIDS for sponsoring the 2013 St Pat's Photo Contest prize!

6. All photo contest entries must be e-mailed to pickettlineblogAThotmail.com no later than midnight on Saturday March 23.

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 2013 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!

More 2012 St Pat's Photo Contest submissions
by Mckenna, Megan, Jayne, Jessie and Anna