Good Luck at the Van Eire Feis! *UPDATED x 2

Avery, Olivia and Bryn

Siblings Kassidy and Emmet

Mary, Catharine and Olivia

 

UPDATE 8:35PM Here are today's NPIDA Championship results!

PRELIM CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-10
Bryn C: 2nd in Soft Shoe,  2nd in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Avery F: 4th in Set Dance, 4th overall
Esther X: 4th in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance

U-12
Josie S: 1st in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Samantha S: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 4th in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 4th overall
Cara B: 5th overall

U-14
Emma H: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 4th overall

U-16
Mary M: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall! Congratulations Mary and welcome to Open Championships!
Reese F: 5th in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 4th overall
Aki H: 4th in Soft Shoe

16+
Alexey K: 1st in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 2nd overall

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-12
Emma B-T: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Kyla F: 3rd in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance
Eloise C: 3rd in Soft Shoe

U-14
Caitlin B-T: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Megan S: 3rd in Set Dance

U-16
Macaela B-T: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Olivia A: 5th in Soft Shoe, 7th overall

18+
Mackenzie C: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 3rd overall

PRELIM/OPEN TREBLE REEL
U-10
Bryn C: 2nd

U-12
Eloise C: 1st!
Samantha S: 2nd
Kyla F: 3rd

U-14
Thea M: 1st!
Megan S: 4th
Morgan G: 5th

U-16
Olivia A: 5th
Kassidy P: 6th

PRELIM/OPEN HORNPIPE TROPHY
U-14
Megan S: 1st!
Thea M: 4th
Emmet P: 7th
Morgan G: 8th


UPDATE 3:00PM: Thank you to Leanne for these three photos.

Good luck to all dancers competing at the Van Eire Feis in Surrey this weekend! Please check back tonight for NPIDA's Prelim and Open Championship results.

Direct links: Van Eire Website and Van Eire on Facebook

2015 Pat McAndless Award of Excellence

Pat

The following information has been excerpted from an e-mail that was sent to all NPIDA families earlier today. Please refer to that e-mail for full details regarding applying to the 2015 Pat McAndless Award For Excellence!

The Board of Directors of the Eire Born Irish Dance Society (EBIDS) in conjunction with the Nora Pickett Irish Dance Academy (NPIDA) is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Patrick McAndless Award For Excellence (PMAE).

 

Eligibility requirements: 

1. Age 10 years or older

2. Registered dancer with NPIDA in 2014-2015

3. Full-time student in elementary, secondary or post secondary education.   

 

WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

Click HERE to get started!

 

Pat McAndless is a corporate leader, long-time volunteer, former EBIDS chair, and dedicated parent. He has been involved with EBIDS and NPIDA for over 14 years. This annual gift is made possible through the McAndless Family Charitable Foundation and demonstrates Pat's outstanding commitment to our community.

 

The PMAE recognizes NPIDA dancers who demonstrate the highest qualities of passion, work ethic, dedication, persistence and leadership in pursuit of excellence in Irish dance, academics and voluntary community service.

 

The PMAE awards:

- 4 recipients will receive $500

- 1 recipient will receive $1000

- 1 recipient will receive $2000

The PMAE recipients are selected, based on the merits of their application, by an impartial and independent PMAE Committee appointed by the EBIDS Board of Directors. Winners will be announced at the Annual Year-End show (Ceili); this year the date is May 3.

 

Please refer to the e-mail that was sent to all NPIDA families today for detailed information regarding how to begin your application. An important first step: choose your academic and community service references.

 

- The deadline for all reference names is March 9.

- The final deadline for your completed application is April 8.

- No paper copies will be accepted; the entire application process must be completed online.

 

If you have any technical questions regarding the online application form, please send an e-mail to pmaeATeirebornirishdance.org 

 

For any other general questions about the PMAE, please contact Carrie, Office Manager in North Vancouver.

Eire Born at River Rock

Back: Jessie, Morgan, Shannon, Jessica and Emma
Middle: Jadyn, Catalina and Catharine
Front: Josie

Many thanks to Diana for these backstage photos taken tonight at the River Rock Casino and Resort in Richmond, where Eire Born was performing at a corporate show. Thank you to Diana and Vic (sound team), Catharine (team captain) and all the dancers!

UPDATE re... NAN's Hotel Bookings

An important update from Nora this morning for all families who are attending the 2015 North American Championships in Providence Rhode Island in July:

All NPIDA dancers that are competing at Nationals in Rhode Island, Providence should 'Like' the North American Irish Dance Championships page on Facebook. (Direct link HERE). This will ensure that you will receive all the updates for hotels and other relevant Nationals info.

At the moment all the hotel blocks are all booked up. Hotel bookings opened for general public today at 6am and the host hotel Omni was apparently full by 6:20am.  They're opening up more blocks shortly....likely by the end of today. Please note that this initial "mad scramble followed by fully booked hotel blocks" has taken place for the last 3 or 4 years in a row before Nationals. Rest assured, Experient is on it and more hotel blocks will open shortly.

Hotel Bookings for the 2015 North American Championships in Providence Rhode Island

Nora has passed along the following information from the Regional Director of the Western Canada Irish Dance Teachers Association. The 2015 North American Championships will take place in Providence Rhode Island July 1-5; hotel bookings open tomorrow:

Reservations for the general public will open on Monday 2/16/15 at 9am Eastern Standard Time. The information with links and phone numbers to reservations for all contracted hotels will be posted on the Nationals web site (click HERE), Facebook (click HERE) and Twitter (click HERE).  

Eire Born at the Buck February 13

Back: Jessica, Kassidy, Emma, Jessie,
Reese, Jadyn, Alexis and Kyla
Front: Avery, Emmet and Josie

Thank you to Diana for submitting these photos, taken last night at the Buck & Ear in Steveson. Thanks to the sound team (Pat, Vic and Diana) and all the dancers!

Mackenzie's Phoenix Photos

Group hug

Mikaela and Mackenzie

Jessie and Mackenzie

Contemplating the desert scenery

Thank you to Mackenzie for submitting these photos, which were taken last weekend in Phoenix at the NAFC Championships.

The NAFC Championships/Belt *UPDATE X 6

Mackenzie, Mikaela, Jessie and Thea

Mackenzie, Mikaela, Thea and Jessie in Phoenix today

Thea and Jessie warming up

Jessie and Thea

Mikaela, Jessie, Mackenzie and Thea

Thea and Jessie

Nora, Jessie and Thea

Jessie and Thea

Mikaela and Mackenzie

Jessie and Thea

Mackenzie and Mikaela

Mackenzie and Mikaela with their medals

Nora, Thea, Jessie, Mikaela and Mackenzie

8:45PM UPDATE: Final photo from Nora tonight. That's it for results! (There is only one overall winner announced in the NAFC championships/belt; no 2nd, 3rd etc placements are awarded). Congratulations to Mackenzie, Mikaela, Jessie and Thea for representing NPIDA in Phoenix today, and congratulations to Mackenzie, Mikaela and Jessie for their individual medals (see below) in the "Step down the line" competitions today!

7:32PM UPDATE: Mackenzie has placed 2nd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, and 2nd in Traditional Set; Mikaela has placed 3rd in Traditional Set - congratulations Mackenzie and Mikaela!

6:05PM UPDATE: Two more photos from Nora (#8-9), and two photos from Cheryl (#10-11) which were taken for an ad in the NAFC program.

5:35PM UPDATE: Jessie has placed 3rd in Traditional Set - congratulations! Other results still pending. Thank you to Nora for these two additional photos.

12:55PM UPDATE: Thank you to Nora for sending these three additional photos.

11:00AM UPDATE: Thank you to Nora for photo #2 above. She says "About to warm up Jessie and Thea; they dance at 1:00PM".

Good luck to Mackenzie, Mikaela, Jessie and Thea, who are in Phoenix with Nora to compete at the NAFC Championships today!

Day #2 at the All Scotlands *UPDATED x 5 and More Photos

Good luck Macaela!

Good luck today Anna!



Macaela and Anna
after Macaela's award ceremony

Family: Macaela, Emma, Caitlin and Christine

Anna, Aisling and Macaela
"Thank you Aisling"

Thank you to Jennifer for sending photos #3-5 from Glasgow tonight.

1:08PM UPDATE: Anna has placed 24th in Soft Shoe and 37th overall in U-16 Girls. Congratulations Anna!

That's all from the All Scots! Congratulations to all four NPIDA dancers for your recalls! Check back tomorrow for updates from the NAFC Championships in Phoenix, where Mackenzie, Mikaela, Jessie and Thea will be competing.

12:00PM UPDATE: Macaela has placed 9th in Soft Shoe, 21st in Hard Shoe, and 9th overall in U-15 Girls. Congratulations Macaela!

9:50AM UPDATE: Anna has recalled - congratulations!

7:05AM UPDATE: Macaela has recalled - congratulations!

Good luck today to Macaela (U-15 Girls) and Anna (U-16 Girls)! I'll be posting updates regarding recalls and results as I receive them.

Thank you to Jennifer for texting from Glasgow, and to Courtney (via Aisling) for the top photo of Macaela.

Day #1 at the All Scotlands *UPDATED x 5

Caitlin: 6th in U-13!
(Photo by Aisling)



Emma: 15th in U-11!

3:45PM UPDATE: Caitlin has placed 10th in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, and 6th overall in U-13 Girls. Congratulations Caitlin!

12:00PM UPDATE: Emma has placed 15th overall in U-11 Girls. Congratulations Emma! 

11:30AM UPDATE: Emma has placed 18th in Hard Shoe and 25th in Soft Shoe; still awaiting overall results. Congratulations Emma!

11:00AM UPDATE: Caitlin has recalled - congratulations!

7:30AM UPDATE: Emma has recalled - congratulations!

Thank you to Jennifer for texting from Glasgow.

Good Luck at the All Scotlands!

Good luck Emma!

Good luck Caitlin!

Tomorrow (Thursday), sisters Emma and Caitlin are competing at the All Scotlands in Glasgow. I will post any updates regarding recalls and results as I receive them. Good luck Emma and Caitlin!

Macaela and Anna will be competing on Friday.

Cheryl's Winter Ceili Photos

Anna
Good luck at the All Scots in Glasgow on Friday! 

Mackenzie, Thea and Jessie
Good luck at the NAFC Belt Championships
in Phoenix on Saturday!

Olivia, Mackenzie, Stephanie, Thea,
Camryn, Sarah, Jessie, Jessica and Kyla
Good luck at Worlds in Montreal March 29-April 5!

Many thanks to Cheryl for these photos taken at the Winter Ceili last weekend.