Day 3 at Worlds: Macaela, Jayne and Camryn *UPDATE X 4

Macaela with Aisling and Courtney this morning

Jayne and Camryn this morning

Macaela: 12th in the world!
With proud teachers Aisling and Courtney

Family photo: Christine and Kenny with Caitlin, Emma and Macaela
3 sisters, 3 World recallers!

Camryn and Courtney
Congratulations Camryn: 48th in Girls U-15!

Congratulations Macaela: 12th in U-15 Girls!

Camryn and Macaela
NPIDA is so proud of you!

Celebratory swim at the hotel tonight
Mikaela, Mackenzie, Thea (back), Jeremy and Camryn

UPDATE 8:30PM: Thank you to Courtney for sending four final photos (#5-8) from Montreal tonight.

UPDATE 5:00PM: Macaela has placed 12th and Camryn has placed 48th in U-15 Girls today! Congratulations Macaela and Camryn! (Photos #3-4 from Christine's Facebook).

UPDATE 12:20PM: Macaela and Camryn have both recalled in U-15 Girls! Congratulations Macaela and Camryn! Unfortunately no recall for Jayne today. Congratulations Jayne for dancing so beautifully; you have made NPIDA and Canada proud!

UPDATE 9:00AM: Thank you to Courtney for submitting the above photos from Montreal this morning.

Dancing today: Macaela, Jayne and Camryn

Good luck today Macaela, Jayne and Camryn!

While we await news from Montreal today, please scroll down to the post directly below to view six additional photos from Courtney which were posted on the blog late last night. Thank you Courtney!

Day 2 at Worlds: Caitlin, Sydney and Thea *UPDATE X 5

Sydney, Caitlin and Thea
At the World Championships today

Thea with Courtney and Aisling

 

Sydney: recaller!

Courtney and Aisling with happy medallists Caitlin and Sydney

Aisling, Caitlin and Courtney

Congratulations Caitlin and Sydney!

Caitlin, Sydney and Thea

Caitlin, Sydney and Thea

Sydney, Aisling, Caitlin, Courtney and Thea

UPDATE 10:15PM: Thank you to Courtney for submitting these final six photos from Montreal tonight.

UPDATE 5:00PM: Caitlin has placed 20th and Sydney has placed 49th in U-13 Girls today! Congratulations Caitlin and Sydney! Caitlin and Sydney were also the only Canadian recallers in U-13 today!

UPDATE 2:05PM: Unfortunately no recall for Thea today. Congratulations Thea for dancing so beautifully; you have made NPIDA and Canada proud!

UPDATE 1:00PM: Caitlin and Sydney have both recalled in U-13 Girls! Congratulations Caitlin and Sydney! Thank you to Nora for forwarding this photo of Sydney, taken by Josee. Still awaiting recall news for Thea's group.

UPDATE 9:35AM: Thank you to Courtney for submitting the above photos from Montreal this morning.

Dancing today: Caitlin, Sydney and Thea

Good luck today Caitlin, Sydney and Thea!

Day 1 at Worlds: Emma and Kyla *UPDATE X 7

Emma with Aisling and Courtney
Before Emma's soft shoe round

Kyla before her soft shoe round

Kyla and Emma

Emma and dad Kenny

Kyla and Emma

Emma: 37th place at Worlds!

Kyla and mom Kim

Courtney. Emma and Aisling

UPDATE 8:30PM: Thank you to Courtney for these final two photos from today (#7-8).

UPDATE 4:25PM: Thank you to Courtney for these two additional photos (#5-6).

UPDATE 3:25PM: Emma has placed 37th at the Worlds today! Congratulations Emma!

UPDATE 1:45PM: Unfortunately no recall for Kyla today. Congratulations for dancing so beautifully Kyla; you have made NPIDA and Canada proud!

UPDATE 12:30PM: New photo added of Emma and Kenny after Emma's recall; thank you Courtney.

UPDATE 11:45AM: Emma has recalled! Congratulations Emma!
Still awaiting recalls for Kyla's group.

UPDATE 10:05AM: Thank you to Courtney for submitting photos #1-2, and Aisling for photo #3. Recall announcements will be soon; Emma's group first, then Kyla's.

 

Dancing today: Emma and Kyla

Good luck today Emma and Kyla! 

Congratulations Coco and Welcome Baby Ioni!

The NPIDA family would like to extend our warmest congratulations to former dancer Coco and her husband James on the birth of their baby daughter today, Ioni James Conran!

More HERE on Facebook.

- Clip-art from Google Images.

Good Luck at the World Championships!

Back: Macaela, Sydney, Stephanie (via iPad), Thea,
Camryn, Mackenzie, Mikaela and Jessica
Front: Kyla, Caitlin, Jayne and Emma

Here is the schedule for our dancers at the 2015 World Championships in Montreal this week:

SUNDAY MARCH 29: Emma B-T and Kyla F
MONDAY MARCH 30: Caitlin B-T, Sydney B and Thea M
TUESDAY MARCH 31: Camryn C, Jayne D and Macaela B-T
THURSDAY APRIL 2: Mikaela P and Mackenzie C
FRIDAY APRIL 3: Jessica H and Stephanie M

I'll be posting updates regarding recalls and results as I receive them.

Worlds Parents, Dancers and Teachers in Montreal
When e-mailing Worlds photos please choose the highest resolution possible so that I can also include some of your photos in the Ceili slide show. Thank you and good luck dancers! Please send your Worlds photos to: pickettlineblogAThotmail.com

Jessica's St. Patrick's Photos

Pot of Gold Troupe at the Buck & Ear, March 14
Left: Sage and Naomi. Right: Sage, Naomi and Josie

Left: Addie. Right: Sage and Addie
At the Buck & Ear, March 17

Leaping Leprechauns and Pot of Gold at the Buck & Ear, March 17
Catalina, Jessica, Natalie and Alex

Leaping Leprechauns Troupe at Ceili's, March 17
Back: Olivia, Halle, Catalina, Jessica, Emma and Sydney
Front: Meghan and Addie

Leaping Leprechauns troupe selfie!
At O'Hares, March 17

Sisters Jessica and Emma at O'Hare's, March 17

Thank you to Jessica for submitting these photos taken during St. Patrick's week. These photos are of the Leaping Leprechauns and Pot of Gold troupes in Richmond. Thanks and good luck at Worlds Jessica!

Good Luck at the World Championships!

NPIDA 2015 World Championship competitors
Back: Macaela, Sydney, Stephanie (via iPad!), Thea,
Camryn, Mackenzie, Mikaela and Jessica
Front: Kyla, Caitlin, Jayne and Emma

Thank you to Courtney for submitting these photos, taken last night at class before these 12 dancers head off to Montreal over the next few days to represent NPIDA and Western Canada at the 2015 World Championships! Worlds will take place from Sunday March 29-April 5.

Good luck Emma, Kyla, Caitlin, Sydney, Jayne, Camryn,

Macaela, Thea, Mikaela, Mackenzie, Jessica and Stephanie! 

Our Worlds dancers with their classmates/friends/supporters!

PMAE Deadline Extension for References!

The following information from EBIDS about the Pat McAndless Award For Excellence was sent to all NPIDA families via e-mail earlier today.

For those interested in applying for the Patrick McAndless Award for Excellence, this is an official update for you.

 

Due to technical difficulties and spring break, we have extended the deadline for references to be submitted to the system. This does mean our timelines are extra tight, but we wanted to allow for holidays as we know how busy you are.

 

Please note that the NEW deadline to 

input the names/emails/phone numbers

of your references is MARCH 31.

 

This will mean that your references will have until April 8 to submit their written references about you. Once they do so, you will receive an automatic email from the system acknowledging receipt of the reference. If you DO NOT receive this automatic email, it is up to you to contact your reference to remind them.

 

The overall deadline for the entire application is still April 8.

 

There will be no extensions to this deadline as the committee is meeting shortly after for their first deliberation regarding the applications.

 

If you are experiencing any technical difficulties – please contact pmaeATeirebornirishdance.org and our volunteer technical director will assist with your question. Thank you and we hope this helps!   

 

- The Committee

Not sure what the PMAE is all about?

- Click HERE for the February 25/15 blog post explaining how to apply for the PMAE
- Click HERE to get started with your application

2015 St. Patrick's Photo Contest Submissions... And The Winner Is... (Scroll Down...)

Photo #1 of 1 submitted by Anna
Emmet and Jessica

Photo #1 of 1 submitted by Catalina
Addie and Sage

Photo #1 of 3 submitted by Delaney
Megan, Anna, Kassidy and Delaney at Purdy Pavilion

Photo #2 of 3 submitted by Delaney
Anna, Megan, Delaney and Kassidy at Mahony's

Photo #3 of 3 submitted by Delaney
Kassidy and Emmet at Yaletown House

Photo #1 of 1 submitted by Jadyn
Holly and Jadyn in the mirror

Photo #1 of 1 submitted by Joanna
Joanna and Malia at Kiwanis

Photo #1 of 3 submitted by Kassidy
Emmet at Mahony's

Photo #2 of 3 submitted by Kassidy
Emmet and Jennifer at Mahony's

Photo #3 of 3 submitted by Kassidy
Emmet and Anna at Fellburn

Photo #1 of 1 submitted by Malia
Zoe at Kiwanis

Photo #1 of 4 submitted by Megan
Megan and Kassidy at the Olympic Cauldron

Photo #2 of 4 submitted by Megan
My iced tea and Shamrock Crocs hair bow at Cactus Club

Photo #3 of 4 submitted by Megan
Emmet, Kassidy, Anna and Jessica hanging out at
Fellburn Care Centre before the show

Photo #4 of 4 submitted by Megan
Anna and Jessica colouring together at Fellburn

Photo #1 of 5 submitted by Poppy
Cara and Reese

Photo #2 of 5 submitted by Poppy
4 Leaf Clovers troupe at Raven Pub

Photo #3 of 5 submitted by Poppy
Willow and Lucy at Kingsgate Mall

Photo #4 of 5 submitted by Poppy
Sophie and Willow at Raven Pub

Photo #5 of 5 submitted by Poppy
4 Leaf Clovers parents

Photo #1 of 1 submitted by Willow
Lucy and Poppy at Mahony's

Here are all of the submissions to the 2015 Pickett Line Blog St. Patrick's Photo Contest! Thank you to Anna, Catalina, Delaney, Jadyn, Joanna, Kassidy, Malia, Megan, Poppy and Willow for taking time to submit their photos and share their 2015 St. Patrick's memories with us!

Each of these 10 dancers had their names entered once in a random draw for a $25 gift card prize. Thank you to EBIDS for sponsoring the prize! Here's the draw for the winner (10 names into the hat for a random drawing!):

CONGRATULATIONS KASSIDY!

I will be contacting you today via e-mail to confirm your prize; your choice of a $25 gift card to iTunes, Chapters, Sephora, Starbucks, Forever21, Old Navy, Michael's Crafts or Cineplex! Thank you to all 10 dancers who shared your photos!