Eire Born at Raven Pub, December 18

Willow, Zoe, Holly, Justine and Lucy

Claire and Cara

Eloise, Holly, Reese and Cara

Back: Kristen, Claire and Reese

Front: Eloise, Poppy and Lindsay

Justine, Claire and Lucy

Willow and Justine

Thank you to Kendall for submitting these photos, taken on December 18 during an Eire Born performance at the Raven Pub in Deep Cove, North Vancouver.

Festive Week at NPIDA!

Back: Cara, Eloise, Lucy and Malia

Front: Holly and Willow

Nora with Justine, Lucy and Kristen

Grace

Kimberley, Izabelle and Malaia

Kimberley, Izabelle, Holly, Malia,

Avery, Ellie, Courtenay and Malaia

Kimberley, Avery and Malia

Thank you to Nora for submitting these photos taken over the past week. The show photos are from the two NPIDA performances at the Deep Cove Parent Participation Preschool on December 14th. NPIDA dancers also did Secret Santa gift exchanges throughout last week, and on Thursday during our 6PM class Aki and Reese helped coordinate class donations which went to the Harvest Project in North Vancouver!

Secret Santa Week at NPIDA

As per the e-mail sent out to all NPIDA families on December 6, this week is Secret Santa Week. For each soft shoe class that a dancer is in, we ask them to bring a small wrapped gift. Dancers have drawn the name of a classmate that they will be buying a gift for (maximum price $10). Everyone brings a gift and everyone leaves with a gift! Please refer to the e-mail for further details,

This is also Family and Friends Watching Week; you are invited to watch the last 15 minutes of classes during this week. We would also love for the dancers to come dressed up in their best festive outfits this week; for example Santa hats and Rudolph antlers, or anything green or red!

- Clip art from Google Images.

Steve's Oireachtas Photos

Zoe, Willow, Malia, Holly, Naomi, Josie, Samantha,

Justine. Lucy, Tess, Poppy, Eloise and Claire

Claire, Poppy and Tess

Tess, Poppy, Claire and Josie

Eloise and Poppy

Sisters Poppy and Willow

Malia, Jessica, Naomi, Reese and Willow

Eloise, Poppy, Claire, Tess, Josie, Lucy and Justine

On the street near the Calgary Tower

Thank you to Steve for submitting these photos, taken earlier this month at the 2016 Western Canadian Oireachtas in Calgary.

Bridget's Oireachtas Photos

Leaping on the street in Calgary

Sisters Zoe and Eloise

Holly and Eloise

Josie and Zoe

Thank you to Bridget for submitting these photos taken at the Oireachtas in Calgary this past weekend.

Complete 2016 Oireachtas results by age group can be viewed at feisresults.com; click HERE.

Congratulations 2016 Oireachtas Team!

Samantha, Willow and Kristen

Tess, Naomi and Claire

Justine, Holly and Reese F

Malia, Lucy and Zoe

Poppy, Eloise and Kassidy

Jessica, Josie and Reese T

Aki, Yuka and Riley

Nora and Joe

Congratulations to our dancers who represented NPIDA at the 2016 Western Canadian Oireachtas this weekend! We are proud of the hard work and dedication that ALL of you put in to qualifying to attend this event!

Special congratulations to our nine recallers, who have all qualified to compete at the 2017 North American Championships:

Zoe: 7th in U-8

Jessica: 7th in U-9

Reese T: 9th in U-10

Holly: 12th in U-11

Samantha: 10th in U-12

Tess: 12th in U-12

Josie: 19th in U-12

Eloise: 19th in U-13

Kassidy: 20th in U-16

Congratulations to our other 11 dancers who also represented NPIDA so beautifully at the Oireachtas!

Malia (U-8)
Willow (U-9)
Naomi (U-10)
Justine (U-11)
Lucy (U-11)
Claire (U-12)
Poppy (U-12)
Yuka (U-14)
Reese F (U-16)
Aki (U-16)
Kristen (U-17)

And to Riley, who was unable to compete in U-15 due to injury, but travelled to Calgary to support her NPIDA friends and assist as a volunteer!

All photos above by Nora - the Oireachtas dancers with their "Good Luck" posters before leaving Vancouver to head to Calgary.

Day #2 at the Oireachtas *UPDATE X 3*

Joe, Kassidy and Nora

Congratulations on your recall Kassidy!

Kristen, Aki, Reese, Yuka and Nora

Kristen, Aki, Reese, Yuka and Nora

Kassidy

Nora and Yuka

Kristen and Nora

Naomi, Jessica, Justine, Zoe and Willow

Supporting NPIDA's teen dancers today!

Kristen and her proud parents Barb and Erik

Aki, Holly and Kassidy

Yuka and Kazusa

Kassidy and dad Michael

Justine, Lucy, Riley and Zoe in Calgary

UPDATE #3 (5:25PM): Kassidy has placed 20th in U-16! Congratulations Kassidy!

UPDATE #2 (2:50PM): Thank you to Nora for sending all of the above photos from Calgary!

UPDATE #1 (2:00PM): Kassidy has recalled in U-16! Congratulations Kassidy; NPIDA is so proud of you!

Unfortunately no recalls today for Kristen, Reese, Aki and Yuka. Congratulations girls for representing NPIDA with such strong performances on stage today - we know you danced beautifully! We are so proud of you!


I will be posting updates below as I receive them from the Oireachtas in Calgary. Today, all dancers from age U-14 and older are competing. Here are NPIDA's dancers today; good luck girls!:

U-17: Kristen L
U-16: Reese F, Aki H, Kassidy P
U-14: Yuka H

Additional photos from Friday night at the Oireachtas have now been posted (early Saturday morning) to the post directly below. Again congratulations to our eight recallers yesterday!

For those not familiar with the Oireachtas; dancers in each age category dance one soft shoe dance and one hard shoe dance; then the top 50% are called back ("Recalled") to do a solo "Set Dance". Those dancers who are recalled will be officially "placed" at the evening awards ceremony.

A percentage of dancers from each category will qualify for the 2017 North American Championships, and a smaller percentage will qualify for the 2017 World Championships.

Good luck to ALL the competitors competing at the Oireachtas from many schools across Western Canada! Special best wishes to our dancers, who have worked hard to represent NPIDA at the 2016 Western Canadian Oireachtas - many of them for the very first time!

Day #1 at the Oireachtas *UPDATE X 6*

Zoe, Josie, Samantha, Eloise, Tess and Holly

(Six of our eight Oireachtas recallers today!)

NPIDA at the Calgary Hyatt today

Holly, Naomi, Josie, Samantha, Justine,

Lucy, Tess, Poppy, Eloise and Claire

Zoe, Willow and Malia

Holly, Naomi, Josie, Samantha, Justine,

Lucy, Tess, Poppy, Eloise and Claire

Justine and Holly

Nora and Holly

Nora and Malia

Zoe, Malia, Jessica, Willow and Naomi

Eloise and Bridget

Zoe, Josie, Samantha, Eloise, Tess and Holly

Malia

Joe and Nora with Eloise

Samantha, Tess, Claire, Poppy and Josie

Samantha, Tess, Claire, Poppy and Josie

Eloise, Claire, Poppy, Justine, Josie, Lucy and Tess

Nora, Holly and Orla

Holly

Sylvia, Reese and Nora

Congratulations Reese: 9th in U-10!

Malia, Jessica and Naomi

Congratulations Jessica: 7th in U-9

Congratulations Zoe: 7th in U-8!

Eloise, Riley and Reese
Congratulations Eloise: 19th in U-13!

Congratulations Josie: 19th in U-12!

Josie, Joe and Samantha

Congratulations Josie (19th in U-12)

and Samantha (10th in U-12)!

Congratulations Tess: 12th in U-12!

Orla and Holly

Holly and Nora

Congratulations Holly: 12th in U-11!

UPDATE #6 (early Saturday morning)
More photos added from Friday night - thank you Nora.

UPDATE #5 (7:05PM)
Thank you to Nora for sending all of the above photos!

UPDATE #4 (6:25PM)
Thanks to Nora for updating with these results, and congratulations to the following dancers! Photos coming shortly.

Zoe: 7th in U-8

Jessica: 7th in U-9

Reese: 9th in U-10

Holly: 12th in U-11

Samantha: 10th in U-12

Tess: 12th in U-12

Josie: 19th in U-12

Eloise: 19th in U-13

Nora is pleased to confirm that ALL of the above recalled dancers have qualified for the 2017 North American Championships!

UPDATE #3 (3:40PM)
Thank you to Nora for sending the above photo.

UPDATE #2 (3:00PM)
The list of recallers below has now been corrected.

UPDATE #1 (2:00PM)
Thank you to Nora who has advised that the following eight NPIDA dancers have recalled at the Oireachtas today! Congratulations to
U-8: Zoe
U-9: Jessica
U-10: Reese T
U-11: Holly
U-12: Tess, Samantha and Josie
U-13: Eloise

Each of the above dancers will be doing their solo Set Dance and will be "placed" at the awards ceremony later tonight. Results will be posted when available! Congratulations to our seven other dancers today as well: Claire, Poppy, Justine, Lucy, Naomi, Willow and Malia (see below) who represented NPIDA beautifully but unfortunately did not recall. We are proud of you!


Good morning and good luck to all of the 2016 Western Canadian Oireachtas competitors! All dancers up to and including age U-13 are competing today. Here are the NPIDA dancers on stage today in Calgary:

U-13: Eloise C
U-12: Claire A, Tess M, Poppy T, Josie S, Samantha S
U-11: Justine F, Lucy F, Holly R
U-10: Naomi N, Reese T
U-9: Jessica J, Willow T
U-8: Zoe C, Malia K

Stay tuned here for updates throughout the day as I receive them.