Scenes from the CelticFest Parade

Girls with balloons! Top row: Malia, Leila, Olivia and Angela. Bottom row: Pixie, Megan and Julia, Thea and Megan, Mckenna and Jadyn

The decorated Eire Born van at the parade - Vic driving

Parade parents! Top left: Kelly-Erin, Maeve, Jennifer, Carolyn and Cal. Bottom left: Nora with Malia and Leila. Middle: Marcel with Malia. Top right: Mark and Jay. Bottom right: Cal

Parade Friends and Leprechauns! Top left: Leila getting her face painted. Bottom left: Sisters Mckenna and Sage. Middle: Jadyn, Catharine and Mckenna. Top right: Thea, Rhiannon, Taigen, Emma; Julia and Megan in front. Bottom right: Leila

Many thanks to Gillian who submitted several dozen photos from the parade! A few more action shots to follow; above are 4 collages of some of her best shots. Thank you Gillian!

Below are 2 parade photos submitted by Josee, 4 from Kelly-Erin, and a newspaper photo submitted by Krista.

Sabine, Sydney, Olivia and Megan before the parade

Eire Born dancers just after the parade, in front of a poster featuring Coco R (supermodel and former NPIDA dancer). Left to right: Mary, Olivia, McKenna, Megan, Sydney, Sabine, Catharine, Gemma, Anna, and Maria; Sage and Jadyn in front. 

Strike a pose! Taigen, Mary, Olivia, Gemma, Anna and Emma

Pixie is ready for the parade!

Balloon fight! Gemma, Anna and Mary

Eire Born in action during the parade

Newspaper photo of Eire Born guest dancers/leprechauns in "24 Hours" newspaper. Left to right: Anya, Sage, Nadia and Mckenna. (Original photo by C Marinelli, 24H staff)

Eire Born in the CelticFest Parade: YouTube

Thank you to Marion for finding this link to a YouTube video of the CelticFest Parade yesterday afternoon in downtown Vancouver. You can watch Eire Born in action from 5:16 to 6:44. Big thanks to all of the dancers, parents, Nora, sound team and Vic and Pat in the Eire Born van!

Double click directly on the video to view it in a larger format.

The Parade: A Note from Nora

Leila and Malia after the CelticFest Parade

Nora submitted this photo and the following note after the CelticFest Parade in downtown Vancouver this morning:

"What a way to finish off 66 awesome St Patrick's Day shows with our dancers... a cool St Patrick's Day parade! We had 20 Eire Born dancers and 10 guest dancers that ranged in age from 4 to 16 (plus me of course) AND a record number of at least 20 dressed up parents! Our super Sound Dudes Pat and Vic blew us all away again with their awesome music from our Eire Born sound van!

Our dancers amazed thousands of bystanders as they enjoyed the parade that stretched from Granville and Drake to Georgia and Granville. There was loads of energy, smiles and enthusiasm from everyone in our NPIDA family as we danced down the street! We had some really precious moments along the way as our young Leprechaun dancers passed out candies from their hats and pots of gold. Way to go team!!! 

Thanks a million everyone for all your support, passion and positive energy that you all shared over the past 2 weeks with shows and the parade in our world of Irish dance! Happy St Patrick's Day and I hope you enjoy your 2nd week of spring break."