Final Photo Contest Submissions

Rhiannon {Photo by MEGAN}

St. Pat's hats and accessories {Photo by MEGAN}

Emma, Julia and Thea {Photo by MEGAN}

Ready for hard shoe dancing {Photo by MEGAN}

Thea {Photo by MEGAN}

Eire Born t-shirt logo {Photo by THEA}

Lacing up the hard shoes {Photo by THEA}

St. Patrick's beverage! {Photo by THEA}

Green things! {Photo by THEA}

St. Patrick's Day 2012 {Photo by THEA}

Here are the last of the St. Patrick's Photo Contest submissions, from Megan and Thea. Nice job - thank you for sharing these with us!

Thanks again to all 12 dancers who submitted photos from behind the scenes at their St. Patrick's shows!

More Photo Contest Submissions

Thea and hats {Photo by EMMA}

On their toes {Photo by EMMA}

Emma's self portrait {Photo by EMMA}

St. Pat's hats and accessories {Photo by EMMA}

Emma's little brother showing his St. Pat's spirit! {Photo by EMMA}

Sydney backstage {Photo by JESSIE}

Morgan backstage {Photo by JESSIE}

Jadyn with "Lambie" {Photo by JESSIE}

Sabine and Olivia B {Photo by JESSIE}

Macaela and Morgan (Photo by JESSIE}

Courtney helping Sage at Little Mountain Place {Photo by MCKENNA}

Aishlin cooling off! {Photo by MCKENNA}

Morgan backstage at O'Hare's {Photo by MCKENNA}

Sage backstage at O'Hare's {Photo by MCKENNA}

Krista taking pre-show notes {Photo by MCKENNA}

Above are the photo contest submissions from Emma Hib, Jessie, and Mckenna. Nice job girls! Tomorrow I will post the final contest submissions, from Megan and Thea.

St. Pat's Photo Contest Submissions

Close-up of Cara {Photo by ANNA}

Leila and Nora {Photo by JAYNE}

Mckenna and friend {Photo by KYLA}

Jessi, Kate and Kiera backstage at Oscar's {Photo by RACHEL}

Jadyn with "Lambie" at Tugboat Annie's {Photo by SYDNEY}

Shannon celebrating the end of the show at O'Hares {Photo by SYDNEY}

Jessie and Sydney at Tugboat Annie's {Photo by OLIVIA B}

Macaela tying Emma's shoes at Tugboat Annie's {Photo by OLIVIA B}

Jessie at Royal Arch {Photo by OLIVIA B}

Courtney applying Jessie's makeup at the Buck {Photo by OLIVIA B}

Earlier today we announced Shannon as the winner of the 2012 St. Patrick's Pickett Line Blog Photo Contest (see post immediately below). There were 11 other entrants; I will be posting all of their lovely contest entries over the next few days!

I made minor edits to most of the photos submitted (cropping, brightening etc). Above are the wonderful contest submissions from Anna, Jayne, Kyla, Rachel, Sydney and Olivia B. Thanks for sharing your photos with us! Still to come: photos from Emma Hib, Jessie, Mckenna, Megan and Thea!

The 2012 St. Pat's Photo Contest Winner Is...

Names of the 12 St. Pat's Photo Contest entrants...

All 12 names into the hat...

Reaching in to draw a random winner...

It's SHANNON!

Shannon wins a $25 iTunes gift card!

Congratulations to SHANNON for winning the 2nd Annual Pickett Line Blog St. Patrick's Photo Contest!

12 dancers submitted 40 photos in total to the contest this year:
Anna M, Emma Hib, Jayne D, Jessie H, Kyla F, Mckenna L, Megan S, Olivia B, Rachel S, Shannon G, Sydney B and Thea M. Thank you ladies, your entries were outstanding !

Shannon; congratulations on winning the random draw for a $25 iTunes card - we will get that to you at class next week! I will be posting all of the submitted photos over the next few days. Below are Shannon's 5 photo contest submissions, along with captions she provided:

"Our superstar shoes!"

"Our little hats that we put on our dancers!"

"Sisters helping each other get ready for a show (Mckenna and Sage)"

"Our crazy troupe! We had so much fun! Back row: Kyla, Leila, Mckenna, Aishlin and Emma. Front row: Sage, Avery and Josie"

"Our lucky bears guarding the show plan!"

St Pat's Photo Contest: Entries Due Tonight!

Thanks to the 10 dancers who have already submitted photos that they took during the St. Patrick's shows last weekend. The deadline is midnight tonight, so if you took some photos and have not yet submitted them, make sure you do so today!  Contest open only to NPIDA dancers. The winner will receive a $25 iTunes gift card.

Please e-mail your photos to: pickettlineblogAThotmail.com

The winner (by random draw) will be announced here on the blog on Sunday. All submitted photos will be featured on the blog over the next week.

Good luck! Click here to read all the photo contest guidelines:
http://dontcrossthepickettline.blogspot.ca/2012/03/2nd-annual-st-patricks-photo-contest.html

2nd Annual St. Patrick's Photo Contest!

2011 St. Pat's Photo Contest submissions from Hanna, Rachel, Anna, Catharine, Megan, Jessie, Jadyn and Lauren.

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 2nd 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 last year):

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 2012 Eire Born performance or at the 2012 CelticFest Parade (March 18).

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: a $25 iTunes gift card. (Your name will be entered once, whether you submit 1-5 photos).

6. All photo contest entries must be e-mailed to pickettlineblogAThotmail.com no later than midnight on Saturday March 24.

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 2012 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!