Good Luck at the Stewart Feis!

Good luck to the 81 (!) NPIDA dancers competing at the Stewart Feis this weekend!

Claudia and Sue's Portland Feis Photos

Morgan, Catalina, Jadyn, Sarah and Pixie (back) in Portland

Morgan and Catalina

Pointing toes at the hotel pool

Catalina, Gemma, Cara and Anna with their 1st-place trophies (Catalina and Gemma won 1st place in their respective Treble Reels, and Cara and Anna won 1st place in their respective Prelim Championships)

Catalina: 4th in Open U-15

Catalina and Jadyn

Morgan, Catalina, Jadyn and Shannon

Sarah, Jadyn and Morgan - our U-10 Prelim dancers

At Starbucks with Courtney

Courtney, Anna, Shannon, Jadyn and Morgan

Dinner at The Olive Garden 

Courtney bought a giant package of licorice...

Thank you to Claudia (photos #1-6) and Sue (photos #7-12) for submitting these photos from the Portland Feis (June 4-5).

Please scroll down to the post directly below for important information about ordering your DVD of the year-end show.

Final Week to Order Your Year-End Show DVD

Cheryl G has asked me to let you know that this is the final week to order your DVD (set of 2) from the May 21 NPIDA year-end show. Please hand in your order form and payment before classes end this week. You can give it to Paula in North Van or Christine in Richmond. Cheryl will also be attending the Stewart Feis both days this weekend, so you can give your order form and payment to her there in person.

Paula sent out an order form via e-mail on May 24. Cost for the 2-disc DVD set is $20, which includes the entire performance as well as the slide show. Cheques are payable to Cheryl, who donates all proceeds (above her cost for the discs) directly to EBIDS.

Irish Dance and Bluegrass

Jayne, Camryn, Emma and Mackenzie with bluegrass band Highrise Lonesome

Yesterday in North Vancouver at the "Blueridge Good Neighbour" community event, a few of our dancers happened to be there with their families and came across a performance by the bluegrass band Highrise Lonesome, which includes Vic S, NPIDA parent/Eire Born volunteer. The girls did an impromptu brief dance to one of the instrumental tunes, which was enjoyed by the audience as well as the band members; left to right; Jay B, Vic S, Stu M, Sue M, and Don F (directly behind Mackenzie).

Stewart Feis Schedule and Archive Photos

Maya B, Emma B, Courtney R, Rhiannon M and Laurel S - June 2007

Hanna S and Courtney R - June 2007

Kimberly G and Courtney R - June 2007

The Beautiful BC (Stewart) Feis schedule has been posted on feisworx today; click here: http://www.feisworx.com/feisinfo.php

NOTE:
At the bottom of both pages of the schedule there are notes regarding some competitions which have been combined. In Championships (Saturday), Prelim U-8 has been combined with Prelim U-10, and Prelim U-18 has been combined with Prelim 18+ (now Prelim 16+). There are several changes to non-Championship groups (Sunday); see the bottom of page 2 on the schedule for details. Good luck to all the NPIDA dancers competing next weekend !

Photos from the Archives: Stewart Feis 2007!
1. These NPIDA dancers were wearing old/traditional dresses for the "Heritage Traditional Set Trophy Dance"
2. Hanna: Prelim U-16; Courtney, Open 18+
3. Kimberly and Courtney before the Traditional Set Trophy Dance.

More Portland Feis Photos

Jadyn, Sarah and Morgan in Portland

Shannon - 1st in U-12 Open

Morgan - 3rd in U-10 Prelim

Morgan and Shannon

Morgan, Catalina and Shannon

Many thanks to Shannon and Courtney for forwarding these photos, taken by Courtney last weekend at the Portland Feis.

Road Trip to the Portland Feis

Self-portrait: Anna, Courtney, Shannon and Morgan

Anna, Shannon and Morgan

Sisters Shannon and Morgan

Burning off some energy during the long drive

Shannon

Courtney behind the wheel

These photos were taken last weekend by Anna (and Courtney with Anna's camera) during a road trip to the Portland Feis; Courtney drove Anna, Shannon and Morgan. Thanks for the photos girls; looks like fun!

More Ship to Shore Festival Photos

Jayne's beautiful hair steals the show...

Tomas and girls

Eire Born performed on the YVR Community Stage

Mckenna, Jayne and Aishlin in front

Eire Born in Steveston

Thank you to Nicole for submitting these photos from the Ship to Shore Festival in Steveston last weekend.

Coco and "Jig" (+ June 9 Update)

Coco Rocha on JIG from Coco Rocha on Vimeo.
Last year at the 2010 World Irish Dance Championships, a documentary was filmed called "Jig". It will be released in 5 North American cities on June 17, although sadly there are no current plans for the movie to be released in Vancouver.

Supermodel and former NPIDA dancer Coco R recently met with the director of Jig and today has released a short video where she describes a bit of her life as an Irish dancer at NPIDA years ago, where she was famously scouted at a feis. The official trailer for Jig follows the interview with Coco in the video above.

June 9 update: Happy 1st Anniversary to Coco and James!

Eire Born at the Steveston Ship to Shore Festival

Back row: Maria, Mikaela, Mackenzie. Middle row: Jayne, Tomas, Jessie, Camryn and Catharine. Front row: Josie, Leila J, Mckenna, Sabine and Aishlin

Eire Born at the Steveston Ship to Shore Festival

Leila J (holding little sister Mckenna), Josie and Sabine

Josie, Leila J (holding Mckenna) and Sabine (holding Tessa; twin sister to Mckenna)

Thank you to Marion for submitting these photos taken Sunday at the Steveston Ship to Shore (tall ships) Festival. If other parents have some photos taken at this event that you would like to share, please e-mail them to me at pickettlineblogAThotmail.com.

Portland Feis Photos

Julia and Megan

Megan: 1st place trophy (see results in the post below)

Megan with her 1st place roses

Megan

NPIDA Championship dancers with Courtney in Portland

Shannon and Olivia

Sarah, Morgan and Jadyn

Jadyn and Sarah (Courtney and Morgan in the background)

Anna - 1st in U-12 Prelim

Courtney and Shannon - 1st in U-12 Open

Jadyn and Sarah

Morgan, Catalina, Sarah, Shannon, Jadyn and Olivia

Thanks to Gillian S (photos #1-4) and Leanne A (photos #5-12) for submitting these photos from the Portland Feis. Congratulations to all the NPIDA dancers ! See the post directly below for results.

Later tonight I will post some Eire Born photos from the Richmond "Ship to Shore" (tall ships) festival.

Portland Feis Results

Congratulations to all our dancers who competed in the Portland Feis weekend ! Below are the NPIDA results from both days; non-Championship trophy results and Prelim and Open Championship and trophy results.

Beginner 1/Beginner 2 Hornpipe Trophy, all ages
Julia R: 7th

U-12 American Heart Assoc. Reel/Treble Jig Trophy
Megan S: 1st ! (27 competitors) Congratulations Megan!

U-10 Prelim Championships
Morgan G: 1st in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 3rd overall
Jadyn M: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe
Sarah A: 3rd in Hard Shoe

U-12 Prelim Championships
Anna M: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall! Congratulations Anna; you are half-way to Open!
Olivia A: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 2nd overall

U-12 Prelim Treble Reel
Olivia A: 2nd
Anna M: 3rd

U-13 Prelim Championships
Cara J: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall! Congratulations Cara; you are half-way to Open!
Gemma K: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 4th overall

U-14 Prelim Treble Reel
Gemma K: 1st - congratulations Gemma!

U-12 Open Championships
Shannon G: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st overall! Congratulations Shannon!

U-15 Open Championships
Catalina G: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 4th overall

U-16 Open Treble Reel
Catalina G: 1st - congratulations Catalina!

Good Luck in Portland!

Good luck to all the NPIDA dancers who are competing at the Portland Feis this weekend !