Sue's Lonsdale Photos: August 13

Jayne, Julia, Olivia and Maria

Camryn and Cara

Megan, Sarah and Julia

Angela and Katelyn

Gemma and Jayne

Cara, Maria and Rhiannon

Jadyn and Jayne

Jadyn, Jayne, Olivia, Julia, Rhiannon, Camryn, Cara and Maria

Nora and Eire Born at Lonsdale Quay, August 14

Jadyn at the top of the tower, looking down to the dance floor

Thank you to Sue M for submitting these photos taken at Lonsdale Quay on Saturday August 13.

Reminder: Summer Jump Photo Contest

Dancers and parents: just a friendly reminder to get out there with your cameras and take a few photos to submit to our Summer Jump Contest! We are looking for photos of NPIDA dancers doing an Irish dance jump while on summer holidays - which can include your own neighbourhood/park/beach or even your back yard.

Here's a direct link to the August 2/11 post which outlines full details:
http://dontcrossthepickettline.blogspot.com/2011/08/submit-your-summer-jump-photos.html

Photos will not be judged but all submissions will be entered in a random drawing for a small prize. Deadline for your photos is the end of Labour Day weekend: Monday September 5. Show us your best form! Thanks to those who have already submitted their great photos!

Eire Born at Mahoney's

Back: Mackenzie, Camryn, Rachel and Catharine. Front: Jadyn and Jayne

Jayne, Laurel, Rachel, Mackenzie, Catharine and Jadyn

Cotton Eyed Joe

Thank you to Nicole for submitting these photos of Eire Born performing on Saturday night. The dancers were at the new Mahoney's, located at Burrard Landing near Canada Place in downtown Vancouver. Thanks to the dancers and sound team!

Steveston Dock Shows: August 14

The August 14 docks team in the dancers' tent

Jadyn, Caitlin and Sarah

Caitlin and Sarah

Jump!

Sisters Caitlin and Macaela

Emma and Josie; Sabine and Mckenna; Leila J

Morgan, Emma H, Tomas, Shannon and Maria

Catalina and Mackenzie

Sarah, Caitlin and Jadyn

Caitlin

Sabine, Emma, Josie and Leila

Morgan, Tomas, Shannon and Maria

A large crowd enjoyed Eire Born at the docks!

Sarah, Mckenna and Emma

Courtney, Sage, Leila, Holly, and Josie

Thank you to Leanne (photos #1-3) and Connie (photos #4-15 ) for submitting these photos taken at the Steveston docks yesterday. Thanks to all the dancers, Courtney, Pat and Vic, and all the parent volunteers who assisted once again with set-up and take down of the floor and tent!

Eire Born at Lonsdale Quay

Eire Born and Nora at Lonsdale Quay, August 13/11

Gemma and Jayne

Angela and Katelyn

Collage: Jadyn, Megan and Rhiannon

Sarah, Megan, Julia and Rhiannon

Cotton-Eyed Joe!

Cara, Olivia, Jayne, Jadyn, Camryn and Maria

Angela and Katelyn

Sarah and Julia

Collage: Megan and Jadyn cooling off after the show!

Thank you to Gillian for submitting these photos, taken yesterday during an Eire Born performance at Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver. Thank you to all the dancers, parents, Nora, and Kelly-Erin on sound!

NPIDA Summer Dance Camp: Richmond

Back row: Shannon, Laurel, Mackenzie, Catalina, Tomas (center), Hanna, Natalie, Alex, Michael and Jessica. Front row: Jadyn, Macaela, Jessie, Caitlin, Catharine, Megan, Mckenna and Kyla

Nora (back left) and Courtney (back, 2nd from right) join the group

Hooray for summer dance camp!

The birthday boy gets tossed around...

The annual NPIDA Summer Dance Camp took place at the ballroom in Richmond this past week (next week the camp will take place in North Van). Dancers from Pre-Beginner to Open Championship attended daily classes each day during the week. Thank you to Gillian S for these photos of the Championship dancers yesterday in Richmond. It was also Tomas's birthday so the dancers gave him "the bumps".

Sue's Dock Photos from August 7

Pat and Jadyn

Mikaela, Shannon, Taigen, Gemma, Aishlin, Jadyn, Catharine, Anna, Rhiannon, Maria and Catalina

Sage

Maria and Morgan

Aishlin, Tomas, Catalina, Maria and Jadyn

Josie, Leila, Kyla, Mckenna, Aishlin, Morgan, Catharine, Taigen, Rhiannon and Tomas

Catalina, Maria, Shannon, Gemma, Anna and Jadyn

Jadyn and Shannon

Catalina

Jade, Sage and Keira

Jadyn and Courtney

Jennifer and Jasper

Jadyn and Mckenna

Many thanks to Sue for submitting these photos taken at the Steveston docks last Sunday August 7. Eire Born will be back at the docks the next 3 Sundays in August for shows at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 and 4:00.

Video Clip from CeltFest Camp

Please see my July 27/11 post for more background about this video. Several NPIDA dancers attended the CeltFest Camp in Nanaimo last month, and they performed this skit/dance one evening. It is based on a number that was performed at the NPIDA Ceili several years ago by the senior Richmond girls. NPIDA dancers in this video: Katelyn, Mackenzie, Camryn, Emma and Jayne, along with Stephanie as the "feis stage monitor". Thank you for the funny entertainment girls, and thanks to Andrea for submitting this video!

Please click directly on the video to view (double-click to enlarge).