More Saturday Photos - Portland (Updated)

Cara, Gemma, Anna and Julia with their various trophies and medals! All 4 dresses in this photo by Hannah P of Flying Colours Dancewear.

Cara, Gemma, Anna and Olivia

Congratulations Gemma: 3rd in Prelim, 4th in Treble Reel!

Anna: 1st place in U-12 Prelim and 1st place in all 3 solo dances!

Gemma, Anna, Shannon, Cara and Olivia - celebrating Anna's win

Prelim winners Anna and Jadyn: Welcome to Open Championships!

Congratulations Emma: 4th in Prelim and 4th in Treble Reel!

Laurel, Emma, Mackenzie and Catalina

Catalina and Shannon

Open Champions: Caitlin, Catalina, Mackenzie, Jessie and Macaela

Catalina and Shannon

Many thanks to Jennifer (photos #1-6), Aileen (photo #7), Claudia and Catalina (photos #8-11) for submitting these photos taken yesterday at the Portland Feis!

Please see the post directly below for today's NPIDA feis results (Beginner to Prizewinner; Sunday).

A few reminders regarding photo submissions:
Please submit your feis photos to me at pickettlineblogAThotmail.com

I generally do not post any photos here that contain images of non-NPIDA dancers, for privacy purposes. Therefore this excludes most "podium photos" taken during award ceremonies, unless I can reasonably crop the photo and still retain a clear image (high-resolution photos only).

Please include the names of all dancers in your submitted photos; I know most of them (especially Prelim and Open), but not all. Thank you for your submissions!

Portland Feis Results: Sunday

Sage: 1st place in the 10 and Under Beginner Reel Trophy

McKenna and Sage: 1st place in the Harry Potter Costume Special

Today all the non-Championship dancers competed at the Portland Feis (Pre-Beginner to Prizewinner). Here are the trophy results for our NPIDA dancers:

10 and Under Beginner Reel Trophy
Sage L: 1st!

10 and Under Beginner/Adv.Beginner Boys Light Jig Trophy
Shaun K: 3rd

10 and Under Novice Reel Trophy
Emma B-T: 1st!

10 and Under Prizewinner Reel Trophy
Julia R: 3rd
Sydney B: 4th
Sabine A: 7th

Harry Potter Costume Special (all ages)
Mckenna and Sage L: 1st!
Olivia B: 4th

Lady Gaga Costume Special (all ages)
Sydney B: 4th

Thank you to Krista L for submitting the 2 photos above! I have also received a few more photos from the Saturday competitions and will be adding those shortly. See below for some Saturday photos posted earlier today. And thanks for all the blog views: a whopping 462 500 550 blog views in the past 24 hours!

Portland Feis: Photos from Saturday

Mckenna with her Prelim Championship and Treble Reel trophies

Macaela, Jessie, Mckenna, Jadyn, Megan and Kyla with their assorted trophies

Jessie with her Treble Reel trophy - and new dress

Camryn, Macaela, Caitlin and Jessie

NPIDA sweeps the U-10 Open Treble Reel! Left to right: Camryn (4th), Jessie (3rd), Caitlin (2nd), and Macaela (1st)

Thanks to Krista (photo #1) and Scott and Rosalie (photos #2-5) for submitting these great photos taken yesterday at the Portland Feis!

Portland Feis Results: Saturday (Updated)

Back row: Macaela, Jessie, Cara, Anna, Gemma, Julia and Jayne. Front row: Caitlin, Mckenna, Jadyn, Megan, Kyla and Sarah. Photo by Courtney - thank you!

Congratulations to the NPIDA Preliminary and Open Championship dancers who competed in Portland today ! Here are the results:

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-9
Jadyn M: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 1st overall! Congratulations and welcome to Open Championships!
Mckenna L: 4th in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 4th overall
Kyla F: 1st in Soft Shoe, 4th in Hard Shoe
Sarah A: 2nd in Soft Shoe
Megan S: 3rd in Set Dance

U-11
Julia M: 1st in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 3rd overall
Morgan G: 4th in Soft Shoe, 5th in Hard Shoe
Jayne D: 3rd in Set Dance

U-12
Anna M: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall! Congratulations and welcome to Open Championships!

U-13
Gemma K: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 3rd overall

U-14
Mikaela P: 2nd in Soft Shoe

U-15
Emma B: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 4th in Hard Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 4th overall
Laurel S: 3rd in Soft Shoe

U-18
Jessi B: 1st in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-11
Macaela B: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Caitlin B: 1st in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Jessie H: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance

U-12
Shannon G: 4th in Soft Shoe, 4th in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance
Olivia A: 4th in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance

U-13
Cara J: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance

U-15
Mackenzie C: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Catalina G: 5th in Soft Shoe, 4th in Hard Shoe

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY DANCES
U-10 Prelim Treble Reel
Julia M: 2nd
Megan S: 3rd
Mckenna L: 7th
Jadyn M: 7th

U-14 Prelim Treble Reel
Anna M: 2nd
Gemma: 4th

14+ Prelim Treble Reel
Emma B: 4th

U-10 Open Treble Reel (clean sweep by NPIDA!)
Macaela B: 1st
Caitlin B: 2nd
Jessie H: 3rd
Camryn C: 4th

U-15 Open Treble Reel
Mackenzie C: 1st
Catalina G: 2nd

Congratulations girls for these excellent results! Good luck to all of our Beginner to Prizewinner dancers tomorrow!

Portland Feis: Saturday Results

So far, here's what I know from Portland:

Anna M and Jadyn M both placed 1st in their Preliminary Championship competitions! This is the second 1st in Prelim for both Anna and Jadyn, so they both now advance to Open Championships! Congratulations girls!

More detailed results will be posted as soon as they come available.

Good Luck in Portland!

NPIDA has 37 dancers heading to Portland Oregon to compete at the Portland Feis this weekend. Many of our Championship dancers are attending this feis as a warm-up prior to the upcoming Western Canadian Oireachtas in November.

Good luck to all the dancers! I will post results as soon as they become available. All Preliminary and Open Championships will take place on Saturday, and all non-Championship competitions will be held on Sunday. Parents, please submit your Portland Feis photos after you return home!

Irish Dance Documentary

An interesting 2-part documentary called Strictly Irish Dance aired recently in Ireland. The episodes have now been posted as "unlisted videos" on YouTube. (As per information on YouTube, "unlisted" means that only people who know the link to the video can view it; an unlisted video will not appear in a YouTube search).

Part 1 has been broken down into 4 separate videos on YouTube, and Part 2 airs in 3 separate videos, for a total of 7 YouTube videos. They range from 5:45 minutes to 14:59 minutes in length.

Above is Part 1 from the first episode; please click directly on the video to view (double-click to view in a larger screen). Below I have posted links to all 6 of the remaining videos, in order. You will need to copy-and-paste the links below into your browser.

The documentary focuses on the passion and dedication needed to excel in Irish dance at the world championship level, and primarily focuses on the training and preparation of a few specific top dancers for the 2011 World Championships in Dublin. Also includes interview clips with Michael Flatley, dressmaker/ADCRG Gavin Doherty, and several others.

SHOW #1
Part 2 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYTiYRnjXWE&sns=fb
Part 3 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg0qj4XB_6k&sns=fb
Part 4 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW55L4QmceE&sns=fb

SHOW #2
Part 1 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxS6nLPcKJQ&sns=fb
Part 2 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaKdJKaeHbQ&sns=fb
Part 3 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCC3XCKOyIQ&sns=fb

Movie Night at NPIDA on October 15!

Exclusive Screening of Jig, the film.

(very entertaining documentary about 2 young dancers on their road to win the World Championships of Irish dance)

Friends & Families of NPIDA and The Eire Born Irish Dance Society are invited to a movie night (fundraiser) at
our North Vancouver NPIDA dance studio

to help support our 37 NPIDA dancers who will compete in
The Western Canadian World & North American Qualifying Championships (Oireachtas) in November 2011

Saturday, October 15^th at 7:00pm

Kids $7.00 Adults $10.00
Drink & popcorn included!
More details to come...

More September 4 Dock Photos

Top left: Mckenna, Jadyn, Caitlin and Sarah. Bottom left: Gemma, Sabine and Pixie. Center: Jadyn and Caitlin. Right: Mckenna, Jadyn and Sage

Rachel, Mikaela, Cara, Shannon, Gemma, Anna, Jadyn, Macaela, Jessie, Olivia, Camryn, Emma, Mackenzie and Catalina

Kyla, Pixie, Leila, Emma, Mckenna, Sarah, Caitlin, Sabine, Morgan and Lauren

Top left: Mckenna, Sarah, Sabine and Morgan. Bottom left: Jadyn. Right: Gemma, Anna, Cara, Lauren and Rachel

Top left: Emma. Bottom left: Sage and Tyler. Middle: Sage. Top right: Sarah and Jadyn with Jadyn's dog Cody. Bottom right: Courtney and Jadyn

Left: Jessie, Anna, Olivia, Mackenzie and Lauren; Jadyn, Gemma, Emma, Cara, and Rachel. Top right: Jadyn, Mckenna, Sarah and Morgan. Bottom right: Olivia, Macaela and Jadyn.

Anna, Jadyn, Tyler and Courtney

Cara, Jennifer, Anna and Rachel

Sarah, Connie and Mackenzie

Many thanks to Sue for submitting all these photos from the final Steveston dock shows on September 4 (and thanks for providing all the names, Sue!)

Sue's Photos: Eire Born at the PNE

Front: Jadyn and Mckenna. Middle: Catalina, Anna, Emma, Mackenzie, Morgan, Jessie and Shannon. Back: Taigen, Tomas, Emma, Catharine, Camryn, Esme, Jayne, Cara, Gemma, Lauren and Olivia

Front: Mckenna and Catharine. Back: Jayne, Anna, Emma, Gemma and Taigen

Camryn and Cara

Jayne and Gemma

Catalina and Mackenzie

Front: Jadyn, Jessie and Morgan. Back: Olivia and Shannon

Olivia and Shannon

Front: Emma, Lauren and Taigen. Back: Catharine

Yee haw! Front: Jadyn, Jessie, Anna, Olivia, Jessie and Morgan. Back: Shannon, Camryn, Esme, Lauren, Mackenzie and Cara

Mckenna, Jadyn, Shannon and Lauren

Katelyn, Mackenzie, Emma and Catalina

Jayne, Catharine, Camryn and Tomas

Back: Shannon, Morgan and Jessie. Front: Jadyn and Mckenna

Shamrock tattoos for Mckenna, Shannon and Jadyn

Thank you to Sue for submitting these photos of Eire Born at the PNE last month!

Backstage at Mahony's

Clockwise from left: Olivia, Emma, Mackenzie and Anna

Shoe taping!

Olivia and Anna

Thank you to Jennifer for submitting these photos, taken backstage at the Mahony's show on Saturday night.

Eire Born at Mahony's - September 17

Back: Camryn, Catalina, Mackenzie and Emma. Front: Olivia, Jadyn and Anna

Camryn and Catalina

Olivia

Anna and Jadyn

Jadyn, Olivia, Emma, Catalina, Mackenzie and Camryn

Catalina, Jadyn, Mackenzie, Camryn, Olivia and Anna

Thanks to Leanne for submitting these photos taken last night at Mahony's! Coming tomorrow: Sue's photos from the PNE show last month.

Eire Born at the Executive Airport Hotel

Back: Lauren and Catalina. Middle: Anna, Gemma, Jessie, Tomas, Shannon and Cara. Front: Kyla, Jadyn, Mckenna, Emma, Catharine and Morgan.

Jadyn, Morgan, Catharine and Lauren

Anna, Jessie, Shannon, Lauren, Cara, Gemma, Morgan, Catharine and Jadyn

Thank you to Sue for submitting these photos, taken last Sunday September 11 at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel in Richmond.