Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Marion's Feis Photos

Sabine, Julia, Megan and Morgan

U-10 Prelim Championships
Megan (2nd), Sabine (3rd), Sydney (4th) and Katelyn (5th)

Josie, Sydney, Sabine, Megan, Olivia and Emma

Josie and Sabine

Thank you to Marion for submitting these photos, taken last Saturday at the DeDanaan Feis.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

More DeDanaan Feis Photos

Left: Friends Cara B and Rose J at the DeDannan Feis
Right: Rose and Cara at their first feis 2 years ago

Megan S with her trophies
2nd in U-10 Prelim; 4th in U-11 Championship Hornpipe

Megan and mom Gillian

Catalina with her trophies
4th in U-16 Championship Hornpipe
3rd in U-16 Championship Treble Reel

Anna (99), Stephanie (85) and Hanna (91)
Friends across a wide age range!

Thank you to Lisa (photo collage #1), Gillian (photos #2-3), Claudia (photo #4) and Jennifer (photo #5) for submitting these photos taken at the DeDanaan Feis last weekend.

New Prelim Dancers

Sage and Leila

Cara

Alison

Leila, Cara and Sage
Congratulations again to our 4 new Prelim dancers; Cara B, Leila K, Sage L and Alison I! Thank you to Cheryl G for these photos.

Check back later today; I have a few more feis photos submitted by parents that I will be posting.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Parent Photos: DeDanaan Feis

Left: Shannon, Camryn and Mackenzie
Top right: Anna, Stephanie and Shannon
Bottom right: Morgan, Jessie and Thea

Open dancers Camryn, Shannon, Catalina,
Jessie, Mackenzie, Olivia and Anna

Shannon, Jayne, Jessie and Thea

Jessie and mom Rosalie with Jessie's trophies

Top left: Anna, Stephanie and Shannon
Bottom right: Morgan, Caitlin and Thea
Right: Morgan, Thea and Jessie

Jayne, Katelyn, Emma and Catharine

Josie and Katelyn

Left: Laurel and Catalina
Top right: Rhiannon and Camryn
Bottom right: Emma and Catharine

Sisters Olivia A and Sarah A

Left: Tomas and Laurel
Top right: Lauren, Olivia B and Halle
Bottom right: Halle and Gemma

Courtney, Camryn, Mackenzie, Laurel, Tomas and Sarah (front)

Top left: Anna, Olivia and Shannon
Bottom left: Emma, Laurel and Camryn
Right: Aishlin and Sabine

Catharine, Gemma, Jayne, Emma, Thea and Morgan

NPIDA huddle!

Left: Sarah and Courtney
Top right: Tomas, Laurel, Mackenzie, Catalina and Michael
Bottom right: Morgan, Jessie, Emma, Catharine, Courtney,
Jayne, Camryn, Mackenzie, Tomas, Laurel and Thea (kneeling)

Left: Sarah, Gemma, Courtney and Megan
Top right: Mackenzie and Tomas
Bottom right: Camryn and Laurel

Sage with her medals and trophies

Thank you to Connie (photos #1-5), Nicole (photos #6-7), Leanne and Sarah (photos #8-16) and Krista (photo #17) for submitting these photos taken at the DeDanaan Feis this weekend.

Nora has confirmed that we have 4 new Prelim dancers based on their results at the feis on Sunday! Congratulations to Cara B, Alison I, Leila K and Sage L.  (I will post photos as soon as I have some!)

Sunday, December 2, 2012

DeDanaan Feis Results: Sunday


Congratulations to all of our Pre-Beginner to Prizewinner dancers who competed at the DeDanaan Feis today in Richmond! Here are their trophy dance results.

PRE-BEGINNER REEL TROPHY
U-7
Kairavee M: 1st!
Bryn C: 4th
Zoe C: 5th
Lilli T: 5th

U-9
Eloise C: 1st!
Heather R: 2nd
Jemma F: 3rd
Lauren F: 3rd

11+
Sophie O: 1st!
Katrina M: 2nd

BEGINNER REEL TROPHY
U-7
Holly R: 1st!
Angela R: 2nd
Avery F: 4th
Olivia C: 4th

U-8
Taylor S: 2nd
Veronica C: 3rd
Samantha S: 3rd
Adam S: 4th

U-9
Emily M: 2nd
Sophie M: 3rd

U-10
Makyla S: 2nd

U-12
Katrina M: 3rd
Sophie O: 3rd

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE JIG TROPHY
U-8
Sage L: 1st!
Leila K: 2nd
Claire A: 4th

U-9
Cara B: 1st!

U-10
Cassidy C: 3rd

U-13
Alison I: 2nd
Tegan P: 5th

U-15
Mhairi M: 2nd

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE REEL TROPHY
U-10
Cara B: 2nd
Gemma C: 3rd
Leila K: 3rd

VOCAL COMPETITION
11 & Under
Pixie K: 1st!

We have several new Prelim dancers; awaiting confirmation of names from Nora!

Congratulations to all the NPIDA dancers for a successful feis! Many thanks to Nora, Courtney and all the assistant teachers this weekend.

DeDanaan Feis Photos: Saturday

Camryn, Thea, Laurel, Emma, Mackenzie, Jayne and Catalina

Lauren and Hanna

Left: Halle and Gemma; Middle: Emma and Mckenna;
Top right: Emma and Jayne; Bottom right: Mary, Anna and Olivia

Some of our Prelim and Open dancers on Saturday

Top left: Raven, Maria and Rachel
Bottom right: Sarah, Maria and Olivia
Middle: Rhiannon and Anna; Right: Jessie and Shannon

Back: Hanna, Stephanie and Anna
Front: Michael, Emma and Tomas

Waiting for awards

Photographers in action: Courtney and Sarah

Shannon, Jayne, Jessie and Thea

Kyla and Jadyn

Preliminary Championship dancers
Left: Lauren (4th in U-18)
Middle: Maria (1st in U-16) with Nora and Courtney.
Welcome to Open Championships Maria!
Right: Rachel (5th in 18+)

Open Championship dancers
Sarah (3rd in U-10); Tomas (4th in U-14);
Shannon (6th in U-14); Mackenzie (1st in U-16);
Laurel (7th in U-16)

NPIDA sweeps the U-12 Open Championships
Camryn (1st), Jessie (2nd), Thea (3rd) and Jayne (4th)

18+ Open Championship dancers
Michael (5th) and Stephanie (6th)

Slip Jig Trophy Winners
U-12: Jayne (5th); Jessie (5th); Thea (1st)
U-15: Olivia (6th); Anna (3rd) 

Hornpipe Trophy winners
U-11: Thea (1st), Sarah (2nd), Sabine (3rd) and Megan (4th)

Hornpipe Trophy winners
U-14: Camryn (2nd), Jayne (3rd) and Jessie (4th)
Catalina (4th in U-16); Mackenzie (1st in U-16)
Michael (5th in 16+)

Treble Reel winners
U-10: Sarah (3rd) and Sabine (4th)
U-12: Camryn (1st) and Jessie (2nd); Jayne (4th)
U-14: Olivia (3rd) and Shannon (4th)

Treble Reel winners
U-16: Catalina (3rd) and Laurel (4th); Mackenzie (2nd)
Michael 1st in 16+

Above are some of my photos taken on Saturday at the DeDanaan Feis. Cheryl took lots of photos during the awards which will be available on her website in the near future.

Good luck to all the Pre-Beginner to Prizewinner dancers competing at the feis today!

Saturday, December 1, 2012

DeDanaan Feis Results: Saturday

Today NPIDA had lots of Prelim and Open Championship dancers competing at the DeDanaan Feis at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Congratulations to all the dancers! Here are the NPIDA results:

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-10
Megan S: 1st in Soft Shoe, 5th in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Sabine A: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 3rd overall
Sydney B: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 5th in Hard Shoe, 4th overall
Katelyn D: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 5th overall

U-12
Olivia B: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 6th overall

U-14
Mary M: 2nd in Hard Shoe, 4th overall
Emma Hib: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 5th overall
Gemma K: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 5th in Set Dance, 6th overall
Raven G: 1st in Set Dance

U-16
Maria M: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 6th in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall! Congratulations and welcome to Open Championships!

U-18
Lauren N: 3rd in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 4th overall

18+
Rachel S: 3rd in Hard Shoe, 5th overall

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-10
Sarah A: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 3rd overall
Kyla F: 4th in Soft Shoe
Jadyn M-T: 4th in Soft Shoe

U-12
Camryn C: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Jessie H: 1st in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 2nd overall
Thea M: 2nd in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 3rd overall
Jayne D: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 4th overall

U-14
Tomas M: 4th in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 4th overall
Shannon G: 4th in Soft Shoe, 4th in Hard Shoe, 6th overall
Anna M: 5th in Set Dance, 8th overall

U-16
Mackenzie C: 1st in Soft Shoe, 4th in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Laurel S: 3rd in Set Dance, 7th overall

18+
Michael Y: 4th in Hard Shoe, 5th in Set Dance, 5th overall
Stephanie M: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 6th overall

TROPHY DANCES

SLIP JIG TROPHY (PRELIM AND OPEN)
U-12
Thea M: 1st!
Jayne D: 5th
Jessie H: 5th

U-15
Anna M: 3rd
Olivia A: 6th

HORNPIPE TROPHY (PRELIM AND OPEN)
U-11
Thea M: 1st!
Sarah A: 2nd
Sabine A: 3rd
Megan S: 4th

U-14
Camryn C: 2nd
Jayne D: 3rd
Jessie H: 4th

U-16
Mackenzie C: 1st!
Catalina G: 4th

16+
Michael Y: 5th


TREBLE REEL (PRELIM AND OPEN)
U-10
Sarah A: 3rd
Sabine A: 4th

U-12
Camryn C: 1st!
Jessie H: 2nd
Jayne D: 4th

U-14
Olivia A: 3rd
Shannon G: 4th

U-16
Mackenzie C: 2nd
Catalina G: 3rd
Laurel S: 4th

16+
Michael Y: 1st!

Photos to follow!

Friday, November 30, 2012

The Cookbooks have ARRIVED!


Leanne has advised this afternoon that the Eire Born Edibles cookbooks have arrived! If you already pre-ordered your cookbook(s), you can pick it up from Leanne or Kelly Erin (at her vendor booth) at the DeDanaan Feis.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Eire Born Edibles Cookbook!

The front cover of Eire Born Edibles

The Eire Born Edibles cookbook is now being printed and will ready for delivery in early December! (exact date to be confirmed). The cookbooks cost $20 each and can be pre-purchased from Carrie at the NPIDA studio or these parents: Leanne A and Andrea C (North Vancouver) and Carolyn A (Richmond). You can also place your order at Kelly-Erin's booth at the DeDanaan Feis this weekend.

All cheques payable to EBIDS please.

Eire Born Edibles will make a wonderful holiday gift for friends and family members! Make sure to order your copies soon!

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Another Action Photo from the Oireachtas


Thank you to Marion for submitting this scanned action photo of Sabine at the Oireachtas. Photo by OnSight Photo.