PMAE Forms Are Due Friday at 5:00PM

A reminder from Christina, EBIDS Chair:

The Time is NOW - It's our official NPIDA "I Love Pat" Day!

Just a reminder that your Pat McAndless Award for Excellence application forms are due Friday, March 1st by 5:00pm to Carrie in North Van and Christine in Richmond. Board Members will be picking up all the packages and recording their receipt at 5 pm.

Please submit your form with all your reference letters in one big envelope with your name on it and hand it in promptly before the deadline!

Thank you to everyone who is participating, and HUGE thanks to Nora and Courtney for their Championship Level Commitment on filling out many, many reference letters!

Thank You Van Eire Feis Volunteers!

Van Eire Feis Volunteers
Emma M, her friend Geena, Anna M and her friend Aeron
Photo submitted by Jennifer

Diana and Jennifer of the Van Eire Feis Committee send this message of thanks to all the NPIDA parents, dancers, family and friends who assisted at the Van Eire Feis this past weekend:

Thank you to all the NPIDA parents and dancers, friends and family, who stepped up to assist at the Van Eire Feis. We had parents and dancers help in the marks room, hand out medals, help dancers back stage, take a shift with concession, bake for concession and help with stage set-up. Everyone who volunteered was so friendly and happy, and worked so hard. NPIDA really has awesome people - thank you to all of you who helped us pull this feis off. We are so grateful!!!

Diana and Jennifer

Eire Born at Mahoney's: February 23

Laurel, Tomas, Catalina, Katelyn, Megan, Thea and Rhiannon

Emma, Camryn, Jayne and Rhiannon

Katelyn at her first Eire Born show!
Back row: Catalina, Mikaela and Tomas

Katelyn, Jayne and Sophie

Back: Mikaela and Laurel.
Front: Katelyn and Jayne

Katelyn, Megan, Thea, Rhiannon and Jayne

Back: Camryn, Rhiannon and Mackenzie
Front: Thea, Megan and Emma

Camryn, Rhiannon and Mackenzie

Eire Born at Mahoney's

Arms up!

Emma, Camryn, Jayne, Katelyn, Megan and Mackenzie

Many thanks to the dancers, sound team (Pat and Diana) and parents who went to Mahoney's on Saturday night - after being at the Van Eire Feis that day! Thank you to Nicole (photos #1-5 and #11) and Gillian (photos #6-10) for submitting these photos.

Van Eire Feis Photos: Saturday

Jayne and Catharine

Jayne, Camryn, Mackenzie, Laurel and Emma

Katelyn

Katelyn

U-10 Prelim Championships
Katelyn (2nd) and Leila (3rd)

Thea, Morgan, Jayne, Olivia and Sarah

Sabine: 1st in U-12 Prelim and halfway to Open!

NPIDA camera squad: Leanne, Sue, Gillian, Nicole and Josee

Dairy Queen treats for Aishlin, Sabine, Josie and Sydney

Catalina and Laurel

Catalina
5th in U-18 Open Championships and
5th in the 15+ Championship Treble Reel

Shannon, Catalina and Tomas

Catalina and Tomas

Thank you to Nicole (photos #1-6), Marion (photos #7-9), Claudia (photos #10-12) and Catalina (photo #13) for submitting these photos, all taken on Saturday at the Van Eire Feis.

Van Eire Feis Results: Sunday

Tegan and Alexis
1st in the U-16 2-Hand

Tegan and Alexis



Senior 8-H team
Back row: Cara, Laurel, Mackenzie and Hanna
Front row: Stephanie, Rhiannon, Camryn and Shannon



Senior 8-H team rehearsing

Novice/Prizewinner Reel Trophy
Urvee (2nd in U-12), Tegan (1st in 12+A) and Mhairi (1st in 12+B)

U-10 Novice/Prizewinner Treble Reel Trophy
Holly (1st), Claire (3rd) and Kyra (5th)

U-9 Novice/Prizewinner Treble Jig Trophy
Claire (4th), Samantha (2nd) and Kyra (3rd) 

Novice/Prizewinner Treble Jig Trophy
Holly (1st in U-10), Tegan (4th in U-14),
Alexis (5th in U-14) and Mhairi (1st in 15+)

Championship dancers Maria, Anna and Emma who came
back to the feis on Sunday to watch, volunteer and support!

Catalina and Holly

Avery: 1st in U-7 Beginner Reel Trophy

Congratulations to all NPIDA dancers who competed at the Van Eire Feis today! Thank you to Catalina for submitting photo #10 and Kim for submitting photo #11 above.

Below are two of the Figure Dance results as well as the Pre-Beginner to Prizewinner Trophy Dance results, and the Music results. Feixworx does not post Figure Dance results so please send me an e-mail if you have the NPIDA results for the Open U-11 2-Hand and 4-Hand!

Special congratulations to Mhairi M who advances to Preliminary Championships based on her feis results today!

OPEN U-11 2-HAND
Results pending... 

OPEN U-11 4-HAND
Results pending...

OPEN U-16 2-HAND
Alexis B and Tegan P: 1st!

OPEN 16+ 8-HAND
Camryn C, Mackenzie C, Stephanie M, Rhiannon M, Laurel S, Hanna S, *Cara J and *Shannon G: 2nd
*Many thanks to Cara and Shannon who subbed for Catalina and Emma today; the team greatly appreciates you!

PRE-BEGINNER REEL TROPHY
U-7
Reese T: 1st!
Alexandra L: 3rd
Leia A: 4th

U-9
Esther X: 1st!
Emily L: 3rd
Kennedy B: 5th
Lauren B: 6th
Erika B: 8th
Yuli A: 9th

U-11
Yuka H: 1st!
Ophir B: 2nd

11+
Aki H: 1st!
Mia J: 2nd

BEGINNER REEL TROPHY
U-6
Kairavee M: 1st!

U-7
Avery F: 1st!
Bryn C: 4th

U-8
Ciara W: 4th

U-9
Anya B: 2nd
Veronica C: 3rd
Lia W: 5th

U-10
Eloise C: 1st!
Sophie M: 2nd

U-11
Lola S: 4th

BEGINNER LIGHT JIG TROPHY
U-10(A)
Heather R: 1st!Lindsay A: 6th
Bryn C: 6th

U-10(B)
Lia W: 1st!
Samantha S: 2nd

U-10(C)
Eloise C: 1st!
Sophie M: 3rd

10+
Aidan C: 3rd

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER REEL TROPHY
U-10
Claire A: 5th
Holly B: 6th

U-12(A)
Urvee M: 2nd
Cameron R: 5th

12+(A)
Tegan P: 1st!

12+(B)
Mhairi M: 1st!

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE JIG TROPHY
U-9
Samantha S: 2nd
Kyra G: 3rd
Claire A: 4th

U-10
Holly B: 1st!

U-14
Tegan P: 4th
Alexis B: 5th

15+
Mhairi M: 1st!

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE REEL
U-10
Holly B: 1st!
Claire A: 3rd
Kyra G: 5th

U-12
Cameron R: 3rd

U-14
Katerina S: 4th
Tegan P: 5th

MUSIC COMPETITION:
VOCAL U-11
Pixie K: 1st!

FIDDLE Age 9-12
Megan H: 1st!

Van Eire Feis Results: Saturday

Back row: Shannon, Olivia A, Mackenzie, Camryn,
Laurel, Tomas, Catalina, Emma Hib, Emma B,
Thea, Sydney, Olivia B, Halle and Cara.
Front row: Caitlin, Emma B-T, Josie, Catharine, Jayne,
Jadyn, Megan, Sarah, Katelyn, Pixie, Kyla,
Leila, Aishlin, Sabine, Anna and Macaela

Some North Van NPIDA dancers with their physiotherapist Jason
Katelyn, Megan, Olivia, Jayne, Camryn, Thea,
Anna, Cara, Emma and Mackenzie

Sisters Sarah and Olivia

Olivia

Sarah and Olivia

Sarah and friends Camryn (left), Jadyn (middle) and Emma (right)

Having fun with "pretend reactions" before awards
Olivia, Emma, Sarah, Jayne and Camryn

More "pretend" reactions
Emma, Mackenzie, Laurel and Catalina

Congratulations Kyla
 3rd in U-10 Open, 1st in U-10 Treble Reel,
and 4th in U-12 Hornpipe Trophy

 

Today all the Preliminary and Open Championship competitions took place at the Van Eire Feis in Surrey. Thank you to Leanne (photos #1-8) and Kim (photo #9) for submitting these photos.

 

Congratulations to all the NPIDA dancers! Special congratulations to our 3 Prelim winners Sabine, Raven and Alexey! Here are the Prelim and Open results:

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-10
Katelyn D: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Leila K: 1st in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 3rd overall
Josie S: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe

U-12
Sabine A: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Megan S: 4th in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 4th overall
Sydney B: 2nd in Soft Shoe

U-14
Halle N: 3rd in Hard Shoe, 5th in Set Dance
Olivia B: 4th in Soft Shoe, 5th in Set Dance

U-16
Raven G: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Sophie C: 4th in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 5th in Set Dance, 2nd overall

18+
Alexey K: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-10
Emma B-T: 1st in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Kyla F: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 3rd overall

U-12
Caitlin B-T: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Sarah A: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 3rd overall
Jadyn M-T: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 4th in Set Dance

U-14
Macaela B-T: 1st in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Camryn C: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 4th overall
Shannon G: 4th in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 5th overall
Olivia A: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance
Anna M: 3rd in Set Dance
Tomas M: 4th in Hard Shoe

U-16:
Cara J: 3rd in Soft Shoe
Mikaela P: 5th in Set Dance

U-18
Mackenzie C: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 2nd overall
Catalina G: 1st in Soft Shoe, 5th in Hard Shoe, 5th overall

TROPHY DANCES
PRELIM/OPEN TREBLE REEL
U-10
Kyla F: 1st!
Josie S: 2nd
Emma B-T: 4th

U-12
Caitlin B-T: 1st!
Jadyn M-T: 3rd
Sarah A: 4th
Thea M: 5th

U-14
Tomas M: 2nd
Macaela B-T: 3rd
Camryn C: 4th
Anna M: 5th

U-16
Rhiannon M: 2nd
Raven G: 4th

16+
Catalina G: 5th

PRELIM/OPEN HORNPIPE TROPHY
U-12
Caitlin B-T: 1st!
Sarah A: 3rd
Kyla F: 4th
Thea M: 6th

U-15
Anna M: 1st!
Jayne D: 6th
Camryn C: 8th

15+
Mackenzie C: 2nd

Check back tomorrow night for the results of all Figure Dances, all Pre-Beginner to Prizewinner Trophy Dances, and the Music results!

Good Luck at the Van Eire Feis!

Malia and her hard shoes

A note from Nora:

If you're ever wondering how to know if your child is truly passionate about Irish dancing here is a sure sign... little girl found sleeping with hard shoes! I wish all 101 of our NPIDA dancers the best of luck at the Van Eire Feis this weekend!

May you all sleep with your dance shoes in your bed or at least have sweet dreams about your happy feet dancing all the right moves this weekend!! We're proud of all of you!

Dress for Sale (#2013-8) *PRICE REDUCED*

Information about this dress from the owner:

Beautiful teal velvet dress impeccably made by Christine Bland. Only worn 7 times; it is in like-new condition. Will fit a tall slender dancer from 5'9" to 6' tall. Dress can be altered for a shorter dancer, and the top skirt ruffle could also be removed to shorten the dress.

The dress is a lightweight teal stretch velvet with 3 soft satin skirt ruffles of white, light teal and dark teal. Elegant detailed embroidery and hundreds of rhinestones on the bodice, skirt and sleeves. The cape is soft white lace covered with more rhinestones.

This dress has been extremely well cared for and has no stains or odours. Dancer always wore an absorbent dry-wick t-shirt, and the dress has been stored flat in a smoke-free, pet-free home. Includes headband, bloomers and crystal number clip.

PRICE REDUCED TO $399.

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