Saturday Morning Photos

Some NPIDA 2013 Worlds solo and team dancers
at Global TV this morning.
From the back: Camryn, Tomas, Macaela, Sarah,
Laurel, Emma H, Anna, Caitlin,
Mackenzie, Catalina, Thea, Jadyn and Emma B
Photo by Nora

Senior Team
Ready to head downtown to the Dr. Peter Centre this morning.
Jessica, Natalie, Alex, Kali and Hanna
Photo by Moira

Here are a couple of photos of NPIDA dancers this morning. Check back for more troupe photos later in the day! Good luck to all the dancers today, and have fun!

Some Photos From Friday Shows *Updated

Team Fetch at Gilmore Gardens
Photo by Claudia

Team Fetch at Courtyard Gardens
Courtney joined the dancers at this show as a tribute
to her grandfather, a resident of Courtyard Gardens
Back: Catharine, Catalina, Tomas and Courtney
Front: Josie, Emily, Olivia, Kyra abnd Emma
Photo by Claudia

Team Fetch at the Marine Drive Golf Club
Tomas, Catalina, Catharine, Kyla and Avery
Photo by Kim

Seniors at the 10PM Buck & Ear show
Kali, Alex, Hanna and Jessica
Photo by Moira

 

Team Clovers at the 8:00PM Buck & Ear show
Back: Olivia, Sydney, Emma, Aishlin, Lola, Morgan and Courtney
Middle: Holly, Jadyn, Cassidy, Sophie and Jessie
Front: Hannah, Sage and Mckenna
Photo by Sue

All 6 Eire Born troupes were out performing in various shows yesterday. Above are a few photos  from Team Fetch, the Seniors, and Team Clovers.

* Nora and some of our 2013 Worlds dancers will be featured on Global TV at 7:40AM this morning.

* Due to the poor weather forecast, Nora has cancelled Eire Born's participation in the CelticFest parade this morning.

* Eire Born troupes will be dancing in nearly 30 shows today. Check back tonight and tomorrow for troupe photos!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

March Madness 2013 Has Begun! *Updated

Photo from Google Images



NPIDA dancers at the Pacific Centre Flash Mob on March 14
Left to right:
Cameron, Aidan, Olivia, Amalie, Jadyn, Catharine,
Catalina, Sarah, Mikaela, Laurel, Tomas, Rhiannon,
Cara, Anna, Gemma, Sophie, Pixie and Cara.
Photo by Cheryl

"Team Cairdeas" at St Jude's on March 14
Back: Olivia, Tegan, Alexis and Rhiannon
Front: Sarah, Megan and Amalie
Photo by Leanne

"The Crew" troupe at Banfield Pavillion on March 14
7th year in a row performing at Banfield!
Back: Laurel, Jayne and Emma
Front: Leila, Malia, Pixie and Katelyn
Photo by Nora

NPIDA kicked off St. Patrick's week yesterday with various shows and a flash mob performance at the Pacific Center Food Court. Over the next few days our 6 Eire Born troupes and many guest dancers will be very busy performing in a large variety of venues across the lower mainland!

NPIDA ON GLOBAL TV:
As part of Global TV's morning show on Sunday morning, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day), they will be featuring the NPIDA Worlds dancers (soloists and teams)! Tune in to Global TV at 7:40AM on Sunday morning to see our Worlds dancers as well as an interview with Nora.

DANCERS:
Don't forget to take some photos during your troupe shows this weekend to submit to the 3rd Annual Pickett Line Blog St. Patrick's Photo Contest! You could win a prize and have your photo included in the 2013 Spring Ceili Slide Show! Read all about it here:
http://dontcrossthepickettline.blogspot.ca/search/label/Photo%20Contest%202013%20-%20St%20%20Pat%27s

PARENTS:
We'd love to have a few good group photos of each troupe, so if you are accompanying your dancer(s) to any shows this weekend and have a decent camera, please take a few troupe photos to submit to the blog! All photos should be e-mailed to pickettlineblogAThotmail.com
When submitting troupe photos, please include names of the guest dancers as I don't know all of their names. Thank you!

TEAM CAPTAINS, SOUND CREWS, NORA AND COURTNEY:
Special thanks for all your extra efforts during St. Pat's!

A big thank you to all of the dancers and parents; we hope you have a fun weekend! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

New Red Dress Qualifiers, and Seattle Feis Costume Contest Winner!

Veronica
Red dress qualifier
Van Eire Feis 2013

Samantha
Red dress qualifier
Van Eire Feis 2013

Eloise
Red dress qualifier
Seattle Comerford Feis 2013

Zoe - 1st place in the Costume competition
Seattle Comerford Feis, March 2013

Thank you to Cheryl G (photos #1-2) and Bridget C (photos #3-4) for submitting these photos.

NPIDA would like to congratulate our 3 most recent red dress qualifiers: Veronica C and Samantha S, who both qualified based on their Van Eire Feis results, and Eloise C, who qualified based on her Seattle Comerford Feis results.

Congratulations also to Zoe C, who won first place in the Seattle Feis Costume competition last Saturday! Zoe was dressed as Merida from the movie Brave.

Bridget also submitted this note: "I want to thank all the teachers for their hard work and dedication in getting Eloise to this point. She is a recent addition to NPIDA and she is just thrilled with her recent accomplishment. Nora, Courtney and all the assistant teachers have been so great and we are so pleased to be a part of the NPIDA community".

Three More Seattle Feis Photos

Rhiannon M
1st in the U-15 Prelim Treble Reel

Zoe C
3rd in the U-7 Beginner Reel Trophy

Emily M
1st in the U-11 Beginner Reel Trophy

Many thanks to Maeve (photo #1) and Jennifer (photos #2-3) for submitting these photos taken at the Seattle Comerford Feis last weekend.

NPIDA Friends at Catalina`s School Play

Tomas, Morgan, Rhiannon, Jadyn, Emma,
Catalina, Hanna, Laurel, Shannon and Jessie

Last Thursday evening several NPIDA dancers attended Catalina`s school play, where Catalina had a starring role. Thank you to Sue for submitting this photo.

Seattle Feis Photos From Julie and Nicole

Kyla and Holly
Kyla is handing over her solo dress to Holly,
NPIDA's newest Prelim dancer!

Jayne on the podium
1st place in U-13 Open

Thea and Jayne
2nd and 3rd in the U-13 Open Treble Reel

Josie, Sabine and Katelyn
Bright and early on Sunday morning

Katelyn and Josie
2nd and 3rd in U-10 Prelim Championships

Thank you to Julie (photo #1) and Nicole (photos #2-5) for submitting these photos from the Seattle Comerford Feis this past weekend.

Special congratulations to Holly B who has advanced to Prelim Championships following her results at this feis!

Dance Flash Mob on March 13, and Black Tights

Two announcements pertaining to upcoming performances during St. Patrick's week:

1. Nora would like to invite any Novice to Open Championship-level NPIDA dancers who know the St. Patrick's Day Traditional Set dance to join in a surprise "Flash Mob" dance at Pacific Centre Food Court on Wednesday March 13 at 4:00pm. This event is to help kick off CelticFest festivities in downtown Vancouver.

Please wear street clothes; bring your runners and hard shoes. You do not have to be a member of Eire Born; if you are are a Novice-level dancer or higher you are invited to attend this fun event! Remember, it's THIS WEDNESDAY!

Photo by Shannon, March 2012

2. Kelly-Erin would like to advise that if you need black tights for upcoming St. Patrick's shows, you can purchase them in North Van or Richmond. In NVan at the NPIDA studio, you will find the tights on the shelf with the shoes and socks (please pay Carrie at the front desk). In Richmond, please see Sue M-T.

Sizes available are 8-11, 11-13, and Adult Medium and Adult Large. Cost is $8 per pair.

Please see the post directly below for lots of Seattle Feis photos submitted by parents!

Seattle Feis Photos: Saturday March 9

Top left: Megan.
Bottom left: Megan and Jayne.
Middle: Mikaela, Megan and Jayne.
Right: Rhiannon and Megan

1st place girls Kyla, Megan and Jayne;
Rhiannon coming in on the left

Kyla: 1st in U-10 Open
Megan: 1st in U-11 Prelim Special (welcome to Open!)
 and Jayne: 1st in U-13 Open

Rhiannon, Kyla, Megan, Thea and Jayne

Left: Megan, Thea and Jayne
Top right: Megan and Jayne
Bottom right: Proud parents Gillian and Mark with Megan

Sarah, Jadyn, Megan and Kyla

Back: Megan, Jayne, Thea and Rhiannon
Front: Sarah, Kyla and Jadyn

Jadyn, Kyla, Megan, Sarah, Jayne, Thea and Rhiannon

On the podium:
Left: Sarah (1st) and Jadyn (2nd) in U-11 Open
Middle: Jayne (1st) in U-13 Open
Right: Megan (1st) in U-11 Prelim Special

Back: Kyla, Laurel, Megan, Thea, and Jayne
Front: Emma, Holly, Jadyn and Sarah

Sarah with friends (middle) Jadyn and (right) Cameron

Anna and Thea

Mikaela: 2nd in U-16 Open
and Anna: 3rd in U-14 Open

Mikaela, Anna, Jayne, Catalina, Laurel and Thea

Laurel, Mikaela and Catalina

Laurel and Catalina

Mikaela on the podium
2nd in U-16 Open

Mikaela

Rhiannon, Mikaela and Catalina

Mikaela

Mikaela, Laurel, Thea and Jayne

Many thanks to Gillian (photos #1-6), Leanne (photos #7-11), Jennifer (photos #12-14), Claudia (photos #15-16) and Diana (photos #17-21) for submitting these photos taken at the Comerford Seattle Feis this past weekend.

Seattle Feis Results: Sunday

Congratulations to all NPIDA dancers who competed at the Seattle Comerford Feis today! Today all Preliminary Championships took place, as well as all age 13+ non-Championship competitions (Pre-Beginner to Prizewinner).

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

U-11
Sabine A: 1st in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 3rd overall

U-14
Mary M: 3rd in Soft Shoe, 6th overall

U-15
Sophie C: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 3rd overall
Rhiannon M: 4th in Soft Shoe

PRELIM TREBLE REEL
U-11
Katelyn D: 2nd
Sabine A: 4th

U-15
Rhiannon M: 1st!

NON-CHAMPIONSHIP ST. PATRICK'S DAY TROPHY
Tegan P: 2nd

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE REEL
U-15
Alexis B: 5th

Seattle Feis Results: Saturday *Updated

Congratulations to the following NPIDA dancers who competed at the Seattle Comerford Feis today! Special congratulations to Holly B who advanced to Prelim Championships based on her results today, and Megan S who advanced to Open Championships today!

Saturday competitions included all non-Championships (Pre-Beginner to Prizewinner) up to age U-13, all ages of Open Championships, and a Prelim Championship Special. Tomorrow, competitions will include all regular Prelim Championships and all non-Championships age 13+.

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP "STYLE SPECIAL"
U-11
Megan S: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st overall!
Congratulations and welcome to Open Championships!

U-15
Sophie C: 4th in Soft Shoe

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-10
Kyla F: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!

U-11
Sarah A: 1st in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!
Jadyn M-T: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 3rd in Hard Shoe, 3rd in Set Dance, 2nd overall

U-12
Thea M: 4th in Set Dance

U-13
Jayne D: 2nd in Soft Shoe, 1st in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 1st overall!

U-14
Anna M: 1st in Hard Shoe, 2nd in Set Dance, 3rd overall

U-16
Mikaela P: 1st in Hard Shoe, 4th in Set Dance, 2nd overall

U-17
Catalina G: 3rd in Soft Shoe

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TREBLE REEL
U-11
Sarah A: 1st!
Kyla F: 3rd

U-13
Thea M: 2nd
Jayne D: 3rd

BEGINNER/ADVANCED BEGINNER REEL TROPHY
U-7
Zoe C: 3rd

U-11
Emily M: 1st!

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER REEL TROPHY
U-11
Holly B: 1st!
Cassidy C: 6th

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE JIG TROPHY
U-11
Holly B: 3rd
Cassidy C: 6th
Emma S: 6th

NON-CHAMPIONSHIP ST. PATRICK'S DAY TROPHY
U-10
Holly B: 1st!

3rd Annual St. Pat's Photo Contest!

2012 St Pat's Photo Contest submissions
by Emma H, Olivia B, Thea, Sydney and Shannon

Hey Eire Born dancers and guest dancers performing in the upcoming St. Patrick's shows: make sure to bring your camera along and take a few photos to submit for the 3rd Annual Pickett Line Blog St. Patrick's Photo Contest! (Open only to NPIDA dancers; no photos from parents, family members or friends please).

Here are the contest rules (exactly like the last 2 years):

1. All photos must have been taken by NPIDA dancers only. No exceptions! Assistant Teachers may submit photos (they're dancers too!)

2. Maximum of 5 photo submissions per dancer. Take lots of photos and then submit your best shots!

3. Photos must be taken at a March 2013 Eire Born performance or at the 2013 CelticFest Parade (March 17).

4. Identifiable people in your photos MUST only be NPIDA dancers/parents/siblings/family members. (This is an ongoing policy of this blog, for privacy reasons).

5. Photo submissions will not be "judged". Every dancer who submits a photo will have their name entered in the draw for a prize: your choice of a $25 iTunes gift card or a $25 Chapters gift card! (Your name will be entered into the prize draw once, whether you submit 1-5 photos). A big thank you to EBIDS for sponsoring the 2013 St Pat's Photo Contest prize!

6. All photo contest entries must be e-mailed to pickettlineblogAThotmail.com no later than midnight on Saturday March 23.

Notes:
- Don't have your own camera ? If your parents have one, ask if you can borrow it to take some photos for the contest.

- If you are an NPIDA dancer but are not an Eire Born dancer or guest dancer, or not participating in the CelticFest Parade, you can still enter the photo contest: attend an Eire Born show or the parade as a spectator and take some photos following the guidelines above.

- Please; no blurry or really low-resolution photos (for example from older-model cell phones). High resolution photos are best. All entries that meet the above criteria will be posted on the blog. The winning photo, (if reasonably high resolution), will be included in the 2013 Ceili Slide Show!

- Parents: Please encourage your dancers of all ages to take some photos and submit them to the contest!

- Get creative! Instead of posed group shots, try something different. How about friends helping each other with hair backstage? A peek inside your dance bag? An interesting shot of the venue? A row of dresses hanging backstage? Dancers applying shamrock stickers to their cheeks at the parade? Hard shoes lined up side stage? You and your troupe-mates in the car en route to a performance ?

Have some fun, use your imagination and submit your best shots!

More 2012 St Pat's Photo Contest submissions
by Mckenna, Megan, Jayne, Jessie and Anna