NAN's Photos: Jennifer, Laurel, Stephanie, Lauren and Paul

Nora and Courtney with our U-14 recallers
Congratulations to Anna (46th), Tomas (1st),
Olivia A (40th) and Shannon (24th)!

U-14A Girls on stage with their awards
Congratulations Anna and Shannon!

Cara and Anna

Mackenzie and Anna

U-14 Girls Anna, Shannon and Olivia

3 generations of lovely ladies: Pauline, Cara and Sheryl

Final competition preparations for Shannon, Olivia and Anna

Our 16+ Ceili team
Back: Gemma, Mikaela, Lauren and Catalina
Front: Stephanie, Laurel, Emma and Mackenzie

Emma, Mackenzie and Laurel

Stephanie with Nora and Courtney (photo taken by Laurel)
Congratulations Stephanie! 40th in Ladies 20+
Disney balloon given to Stephanie after recalling,
from Mackenzie, Camryn, Emma and Laurel

Congratulations to our U-13 Ceili team: 8th place!
Back: Halle, Thea, Olivia B and Camryn
Front: Megan, Morgan, Jadyn and Sydney

U-13 Ceili team after dancing

Halle with her 8th place Ceili medal

Mackenzie and Sarah dancing outside
while awaiting Mackenzie's results

Halle, Olivia B and Sydney out for lunch after dancing

Halle and Lauren at Paradise Pier in California Adventure Park
Top photo by Lauren; bottom photo by Halle

NPIDA takes over the Tower of Terror!
Back: Heather, Sydney, Halle and Olivia B
Middle: Lauren, Macaela, Caitlin and Christine
Front: Cory, Kenny, Cameron and Leo

Top: Sydney, Halle, Olivia B, Macaela and Caitlin
and the Tower of Terror bellhop (back)
Bottom left: Halle and dad Leo wearing 3-D glasses
Bottom right: Siblings Olivia, Sydney and Justin in Bugs World

Awaiting the Tower of Terror: Olivia, Halle,
Sydney, Caitlin, Emma and Lauren

Congratulations Tomas!
1st place in U-14 Boys

Tomas and proud teacher Nora

Thank you to Jennifer (photos #1-7), Laurel (photos #8-9), Stephanie (photo #10), Lauren (photos #11-19) and Paul (photos #20-21) for submitting these photos from the 2013 North American Championships!

Cooling Down in Anaheim

Thank you to Krista for submitting this photo, taken at Splash Mountain, Disneyland. From the top: Mckenna and Krista, Macaela, Jadyn, Sabine, Emma and Caitlin.

Anaheim Wrap-Up and A Few Photos !

Camryn and Mackenzie

Macaela on the podium

Jessie - Top 10

Jessie and Jayne on stage

NPIDA's U-13 dancers
Jessie, Camryn, Macaela, Jayne and Olivia B

Jessie and Jayne at the moment of recall announcements

Jessie on stage and with her crystal vase: 10th place

Nora and Courtney with Jayne, Macaela and Jessie

Jessie during a daytrip to Catalina Island
"Jessie dedicates this jump on Catalina Island to Catalina G"

Many thanks to Laurel (photos #1-4) and Scott (photos #5-9) for submitting these photos from Anaheim last night.

NPIDA had a fantastic 5 days at the 2013 North American Championships! Here's a summary of all of our recalls and results:

U-9 GIRLS: Emma 15th; Katelyn 27th
U-10 GIRLS: Kyla 30th
U-11A GIRLS: Sarah 12th; Megan 32nd; Sydney 32nd; Sabine 36th
U-11B GIRLS: Caitlin 8th (2014 World Qualifier)
U-13A GIRLS: Macaela 3rd (2014 World Qualifier); Camryn 23rd
U-13B GIRLS: Jessie 10th (2014 World Qualifier); Jayne 27th
U-14 BOYS: Tomas 1st (2014 World Qualifier)
U-14A GIRLS: Shannon 24th; Anna 46th
U-14B GIRLS: Olivia A 40th
U-17A GIRLS: Mackenzie 5th (2014 World Qualifier)
20+A LADIES: Stephanie 40th

U-11 GIRLS CEILI TEAM: Recalled
Sabine, Sarah, Katelyn, Kyla, Pixie, Leila, Jadyn and Megan

U-13 GIRLS CEILI TEAM: 8th
Sydney, Camryn, Morgan, Halle, Jadyn, Thea, Megan and Olivia B

To those dancers who competed and did not recall; we are equally proud of each and every one of you! We know you trained hard and danced beautifully; congratulations for representing NPIDA and Western Canada so well in Anaheim !

U-8 GIRLS: Sage
U-9 GIRLS: Leila
U-10 GIRLS: Pixie
U-11 GIRLS: Aishlin and Jadyn
U-12 GIRLS: Alannah, Morgan and Thea
U-13 GIRLS: Olivia B
U-15 GIRLS: Cara and Gemma
U-16 GIRLS: Maria and Mikaela
U-17 GIRLS: Emma, Catalina and Laurel
U-20 LADIES: Alex

U-16 GIRLS CEILI TEAM:
Catharine, Olivia A, Sydney, Shannon, Gemma, Anna, Thea and Mikaela

16+ LADIES CEILI TEAM:
Emma, Mackenzie, Catalina, Gemma, Stephanie, Lauren, Mikaela and Laurel

Day 5 in Anaheim: Sunday July 7

Our U-14 dancers: Anna, Shannon and Olivia
All 3 have recalled today - congratulations!
Thank you to Leanne for this photo

UPDATE 7:55PM: RESULTS!

U-14 BOYS:
Tomas has won 1st place! Congratulations Tomas: North American Champion! (2014 World Qualifier)

U-14A GIRLS:
Shannon: 24th
Anna: 46th
U-14B GIRLS:
Olivia A: 40th

Congratulations Tomas, Shannon, Anna and Olivia!

UPDATE 2:40PM - RECALLS
Thank you to Nora for advising the following regarding recalls:
U-14A GIRLS: Shannon and Anna have recalled!
U-14B GIRLS: Olivia A has recalled!
U-14 BOYS: Tomas has recalled! (all dancers in his group were recalled)
U-15A GIRLS: Unfortunately no recall for Cara
U-15B GIRLS: Unfortunately no recall for Gemma
U-20 LADIES: Unfortunately no recall for Alex


Today is the final day of competitions at the 2013 North American Championships in Anaheim. We have 7 dancers competing today:

U-14A GIRLS: Shannon G, Anna M
U-14B GIRLS: Olivia A
U-14 BOYS: Tomas M
U-15A GIRLS: Cara J
U-15B GIRLS: Gemma K
U-20 LADIES: Alex W

Good luck dancers, and have fun! I will be posting updates and recalls as they become available.

Day 4 in Anaheim: Saturday July 6

Our U-16 Ceili team on stage this morning
(iPhone screen shot of the live video on my laptop)

Our U-16 Ceili team with Nora and Courtney
Back: Shannon, Mikaela, Gemma and Thea
Front: Anna, Olivia A, Catharine and Sydney
Thank you to Leanne for this photo

Nora and Courtney cooling their feet
Photo by Leanne

U-16 Ceili team moments after walking off stage
Olivia, Sydney, Mikaela, Shannon, Thea, Gemma, Anna and Catharine
Thank you to Jennifer for this photo

UPDATED 9:55PM:
Stephanie has placed 40th in 20+A Ladies. Congratulations !

UPDATED 4:10PM:
20+A LADIES: Stephanie has recalled! Congratulations !

UPDATED 3:40PM:
U-16 GIRLS CEILI: Unfortunately no recall for our U-16 Ceili team.
20+A LADIES: Still awaiting recall announcement (Stephanie).


It's Day 4 of competitions in Anaheim ! Today we have 1 solo dancer and 1 Ceili team competing:

20+A LADIES: Stephanie M
U-16 GIRLS CEILI: Catharine, Olivia A, Sydney, Shannon, Gemma, Anna, Thea, Mikaela

Good luck Stephanie and the U-16 team, and have some fun! I will be posting updates and recalls as they become available.

Day 3 in Anaheim: Friday July 5

U-11 Ceili team this morning! Photo by Leanne
Leila, Sabine, Kyla, Sarah, Megan, Jadyn, Katelyn and Pixie 

 16+ Ceili team on their toes in the very first moment of their dance
(Taken with my cell phone while watching the
Live Comm video feed on my computer)

U-11 Ceili team with Nora and Courtney
Congratuations on your recall medals!
(Note the special headbands!)
Photo submitted by Leanne 

UPDATE: RESULTS!

U-13A GIRLS:
Macaela: 3rd (2014 World Qualifer)
Camryn: 23rd

U-13B GIRLS:
Jessie: 10th (2014 World Qualifer)
Jayne: 27th

Congratulations Macaela, Jessie, Camryn and Jayne!

U-11 GIRLS CEILI:
There was a bit of confusion during the award presentation for the U-11 Girls Ceili. Earlier today all teams who competed in this age category were recalled. During the awards ceremony, the bottom 50% of the teams were awarded medals and announced as recallers on stage but were not "placed". Only the top 8 teams officially placed (our team was not in the top 8). Congratulations to our U-11 Ceili team for their recall! Sabine, Sarah, Katelyn, Kyla, Pixie, Leila, Jadyn, Megan.

UPDATED 2:25PM
Nora has texted to advise the following:

U-12A GIRLS: Unfortunately no recall for Thea
U-12B GIRLS: Unfortunately no recall for Alannah or Morgan
U-13A GIRLS: Macaela and Camryn have recalled! Unfortunately no recall for Olivia B
U-13B GIRLS: Jayne and Jessie have recalled!
16+ CEILI TEAM: Unfortunately no recall for our 16+ Ceili team.

UPDATED 12:15PM:
Thank you to Nora for advising that our U-11 Girls Ceili team has recalled ! (All 15 of the U-11 teams recalled).


It's the third day of competitions in Anaheim. Good luck to our 8 solo dancers and 2 Ceili teams who are competing today!

U-12A GIRLS: Thea M
U-12B GIRLS: Alannah C, Morgan G
U-13A GIRLS: Olivia B, Macaela B-T, Camryn C
U-13B GIRLS: Jayne D, Jessie H

U-11 GIRLS CEILI (8-Hand Team): Sabine, Sarah, Katelyn, Kyla, Pixie, Leila, Jadyn, Megan
16+ LADIES CEILI (8-Hand Team): Emma, Mackenzie, Catalina, Gemma, Stephanie, Lauren, Mikaela, Laurel

I will post updates/recalls as they become available. Good luck to all of our dancers today, and have fun!

Please scroll down to the post directly below to view some of Leanne's photos from Wednesday.

Leanne's Photos From Anaheim: July 3

Our U-11 dancers who competed on Wednesday
Megan, Jadyn, Aishlin, Sarah, Caitlin, Sabine and Sydney

Sarah with Nora and Courtney

Sarah with sister Olivia (left) and friend Jadyn (right)

Sarah and Caitlin

Courtney and Caitlin

Olivia, Sarah and Courtney

Some NPIDA Moms of U-8, U-9, U-10 and U-11 dancers!
Nora, Leanne, Josee, Marion, Sue, Nicole,
Krista, Catherine, Kim and Kelly-Erin

U-11A Girls on stage during the award ceremony on Wednesday!
Sarah (12th), Sydney (32nd), Megan (32nd) and Sabine (36th)

Congratulations to Caitlin (8th in U-11B Girls)
and Sarah (12th in U-11A Girls)!
Here with their crystal awards

 

Many thanks to Leanne who submitted these photos from Anaheim. These were all taken on Wednesday, the first day of competitions at the North American Championships.

If you have not yet viewed the results from last night, please scroll down to the post directly below!

Day 2 in Anaheim: Thursday July 4

UPDATED 8:55PM:
U-17A GIRLS: Mackenzie: 5th (2014 World Qualifier)

Congratulations Mackenzie and our U-13 Ceili team!

UPDATED 7:35PM:
Our U-13 Ceili team has placed 8th out of 32 teams! Congratulations Sydney, Camryn, Morgan, Halle, Jadyn, Thea, Megan and Olivia B!

UPDATED 3:30PM:
U-16A GIRLS: Unfortunately no recall for Maria or Mikaela
U-17A GIRLS: Mackenzie has recalled!
U-17B GIRLS: Unfortunately no recall for Catalina, Emma, or Laurel

UPDATED 1:55PM:
Our U-13 Ceili team has recalled! (See names below). They will find out their placing at the awards ceremony tonight. Still awaiting all solo recalls.


It's the second day of competitions at the 2013 North American Championships! Good luck to our NPIDA dancers competing today:

U-16A GIRLS: Maria M, Mikaela P
U-17A GIRLS: Mackenzie C
U-17B GIRLS: Emma B, Catalina G, Laurel S
U-13 GIRLS CEILI (8-Hand team): Sydney, Camryn, Morgan, Halle, Jadyn, Thea, Megan, Olivia B

I will be posting updates/recalls as they become available. Good luck today girls, and have fun!

Day 1 in Anaheim: Wednesday July 3

Thank you Leanne for this photo of our U-11 girls
Megan, Jadyn, Aishlin, Sarah, Caitlin, Sabine and Sydney

UPDATED: RESULTS!

U-11B GIRLS:
Caitlin B-T: 8th (2014 World qualifier)

U-11A GIRLS:
Sarah A: 12th
Megan S: 32nd (tie)
Sydney B: 32nd (tie)
Sabine A: 36th

U-10 GIRLS:
Kyla F: 30th

U-9 GIRLS:
Emma B-T: 15th
Katelyn D: 27th

Congratulations Caitlin, Sarah, Megan,

Sydney, Sabine, Kyla, Emma and Katelyn!

UPDATED 3:55PM: RECALLS

U-8 GIRLS: Unfortunately no recall for Sage.
U-9 GIRLS: Emma and Katelyn have recalled; unfortunately no recall for Leila.
U-10 GIRLS: Kyla has recalled; unfortunately no recall for Pixie.
U-11A GIRLS: Sabine, Sarah, Sydney and Megan have recalled; unfortunately no recall for Aishlin.
U-11B GIRLS: Caitlin has recalled; unfortunately no recall for Jadyn.

Congratulations to our 8 recallers:

Emma, Katelyn, Kyla, Sabine,
Sarah, Sydney, Megan and Caitlin!

UPDATED 12:50PM: Nora texted a short while ago to say that all 13 of our dancers have completed their first round (hard shoe) and were preparing for their second round (soft shoe). Recall rounds will be danced after the lunch break. I will post recalls as soon as that information is available! FYI, any age categories with more than 150 competitors are split into "A" and "B" groups, based on birthdate.

Today on the first day of the 2013 North American Championships we have 13 dancers competing:

U-8 GIRLS: Sage L
U-9 GIRLS: Emma B-T, Katelyn D, Leila K
U-10 GIRLS: Kyla F, Pixie K
U-11A GIRLS: Sabine A, Sarah A, Sydney B, Aishlin H, Megan S
U-11B GIRLS: Caitlin B-T, Jadyn M-T

I will be posting recalls and results from Anaheim as soon as they are available, so please check back for updates! Good luck to all of our dancers today, and have fun!

NAN's Schedule For Our NPIDA Dancers

Sage in Anaheim

Sage

Mckenna in Anaheim

 

The 2013 North American Championships begin in Anaheim tomorrow, Wednesday July 3 and run to Sunday July 7. Below is the schedule so that you will know which days our dancers are competing. Good luck to all of our dancers! Thank you to Jay and Krista for submitting these photos from Anaheim.

WEDNESDAY JULY 1
U-8 GIRLS: Sage L
U-9 GIRLS: Emma B-T, Katelyn D, Leila K
U-10 GIRLS: Kyla F, Pixie K
U-11 GIRLS: Sabine A, Sarah A, Sydney B, Caitlin B-T, Aishlin H, Jadyn M-T, Megan S

THURSDAY JULY 4
U-16 GIRLS: Maria M, Mikaela P
U-17 GIRLS: Emma B, Mackenzie C, Catalina G, Laurel S
U-13 GIRLS CEILI: Sydney, Camryn, Morgan, Halle, Jadyn, Thea, Megan, Olivia B

FRIDAY JULY 5
U-12 GIRLS: Alannah C, Morgan G, Thea M
U-13 GIRLS: Olivia B, Macaela B-T, Camryn C, Jayne D, Jessie H
U-11 GIRLS CEILI: Sabine, Sarah, Katelyn, Kyla, Pixie, Leila, Jadyn, Megan
16+ LADIES CEILI: Emma, Mackenzie, Catalina, Gemma, Stephanie, Lauren, Mikaela, Laurel

SATURDAY JULY 6
20+ LADIES: Stephanie M
U-16 GIRLS CEILI: Catharine, Olivia A, Sydney, Shannon, Gemma, Anna, Thea, Mikaela

SUNDAY JULY 7
U-14 GIRLS: Olivia A, Shannon G, Anna M
U-14 BOYS: Tomas M
U-15 GIRLS: Cara J, Gemma K
U-20 LADIES: Alex W

Canada Day at Lonsdale Quay Waterfront Park

Left: Rachel; Right: Sophie and Rachel

Left: Julia; Middle: Emma and Julia; Right: Emma

Photos 1-2: Reese; Photos 3-4: Alexis

Many thanks to Jennifer for submitting these photos, taken today at a Canada Day show at Lonsdale Quay Waterfront Park. Special thanks to the dancers for performing on such a blistering hot day ! Thank you Rachel, Sophie, Emma, Julia, and guest dancers Reese and Alexis! Jennifer says "they put on an amazing show and the crowd loved them - the area in front of the stage was packed. They also had floor mikes so the sound was amazing".

Many thanks also to Jennifer (Sound Lady and Rachel (Team Captain)!

The Archives Project: Happy Canada Day!

Left: Jadyn, Jessie and Morgan
Top right: Shannon and Catalina
Bottom right: Jessie

Left: Hanna; Middle: Pat; Right: Courtney

Happy Canada Day to all NPIDA families! These photos were taken 5 years ago at the 2008 Steveston Canada Day parade, except for the photo of Pat, which was taken on Canada Day 2006.

Check back this week for updates about our dancers who will be competing at the 2013 North American Championships in Anaheim, which runs Wednesday-Sunday this week. Safe travels to all the dancers and families travelling to Anaheim over the next few days!

Dress For Sale (#2013-11) **SOLD**

THIS DRESS HAS SOLD!

Information about this dress from the owner (price reduced):

Beautiful solo dress for anyone moving up to Prelim. Made by Christine Bland. There is let out and let down room. Amazing on stage and dress receives compliments wherever we go. We just replaced all the crystals throughout the dress so there should be no gaps. Comes with bloomers and headband.

Price reduced to $1200; motivated to sell. Please make an offer or e-mail me to arrange to try it on. 

 

Please contact Diana at: treblehopbackAThotmail.com (please replace AT with @).

Jadyn With The U-10 Oireachtas Team Trophy

Thank you to Sue for submitting this photo of Jadyn, taken yesterday. The 8 members of the NPIDA Girls U-10 2012 Oireachtas Ceili team have been taking turns keeping the 1st-place trophy at their homes. Here is Jadyn with her dog Ryder and the trophy at her house.

The Archives Project: Thea

Thea's first feis

Thank you to Christina for submitting this photo of Thea, taken at her very first feis (Oireachtas Mini-Feis) back in 2008.

Rachel's BCIT Graduation

Rachel at her convocation ceremony

Rachel with her parents Lucy and David

Rachel receiving an award from the BCIT Dean of Health Sciences

A big congratulations to Rachel S for her recent graduation from the nursing program at BCIT! Thank you to Rachel for submitting these photos and grad information.

Rachel is a longtime NPIDA dancer and Assistant Teacher in North Vancouver. At the recent year-end Ceili, she was awarded one of the $500 Pat McAndless Award of Excellence scholarships, and the Flying Colours Dancewear Scholarship.

Rachel has graduated with distinction from BCIT with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She received the "Health Sciences Dean's Recognition Award" for positive attitude, leadership and effective team behaviour, participation in BCIT and community activities, as well as outstanding academic achievement.

She is working full time as a registered nurse on the surgical floor at Lions Gate Hospital. Later she plans to specialize in Pediatrics and hopes to work at BC Children's Hospital. She also aspires to travel and work in developing countries in the future.

 

As for dance, Rachel says "I plan to keep on doing as much Irish dance and teaching as I can fit in with my shift work!"

CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US RACHEL!

The NPIDA Archives Project!

Sisters Camryn and Mackenzie

Many thanks to Andrea for submitting these photos of a young Mackenzie and Camryn. These photos were taken at the 2005 Ceili and the 2006 Victoria Feis.

Do you have an old photo(s) that you would like to share on the blog? We are now officially soliciting old photos of NPIDA dancers (at a feis, NPIDA event or Eire Born show). It's a good way to share and celebrate the history of NPIDA and our dancers, and to acknowledge just how far we have come, individually and as a school! Please submit photos that were taken at least 5 years ago or more. I will post them occasionally during "slow" days here on the blog - there is no specific deadline or schedule.

Parents: before submitting any archive photos, please make sure your child is in agreement with sharing those photos! Please also ensure that your photos are in the highest resolution possible; thank you.

E-mail your photos to: pickettlineblogAThotmail.com (please replace AT with @).

We look forward to seeing your contributions to the NPIDA Archives Project!

Dress For Sale (#2013-14) *PRICE REDUCED!*

Information about this dress from the owner:

Blue Sequin and Salmon Colored Dress. Made by Hannah Peters in approximately 2010.
Measurements: fits 13 to 14 yr old (bust approximately 34").

Dress is in great condition - was altered at the waist and length (still has extra layer for ruffle on bottom if needing to lengthen skirt). Includes bloomers.

PRICE REDUCED TO $200.

Please contact Manon at manonchateauneufATgmail.com (please replace AT with @).