July 6: Day 5 at NAN's *UPDATED x 12*

Olivia with Nora and Aisling

Mackenzie

Anna and Mary

Anna with Nora and Aisling

Laurel and Mackenzie

Nora and Aisling with our 6 Sunday dancers
Nora, Mackenzie, Laurel, Catharine,
Anna, Olivia, Mary and Aisling

Mary and Aisling

Congratulations to our Sunday recallers!
Anna and Olivia (U-15) and Mackenzie and Laurel (U-18)

Laurel with Nora and Aisling
"Happy girl with her first recall at NAN's!"

Jadyn and Sarah yesterday

Olivia applying Sarah's make-up

U-12 dancers Jadyn, Megan, Sarah and Caitlin

Back: Catharine, Olivia, Laurel, Camryn and Mary
Front: Caitlin, Sarah, Megan and Jadyn

Congratulations to Caitlin (2nd) and Sarah (18th)
2015 World qualifiers!

Sarah with Aisling and Nora last night

Sisters Sarah and Olivia

Mackenzie

Nora, Mackenzie, Laurel, Catharine,
Anna, Olivia, Mary and Aisling

Catharine and Olivia in Montreal today

U-15 Girls Anna, Olivia, Catharine and Mary

Thea enjoying Le Palais de Congrés

UPDATE #12 (6:10PM): Thank you to Christina for this photo of Thea!

UPDATE #11 (4:25 PM): Laurel has placed 52nd in Ladies U-18B! Congratulations Laurel!

This concludes our results from today, and this is also the final day of competitions at the 2014 North American Championships in Montreal. Check back later tonight for a final summary of all of NPIDA's recalls and results! Congratulations NPIDA dancers for a fantastic week!

UPDATE #10 (4:15PM): Olivia has placed 44th in Girls U-15B! Congratulations Olivia!

UPDATE #9 (4:10 PM): Mackenzie has placed 4th in Ladies U-18A, and has also qualified for the 2015 World Championships! Congratulations Mackenzie!

UPDATE #8 (4:00PM): Anna has placed 41st in Girls U-15A! Congratulations Anna!

UPDATE #7 (2:10PM): Photos added: thank you to Leanne (photos #10-19) and Carolyn (photo #20)!

UPDATE #6 (11:35AM): Two photos added - thank you to Nora for these photos of our recallers!

UPDATE #5 (11:07AM): Laurel has recalled in Ladies U-18B! Congratulations Laurel!

UPDATE #4 (11:05AM): Recall news: Anna has recalled in Girls U-15A, Olivia has recalled in Girls U-15B, Mackenzie has recalled in Ladies U-18A! Congratulations Anna, Olivia and Mackenzie!

Unfortunately no recall for Catharine or Mary in Girls U-15 B. We know you danced beautifully girls - congratulations!

Still awaiting recalls to be announced for Laurel's group (Ladies U-18B).

UPDATE #3 (10:10AM): Thank you to Nora for the group photo and the photo of Mary and Aisling. Presently awaiting recall announcements for all of our dancers.

UPDATE #2 (9:50AM): Thank you to Nora for these photos of Anna, Laurel and Mackenzie.

UPDATE #1: Thank you to Nora for photos #1-2 and Shelley for photo #3! Nora says "Best of luck to Mackenzie, Laurel, Mary, Anna, Olivia, Catharine!!! Dance the best of your life!!"

Good luck to our dancers competing on the fifth and final day of the 2014 North American Championships in Montreal today!

GIRLS U-15A: Anna
GIRLS U-15B: Catharine, Olivia and Mary
LADIES U-18A: Mackenzie
LADIES U-18B: Laurel

Please check back later for updates regarding recalls and results!

Thanks to everyone who checked in to the blog yesterday and followed along with all 19 updates! It was quite a remarkable day for NPIDA with 12 dancers, 7 recalls, 2 Top 5 results and 3 World Qualifiers! We had more than 1500 pageviews of the blog yesterday - definitely a new record! Special thanks to the parents who e-mailed photos from Montreal, and to Nora for taking time during her very busy day to send photos and updates about recalls and results.

July 5: Day 4 at NAN's *UPDATED x 19* AND a Quick Look Back at a Moment of NPIDA History!

Nora, Megan, Caitlin, Sarah and Aisling

Jadyn and Morgan

Kyla with Nora and Aisling

Thea and Pixie

Samantha and Emma

Happy recallers Sarah and Megan

Happy recaller Thea with Nora and Aisling!

Josie

Nora with happy recallers Katelyn and Josie

Emma with Nora and Aisling

Megan and Anna

U-10 dancers Josie, Katelyn, Emma and Samantha

Josie, Katelyn, Emma and Samantha

Aisling and Nora react to Caitlin placing 2nd!

Congratulations Caitlin: 2nd place in Girls U-12A!
With teachers Nora and Aisling

UPDATE #19: (8:15PM): Emma has placed 5th, Katelyn has placed 34th, and Josie has placed 39th in Girls U-10B! Emma has also qualified for the 2015 World Championships! Congratulations Emma, Katelyn and Josie!

That's the end of NPIDA's results for this day in Montreal - congratulations to our 12 dancers who competed today! Tomorrow is the final day of the 2014 North American Championships; we have 6 dancers competing: Anna, Catharine, Olivia and Mary in Girls U-15, and Mackenzie and Laurel in Ladies U-18. Thank you to Nora for the photo of Caitlin with Nora and Aisling.

UPDATE #18 (7:55PM): Photo of Aisling and Nora's reactions to Caitlin's 2nd-place finish. Thanks for the photo Nora! U-10 results will be very soon.

UPDATE #17 (7:27PM): Caitlin has placed 2nd, Sarah has placed 18th, and Megan has placed 45th in Girls U-12A! Caitlin and Sarah have both also qualified for the 2015 World Championships! Congratulations Caitlin, Sarah and Megan!

UPDATE #16 (7:10PM): Thea has placed 34th in Girls U-13A! Congratulations Thea!

UPDATE #15 (6:10PM): Two photos of our U-10 dancers added - thanks Dawn!

UPDATE #14 (5:15PM): Photo of Megan and Anna added - thanks Jennifer! Results are due to start momentarily; stay tuned!

UPDATE #13 (4:25PM): Photo of Emma added - thanks Nora! Nora says "Congratulations Emma for recalling and dancing the best Set Dance of her life!"

UPDATE #12 (3:09PM): Photo of Katelyn and Josie added - thanks Nora!

UPDATE #11 (3:00PM): Emma, Katelyn and Josie have all recalled in Girls U-10B! Congratulations girls! Unfortunately no recall for Samantha in Girls U-10A. We know you danced beautifully Samantha - congratulations!

That's all for today's recalls; check back in a few hours for overall results!

To summarize, here are our 7 recallers today:

GIRLS U-10B: Emma, Katelyn and Josie

GIRLS U-12A: Sarah, Caitlin and Megan

GIRLS U-13A: Thea

UPDATE #10 (2:15PM): Photo of Josie added - thanks Nora! Recalls still pending for our U-10 Girls.

UPDATE #9 (1:15PM): Unfortunately no recall for Kyla in Girls U-11B. We know you danced beautifully Kyla - congratulations!

That's it for U-11, U-12 and U-13 Girls recalls; U-10 Girls recalls are not yet available. Stay tuned !

UPDATE #8 (12:50PM): Thank you to Carolyn for this photo of Thea after recalls!

UPDATE #7 (12:35PM): Thea has recalled in Girls U-13A! Congratulations Thea! Unfortunately no recall for Morgan in Girls U-13B. We know you danced beautifully Morgan - congratulations!

UPDATE #6 (12:00PM): Photo of recallers Sarah and Megan added - thanks Nora! Still awaiting all other recall news.

UPDATE #5 (11:25AM): Sarah, Caitlin and Megan have all recalled in Girls U-12A! Congratulations girls ! Photo of Samantha and Emma added - thank you Nora!

UPDATE #4 (11:05AM): Unfortunately no recall for Pixie in Girls U-11A and no recall for Jadyn in Girls U-12B. Still awaiting recall news for all other groups. We know you danced beautifully Pixie and Jadyn - congratulations!

UPDATE #3 (10:10AM): Photo of Thea and Pixie added - thanks Nora!

UPDATE #2 (8:45AM): Photo of Kyla added - thanks Nora!

UPDATE #1: Thank you to Nora for these photos from Montreal this morning!

Good luck to our 12 dancers competing on the fourth day of the 2014 North American Championships in Montreal today!

GIRLS U-10A: Samantha
GIRLS U-10B: Emma, Katelyn and Josie
GIRLS U-11A: Pixie
GIRLS U-11B: Kyla
GIRLS U-12A: Sarah, Caitlin and Megan
GIRLS U-12B: Jadyn
GIRLS U-13A: Thea
GIRLS U-13B: Morgan

Please check back later for updates regarding recalls and results!

Meanwhile here is a bit of NPIDA History!

14 years ago the very first NPIDA Ceili was held at the Minoru Sports Pavilion in Richmond. Today there is a special event taking place at the Pavilion. It is now 50 years old and will be demolished this summer to make way for a multi-purpose complex which will house a new aquatic centre, senior's centre and other recreation and community facilities.

Residents of Richmond are invited to drop by the Pavilion today between 10:00AM-4:00PM to share their memories; the Pavilion was the scene of many community functions, dances, sporting events, weddings etc. Mayor Brodie will be speaking, there will be some performances, a slide show, and staff and volunteers from the Richmond Museum will be on hand.

Nora, Courtney, Hanna and Jessica are the only current NPIDA teachers/dancers who attended this Ceili back in April 2000. Late at night after all the Ceili guests had left and the Ceili Committee (a small group of NPIDA parent volunteers) were finishing cleaning up, a Pavilion staff member came by to check the facility. She noticed the black scuff marks (from hard shoes) on the floor and informed us that we would not get our damage deposit back until all the black marks were removed.

This photo was taken well after midnight; we spent a good deal of time down on our hands and knees scrubbing those black marks off the floor! In the photo, lines of masking tape are being peeled off the floor after much scrubbing of black scuff marks had taken place.

April 2000 at the Minoru Sports Pavilion in Richmond
Hanna, Nora, Kaila and Michelle at the first NPIDA Ceili
Cleaning masking tape and black hard shoe scuff marks off the floor

A Quiet Day in Montreal *UPDATED x 2*

Mackenzie, Shannon, Olivia and Thea

Jayne and Macaela

Sarah, Mikaela, Olivia, Jadyn and Esme

Jadyn and Sarah

Sarah and Jadyn - twinsies!

Sarah, Olivia and Jadyn

 

Left: Josie and Samatha at the Montreal Jazz Festival
Right: Josie exploring Old Montreal

UPDATE #2 (2:25PM): Thank you to Belinda for the photos in collage #7!

UPDATE #1 (1:00PM): Many thanks to Leanne for photos #1-6!

We have no dancers competing at the North American Championships today. Be sure to check back on Saturday and Sunday - we have 18 more dancers competing in Montreal!

Meanwhile have you registered for NPIDA's summer camps yet? Please refer to Carrie's e-mail of June 9 for all the details! Options include three partial-day classes on July 14,15 and 17 (perfect preparation for the Dance For Life Feis in Seattle), and several full-week camps in North Vancouver and Richmond.

July 3: Day 2 at NAN's *UPDATED x 6*

U-14 dancers Jayne, Camryn and Macaela
In Montreal this morning

 

Jessica and Nora this morning

Happy U-14A recallers Macaela and Camryn

Happy U-14B recaller Jayne,
with friends Caitlin, Sarah and Megan

Samantha, Emma, Katelyn and Josie practising

UPDATE #6 (4:40PM): Macaela has placed 9th and Camryn has placed 28th in Girls U-14A! Jayne has placed 56th in Girls U-14B! Macaela has also qualified for the 2015 World Championships! Congratulations Macaela, Camryn and Jayne!

UPDATE #5 (4:10PM): Thank you to Dawn for the photo of Samantha, Emma, Katelyn and Josie practising.

Results are now underway in Montreal; U-14A and U-14B Girls will be the last two groups to be announced. Stay tuned!

UPDATE #4 (11:45AM): Two more photos added - thank you Nora!

Thank you to Irene for submitting 4 photos taken yesterday; please scroll down to the post directly below (photos #7-10).

UPDATE #3 (11:25AM): Macaela and Camryn have both recalled in Girls U-14A, and Jayne has recalled in Girls U-14B! Congratulations girls!

Unfortunately no recall for Jessica in Ladies 20+B. We know you danced beautifully Jessica - congratulations!

UPDATE #2: Photos updated.

UPDATE #1: Thank you to Nora for these photos. Nora says "We're on Day 2 of competitions in Montreal today! Good luck to Camryn, Jayne, Macaela & Jessica!"

Good luck to our 4 dancers competing on the second day of the 2014 North American Championships in Montreal today!

GIRLS U-14A: Macaela and Camryn
GIRLS U-14B: Jayne
LADIES 20+B: Jessica

Please check back later for updates regarding recalls and results!

Meanwhile, Nickey has submitted two photos from Eire Born's Canada Day performance at Sunset Community Centre which have been added to the July 1 post, below. Thank you Nickey.

July 2: Day 1 at NAN's *UPDATED x 6*

Mikaela, Raven and Esme
This morning in Montreal

Gemma and Sophie this morning

Nora with Gemma and Sophie

Aisling, Mikaela and Nora celebrating Mikaela's recall

Camryn, Mackenzie, Mikaela and Laurel

Mikaela before her Set Dance

U-17A dancers Mikaela and Esme 

Esme

Esme and Mikaela

Esme and Mikaela with Katelyn and Jayne

UPDATE #6 (Thursday): Thank you to Irene for photos #7-10.

UPDATE #5 (6:25PM): Mikaela has placed 52nd in U-17A Girls. Congratulations Mikaela!

UPDATE #4 (2:40PM): Thank you to Nora for this photo of Mikaela before her Set Dance this afternoon.

UPDATE #3 (12:50PM): Mikaela has recalled in Girls U-17A. Congratulations Mikaela!

Unfortunately no recall for Esme in U-17A, Raven in U-16A and Gemma and Sophie in U-16B. We know you danced beautifully girls - congratulations!

UPDATE #2: Thank you to Nora for the photos of Gemma and Sophie. Presently awaiting recall news for today's dancers.

UPDATE #1: Early this morning Nora e-mailed these photos and the following update: Aisling and I are up bright and early this morning (2:30am Vancouver time) to kick off our 1st day at Nationals in Montreal! Good luck to Raven, Gemma, Sophie, Mikaela and Esme who all compete at 8am today! May you all dance the best of your life today! All 5 dancers had a solid warm-up this morning.


Good luck to our 5 dancers competing on the first day of the 2014 North American Championships in Montreal today!

GIRLS U-16A: Raven
GIRLS U-16B: Sophie and Gemma
GIRLS U-17A: Esme and Mikaela

Please check back later for updates regarding recalls and results!

If you didn't check the blog last night, please scroll down to the post immediately below for a few photos of our dancers at two Canada Day performances!

Eire Born on Canada Day *Photos Updated x 2*

At Waterfront Park in North Vancouver
Adreanna, Gemma C, Olivia, Rowan, Sarah,
Mary, Alexis, Reese and Tegan

At Waterfront Park in North Vancouver
Adreanna, Gemma, Olivia, Alexis, Reese, Rowan and Tegan

At Waterfront Park in North Vancouver
Adreanna, Gemma, Olivia, Alexis, Reese, Rowan and Tegan

At Sunset Community Centre
Guest dancers Poppy, Malia and Willow

At Sunset Community Centre
Leila, Reese and Tegan

At Dairy Queen after the show!
Tegan, Adreanna, Reese, Willow, Poppy, Rowan and Alexis

At Sunset Community Centre
Reese, Alexis, Tegan and Adreanna
Dancing their hearts out in 33 degree heat!

 

At Sunset Community Centre
Back: Alexis, Reese, Cassidy, Leila, Adreanna, Tegan and Rowan
Front: Malia, Willow and Poppy

Eire Born and guest dancers performed at two shows today for Canada Day festivities. Thanks to Leanne (photo #1), Cara F (photos #2-6) and Nickey (photos #7-8) for submitting these photos taken today at Waterfront Park in North Vancouver and Sunset Community Centre in Vancouver. Thank you to all the dancers and parents who came out to these shows on the holiday!

North Vancouver show: thank you to Olivia (team captain), Nickey (backstage helper), and Pat and Vic (sound crew). Sunset show: thank you to Reese and Tegan (team co-captains) and Diana (sound crew).

Happy Canada Day!

2008 Canada Day Parade in Steveston
Top left: Jadyn, Jessie and Morgan. Bottom left: Hanna and Catalina
Middle: Jessie. Top right: Courtney. Bottom right: Shannon

 

Happy Canada Day to all NPIDA families!

The 2014 North American Championships begin tomorrow in Montreal; check back over the next several days for recalls, results and photos! Good luck NPIDA!