More Oireachtas Photos From Sue

Jadyn:13th in U-12 Girls

Jadyn and Thea

Thank you to Sue for submitting these photos from the Oireachtas in Calgary.

2014 Oireachtas Photo Contest Submissions... And The Winner Is...

Photo by Eloise
Waiting for results with my friends Amalie, Aki, Yuka, Cara and Adreanna

Photo #1 by Shannon
Jayne and Macaela

Photo #2 by Shannon
Macaela and Jayne

Photo by Anna
Captain America aka Diana P

Thank you to Eloise, Shannon and Anna for submitting these photos to the 2014 Oireachtas Photo Contest!

These three dancers had their name entered in a random draw for a $25 gift card prize. Here's the draw to determine the winner:

Congratulations Eloise!

I will be contacting you and your mom to confirm your prize; your choice of a $25 gift card to Sephora, iTunes, Chapters or Starbucks. Thank you to Eloise, Shannon and Anna for submitting these photos, and thank you EBIDS for the prize sponsorship!

Eire Born at Queen Mary School

Back: Olivia, Anna, Jadyn, Adreanna, Alexis, Reese, Tegan and Jamie
Front: Stephanie, Holly, Nadia, Anya and Eden

Alexis, Tegan, Holly, Adreanna and Reese

Alexis, Tegan, Holly, Adreanna and Reese

Nadia, Stephanie, Anya, Eden and Jamie

Eire Born at Queen Mary

Malia, Nora, Leila and Holly

Adreanna, Anna, Reese, Olivia, Alexis, Tegan, Jadyn and Holly

Eire Born at Queen Mary

Jadyn, Anna, Reese and Olivia

At Queen Mary

Queen Mary dancers Jamie, Eden, Anya, Stephanie and Nadia

Queen Mary dancers

Queen Mary dancers

Reese, Adreanna and Holly

Holly, Adreanna, Tegan and Alexis

At Queen Mary

 

Adreanna, Anna, Reese, Alexis, Tegan, Jadyn and Holly

Taking a bow at Queen Mary

Eire Born dancers performed at the Queen Mary Elementary School Fair in North Vancouver yesterday, along with five Beginner NPIDA dancers who attend Queen Mary. Nora says "All the dancers did a fantastic job with their dancing!" Thank you to Nora and sound crew Jennifer and Emma.

Thank you to Nora (photos #1-6), Lynne (photos #7-9) and Cara (photos #10-18) for submitting these photos.

Please check back this evening for the results of the Oireachtas Photo Contest!

Oireachtas Photo Contest Deadline Is Tonight!

OK NPIDA dancers don't miss this last chance to

win $25

to your choice of Sephora, Chapters, iTunes or Starbucks!

The Oireachtas photo contest deadline is tonight at midnight! So far only two dancers have submitted photos. That's great odds: a 50% chance of winning a $25 gift card!

Take a minute today to e-mail 1-5 of your Oireachtas photos to

pickettlineblogAThotmail.com

That's all it takes to enter the contest and have a great chance to win!

Random prize draw takes place tomorrow.

Please share your 2014 Oireachtas memories with us!

Montreal Hotels for Worlds 2015

Congratulations once again to our 2015 World qualifiers! The official 2015 Worlds hotels in Montreal are now open for reservations (as of Monday November 10). As stated by CLRG (see below), dance families must stay in the sanctioned hotels to avoid paying a "facility fee penalty" of $100 per person per day:

PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID THE FACILITY FEE PENALTY, YOU MUST BOOK WITHIN THE CONTRACTED WORLD IRISH DANCING CHAMPIONSHIPS GUEST ROOM BLOCK.  IF YOU BOOK AT A HOST HOTEL, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE BLOCK THROUGH AN ONLINE BOOKING CHANNEL, AAA, ETC. YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE IRISH DANCING BLOCK AND WILL BE CHARGED THE FACILITY FEE. STRICT SECURITY WILL BE IN PLACE TO ENFORCE THIS POLICY.

 

A one-night non-refundable deposit will be applied at the time of booking.

 

- Please click HERE for the detailed hotel booking information on the CLRG website.

- Please click HERE for the 2015 Worlds daily schedule.

 

Worlds logo from the CLRG website.

Three New Prelim Dancers!

Bryn, Esther and Aki: New Prelim dancers

Nora is pleased to announce that she has advanced three dancers from Prizewinner to Prelim Championships as follows:

Bryn C: placed 6th in U-8 at the Oireachtas as a Prizewinner dancer!
Esther X: placed 8th in U-9 at the Oireachtas as a Prizewinner dancer!
Aki H: won three 1sts, three 2nds and one 3rd at the Oireachtas Mini Feis!

Congratulations girls and good luck in Prelim Championships!

Photo of Esther at the Oireachtas by Nora; photo of Bryn at the Oireachtas by Leanne; photo of Aki at the 2014 Stewart Feis by Cheryl.

Oireachtas Photos: Nicole, Kim, Dawn and Sue AND Oireachtas Photo Contest and Calendar Reminders

U-10 girls Leila, Samantha, Emma, Katelyn and Josie

Samantha, Katelyn and Josie

Aisling, Thea and Katelyn

Emma and Katelyn: shoe taping

Katelyn, Emma and Samantha

Emma (2nd/World Qualifier) and Katelyn (11th)

Our U-14 dancers
Back: Kassidy, Camryn, Jessie and Reese
Front: Olivia B, Jayne and Macaela

U-14 girls

World Qualifiers Camryn, Jayne and Mackenzie

Jayne, Mikaela and Catharine

World Qualifiers Mackenzie and Jayne

Sisters Jayne and Katelyn

Mother-daughter pairs Diana/Mikaela (World Qualifier)
and Catharine/Carolyn

U-14 World Qualifiers
Jessie (2nd), Macaela (1st) and Jayne (3rd)

Jayne and Catharine

NPIDA Dads! David, Kenny, Scott, Corey (back),
John, Matthew (back), Jay and Gord

Mikaela and Avery

World Qualifiers Kyla, Sarah and Caitlin

Eloise (10th in U-11) and Samantha (10th in U-10)

U-10 friends warming up: Samantha, Katelyn and Josie

U-12 friends Jadyn (13th) and Megan (10th)

Thank you to Nicole (photos #1-16), Kim (photos #17-18), Dawn (photos #19-20) and Sue (photo #21) for submitting these photos from the Oireachtas !

REMINDERS!

1. DANCERS: do you want to win a $25 gift card to your choice of Sephora, iTunes, Chapters or Starbucks? Simply submit 1-5 of your Oireachtas photos by Saturday night!

2. PARENTS: have you ordered your 2015 Photo Calendar yet? For only $20 you can get some early Christmas shopping done and support this EBIDS fundraiser! Please see Leanne or Carrie in North Vancouver, or Mikaela in Richmond.