July 4: Day 4 at NAN's *UPDATE X 5

Mikaela and Stephanie

Mikaela and Stephanie

Nora, Mikaela, Aisling, Stephanie and Courtney

Mikaela and mom Diana

 

Stephanie with her medal

Mikaela with her medal

Courtney, Aisling, Stephanie, Mikaela and Nora

UPDATE #5 (7:55PM): Thank you to Nora for these final two photos.

UPDATE #4 (7:45PM): Mikaela has placed 23rd in U-18A. Congratulations Mikaela!

UPDATE #3 (7:05PM): Stephanie has placed 18th in 20+A and qualified for 2016 Worlds. Congratulations Stephanie!

UPDATE #2 (12:55PM): Mikaela has recalled in U-18A and Stephanie has recalled in 20+A. Congratulations Mikaela and Stephanie!

UPDATE #1 (10:00AM): Thank you to Nora for sending these photos from Providence this morning.

Good luck to our two dancers competing on the fourth day of the 2015 North American Championships in Providence Rhode Island! I will update the blog with recalls and results when available throughout the day. Our dancers today are:

U-18A: Mikaela
20+A (Senior Ladies): Stephanie

July 3: Day 3 at NAN's *UPDATE X 8

Jessie and mom Rosalie

Kassidy

 

Jayne and Caitlin

Jessie, Aisling and Nora

Morgan and Thea

Camryn, Courtney, Mackenzie, Nora and Aisling

Jessie and Jayne with Aisling and Nora

UPDATE #8 (8:15PM): Mackenzie has placed 6th in U-19A and qualified for 2016 Worlds. Congratulations Mackenzie!

UPDATE #7 (6:55PM): Camryn has placed 17th in U-15A and qualified for 2016 Worlds. Congratulations Camryn! Thank you also to Nora for this photo of Jessie and Jayne after their awards ceremony.

UPDATE #6 (6:32PM): Jessie has placed 13th and Jayne 17th in U-15B. Both have also qualified for 2016 Worlds! Congratulations Jessie and Jayne!

UPDATE #5 (2:15PM): Thank you to Nora for these two photos (Morgan/Thea and Camryn/Mackenzie).

UPDATE #4 (12:55PM): Camryn has recalled in U-15A; congratulations Camryn!

Unfortunately no recall for Kassidy in U-15A. We know you danced beautifully Kassidy; we are proud of you and congratulations for representing NPIDA and Canada today!

UPDATE #3 (12:25PM): Unfortunately no recall for Thea or Morgan in U-14. We know you danced beautifully girls; we are proud of you and congratulations for representing NPIDA and Canada today!

UPDATE #2 (11:15AM): Jayne and Jessie have both recalled in U-15B, and Mackenzie has recalled in U-19A. Congratulations girls!

UPDATE #1 (9:50AM): Thank you to Nora for these photos of Jessie/Rosalie and Kassidy.

Good luck to our seven dancers competing on the third day of the 2015 North American Championships in Providence Rhode Island! I will update the blog with recalls and results when available throughout the day. Our dancers today are:

U-14A: Thea
U-14B: Morgan
U-15A: Camryn and Kassidy
U-15B: Jayne and Jessie
U-19A: Mackenzie

While waiting for today's recalls and results, please scroll down to the post immediately below to see some photos of our Eire Born dancers in action at Waterfront Park on Canada Day - thank you to Steve for these photos!

Eire Born on Canada Day

Back: Reese, Alexis, Adreanna and Claire
Front: Cara, Eloise, Tess, Willow, Zoe and Poppy

Poppy and Tess

Willow and Poppy

Reese

Willow, Poppy, Tess, Zoe, Eloise,
Reese, Adreanna, Cara, Claire, Alexis

Many thanks to Steve for submitting these photos taken on Canada Day. Eire Born performed for a large crowd at Waterfront Park in North Vancouver; thank you to all the dancers (and parents!) who came out on this hot day!

July 2: Day 2 at NAN's *UPDATE X 7

Sightseeing in Newport!

Malia and Marcel

Malia in Newport Rhode Island

 

Samantha

Sage and Avery

Emma and Katelyn

Leila with parents Nora and Marcel and sister Malia

Olivia, Catharine, Mary, Anna, Shannon and Sophie
Yesterday at NAN's

Shannon and Olivia yesterday

Our U-16 dancers yesterday
Mary, Anna, Shannon, Catharine and Olivia

U-16 recallers Anna Shannon and Olivia

Olivia and Aisling

Our U-9 and U-11 dancers
Back: Samantha, Leila and Emma
Front: Avery, Sage and Katelyn

Emma, Katelyn, Sage, Samantha and Leila

Sage with proud older sister Mckenna

UPDATE #7 (6:42PM): Emma has placed 3rd and Samantha 34th in U-11B. Congratulations Emma and Samantha! Emma has also qualified for 2016 Worlds-congratulations Emma!

UPDATE #6 (5:40PM): Thank you to Nora for sending this photo of Sage and Mckenna.

UPDATE #5 (5:30PM): Sage has placed 9th in U-9A. Congratulations Sage!

UPDATE #4 (1:50PM): Thank you to Nora for sending these two group photos.

UPDATE #3 (12:20PM): Sage has recalled in U-9A. Congratulations Sage!

Unfortunately no recall for Avery. We know you danced beautifully Avery; we are proud of you and congratulations for representing NPIDA and Canada today!

UPDATE #2 (11:25AM): Emma and Samantha have recalled in U-11B. Congratulations Emma and Samantha! 

Unfortunately no recall for Leila and Katelyn. We know you danced beautifully girls; we are proud of you and congratulations for representing NPIDA and Canada today!

UPDATE #1 (8:45AM): Thank you to Nora for submitting the above photos of today's U-9 and U-11 dancers, and to Leanne for these five photos taken yesterday.

Good luck to our six dancers competing on the second day of the 2015 North American Championships in Providence Rhode Island! I will update the blog with recalls and results when available throughout the day.

Thank you to Nora for submitting the first three photos above, taken while sightseeing in Newport on Tuesday. Our dancers today are:

U-9A: Sage and Avery
U-11B: Emma, Samantha, Katelyn and Leila

July 1: Day 1 at NAN's *UPDATE X 9

Sophie and her dad Jim

Catharine

Courtney, Nora, Olivia and Aisling

Connie and Shannon

Mary and Olivia

Anna

Raven with her brother Nigel

Shannon and Olivia - waiting for recalls

Sophie (center back) celebrating her recall with
NPIDA teammates

Nora and Sophie

UPDATE #9 (8:45PM): Shannon has placed 35th and Anna 46th in U-16A; Olivia has placed 64th in U-16B. Congratulations Shannon, Anna and Olivia! (Apologies for the delayed posting of these final results; I had to be away from the computer the past few hours).
 
UPDATE #8 (5:05PM): Sophie has placed 44th in U-17B. Congratulations Sophie!

UPDATE #7 (2:00PM): Thank you to Nora for these last two photos. Unfortunately, no recall today for Mary, Raven and Catharine. We know you danced beautifully girls; we are proud of you and congratulations for representing NPIDA and Canada today!

UPDATE #6 (12:25PM): Anna, Shannon and Olivia have recalled in U-16A and U-16B; congratulations girls!

UPDATE #5 (12:15PM): Sophie has recalled in U-17B; congratulations Sophie!

UPDATE #4 (10:23AM): Thank you to Nora for this photo of Shannon and Olivia.

UPDATE #3 (10:15AM): Thank you to Nora for this photo of Raven and her brother Nigel.

UPDATE #2 (8:20AM): Thank you to Nora for these additional three photos.

UPDATE #1 (7:30AM): Thank you to Nora for sending these first three photos from NAN's today.

Good luck to our seven dancers competing on the first day of the 2015 North American Championships in Providence Rhode Island! I will update the blog with recalls and results when available throughout the day. Our dancers today are:

U-16A: Anna, Shannon
U-16B: Catharine, Olivia and Mary
U-17A: Raven
U-17B:  Sophie

(Any age group with more than 150 dancers is split into A and B groups).

Happy Canada Day to all NPIDA families!



Ottawa, July 2007
North American Championships

 

2015 North American Championships!

Stephanie and Anna arriving in Providence

Olivia, Sophie, Mary, Catharine and Sarah

 

NPIDA has 33 dancers competing at the 2015 North American Championships in Providence Rhode Island. Nora, Courtney and Aisling are all there to support the dancers during the five days of competitions July 1-5. Good luck to all the dancers!

Thank you to Jennifer (photo #1) and Leanne (photo #2) for sending these photos from Providence..

Here's the schedule for our NPIDA dancers:

Wednesday July 1
Raven, Sophie, Anna, Shannon, Catharine, Olivia and Mary

Thursday July 2
Katelyn, Josie, Emma, Leila, Samantha, Avery and Sage

Friday July 3
Mackenzie, Camryn, Kassidy, Jayne, Jessie, Thea and Morgan

Saturday July 4
Stephanie and Mikaela

Sunday July 5
Sarah, Caitlin, Megan, Jadyn, Yuka, Eloise, Kyla, Mckenna, Holly and Emmet

Cheryl's Stewart Feis Photos: Sunday

NPIDA dancers at the Stewart Feis: Sunday June 21

Beginner Reel Trophy
Francesca (4th in U-9), Jacquie (4th in U-10),
Adam (4th in U-12) and Eden (3rd in U-12)

Jessica: 5th in Advanced Beginner Light Jig Trophy

"Most Promising Young Dancer" competitors
Willow and Jessica

Novice/Prizewinner Treble Jig Trophy
Tess (2nd in U-11) and Julie (10th in 14+)

Riley: 4th in U-14 Novice/Prizewinner
Treble Reel trophy

 

Prizewinner Light Jig Trophy
Poppy (6th in U-11), Tess (2nd in U-11)
and Emily (1st in 11+)

U-10 Novice/Prizewinner Treble Jig trophy
Tied for 6th: Kairavee, Zoe and Lindsay

Thanks to Cheryl for this sampling of her Stewart Feis photos from Sunday June 21. Please go to Cheryl's website to view ALL of her photos from both days of this feis; click HERE.

Our 2015 North American Championship competitors are in Providence Rhode Island (or are soon traveling there); the five days of competitions begin on Wednesday July 1! Check back tomorrow for a schedule of who's dancing on which days. Recalls and results will be posted here from July 1-5 . Good luck in Providence!