Steveston Dock Shows: August 14 (Part #2)

Josie, Tess, Eloise, Kassidy, Reese and Sophie

August 14 at the Steveston docks

Further to yesterday's post, here are more photos taken on Sunday during the 2PM show at the Steveston Docks.

Justine and Reese

Kassidy and Sophie

Kassidy and Sophie

Tess, Eloise, Kassidy and Sophie

Josie, Tess, Eloise, Kassidy and Reese

Tess, Eloise, Kassidy, Reese and Sophie

Josie, Tess and Eloise

Kassidy, Reese and Sophie

Kassidy, Reese and Sophie

Front: Justine and Naomi
Back: Kairavee and Malia

Naomi and Malia

Justine, Kairavee, Naomi and Malia

Naomi and Malia

Justine and Kairavee

Naomi and Malia

Josie and Tess

Reese and Sophie

Josie, Tess and Eloise

Eloise, Kassidy, Reese and Sophie

Josie, Tess, Eloise, Kassidy, Reese and Sophie

Josie and Tess

Josie and Tess

Eloise, Kassidy and Reese

Reese and Sophie

Kairavee, Kassidy and Reese

Eloise and Sophie

Eloise and Sophie

Zoe and Malia

Front: Jessica and Naomi
Back: Justine and Kairavee

Jessica and Naomi

Justine, Tess and Kairavee

Front: Eloise, Sophie and Josie
Back: Reese and Kassidy

Front: Eloise, Sophie and Josie
Back: Reese and Kassidy

Sophie and Kassidy

Arms up!

August 14 docks team!

Steveston Dock Shows: August 14 (Part #1)

Back: Nora, Sophie, Kassidy, Reese, Eloise, Tess and Jessie

Middle:  Malia, Justine, Kairavee, Josie, Naomi

Front: Zoe and Jessica

Here are some photos taken today at the 2:00PM Steveston Dock Shows. Below are collages of our individual twelve dancers in action today; please back tomorrow for some group shots!

A big THANK YOU to our awesome parent volunteers who helped with set-up and take-down today; our sound crew of Pat and Vic; Nora; and Jessie H. It was a blistering hot day on the docks and we greatly appreciate all the parents and dancers who came out today!

Eloise

Jessica

Josie

Justine

Kairavee

Kassidy

Malia

Naomi

Reese

Sophie

Sophie

Tess

Zoe

Dock Shows Cancelled Today

Even though it's not raining, the forecast for possible showers has resulted in the Steveston dock shows being cancelled today. (Nora has contacted parents/dancers via text and e-mail). We hope to be back at the docks next Sunday August 14!

Steveston Dock Shows: July 31

Eire Born dancers at the Steveston docks today

Back: Claire and Cara

Middle: Tess, Naomi, Poppy, Lindsay,

Samantha, Jessica and Jessie

Front: Willow and Robyn

Group photo including Reese, far left

Thank you to Steve for submitting these photos taken at the Steveston dock shows today.

A big THANK YOU to all the parents who came out to assist with the set-up and take-down today! The dock shows cannot proceed without you; sincere thanks for volunteering your time! Many thanks also to Vic on sound; Jessie, Tess and Claire (team captains/MC's); and Scott and Rosalie for their hands-on assistance and mentoring of the floor and tent set-up and take-down.

And of course a big thank you to the dancers!

Dancers and parents: Please remember to sign up for the upcoming Sunday dock shows on August 7, 14, 21 and 28. We still need lots of dancers and parent volunteers to continue to make the rest of the dock shows as successful as today!

First 2016 Steveston Dock Shows Tomorrow!

Dancers and parent volunteers; the weather forecast looks very promising for tomorrow so we'll see you at the Steveston Docks tomorrow morning for the first shows of 2016!

Parent Set-Up Volunteers:

Please meet Vic at 10AM sharp
at the Steveston docks

to set up the portable Eire Born floor.

The shows will take place at 12PM, 1PM, 2PM and 3PM.

Thank you to those who have signed up for tomorrow! Remember, we still need lots of dancers and parent volunteers for every Sunday in August in order to make the 2016 dock shows a success!

If you haven't already signed up, please make sure to do so on the Eire Born performance schedule (Google Doc).

Good Luck at the Dance For Life Feis! *UPDATED x 3*

NPIDA's U-10 and U-12 Prelim dancers

Poppy, Esther, Malia, Reese, Jessica and Zoe

Congratulations Jessica on your first Prelim feis!

1st in U-10 Prelim Treble Reel

Congratulations Yuka!

4th in U-14 Open

Congratulations Callie!

3rd in U-14 Prelim

Aki, Callie, Yuka and Nora

Zoe, Malia, Jessica and Reese (all U-10 Prelim)

Malia and Jessica

Our U-10/ U-12 dancers plus siblings and injured dancer Willow

Poppy. Leila, Esther, Malia, Reese, Willow, Jessica and Zoe

Feis fun in Bellevue today!

UPDATE 7:30PM: Thank you to Nora for submitting these photos, which were taken in Bellevue today at the Dance For Life Feis. I'll be posting NPIDA's results once full results are available on Feisworx later tonight.

UPDATE 8:15PM: RESULTS (please see below).

PRELIM CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-10
Reese T: 1st in Soft Shoe, 2nd in Hard Shoe, 4th overall
Jessica J: 6th overall
Malia K: 3rd in Set Dance
Zoe C: 3rd in Set Dance

U-14
Callie Shay C: 3rd in Hard Shoe, 1st in Set Dance, 3rd overall

U-17
Aki H: 3rd in Hard Shoe

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
U-14
Yuka H: 2nd in Set Dance, 4th overall

TROPHY DANCES
Prelim Treble Reel
U-10
Jessica J: 1st!

U-15
Callie Shay C: 4th

15+
Aki H: 2nd

Advanced Beginner Reel Trophy
U-8
Sophie X: 3rd


NPIDA has 13 dancers in Bellevue today competing at the Dance For Life Feis. (This is a 1-day feis; Saturday only). Good luck to all the dancers! Please check back here later for NPIDA's results.

Parents Needed: Steveston Dock Shows!

Please help at the Steveston Docks

on July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28!

Hello NPIDA parents! The annual Steveston dock shows are coming up very soon; this will be our 15th year of dancing at the docks every Sunday in August. Yes, Eire Born has been performing on the docks every summer since 2002!

The ONLY way the dock shows can continue is with a solid volunteer group to help with the set-up and take-down of the Eire Born portable dance floor and dancer tent. Vic and Pat have been volunteering their services for the past 14 years and they cannot do the docks shows without YOUR help. We really need a new crew of NPIDA parent volunteers to assist with this commitment!

We need some strong Dads and Moms

to help set up and take down the floor.
Minimum of four parents for
each set-up and take-down crew

If your dancer is performing at the docks, please consider offering your assistance! Without a firm commitment from parents to help with set-up and take-down, the dock shows will not take place. Please help us continue this long-standing NPIDA tradition, which is an important fund-raiser as well as an excellent performance experience for the dancers. Not to mention, a lot of fun!

Parent volunteers needed

on the following Sundays:

July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28.

There are four 20-minute shows on each of these dates, at 12PM, 1PM, 2PM and 3PM. Set up takes place on the Steveston docks at 10AM sharp on each of these days; take-down occurs immediately following the 3PM show.

IMPORTANT:

Please sign up directly

on the "Floor Crew" section

of the Eire Born performance schedule

(Google Doc)

We need to know IN ADVANCE that there are enough parent volunteers scheduled for each of these dates; otherwise the shows will be cancelled.

DANCERS: have YOU signed up yet? We need lots more committed dancers on each of the above dates! Come join the fun!

The first day of dock shows is Sunday July 31 - less than two weeks from now. Parent volunteers and dancers: Please sign up soon and help us continue this important tradition for our 15th year!

Congratulations To Our 2016 High School Grads!

Congratulations Cara!
Cara at her Grade 12 Commencement

Grade 12 Grad Banquet

Cara dancing with the

North Shore Celtic Ensemble

Last month NPIDA had two current dancers and two recently retired dancers graduate from high school. Congratulations Cara, Sophie, Rhiannon and Raven! Today we feature Cara:

CARA
Cara has been dancing at NPIDA since she was eight years old. She is an Open Championship dancer and joined Eire Born in 2009, serving as team captain on many occasions. She was an Assistant Teacher at NPIDA for four years.

Cara says "Teaching has been one of the highlights of my time with NPIDA - I have absolutely loved helping each dancer improve and grow. I am so proud of all the dancers and feel privileged that I was able to be a part of their Irish dance lives. I will miss everything about teaching - from doing drills in class to cheering dancers on at feiseanna to preparing original routines for the year end Ceili. I will definitely be back to visit!"

Cara competed at the Oireachtas five times and also represented NPIDA at the North American Championships four times, recalling at NAN's in 2012.

Cara has graduated from Sentinel Secondary in West Vancouver. She was involved in many clubs including Me to We Club for two years, serving sandwiches to people living in the downtown eastside; a fundraising event to raise money for a school in Kenya; and canned food drives. 

In the community, Cara has been a member of the North Shore Celtic Ensemble for seven years. This fiddle group has performed in many local and international shows, including touring Quebec and the Maritimes last summer. Cara will be travelling to Scotland with the NSCE this summer where they will be participating in the Aberdeen International Youth Festival. She also has been an active RAD ballet student, completing graded levels 5-8 (final level) and performing at Centennial Theatre with Vanleena Dance Academy.

Cara has been volunteering - including several leadership roles - in both her school and community: fundraising for the SPCA by participating in the Paws for a Cause Walk each year during highschool; fundraising with the Me to We Club; and organizing an interactive fiddle concert for the Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society (an event for all ages with interactive music and movement).

With the Celtic Ensemble, she assisted with fundraising for a Syrian refugee family; performances at senior living centres/hospice; and a fundraising benefit for Nepal earthquake victims. Since January 2016 Cara has also been part of the sponsorship team to bring a Syrian refugee family to North Vancouver and teaching English to the three children. 

Cara has been the recipient of many scholarships and awards:

- Flying Colours Dancewear Scholarship (Grades 10, 11, 12)
- Artona Scholarship for Design (Grade 12)
- Principal's List and Honour Roll (Grades 8-12)
- Chemistry 12 Book Award (Top Student)
- AP Language 12 Book Award (Top Student)
- AP 3D Design 12 Book Award (Top Student)
- 2013 NPIDA Garlene Pickett Memorial Trophy $75 winner
- 2012 EBIDS Garlene Pickett Memorial Trophy $100 winner

Cara has been accepted to the two universities she applied to, UBC and SFU. She was offered the UBC McFarlane-Karp Major Entrance Scholarship and the SFU Alumni Leadership Major Entrance Scholarship. She has accepted the SFU offer and has deferred her start date for one year; she will begin her studies at SFU in September 2017 in their International Studies program.

Cara will be taking a "gap year" before starting at SFU and has many plans for the year ahead! She will be heading to Scotland with the Celtic Ensemble this summer (Aberdeen International Youth Festival and the Skye Festival on Isle of Skye). She will then be exploring Europe; Ireland, England, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary and Croatia. She will continue volunteering next year, including tutoring the Syrian refugee family, and is planning to volunteer at the Multicultural Society. She also plans to pursue her language interests, including starting Arabic lessons.

Cara won't be dancing next year but says she will definitely be stopping by NPIDA to teach a few classes as a substitute teacher! 

Congratulations Cara!

Cara performing with the

North Shore Celtic Ensemble

Cara (2012)

Cara (2013)

Cara at the 2016 NPIDA Winter Ceili 

In flight at the 2013 NPIDA Ceili

Our 2016 PMAE Winners

Mary: $2000 winner

Reese: $1000 winner

Olivia: $500 winner

Julie: $500 winner

Lucy: $500 winner

Tess: $500 winner

Thank you to Cheryl for providing these photos of the 2016 winners of the PMAE (Pat McAndless Award of Excellence), which were awarded at the NPIDA year-end show on June 8.

The PMAE recognizes NPIDA dancers who demonstrate the highest qualities of passion, work ethic, dedication, persistence, and leadership in pursuit of excellence in Irish dance, academics, and voluntary community service. You can read more about the PMAE HERE. Congratulations girls!

Join Us at the Steveston Docks in August

Kassidy, Josie, Sophie and Olivia

Steveston Docks August 2015

Thank you to Bridget for submitting the following on behalf of EBIDS:

Summer has finally arrived and that means 3 things: sunshine, slurpees and shows!

The summer schedule of Eire Born shows are an exciting way to hang out with your friends, make new friends and dance. (They are also an easy way to get your 15-show minimum in order to qualify for funding in the fall.) If you are not yet in Eire Born, we welcome you to come out and watch us every Sunday in August at the Steveston docks and see some fantastic performances. 

The first day of Steveston dock shows will be Sunday July 31 (BC Day long weekend), and the final day of shows will take place on Sunday August 28. There are four opportunities on each of these days to cheer the dancers on: 12PM, 1PM, 2PM and 3PM.

With hard work and dedication, you will be there one day too! Stay tuned for more shows and times when you can come out and support the NPIDA Eire Born dancers.

Have a fabulous summer and we'll see you at the dock shows!

- EBIDS

Reese and Alexis

Steveston Docks August 2015