Eire Born at North Vancouver 125

Eire Born at Cates Park, September 17

Thank you to Steve for submitting these photos, taken on Saturday September 17 at Cates Park in North Vancouver. This "Party in the Park" event was a celebration of the District of North Vancouver's 125th anniversary. Eire Born entertained a large appreciative crowd! Thanks to all the dancers and parents who came out to this show, and to Bridget (sound crew).

Registration Now Open for the Cairdeas Feis!

Registration for the 2nd Annual Cairdeas (Friendship) Feis is now open on Feisworx! NPIDA and the Sionnaine Academy are again co-hosting this feis on Saturday October 15, which like last year will be held at Collingwood School, located at 70 Morven Drive in West Vancouver.

The Eire Born Irish Dance Society is the main Cairdeas Feis sponsor, with the Fraser Valley Irish Dance Association acting as co-sponsor. Please note this is a 1-day feis. You can view the syllabus as posted on Feisworx HERE. We look forward to seeing you on October 15!

Stay up to date by checking the Cairdeas Feis Facebook page! 

Run For The Cure: Team Jacqueline

Run For The Cure 2015

Jim, Jacqueline and Sophie

Thank you to Nora for submitting the following, as well as these photos from the 2015 Run For The Cure.

We have a fun NPIDA community event coming up on Sunday October 2. We are joining together as a community to support our long-time NPIDA dancer and instructor Sophie while she runs 5km in memory of her mother Jacqueline who passed away in May 2016 from cancer. We’d love to have more NPIDA dancers and friends join us at our 2nd annual Run For The Cure!

Sophie is team captain of Team Jacqueline. Please click HERE if you would like to join the team and register for the run. (When you search for a team to select, type in Team Jacqueline).

If you don't plan to register for the run but wish to make a donation, please click HERE for a direct link to the Team Jacqueline fundraising page.

You can walk, run or just cheer on Sophie, her family and friends and all the other runners and walkers! Most of us have lost a loved one to cancer so of course you can participate in memory of your own loved one too. My family and I will be participating in memory of Jacqueline and my mother Garlene Pickett. This event is inspiring, motivating and is full of amazing runners and walkers.

I hope to see you there! Once you have registered, please let me know so I can let you know the time and place to meet us on October 2nd before the race.

NPIDA at the 2015 Run For The Cure

Nora and daughters Malia and Leila

at the 2015 Run For The Cure

Eire Born Floor Raffle and Legacy!

The Eire Born Dance Floor

Thank you to Bridget for submitting the following on behalf of EBIDS, and to Patrick for submitting the history of the Eire Born floor:

EBIDS would like to share with NPIDA families a very unique fundraising opportunity. This past summer, Eire Born performed at the Steveston Docks for the 15th consecutive year and danced on the famous Eire Born floor. Sadly, it was a curtain call for our floor. The good news is that YOU and your dancer can own a piece of Eire Born history: EBIDS is raffling off sections of the floor!

This opportunity to own a piece of Eire Born/NPIDA history is open to current registered NPIDA families. The sections and prices are listed below. 

Please send an e-mail to msbcoutureATgmail.com indicating your choice by September 19^th. If your name is chosen, an EBIDS representative will contact you and arrange for pick up.

Choice #1: one plain piece $15

Choice #2: one painted piece $20

Choice # 3: 4 pieces ($60-80)

Choice #4: 6 pieces ($75-$120)

The Eire Born Dance Floor at the Steveston Docks

Dancers: Hanna and Kali, August 2007

EBIDS Dance Floor: A 15-year History!
- By Patrick M

The shiny black floor with the Celtic design that most have seen at the “Dock Shows" in Richmond, came in to being in 2002 when two NPIDA dance dads, better known as Pat and Vic, built a small 8'x12' dance floor for an NPIDA performance at the Steveston Docks for the 2002 Tall Ships celebration.

Freshly painted with a sprung base, the co-builders were shocked when the dancers danced off the floor during the reel routine, rendering the floor too small to accommodate the high flying, fast moving Eire Born dancers. Vic and Pat went back to work and added more interlocking pieces to make the floor bigger and better.

Over the past 16 years, the 25-piece floor has seen many coats of paint; nuts bolts and screws; and generations of NPIDA dancers from Beginner to Championships. Like all good things, time and wear take their toll. The days of the famed black floor are coming to an end. However, the legacy of a host to many an Irish dance show lives on in memory.

Jessica at the Lewis and Clark Feis, and Eire Born After-The-Show Fun in Point Roberts

Jessica at the Lewis and Clark Feis

Congratulations Jessica!
4th in the U-11 Prelim/Open Treble Reel 

Blair, Jessica and Mahnaz

Thank you to Blair (photos #1-3, above) and Steve (photos #4-17, below) for submitting these photos taken last weekend.

Above is Jessica at the Lewis and Clark Feis in Seaside, Oregon. Below are photos that Steve took while our Eire Born dancers were having some fun in the sun (and water!) following their performance at the Point Roberts Arts and Music Festival.

Eire Born at Point Roberts

Eire Born at Point Roberts last weekend

Thank you to Steve for submitting these photos, taken on the Labour Day weekend at the Point Roberts Arts and Music Festival. Thanks to all the Eire Born dancers and parents who travelled to Point Roberts to represent NPIDA at this annual event!

Jessica and Alexis at the Lewis and Clark Feis

Congratulations to Jessica J and Alexis B who competed at the Lewis and Clark Feis in Seaside, Oregon on Saturday.

Jessica was the only competitor in U-9 Prelim (thus placing 1st in Hard Shoe, Soft Shoe, Set Dance and overall). She also placed 4th in the U-11 Prelim/Open Treble Reel. Congratulations Jessica!

Alexis competed in U-17 Prelim and placed 4th in Soft Shoe. Congratulations Alexis!

Eire Born at the Richmond World Festival

Eire Born at the Richmond World Festival on September 3

Back: Josie, Lucy, Reese, Kristen, Eloise and Cara

Front: Zoe, Naomi and Malia

Kristen

Thank you to Erik for submitting these photos, taken on Saturday at the Richmond World Festival in Minoru Park, Richmond. Many thanks to all the dancers, sound crew (Vic and Pat), team captain (Eloise) and parents who came out to support this big community event on the holiday weekend!

Nora's Photos: Final 2016 Dock Shows

Eire Born at the Steveston docks on August 28

Lots of hugs for Sophie; her final Eire Born shows

Sophie and friends

Julie and Malia

Group hug for Sophie!

Thank you to Nora for submitting these photos, taken last Sunday August 28 at the final 2016 Steveston dock shows. Nora says:

Saying goodbye to Sophie and celebrating an amazing summer of dock shows!! I am incredibly proud of all our girls, their families and Pat and Vic alike for coming together as a strong and supportive community! All our dancers performed so well and actually improved their dancing throughout August! Way to go team Eire Born and guests! I'm so impressed!