And They're Off to Calgary: Good Luck!

Thank you to Erik for submitting these photos, taken at the NPIDA studio yesterday prior to our dancers heading to Calgary to compete at the Western Canadian Oireachtas this weekend.

Good luck and have fun!

Good Luck in Calgary, Oireachtas Dancers!

NPIDA Oireachtas dancers with Nora and Joe

(Absent: Riley, Aki, Reese T and Jessica)

Thank you to Cheryl for this photo of our 2016 Oireachtas dancers. Good luck in Calgary on Friday and Saturday at the Western Canadian Oireachtas! (qualifying championships for the 2017 North American and World Championships).

Below are our Oireachtas dancers along with a few other Championship dancers who are not attending the Oireachtas.

2016 NPIDA Oireachtas dancers plus

Ella, Ciara, Grace, Nadine, Lindsay and Ashley

Please see the post directly below for the names and age groups of our 2016 Oireachtas competitors. Have fun in Calgary!

Good Luck at the Oireachtas!

NPIDA is proud to support the following 21 dancers who will be travelling to Calgary next weekend for the 2016 Western Canadian Oireachtas. The Oireachtas is the regional qualifier for the 2017 World Championships and the 2016 North American Championships.

Good luck to all of the competitors!

* Dancers age up to and including U-13 will compete on Friday November 11.
* Dancers age U-14 and older will compete on Saturday November 12.

U-17: Kristen L
U-16: Reese F, Aki H, Kassidy P
U-15: Riley C
U-14: Yuka H
U-13: Eloise C
U-12: Claire A, Tess M, Poppy T, Josie S, Samantha S
U-11: Justine F, Lucy F, Holly R
U-10: Naomi N, Reese T
U-9: Jessica J, Willow T
U-8: Zoe C, Malia K

You can stay up to date on Oireachtas details via this link on the website of the Western Canadian Irish Dance Teachers Association.

- Clip art from the WCIDTA website.

Dress For Sale (#2016-9)

Information about this dress from the owner:

Dress for sale; made by Rising Star, original owner. Dress has been stored flat in dress bag. Dress is 2 years old and was worn 6 times. Made for 15 year old. Includes matching bloomers.

Approximate measurements as follows:

Waist: 32 inches

Hip: 36 inches

Back length of dress: 30 inches

Sleeve length: 24-1/4 inches

Asking price: $1500.

This dress owner also has two other previously-listed dresses for sale, both now reduced in price. Click on these direct links to view: #2014-13 and #2013-17.

Please contact Carolyn at cd.andersonATyahoo.com (please replace AT with @).

Halloween Night at NPIDA

Cheryl, Eden, Alexandra and Nora

Thank you to Nora for submitting this photo taken last night (Halloween) during class at the NPIDA studio.

Nora's Photos from Halloween Movie Night

Thank you to Nora for submitting these photos taken on October 29 during the annual Halloween Movie Night at NPIDA. Nora says:

We had a fantastic NPIDA Movie Night on Saturday night at the studio! Our NPIDA tradition continues! Amazing costumes, great fun, cool eats and treats as well as big smiles from all our kids and volunteers!! Thank you to everyone who came out to support our fundraiser and community event! Special thanks goes out to Stefanie, Bridget, Cara and Cheryl for your volunteer help with organizing and to our raffle and prize donors! I loved handing out my costume contest prizes! Halloween is one of my favourite days of the year because everyone gets to dress up and have FUN!

Cheryl's Cairdeas Feis Photos

Nora and NPIDA dancers at the Cairdeas Feis

October 15, 2016

Cheryl has now posted her Cairdeas Feis photos on her website; please click HERE (may take a few seconds to load). She has posted five separate albums of Cairdeas Feis photos, including NPIDA dancers; Halloween Costume Trophy Dance; and Awards. Thank you for sharing your photos Cheryl!

Left to right: Lily at her second Feis, and Taya, Malaia,

Izabelle, Kimberley and Avery at their first feis.

Malia and Jessica
2nd and 3rd in U-10 Prelim Treble Reel

Tess (4th in U-13 Open)

Eliana (aka bubble gum machine!)

Kassidy and Reese (1st in U-10 Prelim)

Poppy and Claire (both U-12 Prelim)

Willow
1st in U-9 Prelim

Lucy and Malia

Unsold Dresses From 2016 Still Available!

The following solo dresses were posted for sale here on the blog in 2016 and are still available for sale! Please click directly on the link below each photo to view the original ad and full details for that specific dress.

If you are interested in any of these lovely dresses, please contact the seller directly; all contact info is in the original ads. Go ahead and make an offer to these motivated dress sellers!

#2016-1

#2016-4

#2016-5

#2016-7

#2016-8

Dress For Sale (#2016-8)

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Information about this dress from the owner:

For sale: Gold and turquoise solo dress that was designed locally and successfully worn by 2 NPIDA dancers. This is a great first solo dress. It has a lot of let out room. The designer recently inserted two panels down the sides of the bodice to accommodate growth spurts.

Would be ideally suited for a 9-12 year old. Please let me know if you have any questions, would like to try it on or would like additional photos or measurements!

Asking $500 OBO.

Please contact Stefanie at stefaniebarillaATgmail.com (please replace AT with @).

Halloween Movie Night Update *UPDATED*

HALLOWEEN MOVIE NIGHT

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29

5:00PM-8:30PM

UPDATED Tuesday afternoon: Based on feedback, EBIDS has changed the movie option. Instead of Frankenweenie, Halloween Movie Night attendees can choose from the above three movies; Hotel Transylvania; ParaNorman; and Monster House. As noted below, please RSVP by tomorrow, Wednesday Oct. 26!

The deadline to RSVP for the Halloween Movie Night at NPIDA has been extended an extra day to Wednesday October 26 as per this notice from EBIDS:

"We need 30 people in order to make this event happen. We have decided to extend the deadline until Wednesday as we appreciate that this was such a last minute event and everyone is so busy. Thank you! We hope that you can make it! PS - if you would rather see another movie, let me know - we have a full roster of Hallowe'en movies and are happy to show the kids whatever they want to see!"

Please RSVP directly through the link in the e-mail that was sent to all NPIDA families. We hope to see you Saturday for a fun evening!