Irish Dance School in Chatham-Kent

March 12th – 16th

9:00 – 12:00, 1:00 – 4:00

We’ll be focusing on few different aspects over the course of the week:

1) New team dances for 2012 Oireachtas.
2) An in depth stretch and strength segment, particularly focusing on increasing flexibility and injury prevention.
3) New solo steps, including traditional sets, treble reels, and individual tweaks to Champ level steps.
4) Nationals prep.
5) Dance routines for St. Patrick’s Day performances

- Camp is open to students grade 1 – 12, and beginners over 6
- Half day program available
- The lunch hour will be supervised

Full Day
$200 + HST

Half Day
$120 + HST

Confirmation by email is required by Friday March 2nd. Space will be limited.

Starting Monday February 13th, DVD’s of both the 2011 December Recital and the Capitol Theatre performance of MODERN will be on sale at the studio. If you ordered one in advance, your copy(s) will be ready for pick-up. If you didn’t order in advance you can request via the comments or email and you’ll be able to pick up your disc next week.

Both videos were shot using two high definition cameras, and presented in widescreen with chapters markers for each dance.

You can grab either disc for $10 a piece.

1/28/2012
O’Donnell Winter Feis (Formerly Unionville Feis)
Canada East
Markham Fairgrounds
10801 McCowan Road
Markham, ONT L3P 3J3
www.odonnellirishdance.com
mwoolgar@hart-well.com
CHAIRPERSON: Michael Woolgar
mwoolgar@hart-well.com
ENTRY SECRETARY: Kathleen O’Neill
winterfeis@odonnellirishdance.com

2/4/2012
North Coast Feis
US MidAmerica
I-X Center
One I-X Center Drive
Cleveland, OH 44135
northcoastfeis.com
ppgccmmv@msn.com
CHAIRPERSON: Christine Leneghan
ppgccmmv@msn.com
ENTRY SECRETARY: Sandi Asazawa

2/18/2012
Mary Woodgate Feis – CANCELLED
Canada East
Mississauga , ONT
www.peelirish.com
jbrown@peelirish.com
CHAIRPERSON: Jim Brown
jbrown@peelirish.com
ENTRY SECRETARY: Janice Brown
jbrown@peelirish.com
sandiasaz@aol.com

3/24/2012-3/25/12
West Virginia Feis @ Pittsburgh
US MidAmerica
Hyatt Hotel
1111 Airport Blvd PO Box 12420
Pittsburgh, PA 15231
irishcentrepgh.org
kayaks201@verizon.net
CHAIRPERSON: James Graven
kayaks201@verizon.net
ENTRY SECRETARY: Kathleen Yates
yateska@hotmail.com

5/5/2012
Forest City Feis
Canada East
Progress Building, Western Fair Association
316 Rectory Street
London, ONT N5Y 3V9
www.forestcityfeis.com
forestcityfeis@rogers.com
CHAIRPERSON: Tony Nother
another@execulink.com
ENTRY SECRETARY: Eileen Doyle
forestcityfeis@rogers.com

January 5th – 8th

Here’s dates and times for the upcoming workshop. A lot of new steps will be taught over these four days so it is very strongly recommended everyone make every effort attend.

Grades 4 – 5
Friday 5:00 – 7:00
Saturday 9:30 – 11:00
$50

Grades 6 – 7
Thursday 5:00 – 7:00
Friday 5:00 – 7:00
Saturday 1:30 – 3:30
Sunday 9:00 – 11:00
$100

Grades 8 – 12
Thursday 7:00 – 10:00
Friday 3:00 – 5:00, 7:00 – 9:00
Saturday 11:00 – 1:00, 3:30 – 5:30
Sunday 11:00 – 1:30
$150

Please make cheques payable to “The Cornell Parents’ Association”

Busch Gardens is looking for Irish Dancers to staff one of it’s upcoming shows in Williamsburg USA. See the below release for more info.

“Busch Gardens Williamsburg has exciting opportunities to help create lasting memories for millions. Don’t miss your chance to work on one of our spectacular live shows or events. Busch Gardens offers the perfect mix of diverse product, competitive wages, and the industry’s leading creative talent. If you are an Open Championship dancer, 18 years or older, visit http://www.talentsearchbgw.com/irishdancer.html for details and audition dates.”

The last week of classes, the 12th – 18th, will be “Bring a Friend to Class” week. All students are invited to bring a friend along with them to classes for some fun group dances.

Here’s a final schedule for our upcoming December Recital. Please try and arrive on schedule so that that everyone gets adequate rehearsal time.

Rehearsal
Arrive @
4:00 – Grades 3 – 12
5:00 – Grades 1 – 2 and Beginners

Show Time
Doors open @ 6:00
Show will start @ 6:30

Please see the previous post for more information.

Always feel free to ask questions in the comments or by email.

At the very top end of our performance program is our professional show called “Irish Fire: A Dancing Story of Love and Desire”.
The show employs our own top level dancers 16 years and older and has successfully toured many many theatres across Ontario.

Starting this December however, we’re taking the show international, beginning with our first date in Beijing China. We’ve been booked by the Intercontinental Hotel Beichen to headline their Christmas Eve Gala.

In total, nine dancers and one musician will be making the trip for the performance.

We’re happy to be able to provide opportunities like this to our dancers who have invested deeply with all of their time, effort and funds to have reached such a high level of excellence.

And this is only the beginning…

www.celticfury.com

We practiced, and practiced, and practiced some more. Then we went to Ottawa and executed. Below are all of the placings for our solo dancers, teams, and premiere competitors.

SOLO CHAMPIONSHIPS (*Qualified for North American Championships)

Claire Cox – 15th
*Claudia Cox – 16th
*Macauley Fryer – 3rd
*Brianna Delaey – 15th
*Sidney Fryer – 15th

TEAMS

4-Hand Under 12 – 3rd
Macaulay Fryer
Emma Howitt
Claudia Cox
Jenna Delaey

4-Hand Under 12 – 7th
Brielle Drew
Katarina Vanooten
Erin Wilbur
Sydney Murphy

4-Hand Under 15 – 4th
Brianna Delaey
Kristen Calabrese
Claudia Cox
Erin McLachlin

4-Hand Over 15 – 14th
Stephanie Praill
Jenna Wilson
Sidney Fryer
Kiera Drew

8-Hand Under 12 – 2nd
Macaulay Fryer
Emma Howitt
Claudia Cox
Jenna Delaey
Kristen Calabrese
Brielle Drew
Katarina Vanooten
Erin Wilbur

PREMIERE CHAMPIONSHIP
Erin McLachlin – 4th
Katarina Vanooten – 8th
Emma Howitt – 10th
Kristen Calabrese – 12th
Erin Wilbur – 13th
Brielle Drew – 19th
Sydney Murphy – 12th
Jaclyn Cook – 17th
Teddy Fryer – 5th
Sara McCaughley – 9th

TREBLE REEL
Claudia Cox – 2nd
Sara McCaughley – 4th
Jaclyn Cook – 5th
Sydney Hawyluk – 8th
Brielle Drew – 1st
Erin Wilbur – 2nd
Katarina VanNooten – 4th
Emma Howitt – 6th
Erin McLachlin – 6th

The lifehacker blog has a post on breaking in shoes using rubbing alcohol. While I haven’t tried this myself, it may be very worthwhile for those of you wanting to avoid the pain of breaking in new shoes.

http://lifehacker.com/5855028/quickly-break-in-a-new-pair-of-shoes-with-rubbing-alcohol