• Feb 12 check in -- info inside, 05:35:43 02/09/10 Tue
• Hope she's better soon. Sorry about your trip! (NT) -- ., 09:05:36 02/09/10 Tue

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• When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you snow, make a quick buck on the deal. I've been hauling in the dough with my money making scheme (franchises are available). Link inside. -- ZandB, 17:47:10 02/08/10 Mon
  • there may be interest in vancouver... i'd forward your ad to the olympic comittee (NT) -- maybe we could reroute storm?, 17:52:32 02/08/10 Mon
• haha if I was not expecting- I would be so out earning money for the new SOLO dress hahaha (NT) -- Send the snow back to The north pole!, 17:59:36 02/08/10 Mon
• This is so we can tell our children we had to dig out of the snow every week for the entire winter...and they won't believe us! (NT) -- Hiked uphill ten miles each way to and from school, back in the day..., 18:55:52 02/08/10 Mon
• Whine whine whine. Here in Texas, we just got very cold rain... At least with snow you get to make snowmen. (NT) -- XP, 19:51:44 02/08/10 Mon
  • i don't think you understand... we're all too tired to build snowmen from hours of shoveling (NT) -- and we still can't drive :(, 20:21:04 02/08/10 Mon
    • And after hours of backbreaking shoveling, scraping snow and ice from your car, digging and digging until, LOOK! There it is!! The end of the driveway and hope!! And behold, there in the distance! A snow plow barreling towards you crashing through the massive drifts creating a path to freedom and you wave at the driver with grins and smiles and anticipation and watch in horror as he dumps tons of snow on your freshly cleaned driveway creating an impenetrable wall between you and, and… I need a moment here…your escape route. (NT) -- ZandB, 20:37:44 02/08/10 Mon
      • haha that is exactly how i felt... (NT) -- above poster, 06:51:36 02/09/10 Tue
• So much 4 Global Warming, huh? & I hear u r about 2 get another 10" or so......... (NT) -- jj, 01:29:06 02/09/10 Tue
  • This is entirely consistent with Global Warming. GW creates greater volatility in weather, with more weather at the extremes, whether hot or (NT) -- cold, 05:38:44 02/09/10 Tue
  • come now. you understand what averages are. (NT) -- ., 08:40:26 02/09/10 Tue
• You know how people like to say, "When hell freezes over"? Well, DC has finally frozen over! (NT) -- .., 05:23:07 02/09/10 Tue
  • hey I happen to love that city! (NT) -- and most of what it represents, 05:25:57 02/09/10 Tue
• Dumb ol' groudhog. It's all his fault. (NT) -- Dancing Dance Mom, 06:29:21 02/09/10 Tue
  • YOU SAID IT DUMB GROUNDHOG- *hrmph* (NT) -- born on 2/2 - and always have to hear about that thing predicting more cold!, 10:18:18 02/09/10 Tue
• It's only 68 degrees here in Tampa!!! Cold to us anyway! (NT) -- couldn't resist, 10:15:20 02/09/10 Tue

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• Do people really buy these things (NT) -- Hoarding old idm's too, 06:56:52 02/09/10 Tue

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• Who dem? Who dat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (NT) -- wooooohooooo!!!!!!!, 20:08:45 02/07/10 Sun
• GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!! (NT) -- WOOO HOOO!!!!!, 05:45:12 02/08/10 Mon
• And how out those NHL Washington Capitals beating Pittsburgh Penguins---Hockey is the best sport ever! (NT) -- Love Ovi, Nick, Greenie and the boys, 08:04:21 02/08/10 Mon
  • C-A-P-S CAPS CAPS CAPS!!! :D (NT) -- SRgirl, 08:58:59 02/08/10 Mon
  • Woo-hoo! Caps beat the Penguins yeah yeah yeah, and Maryland Terps won, too! All while I, shhh, watched the NO Saints. From Md but HAD to root for our SR friends!!! (NT) -- congrats all, 14:22:46 02/08/10 Mon
• Saints -- Regina Upright, 16:53:14 02/08/10 Mon

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• lovely dress, many people are wary of a final sale though.. (NT) -- good luck selling!, 18:06:10 02/07/10 Sun
  • I can be flexible on that... (NT) -- Colleen (:)), 20:02:12 02/07/10 Sun
• Personally, having just sold a dress, I think you need to make the sale not final and reduce your asking price, if you really want it to sell. (NT) -- No offense intended., 02:42:20 02/08/10 Mon

• That is pretty! (NT) -- ., 10:25:26 02/07/10 Sun
• are you sure it's a gavin? (NT) -- looks kind of different.., 11:05:50 02/07/10 Sun
• looks like a gavin to me - maybe a year old? (NT) -- very nice dress, 14:22:18 02/07/10 Sun
• Another dress that says sale is final. Why in this slow market are seller's adding this stipulation. I've heard seller say that is negotiable; then why not change the dress advert? (NT) -- just don't get it., 13:35:07 02/08/10 Mon
• this dress belongs to my daughter definitly a gavin and it looks a little different to his usual styls because we wanted something gracefull and lightweight it was made in july 2009 but sadly she has had to take a break from danceing (NT) -- irish mom, 15:50:02 02/08/10 Mon

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• http://www.scott-photography.com/photoind_irish.cfm?&setname=CB Girls under 14&picnum=2157&picsize=325&dntshow=0&lstphoto=7867 (NT) -- link to 2nd dress, 11:18:09 02/06/10 Sat

• All I can keep thinking is WHAT are we going to do if this snow does not cool it...St Patricks day parades are going to be a Nightmare if it does not warm/dry up over the next month! (NT) -- *snowed OUT*, 08:39:52 02/06/10 Sat
• 27 inches in Gaithersburg, Maryland and still snowing. (NT) -- at least I still have power, 10:24:58 02/06/10 Sat
  • OMG your poor things! We only got 1 1/2" in northern NJ. I hate the snow! I hope you dig out and are warm and safe. Please be careful shoveling so you don't hurt yourself. (NT) -- need warm weather, 11:43:29 02/06/10 Sat
    • 34.5 inches in Frederick Co, MD. Who knows when we will see a snow (NT) -- plow, 12:00:23 02/06/10 Sat
• 26 inches in Glenelg, Maryland... err .. I mean Picayune! (NT) -- ZandB (Still Snowing!!), 12:08:43 02/06/10 Sat
• My picture of Snowmaggedon 2010 -- ZandB, 13:01:11 02/06/10 Sat
  • Did your mail get delivered today??? (NT) -- ., 16:37:31 02/06/10 Sat
    • UPSP suspended delivery for the whole area (NT) -- mp, 19:44:30 02/06/10 Sat
• prefer the term Snowtorious BIG! (NT) -- rmom, 13:42:55 02/06/10 Sat
  • snOMG! (NT) -- :), 14:39:19 02/06/10 Sat
• it's a snowpocalypse! (NT) -- 17.5 inches at reagan national and still falling.., 15:28:29 02/06/10 Sat
• We have about 30" in Manassas now...and I just checked the forcast and it says we are to get more snow on Tues & Wed!!!! Aghghghghghghgh...sob, sob... (NT) -- going crazy, 16:14:51 02/06/10 Sat
  • yep, about 6 more inches (NT) -- lucky us, 16:18:04 02/06/10 Sat
• Not even interested in an"exact:" measure for Burke VA but Hubby was out to shovel every 4 hours- and each time it looked like he had never touched it before aside from the fact there are now 10 foot piles where he is running out of room to shovel it"elsewhere" (NT) -- Not a plow in site- Maybe they will have time for us tomorrow~, 17:11:05 02/06/10 Sat
  • MS. Cabana....could this be you? (NT) -- hmmmmm, 17:17:30 02/06/10 Sat
    • Ms. Cabana just saw this message and she was out shoveling too!!! Yesterday AND today!!! (NT) -- D Cabana, 12:44:57 02/07/10 Sun
• Because of all this snow and the possibility of it being this way (NT) -- around the O's, O should be held further south., 05:00:16 02/07/10 Sun
  • And the have it in the relatively same region 2 years in a row (NT) -- is insanity. Weather could be a problem anywhere, but rotate locations., 05:02:07 02/07/10 Sun
    • that's so true. We flew into Houston w/ a connector to Dallas for 2009 O's (we used miles so the flight was free). Houston got snow, couldn't fly in. So I drove to Dallas. The further south you go the worse snow can be. Hey, they do have O's in MW and NE too. (NT) -- coosmommy, 05:40:18 02/07/10 Sun
    • Give me a break, 1st weekend of December is not a likely time for heavy snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (NT) -- Geez!, 07:36:51 02/07/10 Sun
      • Oh yeah? What about DC a couple of years ago? I live in D/FW area & booked a flight to DC on Midwest. Guess where MW's hub is? Wisconsin and they were having a blizzard. Our flight was cancelled & we almost missed the O. In D/FW it is extremly rare to have bad weather in early December. (NT) -- D/FW mom, 08:02:43 02/07/10 Sun
        • Then don't book through a northern hub, the southern region in unlikely to have bad weather in DEC, not the whole country! (NT) -- !, 11:40:52 02/07/10 Sun
          • Uh, we got stuck in Houston going to O's too - hardly a northern hub, and woefully ill-equipped for snow. (NT) -- Unless we want all O's in Florida (and I don't) we will have to make snow plans., 12:25:22 02/07/10 Sun
            • Even it is in FL , don't choose to fly through northern cities or ill-equipped cities on your way, plan carefully ! (NT) -- s, 12:51:37 02/07/10 Sun
  • All the other regions manage to have an Oireachtas in November/December. (NT) -- No name, 05:23:22 02/08/10 Mon
• I saw more plows in my Prince William County neighborhood in the last 15 hours than I can ever remember! We can defiitely get out to Rte 234 and see civilization today :) And pick up goodies for the Big Superbowl Party! (NT) -- love the snow, 07:41:50 02/07/10 Sun
  • Me again....been to Subway, Starbucks, the grocery...but mountains of snow everywhere--have to look carefully before we go. (NT) -- felt great to be out, 10:30:14 02/07/10 Sun
  • Send them to Fairfax county because we are still snowed in! (NT) -- :(, 22:53:49 02/08/10 Mon
• The DC area is better prepared for any snow that might come. Down here in NC we get two inches and everyone rushes to the grocery store and gets bread and milk and doesn't leave the house for a few days. Ridiculous (NT) -- might be better off up there, 08:32:43 02/07/10 Sun
  • Think further south. (NT) -- The southern region is large. Minimize possible problems ., 10:25:31 02/07/10 Sun
  • Haha DC isn't that well off- there were people in stores fighting an lines just to get a parking space @ some places...most of the big roads are clear by now but we are still nice and stuck- no plow on our road so everyone has been shoveling bits of the road in front of their houses. (NT) -- still more to come*tears*, 10:41:43 02/07/10 Sun
  • Here's a picture of Trader Joe's in Reston at 6:59 pm on Friday. You're looking at the bread shelves... -- I'm sure they were out of toilet paper, too!, 17:35:01 02/07/10 Sun
    • haha hope u want some strawberry shortcakes! (NT) -- :), 10:58:12 02/08/10 Mon
      • Those are scones. (NT) -- ., 14:35:10 02/08/10 Mon
• We got snowed in and lost power for almost a week a few years ago and it made me realize how unprepared we are for going even a few days without modern technology so.... -- Ready for it now, 18:01:08 02/07/10 Sun
  • Now you know how us Southern folk feel when we get huuricanes. No electricity for weeks. Eating canned food for a while. At least you can keep your food cold by leaving it outside. We had to throw out a freezer full of food - twice. Oh well, keep warm. If you do get chilled - practice your Irish dance! (NT) -- keep warm, 11:28:49 02/08/10 Mon
• Now they are calling for 10 to 20 more inches Tuesday into Wednesday. Where (NT) -- will we put it all?, 13:21:53 02/08/10 Mon
  • OK VA PPL pack your bags lets move to LA! (NT) -- tired of snow, 15:41:10 02/08/10 Mon

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• Forgot to mention I've been in contact with KOS and Marriott and so far, it hasn't been turned in. (NT) -- ..., 12:58:19 02/05/10 Fri

• If we can ever dig out of all this snow, we're taking teams over... (NT) -- hope for good travel weather!, 06:14:25 02/06/10 Sat
• Cara King and Haley Tanner (NT) -- Dancer, 12:11:17 02/06/10 Sat
  • Megan Murphy too! (NT) -- good luck!, 13:29:54 02/07/10 Sun
• Maple dancers going as long as we can fly out! (NT) -- Need a snow break, 12:47:07 02/07/10 Sun
• Haley Tanner isn't (NT) -- ,, 18:13:05 02/07/10 Sun
• Good luck to all Southern Region Competitors! (NT) -- and everyone else too!, 12:26:11 02/08/10 Mon

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• Thank you :) (NT) -- :), 16:26:11 02/04/10 Thu
• No action shots (NT) -- ?, 19:51:51 02/05/10 Fri
• We were hoping for action shots too becausre my dd had commented on the fact that it was distracting, but hope it was worth it. (NT) -- Action shots?, 13:57:16 02/06/10 Sat
• No photos of awards? (NT) -- That's a pity., 17:38:18 02/06/10 Sat
  • yes, the awards ceremony are posted (NT) -- srmom, 18:21:45 02/06/10 Sat
    • Where? I thought I had scrolled through all of them the link took me to. I would like to see the awards.. (NT) -- Thanks., 05:12:17 02/07/10 Sun
      • Never mind, I finally saw the other sections in the header. (NT) -- Duh. Need stronger glasses here., 05:16:59 02/07/10 Sun

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• I don't know if Elevation made his but here is a link to their website. They have photos of many different vest designs. I wish my son would wear one of these for his open champ competition but he refuses. Oh well, at least I'm saving a lot of money by not having one made! The link is inside... -- mom, 07:34:14 02/04/10 Thu
  • Thanks I did look at the elevation one but he thinks they are too busy. I thought somebody might know on here. (NT) -- thanks though, 08:00:16 02/04/10 Thu
    • I bet Elevation would make it however he wants it - they are very responsive and accommodating (NT) -- if you don't find somewhere else, 06:10:11 02/05/10 Fri
• jason made it himself (NT) -- great design, 08:05:44 02/04/10 Thu
  • Wow - well he hit the nail right on the head. (NT) -- he's very talented, 08:12:30 02/04/10 Thu
    • Jason designed it and one of the moms in Houston made it. (NT) -- mcter, 10:55:47 02/04/10 Thu
      • Yes, McTeggart has a very talented dress and costume maker in Houston who makes all of Jason's (and several other dancers') costumes. Jason did a great job designing this latest vest! (NT) -- great group of people!, 06:34:58 02/05/10 Fri
• I wonder if Jason knew about impending nuptials if he would make one for the groom! (NT) -- the ultimate compliment, 18:09:03 02/04/10 Thu
• Avoca sells such a vest-take a (NT) -- look, 02:00:55 02/05/10 Fri
• Hey Jason Hays here, I design vests and dresses and have a seamstress who makes all my designs. If you go to www.mcteggartntx.org and click the "Classes" link, an email is listed, just send it there and they will forward it to me (NT) -- -Jason Hays, 18:39:07 02/05/10 Fri

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• Last year it was over by 3:30. (NT) -- Could be different this year, of course., 13:15:07 02/03/10 Wed
• Another question-if we came in early Friday-are there any fun for mom and teen dds areas within 1/2 hour or so from airport? (NT) -- thanks, 15:56:24 02/03/10 Wed
  • Grapevine Mills Mall is 5 minutes away. Great shopping there! (NT) -- Welcome..., 20:01:02 02/03/10 Wed
  • Mall shopping? Well, I was going to suggest some local Tattoo and Body Piercing establishments near the airport. Bring in your favorite design from the Book of Kells and leave with a lasting memory of the Feis you and your daughters will cherish forever! (NT) -- ZandB, 16:03:19 02/04/10 Thu
    • The family that tattoos and pierces together stays (NT) -- together., 05:12:54 02/05/10 Fri
• The Galleria is about a 10-15 minute drive from the hotel too. (NT) -- Lots of shopping to be done!, 07:32:17 02/05/10 Fri

• I think it would be better to leave tour school name and contact info.......then others will leave the same. (NT) -- like telling info to a stranger, 18:17:45 02/03/10 Wed
• we are a party of two and would love to share a cab on the way back from Killarney to Shannon 2/21, for a 9:00 a.m. flight--early, I know. (NT) -- interested in sharing?, 13:02:59 02/06/10 Sat

• What type of school? Private only? Urban/rural? Particular major? (NT) -- --, 06:23:06 02/03/10 Wed
  • dd is looking for small (>2,000), private, good academics/non animal-house schools. At this point we're looking anywhere in the US: MAR, MWR, SR (NT) -- NER, WR No set major, 13:43:33 02/03/10 Wed
• My sister is a graduate of Hendrix in Arkansas. I attended UCA in same city. Where are you commuting from? Little Rock is about a half hour drive. (NT) -- Dancing Dance Mom, 06:38:37 02/03/10 Wed
  • If accepted and enrolled, she'd live at Hendrix (NT) -- We're from the MWR, 13:44:36 02/03/10 Wed
• If you are talking about Davidson College in NC, it is about a 45 minute commute to either Rince na h'eireann or Walsh-Kelley in Charlotte. (NT) -- doable, 11:20:20 02/03/10 Wed
• I think you will find it is a personal choice as to if the dancer feels he or she has time to continue dance classes. practice and competing. Many do, many do not. It will depend on the individual's goals and on other interests and on the major/field of study. Some programs -- old mom, 11:24:34 02/03/10 Wed
• My dd attends U of A in Fayetteville and there is a nice group of ID there. (NT) -- Razorback Mom, 11:52:29 02/03/10 Wed
  • Sorry, just saw requiremnts, U of A is a big school (NT) -- Razonback mom, 07:18:02 02/04/10 Thu
• Wake Forest is in Winston-Salem where Rince na H'Eireann has class. Not sure how big WF is. (NT) -- NC Dancer, 18:57:44 02/04/10 Thu
• there's a nice group in tulsa, and Tulsa University is a great school -- private, about 3K students, 19:05:38 02/04/10 Thu
• Virginia Wesleyan College is a small college in Virginia -- Roberta, 21:21:52 02/07/10 Sun
• Rollins College in Winter Park Florida - most gorgeous campus Tir Na Greine and Watters both close by (NT) -- MO, 12:28:07 02/08/10 Mon

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• Hendrix contact Judy McCafferty -- Hendrix, 15:18:25 02/03/10 Wed
  • Judy and PJ often judge MWR feiseanna. I had a chance to talk to her last spring about Hendrix. At that time, she didn't know if any of her dancers would be going there. (NT) -- Love them both!, 17:22:46 02/03/10 Wed

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• I would try the midwest board. voy.com/33031/ (NT) -- mom, 05:47:11 02/01/10 Mon
  • I did. Just wanted to ask here as well. I thought I seen some schools from this region registered too. (NT) -- thank you, 05:49:34 02/01/10 Mon
    • We'll b there and so will others from our school but none in your dd comp congrats to her for being in OC (NT) -- southern mom, 06:15:11 02/01/10 Mon
      • ? 512 is PW not OC right? (NT) -- op, 06:48:32 02/01/10 Mon
        • yes, sorry. need coffee (NT) -- me, 08:20:48 02/01/10 Mon
• Thank you, someone on the MidAmerica board was able to answer (NT) -- Best to all :), 09:37:16 02/01/10 Mon
  • Don't mean to be rude but I wish you would just pay. I have a hard time with people holding back waiting to see if there are enough competitors, when if you just all would pay there more than likely would be! (NT) -- Sad but true!, 12:45:13 02/01/10 Mon
    • Its really a catch 22 for those traveling longer distances -- inside, 15:08:30 02/01/10 Mon

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• OMF -- Your friends in Memphis, 15:42:50 02/01/10 Mon

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• Congrats to your school. You guys have such lovely dancers!! -- fan, 15:16:24 01/31/10 Sun

• They showed a very short clip of her last night during a pre-pageant show. It looked as though she was doing a hard shoe dance in her softshoes, which I really thought was strange. (NT) -- Odd., 18:46:58 01/30/10 Sat
  • My daughters and I saw that, too. Thought it was strange. (NT) -- Fun to see anyway., 22:18:39 01/30/10 Sat
• Her name was Rachel Todd (NT) -- what school was she from?, 23:14:58 01/30/10 Sat
• On her website it says she placed top 10 at the "National" championship in Dallas, TX.... they must have been talking about the Oireachtas when it was in 2005 -- she didn't seem that good on tv.... link to her site is inside!, 23:51:50 01/30/10 Sat
  • her name isn't under any of the results for the 2005 Oireachtas though.... (NT) -- was nans ever in Dallas, Tx?, 00:03:06 01/31/10 Sun
  • She placed 14th in 2004 (NT) -- Ladies Under 17, 05:16:28 01/31/10 Sun
• She went to Tir na Greine in Florida (NT) -- dancer, 07:18:20 01/31/10 Sun
• She came top 10 at the oireachtas in 2002 (NT) -- dancer2, 07:21:45 01/31/10 Sun

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• My dd broke her strap afew weeks ago and I tiik it to a cobbler in Lakeforest Mall only took an hour and $20.00 bucks. (NT) -- There is also a good one in Vienna, 19:58:50 01/30/10 Sat
  • Thanks! (NT) -- op, 06:04:14 01/31/10 Sun
  • That's good to know. I have a strap on the verge of breaking and Lakeforest is pretty convenient for me. (NT) -- mp, 10:29:02 01/31/10 Sun
    • I've used them, happily, in the past as well, and also my local dry cleaners which does a great job on shoes (and about a mile closer, with less other retails stores tempting me!). Shoe strap is thankfully an easier fix than some other shoe issues. (NT) -- also a MoCo local, 08:25:31 02/01/10 Mon
• Since the shoes are only a month old, would it be worth it to contact the vendor? (NT) -- SR mom, 10:31:26 01/31/10 Sun
  • I would. I had a pair of corrs and the sole started to separate after 2 months. You could see where it was not a wear and tear problem. They replaced my shoes for me. Your manufacturer might replace your strap. Never know unless (NT) -- you ask., 12:36:38 01/31/10 Sun
  • Fayes replaced straps for free for us in the past -- worth a try, 11:03:32 02/04/10 Thu
• Bedos in downtown Falls Church, inexpensive and familiar w/ irish dance shoes (NT) -- ==, 11:51:24 01/31/10 Sun
  • Yes, Bedo's is awesome. He's repaired both hard and softshoes for me - better than new! (NT) -- great guy!, 12:52:42 01/31/10 Sun
    • Thanks, again, everyone! (NT) -- op, 14:43:48 01/31/10 Sun
• Rutherfordshoes.com -- mominmd, 12:04:07 02/04/10 Thu

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• Some of my favorite shows are retirement homes, and one of my favorite experiences was... -- inside, 13:22:43 01/30/10 Sat
• I am so tired of the complaints about how our school seems more inclined to practice for shows. My dd wants to prepare for competition (NT) -- almost prelim, 13:48:27 01/30/10 Sat
  • I do not like TC's who use classtime to practice for shows. (NT) -- Should schedule other time so classtime is for learning steps and getting ready for competition., 14:07:19 01/30/10 Sat
    • Then please don't reply to this thread. It doesn't apply to you. Start another thread about competition only. This was supposed to be a happy thread, if such a thing still exists on this board. (NT) -- Thanks., 15:57:00 01/30/10 Sat
    • Are you aware that most shows pay? The money generally goes to a parent association to help support a feis and/or give moneys to those who go to Worlds and Nationals. (NT) -- nt, 18:00:38 01/30/10 Sat
      • we don't have a parent association. Only TC sees the money; but she may use that for the feis. (NT) -- bamhumbug, 11:53:54 01/31/10 Sun
        • Our TC goes to loads of shows and isn't paid a cent. That money all goes back to the dancers in some way, either as a stipend for qualifiers, or to put on events that everyone in the school can enjoy, like ceilis, etc. Our dancers love doing shows and so do the teachers. (NT) -- To each his own, I guess., 19:48:46 01/31/10 Sun
          • Exactly, both competition and performances are great. Just a preference. (NT) -- k, 07:46:25 02/01/10 Mon
    • Our TCRGs use different classes for performances than for "fun" or for competition steps (separate out figures from solo's, too). If a dancer doesn't usually perform but has an event at her/his own academic school, one of the TCs will work w/ that dancer separately to prepare and obtain costuming if need be. (NT) -- it's all good, 08:28:24 02/01/10 Mon
• Performance - Parade - Competitions - Our school works on all ....It's all just around the corner..... End each class session with a treble reel... dancers invent their own - even small group dances. (NT) -- Love the dance, 14:07:11 01/30/10 Sat
• We love shows... a no pressure way to practice performance. We think of it as Irish Dancing Community Service. One of our favorite things to do is have the girls perform on St. Patty's Day for their classes at school. They love it and their classes enjoy it, too (NT) -- nt (Nice try with the positive post thing:(), 18:04:11 01/30/10 Sat
• We did a certain show for a church party a couple of years ago and my dd and her pal did their set (Drunken Gauger) wearing sunglasses! (NT) -- How did it go tonight, Red?, 21:52:20 01/30/10 Sat
  • Red was NOT happy last night as the performance was cancelled - we got at least 8 inches of snow! Wouldn't have been the same w/out her DG pal and the sunglasses! (NT) -- Red's Mom, 07:19:37 01/31/10 Sun
• We usually have several shows, plus the DC parade, culminating in the basement of a pub. The floor is awful, but they always have a great audience. -- mp, 10:32:08 01/31/10 Sun
• One of my favorites wasn't even with DD danced with her school, but with my ceili/set dance group at one of the many senior centers/nursing homes... -- that and parades, 08:36:50 02/01/10 Mon
• a great night -- Happy Dance Mom, 05:35:01 02/04/10 Thu
  • I'll bet this was awesome. When I was in college, our school hosted a special olympics event and we performed, and it was really inspiring. What a lovely opportunity for the dancers to be involved in! (NT) -- Thanks for sharing this, 12:09:26 02/04/10 Thu

• They were supposed to be here: www.imagequix.com/photog.php?id=79zm29q (NT) -- but aren't up yet., 11:09:26 01/30/10 Sat
  • Amanda apologized for the delay, says they will be up by Tuesday (NT) -- Marie, 16:19:55 01/31/10 Sun
• What is the ID code to submit so we can veiw the photos when they are up (NT) -- no name, 13:41:41 02/01/10 Mon
  • 79zm29q (NT) -- but still no pics, 13:45:59 02/03/10 Wed

• NO MORE SNOWWWW haha they i still have piles left over from last time*sniffles* (NT) -- : ) I need of some serious spring, 04:40:39 01/30/10 Sat
  • should say IN Need of some serious spring (NT) -- but the idea was still there, 04:41:47 01/30/10 Sat
  • Glad the Raleigh feis was not this weekend. That would have been a big mess! (NT) -- ., 18:10:44 01/30/10 Sat
• classes cancelled on account of not being able to drive anywhere...boo! gotta get ready for worlds...come on, spring weather! (NT) -- anxious dancer ;0), 20:24:02 01/30/10 Sat

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• Your dress is not selling because the price is WAY too high for a dress that looks like it has cockroaches on it -- really lower the price, 18:18:10 01/29/10 Fri
  • oh that was really mean and uncalled for. (NT) -- I hope the moderator removes that comment soon., 03:38:16 01/30/10 Sat
    • I was thinking the same thing about the price; but the dress is lovely. (NT) -- 90, 08:54:48 01/30/10 Sat
  • You know, if you had really wanted to be helpful you could have sent the seller a private email offering some considerate advice instead of trashing the dress in public. (NT) -- Sad, 09:59:11 01/30/10 Sat
  • Yes it does look like roaches. Why would GD do that to someone? It isn't the only disgusting likeness he's used to cover dresses for little girls. (NT) -- I agree with you., 15:06:44 01/31/10 Sun
  • Really adorable and pretty things, actually! I think of them more as lady bugs or a beautiful waterbug, but if you want to call them roaches, maybe the dancer will dance like the girl in Hairspray who had roaches on her dress:) (NT) -- tis in the eye of the beholder, 13:58:58 02/01/10 Mon
• i never thought that until ,i read the other message contact the moderator at the top of the page and ask for its removal -- jj, 09:39:30 01/30/10 Sat
  • My DD calls them Ladybugs. She loves the dress but isn't dancing anymore. (NT) -- :), 09:47:15 01/30/10 Sat
    • the are most likely ladybugs. He has donr that before (NT) -- mom, 09:46:25 02/01/10 Mon
• Well this is the owner of the dress. My Daughter is still dancing with the dress and it's "Love Bugs". People are indeed mean on here but they are entitled to there opinion. Gavin is known for his abstact designs and this was one of them. We have no problem with it. The price is negotiable and you have to see it on my daughter. Its Striking and gets compliments but like everything else we'd love to get another. Please Email me if your interested. (NT) -- BklynFeisMom, 22:24:36 02/07/10 Sun

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• No I heard it was going to be in Athens, Georgia in 2011..... (NT) -- why would we have anything in Richmond?, 07:53:02 01/29/10 Fri
• This is news to me--anyone know for sure? (NT) -- le, 07:53:15 01/29/10 Fri
• I saw somewhere that it was going to be in williamsburg (NT) -- in 2011, 07:54:58 01/29/10 Fri
• I hope this is not true!!!! Definitely need to move it to a different location! (NT) -- Not right!, 08:30:50 01/29/10 Fri
• I heard it was going to be in Mexico. (NT) -- Time for a change., 09:07:44 01/29/10 Fri
  • it had better not be in Mexico.... nightmares and complaining parents waiting to happen (NT) -- & plus none of us want to catch swine flu!, 13:16:54 01/29/10 Fri
    • this is one of the dumbest posts i've ever read on this board. (NT) -- and that is saying something, 16:01:29 01/29/10 Fri
      • no one wants a UNITED STATES SOUTHERN REGION championship to be held in Mexico! (NT) -- thats just obvious!, 21:24:42 01/31/10 Sun
        • However, Mexico IS a part of the IDTANA Southern Region of North America...not a US-only region! (NT) -- K, 07:35:22 02/01/10 Mon
        • But, it's NOT a United States Southern Region, not really, as Mexico and another S. American country is included, last I knew. Now, getting DD's estranged father to approve her passport would be an issue, but otherwise, yeah, (NT) -- now that'd be fun!!!, 08:46:01 02/01/10 Mon
          • It is the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America- Southern Region, not of the United States. Mexico is a North American Country (NT) -- just to clarify, 12:29:29 02/05/10 Fri
• I think someone is bored and having fun posting (NT) -- random locations, 09:42:20 01/29/10 Fri
• Doesn't matter..people will just complain about it anway. We sound like a bunch of 3 year olds! (NT) -- Grumpy and cynical from reading the recent posts..., 10:33:31 01/29/10 Fri
• I heard it was going to be in Random Locations, Florida. (NT) -- Near the beach and all of the major theme parks., 11:18:09 01/29/10 Fri
  • and the new ABBA theme park just relocated from London (NT) -- to Florida., 11:20:30 01/29/10 Fri
• 2011 is definitely in Orlando..quit with the rumors (NT) -- enough, 11:31:04 01/29/10 Fri
• Oireachtas 2011 is in Greenwood, South Carolina at the Fairfield Inn! (NT) -- it's on the website people! read!, 13:21:58 01/29/10 Fri
  • Don't you mean Motel 6? (NT) -- ?, 15:40:48 01/29/10 Fri
    • Will we get a free breakfast? (NT) -- ?, 19:48:29 01/29/10 Fri
• Oireachtas 2011 held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in downtown..... the host hotel is the Marriott next door (NT) -- ., 18:12:02 01/29/10 Fri
  • no it really is richmond (NT) -- heard from our TC, 23:48:10 01/29/10 Fri
• Graceland, not Richmond. (NT) -- Elvis would be so proud., 22:00:45 01/29/10 Fri
• Just don't step on my Blue Suede Hard Shoes. (NT) -- Hee hee, 06:21:11 01/30/10 Sat
• Actually, it will be in (NT) -- Uncertain Texas :), 19:52:56 02/08/10 Mon

• It is expensive, but I believe they place ALL champs. (NT) -- SRgirl, 17:52:36 01/28/10 Thu
  • So in effect you are paying for a trophy/award/medal. Can I pay extra for the 1st place? (NT) -- just joking, 03:16:11 01/29/10 Fri
    • sorry, i already bought it! (NT) -- !!!!, 04:09:44 01/29/10 Fri
      • # way tie! (NT) -- /, 05:20:25 01/29/10 Fri
        • can we get a refund after photos? (NT) -- tee hee, 05:26:14 01/29/10 Fri
  • they do? My champ will be glad to hear. 2 grade-level kids won't be as glad, since they don't place everyone in grades. (NT) -- hope 50% placement for grades!, 17:05:13 01/29/10 Fri
• I understand! For my grade-level dancers, $148 after family fee. OUCH! (NT) -- we choose other feises, 17:03:45 01/29/10 Fri
• Wow, now I remember why I skipped this feis last year (and recently unemployed so didn't even check it out for this year). Just my DD and me, and if I'd sent her with friends, to pay $20 family fee? Ah, no thanks. She's in prelim not open, but I'll stay with their other feiseanna. (NT) -- celtic fling, sure, not this one, 08:40:01 02/01/10 Mon

• the 1st dress will be impossible to sell give it away to someone -- mum, 09:43:09 01/30/10 Sat
  • how rude! (NT) -- why make this comment?, 11:43:14 01/30/10 Sat
    • Cowards thrive in anonymity (NT) -- "I'm so clever!" (not), 07:16:03 02/04/10 Thu

• I believe they have been awarded and each person getting one received their email notification. (NT) -- not the lucky one, 13:02:12 01/28/10 Thu
  • bummer (NT) -- we aren't lucky either!, 15:35:56 01/28/10 Thu
• Does anyone know when they are awarded? (NT) -- Lucky, but in the dark., 16:10:54 01/28/10 Thu
• what is this? do you have to apply? (NT) -- wk, 17:49:59 01/28/10 Thu
  • I think it is random draw amongst the qualifiers. (NT) -- thinking back to last year, 21:06:43 01/28/10 Thu
    • Seems to always be done behind close doors...why not draw the names after last comp on 2nd day (NT) -- A little fairer, 05:31:45 01/29/10 Fri
      • because the final details aren't worked out yet as far as who can't go because they have a teacher adjudicating, etc... (NT) -- NN, 05:45:11 01/29/10 Fri
        • Very easy...just pass on to next person who qualifies in case of ad conflict (NT) -- Simple really, 06:10:29 01/31/10 Sun
      • i think the fact that they do this at all is more than fair (NT) -- no, i didn't win, 17:46:13 01/31/10 Sun
• Winners are listed on the Southern Region Website (NT) -- srmom, 19:14:44 01/29/10 Fri
• Please do also check with your local Irish organizations, and ceili/set dance groups, as some offer scholarships. What area do you live in? -- yes, I'm serious, 08:51:27 02/01/10 Mon

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• i've heard "definitely r/hp" but i've also heard "definitely sj/tj" so i guess nothing is definite (NT) -- another sr lady, 15:30:42 01/26/10 Tue
• Isn't it kooky that this is a question every year? Wouldn't it make sense for someone to set a schedule a few years out? (NT) -- mom, 05:19:54 01/27/10 Wed
• My Sr Lady dancer is currently working on R/HP. TC switched her at the first of the year hopeful for something other than sl/tj. (NT) -- Its been a long time., 05:39:38 01/27/10 Wed
  • It was R/HP in 2007. That's not so long... (NT) -- SRgirl, 07:19:35 01/27/10 Wed
    • it depends when you move up from junior ladies. i was on the 3 yr in a row sj/tj rotation too and by the end (NT) -- was sick of all my sj music haha, 15:30:01 01/27/10 Wed
• Oireachtas dances are supposed to be the same as the Worlds dances for the following year... -- inside, 22:34:29 01/29/10 Fri
  • R/HP for nationals this year (NT) -- update, 13:50:13 01/31/10 Sun
• wait wasn't it reel hornpipe this year?? confused (NT) -- hmm, 07:57:50 02/01/10 Mon
  • It was...I hope that's a mistake! I "should" be jigs if they're switching yearly (NT) -- dancer, 10:41:22 02/03/10 Wed