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Senior Lady Southern Region. Open Champ. KAID.

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When ur standing on stage and they play the chords of the Glasgow reel

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Irish Dance Asks🍀

1: Reel or Slip Jig?

2: Treble Jig or Hornpipe?

3: Light Shoe or Heavy Shoe?

4: Who made your current dress/vest?

5: Team Dancing or Solo Dancing?

6: What region are you?

7: Favorite set music?

8: What set do you do? (Either traditional or non-traditional)

9: Do you have a favorite dressmaker?

10: What type of wig do you wear? (Bun, full…)

11: What organization do you dance for? (CLRG, An Comhdhail, WIDA…)

12: What school do you dance for?

13: What color(s) is your current dress/vest?

14: Do you look up to any other dancers? Who are they and why?

15: What would you say your strengths are in your dancing?

16: Do you have a favorite feis?

17: Do you call it Irish Dancing or Irish Step Dancing?

18: What majors, if any, have you danced at?

19: Why did you start dancing?

20: What is the farthest you’ve travelled for dance?

21: How long have you been dancing for?

22: What level are you?

23: How many days/hours a week do you practice?

24: Do you prefer practicing by yourself or with other people?

25: Favorite dance memory?

26: What’s your biggest goal right now?

27: Do you have a favorite feis musician?

28: Are you friends with dancers outside of your school?

29: Do you have a favorite dance album/song?

30: Do you compete in teams/does your school do teams?

31: What’s your biggest dancing accomplishment?

32: Do you like the music to Vanishing Lake or do you think it’s just too overplayed?

33: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you while on stage?

34: (CLRG) Have you done any grade exams? If so, how many?

35: What is your favorite thing about dancing?

Feel free to add more!

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With the month of Oireachtas upon us, Oireachtasurus has begun to make her arrival visiting towns and cities around North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Oireachtasurus has been keeping her eye on little Irish dancers all around the world seeing who has been practicing and listening to their teachers. As she travels around the globe she brings the gift of turnout, cross, rhythm, and ferocious stage presence to all the hard working dancers. And to those who have worked especially hard, she may even bring you an extra special gift – a recall! Make a wish before you go to sleep and Oireachtasurus will come and make all your dreams come true! Be sure to leave your soft and hard shoes at the end of the bed the night before you dance because Oireachtasurus may leave you with some AB Swarovski crystals.

…Oireachtasurus does have one flaw though…she needs to keep her arms in.

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The merits of Irish dancing

As dancers, we are often asked, and may even wonder ourselves, “What good is Irish dance in the real world?”

Well, my friends, let me tell you. I was just able to retrieve an earring that fell into the lint trap of my dryer with the tools Irish dance has equipped me with. 

Perseverance and dedication? 

No.

Gaffers tape and sticky old sock glue.

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Blakey O’Brien doing a “trash the dress” with their old team costumes

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💙❤️

{photo credit: Milton Baar, Julia Baar}

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HAH! This is hilarious! I actually laughed out loud really hard. Irish step is impressive but incredibly awkward lol. 

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May we never see elegance go out of style!!

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Just some more snaps from NANs! 🇺🇸☘️

~dreams do come true~

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NANS PART II!!

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FIGHT or FLIGHT?

So @irishdance-comeback-kid and I went to this Wim Hof breathing workshop at our MMA gym that was crazy valuable (too much to summarize in one post) and one of the things the instructor said that really resonated with me is that learning a new thing engages a fight-or-flight response. Our body isn’t used to that, and doesn’t like doing something unfamiliar, so BANG! Fight or flight. That totally blew my mind.

I began thinking how many times I’ve seen something new and immediately thought “I can’t do that”, or trying something only a few times before giving up. Even when we practice, we like to do the things that feel more comfortable, instead of breaking down what actually needs work. That’s really a form of running away.

So, when faced with something new, what will you do? Run away, or fight through it?

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All the world’s a stage… so go out and dance. ;)

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New Irish dance move anyone? Pretty much a mix of what I’ve done in gymnastics and dance (instead of a wolf full, doing a bird full 😉) (Please ignore the ugly form.)

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[nojiggity]

the three nuggets at nationals

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Nationals 2017 pt. 1