#1thousandbutterflies

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Please for the love of god announce what dances U22s are doing! Luckily I'm non weight bearing for the next 5 weeks at least so it's not like I can start learning my dances anyway but ugh! 🤦🏼‍♀️🙄😒

[sweatandswarovskis]

Does Irish dance ever just make you feel like..

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I need some help! First off, what in the world are these called? I can't remember and just call them butterfly jumps. And HOW do you get them?! My feet can never wrap around and make it back to where they need to go and I've been practicing them so much! I've tried squeezing my upper legs together but my heels always catch and it's something I just can't seem to get!! Please-ANY advice is 1000% welcome!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[sweatandswarovskis]

NAIDC Journals

Does anyone have a journal and can post a picture of the U22 info?? 🙏🏼💖

[sweatandswarovskis]

Soo long story short I was obsessed with this light pink Nike Roches and my boyfriend surprised me with them and I'm still in shock 😭

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I took Tumblr off my phone and have been (trying) to get my life together but I just wanted to say thank you to my dance family - to all the girls I dance with who are some of the sweetest girls I know; to my UConn Irish fam for being the greatest supporters and goofballs; to my "children" who call me Mom at the studio; to my real family for always supporting me and this expensive and crazy sport; and finally to my amazing TC for being there for me, arguing with me, and pushing me through every obstacle I've been faced with. Thank you SO much. I danced two solid rounds and ended up tripping a bit in my set. I'm so proud to say that even with my mess up and dancing on a not properly healed stress fracture, I placed 6th and was only 2 points away from qualifying for worlds! I had such an amazing NERO weekend doing my fellow dancers' hair and makeup and running around with my TC to watch everyone and offer loving words when she knew her presence would panic the girls (haha the perks of being "Mom"). Everyone looked beautiful and we had some really great results, I felt like a proud, crazy dance mom. Despite going to sleep at 1 AM every night and being at the practice room by 6 AM every morning, I wouldn't have traded it for the world ☺️ I'm at a crossroads with my future right now but am really leaning toward getting my TC and hopefully joining my current TC, especially since I go to a witch doctor of a PT and would love to follow her path and then specialize in dance science/medicine like I wanted to so long ago.. I'll be on a bit of a break since my foot is getting a cast on it next week..my doctor knows me too well and knew I wouldn't stay off it if I only were in a boot. (Wish me luck with crutches and UConn's huge campus) Since I'll be in the new U23 group and we're currently unsure what dances we'll be doing, my teacher has me learning literally all of the dances and I absolutely love it (hellloooo slip jig!) I cannot wait to get back to it all 💖

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Oireachtas countdown by week advent calendar! 💖

[sweatandswarovskis]

First nationals, stress fracture in my foot, quadricep and hip flexor strain and shooting pain in my quad during hornpipe which caused me to mess up (😒) and I didn't get last! Woo! Victory dance 🎉🎉🎉 Time to rest up per teacher and doctors orders till dance camp. I'm ready for you oireachtas! Aiming for top 5 and possibly top 3!! 💪🏼😠