Congratulations!!

On Friday, November 12th, and Saturday, November 13th, 13 of Steel School's dancers competed in the Western Canadian Oireachtas (also known as the Western Canadian Regional Championship). Dancers from all over Western Canada travelled to Vancouver to compete for a spot to qualify for the North American Irish Dance Championships, as well as the World Irish Dance Championships!

Steel School had 6 dancers and 2 teams recall and place. Here are the results!

Teams U12:
Girls 4 Hand:
Steel School Team B - 2nd place
Emma H, Cuba, Annika, Brianna

Girls 8 Hand:
Steel School Team - 3rd place
Emma S, Mikaela, Emma H, Korina, Annika, Calleigh, Brianna, Cuba


Solos:
U9:
Emma Smalley - 6th place
Qualifier for the North American Championships!

U10:
Korina Atchison - 10th place
Qualifier for the North American Championships!

U11:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 14th place
Qualifier for the North American Championships!

Emma Hastings - 16th place
Qualifier for the North American Championships!

U12:
Mikaela Barton - 6th place
Qualifier for the North American Championships and the World Championships!!

U20:
Megan Largy - 1st place!!
Qualifier for the North American Championships and the World Championships!!


Congratulations to all the dancers that competed this weekend! You made Steel School proud!!

Oireachtas Weekend!

A BIG special GOOD LUCK goes out to all our Steel dancers competing in this weekend's Western Canadian Oireachtas!

On Friday, Calleigh, Mikaela, Emma S., Emma H., Brainna, Korina are competing in solos, and those girls plus Cuba and Annika are all competing in ceili dancing: an 8 hand, and two 4 hands.

On Saturday, Megan, Lisa, Katie, Rachel, and Chloe are competing in solos.

GOOD LUCK GIRLS!

Just a Few Pictures...

Megan Largy and her fellow competitors for the Senior Belt


Megan Largy at the De Danaan Feis


Lisa Pasini at the De Danaan Feis


Emma S, Calleigh, and Emma H at the De Danaan Feis

Recent News!

Steel School has some exciting news to share from the past couple of feiseanna!

BIG congratulations go out to Steel Schools newest OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP dancers, Emma Smalley and Lisa Pasini!!
Emma won her way into Open at the De Danaan Feis and danced her first Open Championship this last weekend at Feile Samhain. Lisa won her way into Open at Feile Samhain.
Congratulations girls!!

More exciting news!
Calleigh McLaughlin just won her first 1st place in Preliminary Championships at Feile Samhain! She is now half way to Open Championships! Only one more first place to go!
Congratulations Calleigh!

And last but not least,
This past weekend, the NAFC Gerry Campbell Perpetual Senior Belt Championship was held at Feile Samhain. This is a very prestigious competition where only Open Championship dancers over the age of 17 can compete only if they have won an Open Championship competition in the last year. It is an honour to be able to compete in this competition, as some of the best dancers in the world will compete for it.
Congratulations to Megan Largy for qualifying to dance in the Senior Belt and representing Steel School so well! Megan Largy is Steel School's first dancer to have competed for the Senior Belt, and we hope to see more Steel School dancers compete for it in the future!

Feile Samhain Results

Congratulations to the Steel School dancers that went down to Vancouver, WA for the Halloween Feis hosted by An Daire!

Preliminary Championship U11
Soft Shoe Round:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 2nd place
Hard Shoe Round:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 2nd place
Set Dance:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 3rd place
Overall Result:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 1st place!!!

Preliminary Championship U17
Soft Shoe Round:
Lisa Pasini - 1st place!
Hard Shoe Round:
Lisa Pasini - 1st place!
Set Dance Round:
Lisa Pasini - 1st place!
Overall Result:
Lisa Pasini - 1st place!!!

Open Championship U9
Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!
Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 2nd place
Set Dance Round:
Emma Smalley - 2nd place
Overall Result:
Emma Smalley - 2nd place

Open Championship 19&O
Soft Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 3rd place
Hard Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 3rd place
Set Dance Round:
Megan Largy - 3rd place
Overall Result:
Megan Largy - 3rd place


Specials

Preliminary Championship Treble Reel Special U17
Lisa Pasini - 1st place!

Open Championship Treble Reel Special U11
Emma Smalley - 2nd place

Open Championship Treble Reel Special 17&O
Megan Largy - 3rd place

De Danaan Feis Results!

Congratulations to all Steel dancers that competed in this weekend's feis! A big thank you goes out to Leslie Wilson TCRG and everyone from Scoil Rince De Danaan for putting on such a great feis!


Beginner U7
Reel:
Mackenzie Brodie - 4th place

Beginner U8
Reel:
Sarah Nichol - 2nd place

Light Jig:
Sarah Nichol - 2nd place

Slip Jig:
Kirsty O'Brien - 1st place!
Gillian Annet - 4th place
Sarah Nicol - 5th plce

Single Jig:
Amy Callaghan - 1st place!
Sarah Nichol - 2nd place

Traditional Set:
Belle Heritage - 4th place

Beginner U10
Reel:
Jessica Lund - 1st place!

Treble Jig:
Emma Armstrong - 3rd place

Hornpipe:
Emma Armstrong - 4th place

Traditional Set:
Jessica Lund - 4th place

Advanced Beginner U7
Slip Jig:
Belle Heritage - 3rd place

Advanced Beginner U9
Reel:
Lauren Olsen - 1st place!
Gillian Annett - 4th place

Light Jig:
Lauren Olsen - 1st place!

Single Jig:
Gillian Annett - 1st place!
Kirsty O'Brien - 2nd place

Advanced Beginner U11
Slip Jig:
Jessica Lund - 3rd place

Single Jig:
Emma Armstrong - 3rd place

Novice U10
Reel:
Kirsty O'Brien - 3rd place
Emma Armstrong - 5th place

Slip Jig:
Lauren Olsen - 1st place!

Single Jig:
Belle Heritage - 4th place

Novice U12
Reel:
Maddison Lupien - 2nd place

Slip Jig:
Maddison Lupien - 2nd place

Traditional Set:
Lauren Olsen - 3rd place

Prizewinner U10
Single Jig:
Lauren Olsen - 1st place

Prizewinner U14
Reel:
Madison Bishop - 3rd place

Light Jig:
Madison Bishop - 1st place!
Rachel McParland - 4th place

Slip Jig:
Rachel McParland - 3rd place

Single Jig:
Madison Bishop - 2nd place
Rachel McParland - 3rd place

Treble Jig:
Madison Bishop - 2nd place
Rachel McParland - 4th place

Hornpipe:
Madison Bishop - 2nd place
Rachel McParland - 3rd place

Traditional Set:
Madison Bishop - 3rd place


Preliminary Championship U10
Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!
Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 2nd place
Set Dance Round:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!
Overall Result:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!!!

Preliminary Championship U12
Soft Shoe Round:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 1st place!
Emma Hastings - 2nd place
Set Dance Round:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 3rd place
Overall Result:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 2nd place


Preliminary Championship 16&O
Soft Shoe Round:
Lisa Pasini - 4th place
Set Dance Round:
Lisa Pasini - 4th place
Overall Result:
Lisa Pasini - 7th place

Open Championship 18&O
Soft Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!
Overall Result:
Megan Largy - 3rd place


Specials

Beginner Reel Special U7
Mackenzie Brodie - 1st place!

Beginner Reel Special U8
Kirsty O'Brien - 1st place!
Lauren Olsen - 2nd place
Gillian Annett - 3rd place
Amy Callaghan - 5th place

Beginner Reel Special U10
Jessica Lund - 3rd place

Beginner Reel Special U11
Maddison Lupien - 2nd place

Novice/Prizewinner Treble Jig Special U11
Annika Olsen - 5th place

Novice/Prizewinner Treble Jig U14
Madison Bishop - 3rd place

Championship Treble Reel Special
U10
Emma Smalley - 1st place
16&O
Megan Largy - 1st place!
Lisa Pasini - 5th place

Championship Slip Jig Special U12
Emma Smalley - 3rd place
Calleigh McLaughlin - 4th place
Emma Hastings - 5th place

Championship Hornpipe Special U10
Emma Smalley - 3rd place

Portland Feis 2010 Results

Thank you to the Murray School for hosting the Portland Feis 2010 last weekend! Here are the results:

Preliminary Championship U9

Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!

Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 3rd place

Set Dance Round:
Emma Smaley - 3rd place

Overall:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!



Preliminary Championship U11

Soft Shoe Round:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 1st place!

Hard Shoe Round:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 1st place!

Overall:
Calleigh McLaughlin - 3rd palce



Preliminary Championship U17

Soft Shoe Round:
Lisa Pasini - 4th place

Hard Shoe Round:
Lisa Pasini - 3rd place

Set Dance Round:
Lisa Pasini - 3rd place

Overall:
Lisa Pasini - 3rd place



Open Championship 18&O

Soft Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Hard Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 6th place

Set Dance Round:
Megan Largy - 2nd place

Overall:
Megan Largy - 3rd place


Congratulations to all our dancers!

North American Nationals!

Congratulations to our Steel School dancers that represented Western Canada at the North American Irish Dance Championships, July 3-7 2010, in Orlando Florida! Steel's dancers that danced were Emma Smalley, Lauryn Dieleman, Calleigh McLaughlin, Emma Jorssen, and Megan Largy. Steel also had two dancers, Mikaela Barton and Lisa Pasini, who qualified to dance at the championships, but unfortunately due to injury could not compete.

A special congratulations goes out to Emma S. and Megan for recalling in their categories! Emma placed 25th in the Girls U9 category, and Megan placed 27th in the Ladies U20 category! Well done!

Recall, or no recall, Steel School is very proud of each dancer that competed at the championships!!

Oregon State Championship Feis

On the weekend of June 4-6, Steel School had a few dancers that competed in Portland, Oregon, at the Oregon State Championship feis, hosted by the Yeates Academy of Irish Dance. Here are the results!

Preliminary Championship U10

Soft Shoe Round:
Lauryn Dieleman - 1st place!

Hard Shoe Round:
Lauryn Dieleman - 1st place!

Overall:
Lauryn Dieleman - 2nd place


Preliminary Championship U11

Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Jorssen - 2nd place
Calleigh McLaughlin - 3rd place

Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Jorssen & Calleigh McLaughlin - 2nd place

Set Dance Round:
Emma Jorssen - 1st place!
Calleigh McLaughlin - 3rd place

Overall:
Emma Jorssen - 1st place!
Calleigh McLaughlin - 3rd place


Preliminary Championship U17

Soft Shoe Round:
Lisa Pasini - 1st place!

Hard Shoe Round:
Lisa Pasini - 3rd place

Set Dance Round:
Lisa Pasini - 3rd place

Overall:
Lisa Pasini - 3rd place


Open Championship 19&O

Soft Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 2nd place

Hard Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Set Dance Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Overall:
Megan Largy - 1st place!



Specials

Preliminary Championship Treble Reel Special U10
Lauryn Dieleman - 3rd place

Preliminary Championship Treble Reel Special U12
Emma Jorssen - 1st place!

Preliminary Championship Treble Reel Special 16&O
Lisa Pasini - 3rd place

Open Championship Treble Reel Special 16&O
Megan Largy - 2nd place


Congratulations to our Steel School dancers!

Feile Rince Tucson

Megan Largy at the feis in Tucson, Arizona!

Feis Results from May 15-16 Weekend

This past weekend, many Steel School students competed in the West Coast Championships (Penk O'Donnell Feis) held locally here in Vancouver. Steel also had one student compete in Tucson, Arizona. Congratulations to all the dancers that competed! Here are the results!

WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

FIRST FEIS U7
Reel:
Anna Moore - 5th place
Anika Hrasko - 6th place

Light Jig:
Anika Hrasko - 3rd place
Anna Moore - 5th place

FIRST FEIS U9
Reel:
Rachel Makcrow - 3rd place
Amy Callaghan - 5th place

Light Jig:
Rachel Makcrow - 3rd place
Amy Callaghan - 5th place

FIRST FEIS U11
Reel:
Olivia Moore - 5th place

Light Jig:
Olivia Moore - 2nd place

FIRST FEIS 13&O
Reel:
Rachel Darby - 1st place!
Siobhan Ennis - 2nd place

Light Jig:
Rachel Darby - 1st place!
Siobhan Ennis - 2nd place

BEGINNER U7
Slip Jig:
Belle Heritage - 2nd place
Anna Moore - 4th place

Single Jig:
Belle Heritage - 1st place!
Anna Moore - 4th place

BEGINNER U8
Reel:
Amy Callaghan - 3rd place

Light Jig:
Kirsty O'Brien - 3rd place
McKenna Regier - 4th place

Slip Jig:
Lauren Olsen - 2nd place
McKenna Regier - 4th place
Gillian Annett - 5th place
Morgan Dyke - 5th place

Single Jig:
Amy Callaghan - 4th place
Nadia McGowen - 4th place
Kirsty O'Brien - 4th place
McKenna Regier - 4th place

BEGINNER U9
Single Jig:
Rachel Makcrow - 2nd place

Hornpipe:
Anika Jankowiak - 4th place

BEGINNER U11
Reel:
Olivia Moore - 2nd place

Slip Jig:
Maddison Lupien - 4th place

Single Jig:
Maddison Lupien - 3rd place

Hornpipe:
Maddison Lupien - 3rd place

Traditional Set:
Maddison Lupien - 5th place

BEGINNER 13&O
Reel:
Siobhan Ennis - 1st place!
Rachel Darby - 2nd place

Light Jig:
Siobhan Ennis- 1st place!
Rachel Darby- 2nd place

Slip Jig:
Rachel Darby - 1st place!
Siobhan Ennis - 2nd place

Single Jig:
Rachel Darby - 1st place!
Siobhan Ennis - 2nd place

Hornpipe:
Siobhan Ennis - 3rd place
Rachel Darby - 4th place

Traditional Set:
Siobhan Ennis - 1st place!
Rachel Darby - 3rd place

ADVANCED BEGINNER U8
Reel:
Kirsty O'Brien - 2nd place

Light Jig:
Belle Heritage - 2nd place

ADVANCED BEGINNER U11
Reel:
Maddison Lupien - 4th place

Slip Jig:
Emma Armstrong - 2nd place

Traditional Set:
Annika Olson - 3rd place

NOVICE U10
Reel:
Anika Jankowiak - 5th place

Light Jig:
Anika Jankowiak - 4th place

NOVICE U12
Single Jig:
Annika Olson - 3rd place

Hornpipe:
Cuba McCartney - 1st place!

Traditional Set:
Cuba McCartney - 1st place!

NOVICE U14
Traditional Set:
Madison Bishop - 3rd place

PRIZEWINNER U11
Light Jig:
Cuba McCartney - 6th place

Slip Jig:
Cuba McCartney - 1st place!

Single Jig:
Cuba McCartney - 2nd place

PRIZEWINNER U14
Reel:
Madison Bishop - 1st place!

Light Jig:
Madison Bishop - 1st place!
Chloe Reid - 3rd place

Slip Jig:
Madison Bishop - 1st place!
Rachel McParland- 2nd place

Single Jig:
Madison Bishop - 1st place!
Rachel McParland - 2nd place


PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP U10
Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 2nd place

Hard Shoe Round:
Lauryn Dieleman - 3rd place
Emma Smalley - 4th place

Overall Result:
Lauryn Dieleman - 5th place

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP U12
Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Hastings - 4th place

Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Jorssen - 4th place


SPECIALS:

FIRST FEIS REEL TROPHY U7
Anna Moore - 4th place
Anika Hrasko - 5th place

FIRST FEIS REEL TROHPY U9
Rachel Makcrow - 2nd place
Amy Callaghan - 5th place

FIRST FEIS REEL TROPHY U11
Olivia Moore - 1st place!

FRIST FEIS REEL TROPHY 13&O
Siobhan Ennis - 1st place!
Rachel Darby - 2nd place

BEGINNER/ADVANCED BEGINNER LIGHT JIG SPECIAL U9
Belle Heritage - 6th place

BEGINNER/ADVANCED BEGINNER REEL TROPHY U7
Belle Heritage - 1st place!

BEGINNER/ADVANCED BEGINNER REEL TROPHY U8
McKenna Regier - 1st place!
Morgan Dyke - 4th place

BEGINNER/ADVANCED BEGINNER REEL TROPHY U9
Anika Jankowiak - 2nd place

BEGINNER/ADVANCED BEGINNER REEL TROPHY U11
Emma Armstrong - 5th place
Maddison Lupien - 5th place

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE JIG TROPHY U11
Cuba McCartney - 2nd place

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE JIG TROPHY U14
Chloe Reid - 1st place!
Rachel McParland - 6th place

PRIZEWINNER SLIP JIG SPECIAL 14&O
Rachel McParland - 3rd place
Madison Bishop - 4th place

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP SLIP JIG TROPHY U13
Emma Jorssen - 1st place!
Emma Smalley - 5th place

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP SLIP JIG TROPHY 13&O
Lisa Pasini - 3rd place

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP HORNPIPE TROPHY U13
Lauryn Dieleman - 1st place!
Emma Jorssen - 3rd place
Emma Smalley - 6th place



FEILE RINCE TUCSON

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 19&O
Soft Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Hard Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Set Dance Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Overall Result:
Megan Largy - 1st place!


SPECIALS

TREBLE REEL SPECIAL 16&O
Megan Largy - 1st place!

HORNPIPE SPECIAL ANY AGE
Megan Largy - 2nd place

TEE SHIRT TREBEL JIG SPECIAL ANY AGE
Megan Largy - 2nd place

Steel School Annual Ceili Night

On May 24th 2010, Steel School held their annual Ceili Night. The night started off with a school recital and then finished off with raffle prizes, 50/50 draws, and a DJ! Jacquelyn put an immense amount of work into the night and we'd like to thank her for everything she did! The show went very well and everyone had a blast at the afterward!

Here are some pictures from the night!

Victoria School Feis

Well this past weekend proved to be a successful one for Steel School at the Victoria School Feis, in Victoria, B.C!

FIRST FEIS U7
Reel:
Brenna McGowan - 2nd place

FIRST FEIS U8
Reel:
Nadia McGowan - 1st place!

Light Jig:
Nadia McGowan - 1st place!

FIRST FEIS U10
Reel:
Faye Marwick - 3rd place

Light Jig:
Faye Marwick - 4th place

BEGINNER U7
Reel:
Brenna McGowan - 1st place!
Belle heritage - 2nd place

Light Jig:
Belle Heritage - 2nd place

Single Jig:
Belle Heritage - 2nd place

BEGINNER U8
Reel:
Nadia McGowan - 1st place!

Light Jig:
Nadia McGowan - 1st place!

Slip Jig:
Belle Heritage - 3rd place

Single Jig:
Lauren Olson - 1st place!
Nadia McGowan - 2nd place

BEGINNER U9
Reel:
Faye Marwick - 4th place

Slip Jig:
Faye Marwick - 3rd place

ADVANCED BEGINNER U8
Light Jig:
Lauren Olson - 3rd place

ADVANCED BEGINNER U10
Light Jig:
Jessica Lund - 2nd place
Emma Armstrong - 4th place

Single Jig:
Emma Armstrong - 3rd place

ADVANCED BEGINNER U11
Single Jig:
Annika Olson - 1st place!

Hornpipe:
Annika Olson - 2nd place

Traditional Set:
Annika Olson - 3rd place

NOVICE U12
Slip Jig:
Annika Olson - 3rd place

Treble Jig:
Cuba McCartney - 1st place!

Hornpipe:
Cuba McCartney - 2nd place

PRIZEWINNER U11
Light Jig:
Cuba McCartney - 4th place

Slip Jig:
Cuba McCartney - 2nd place

Single Jig:
Cuba McCartney - 2nd place

PRIZEWINNER U13
Reel:
Madison Bishop - 4th place

Slip Jig:
Madison Bishop - 3rd place

Single Jig:
Madison Bishop - 1st place!

Treble Jig:
Madison Bishop - 3rd place

PRIZEWINNER U14
Light Jig:
Rachel McParland - 3rd place

Slip Jig:
Rachel McParland - 2nd place

Single Jig:
Rachel McParland - 3rd place

Treble Jig:
Rachel McParland - 3rd place

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP U10
Soft Shoe Round:
Korina Atchison - 2nd place
Lauryn Dieleman - 3rd place

Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 2nd place
Lauryn Dieleman - 3rd place

Set Dance Round:
Lauryn Dieleman - 3rd place
Korina Atchison - 4th place

Overall:
Lauryn Dieleman - 1st place! **Congratulations!**

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP U12
Hard Shoe Round:
Ashley McKim - 4th place

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP U18
Hard Shoe Round:
Montserrat Arduz - 1st place!

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 18&OVER
Soft Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 2nd place

Hard Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Set Dance Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Overall:
Megan Largy - 2nd place


Specials

FIRST FEIS REEL TROPHY U6
Brenna McGowan - 1st place!

FIRST FEIS REEL TROPHY U8
Nadia McGowan - 1st place!

FIRST FEIS REEL TROPHY U10
Faye Marwick - 4th place

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE JIG TROPHY U11
Cuba McCartney- 6th place

NOVICE/PRIZEWINNER TREBLE JIG TROPHY U13
Madison Bishop - 2nd place

CHAMPIONSHIP TREBLE REEL U12
Lauyrn Dieleman - 3rd place
Emma Jorssen - 5th place
Korina Atchison - 6th place

CHAMPIONSHIP TREBLE REEL 16&O
Megan Largy - 7th place


Congratulations to all of Steel's dancers!

Good luck at the World Championships!

The Steel School of Irish dance would like to wish Megan Largy good luck at the 2010 World Championships in Glasgow!

Pacific Northwest Championships Feis Results

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Pacific Northwest Championships hosted by the Comerford School of Irish Dance, in Seattle this past weekend! Here are the results!

First Feis U7
Reel:
Belle Heritage - 1st place!

Light Jig:
Belle Heritage - 2nd place

Single Jig:
Belle Heritage - 1st place!


Beginner U8
Light Jig:
Amanda Kervin - 1st place!

Single Jig:
Amanda Kervin - 3rd place


Beginner II U13
Hornpipe:
Madison Bishop - 1st place!

Traditional Set:
Madison Bishop - 3 place


Novice U13
Light Jig:
Madison Bishop - 1st place!

Treble Jig:
Madison Bishop - 2nd place


Novice U14
Light Jig:
Chloe Reid - 4th place

Traditional Set:
Chloe Reid - 2nd place


Prizewinner U10
Reel:
Korina Atchison - 1st place!

Light Jig:
Korina Stchison - 2nd place

Slip Jig:
Korina Atchison - 2nd place

Single Jig:
Korina Atchison - 1st place!

Treble Jig:
Korina Atchison - 3rd place


Prizewinner U11
Reel:
Ashley McKim - 2nd place

Light Jig:
Ashley McKim - 2nd place

Slip Jig:
Ashley McKim - 1st place!

Single Jig:
Ashley McKim - 2nd place

Treble Jig:
Ashley McKim - 1st place!

Hornpipe:
Ashley McKim - 1st place!


Prizewinner U13
Reel:
Madison Bishop - 4th place

Single Jig:
Madison Bishop - 2nd place


Prizewinner U14
Light Jig:
Rachel McParland - 4th place

Single Jig:
Chole Reid - 4th place


**Special congratulations to Ashley McKim and Korina Atchison for qualifying to move up to Preliminary Championships!!**


Preliminary Championships U12
Soft Shoe Round:
Mikaela Barton - 2nd place


Preliminary Championships U11
Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Jorssen - 4th place
Calleigh McLaughlin - 5th place

Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Jorssen - 3rd place

Set Dance Round:
Emma Jorssen - 4th place
Calleigh McLaughlin - 5th place

Overall Championship Result:
Emma Jorssen - 3rd place


Preliminary Championships U10
Overall Championship Result:
Lauryn Dieleman - 4th place


Preliminary Championships U9
Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!

Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!

Set Dance Round:
Emma Smalley - 1st place!

Overall Championship Result:
Emma Smalley - 1st place! **Congratulations!!**

Open Championships U20
Soft Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Hard Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 1st place!

Set Dance Round:
Megan Largy - 2nd place

Overall Championship Result:
Megan Largy - 2nd place

De Danaan Christmas Feis Results!

Congratulations to all the dancers that participated in the De Danaan Christmas Feis this weekend!
We'd like to say a special congrats to the following Steel School dancers:

First Feis U7

Reel:

Gillian Annett - 2nd Place
Lauren Olsen - 4th Place


Light Jig:
Gillian Annett - 1st Place
Lauren Olsen - 2nd Place
Kirsty O'Brien - 3rd Place

First Feis 9&Over

Reel:
Katie Woodworth - 7th Place

Light Jig:
Katie Woodworth - 5th Place

Beginner U7
Reel:
Kirsty O'Brien - 2nd Place
Lauren Olsen - 4th Place
Gillian Annett - 5th Place

Sarah Nichol - 7th Place
Julia Kristensen - 9th Place

Single Jig:
Lauren Olsen - 3rd Place
Kirsty O'Brien - 4th Place

Beginner U9
Reel:
Tianna Philley - 4th Place
Jessica Lund - 5th Place

Single Jig:
Tianna Philley - 2nd Place


Beginner U10
Reel:
Maddison Lupien - 1st Place


Slip Jig:
Annika Olsen - 1st Place
Maddison Lupien - 4th Place


Single Jig:
Maddison Lupien - 2nd Place


Traditional Set:
Annika Olsen - 1st Place

Advanced Beginner U8

Single Jig:
Danielle Collins - 4th Place

Advanced Beginner U9
Light Jig:
Emma Armstrong - 3rd Place

Single Jig:
Jessica Lund - 4th Place

Advanced Beginner U10
Reel:
Annika Olsen - 1st Place

Light Jig:
Annika Olsen - 1st Place

Advanced Beginner 11&Over
Hornpipe:
Madison Bishop - 4th Place

Traditional Set:
Chloe Reid - 2nd Place
Madison Bishop - 3rd Place

Novice U12
Reel:
Madison Bishop - 2nd Place

Slip Jig:
Madison Bishop - 3rd Place

Single Jig:
Madison Bishop - 3rd Place

Novice 12&Over
Reel:
Chloe Reid - 4th Place

Light Jig:
Chloe Reid - 4th Place

Slip Jig:
Chloe Reid - 3rd Place

Single Jig:
Chloe Reid - 1st Place

Treble Jig:
Chloe Reid - 2nd Place

Traditional Set:
Rachel McParland - 2nd Place

Prizewinner U9
Reel:
Korina Atchison - 1st Place

Slip Jig:
Korina Atchison - 1st Place

Single Jig:
Korina Atchison - 1st Place

Treble Jig:
Korina Atchison - 1st Place

Hornpipe:
Korina Atchison - 2nd Place

Traditional Set:
Korina Atchison - 2nd Place

Prizewinner U10
Reel:
Ashley McKim - 2nd Place

Light Jig:
Ashley McKim - 3rd Place

Single Jig:
Ashley McKim - 2nd Place

Hornpipe:
Ashley McKim - 1st Place

Traditional Set:
Ashely McKim - 2nd Place

Prizewinner U12
Reel:
Mikaela Barton - 5th Place

Single Jig:
Mikaela Barton - 3rd Place

Treble Jig:
Mikaela Barton - 3rd Place

Prizewinner U14
Light Jig:
Rachel McParland - 3rd Place

Slip Jig:
Rachel McParland - 4th Place

Single Jig:
Rachel McParland - 2nd Place

Prizewinner 14&Over
Light Jig:
Cassandra Virtue - 3rd Place

Single Jig:
Cassandra Virtue - 2nd Place

Preliminary Championship U8
Soft Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 2nd Place

Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Smalley - 3rd Place

Set Dance Round:
Emma Smalley - 1st Place

Overall:
Emma Smalley -3rd Place

Preliminary Championship U10
Soft Shoe Round:
Lauryn Dieleman - 4th Place

Hard Shoe Round:
Emma Jorssen - 3rd Place

Overall:
Emma Jorssen - 5th Place

Preliminary Championship U16
Soft Shoe Round:
Lisa Pasini - 5th Place

Open Championship 16&Over
Soft Shoe Round:
Megan Largy - 2nd Place

Set Dance Round:
Megan Largy - 2nd Place

Overall:
Megan Largy - 3rd Place

Specials:

First Feis Reel Special U7
Lauren Olsen - 1st Place
Kirsty O'Brien - 2nd Place
Gillian Annett - 6th Place

First Feis Reel Special 9&Over
Kaite Woodworth - 6th Place

Beginner Reel Special U10
Maddison Lupien - 5th Place
Annika Olsen - 6th Place

Novice/Prizewinner Treble Jig Special U9
Korina Atchison - 2nd Place

Novice/Prizewinner Treble Reel Special U10
Ashley McKim - 2nd Place

Novice/Prizewinner Treble Jig Special U11
Mikaela Barton - 1st Place

Novice/Prizewinner Treble Reel Special U12
Mikaela Barton - 1st Place

Championship Hornpipe Special U10
Lauryn Dieleman - 4th Place

Championship Slip Jig Special U12
Emma Jorssen - 5th Place

Championship Hornpipe Special 16&Over
Megan Largy - 3rd Place

Championship Slip Jig Special 16&Over
Megan Largy - 2nd Place

Championship Treble Reel Special 16&Over
Megan Largy - 1st Place

Congratulations to everyone!!

DeDanaan Feis Schedule

The DeDanaan Christmas Feis Schedule is now up on FeisWorx!
http://www.feisworx.com/feis/DeDanaan2009Schedule.pdf

Good luck to all 33 Steel School Irish dancers competing in the feis this weekend!

More Oireachtas Pictures From Friday's Competition

1. Recallers Emma S, Lauryn, Mikaela with their medals!
2. Lauryn with her team medal as well as her solo medal!

Competition Fee Reminder

Jacquelyn sent out an email with everyone's competition fees for the upcoming De Danaan Feis. Please remember that your fees must be in by Friday, November 20th. Any entries left unpaid will be removed from the competition.

Thanks!

Steel Clothing

Don't forget to check out our new items on our school clothing order form! The new items include:
Metallic Printed T-Shirts
Gildan Hoodies
Gildan Sweatpants

Please return your order forms by November 20th so that you can have your order by Christmas!

Thanks!