Sunday, December 6, 2009

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!!













Monday, November 30, 2009

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!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

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!

Friday, November 13, 2009

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!

Fundraising Order Forms

Reminder that all fundraising order forms are due Friday November 20th! Please make sure that ALL order forms are in by then!

Thanks!

Oireachtas Pictures: Saturday






1. Megan on the podium! 2nd Place Ladies Under 20!
2. Megan, Alex, and Lisa with good friends from the O'Connor-O'Brien School.
3. Wendy and Wendy: 2 time Oireachtas Survivor mom and 8 time Oireachtas Survivor mom!
4. Megan and Lisa showing off glowsticks that match their dresses.

Oireachtas Pictures: Saturday






1. Alex, Megan, and Lisa in their brand new dresses!
2. Alex and Lisa.
3. 2 time Oireachtas Survivor mom, Wendy with 2 new Oireachtas Survivor moms!
4. Megan before her set round.

Oireachtas Pictures: Saturday






1. Praying for the recall!
2. Megan, Lisa, and Montserrat.
3. Lisa with 2 time Oireachtas Survivor mom, Colette.
4. Jacquelyn, Montserrat, Alex, Lisa, and Carol.

Oireachtas Pictures: Friday







1. Emma J and Emma H all ready to start the day!
2. 4 Hand Girls Under 10 on the podium!
3. 8 Hand Girls Under 10 on the top of the podium! Also, this was Jacquelyn's first time up on stage as a TCRG to congratulate her champions!
4. The 8 Hand trophy!
5. Our Girls Under 9 recallers Emma S (5) and Lauryn D (37) waiting for the results to be announced!

Pictures From Thursday's Oireachtas Practice





1. The Steel girls at Thursday's practice sporting their brand new Oireachtas 2009 team shirts!
2. Montserrat, Megan, and Alex showing off their team shirts.
3. Emma J caught in mid air while practicing!

Oireachtas 2009!

Congratulations to all the Steel School dancers that participated in this year's Western Canadian Oireachtas!

The results:

CEILI TEAMS:
8 HAND GIRLS UNDER 10
- 1st Place!
Ashley McKim, Emma Smalley, Cuba McCartney, Lauryn Dieleman,
Korina Atchison, Calleigh McLaughlin, Emma Hasting & Emma Jorssen

4 HAND UNDER 10 - 2nd Place
Emma Jorssen, Calleigh McLaughlin, Emma Hastings & Cuba McCartney

SOLO RESULTS:

GIRLS UNDER 9
Emma Smalley - 14th Place - Nationals Qualifier!
Lauryn Dieleman - 16th Place - Nationals Qualifer!

GIRLS UNDER 10
Emma Jorssen - 10th Place - Nationals Qualifier!
Calleigh McLaughlin - 14th Place - Nationals Qualifier!

GIRLS UNDER 11
Mikaela Barton - 9th Place - Nationals Qualifier!

LADIES UNDER 16
Lisa Pasini - 10th Place - Nationals Qualifier!

LADIES UNDER 17
Alexandra Fuller - 20th Place - Nationals Qualifer!

LADIES UNDER 20
Megan Largy - 2nd Place - Nationals Qualifier and World Qualifier!

Congratulations to not only the girls that recalled, but to all the Steel School girls that danced! You all danced beautifully!

Korina Atchison
Emma Hasting
Ashley McKim
Melody McNabb
Montserrat Arduz