If your dancer is like mine, and you have been doing this for a while, there are some adjudicators they want at the table while they dance, and some, well, not so much. So when TGC (that is ‘the girl child’ for you new readers) saw the ‘cool judge’ sitting at the table to judge… Read more »
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Gem City Feis 2013
The Gem City Feis was held on October 12th, 2013 at the Dayton Airport Expo Center in Vandalia, OH. This is my second year reviewing this feis although we have been here a few times. You can see the last review here. Venue – As I said last year, the Expo Center is a great venue for a feis. People… Read more »
Vendor Shoutout – Made by Mare
Wanted to give a special shout-out to the ‘ribbon lady’, aka Made by Mare over at http://www.madebymare.com. She has a lot of unique ribbon gift ideas and is an absolute joy to deal with. I have purchased a few things from her and she even let me return an item. If you see her at a… Read more »
Amanda’s Bequest B&B
And now, there is a sequel visit… read about it here. Up until now, I have not found any feis accommodations worth blogging about, I mean hotels are hotels right? Some are nicer than others, but generally, as long as they are clean, they are really all the same. But when we waited to long to make a… Read more »
Michigan (Muskegon) Feis 2013
The Michigan Feis was held on September 14th, 2013 at the Muskegon Catholic Central High School in Muskegon, Michigan. This is the second review for this feis. To see last years review, look here. Venue – This is the third time we have done a feis at Muskegon Catholic and unlike some of the other feiseanna located… Read more »
Irish Dance Terms .v1
Term of the week is our attempt to label those Irish Dance things we know, but which don’t have a ‘real name’. The first one came out of my mouth tonight on the way home from dance practice, and I thought to myself, oh, I gotta start writing these nuggets down, so here goes. hance… Read more »
Rock River Valley Feis 2013
The Rock River Valley Feis was held on September 7th, 2013 at the Pheasant Run Resort Mega Center, in St. Charles, IL. This is the point in the feis weekend where I tell you what I thought about the feis, the venue, judging, musicians, etc… you know the drill. This one however, is going to be different. If you follow me… Read more »
F.E.I.S. Recommendations
This F.E.I.S. (First Everyone Is Safe) Recommendations list is the consolidation of thoughts from a few other posts. If you are new, this is the third in a series of posts regarding feiseanna safety. You can see Part 1 and Part 2 to get caught up if you need to. Based on input from you,… Read more »
Great Lakes Feis 2013
The 11th Annual Great Lakes Feis was held on August 18th, 2013 at the Lansing Convention Center in Lansing, Michigan. This is the third, fourth, ah who knows, time I have done the Great Lakes Feis. You can see last years review here but that was before I had scoring for each section of the feis, and just… Read more »
Milwaukee Eats
We had an eclectic little restaurant recommended to us because of the filets, and were told they had some gluten free options. Did a quick Google search and found the Via website. Looked good, so we checked it out and were not disappointed. Via offers plenty of gluten free pizza and pasta options, and the… Read more »
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