Posts By: What The Feis

Feis At The Falls Review

The Feis At The Falls was held on August 11th, 2012 at The Conference Center Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, NY.  Ever thought about going and didn’t know what to expect? Well here ya go… Venue – The venue was nice and had two areas with six stages set up for ‘pre-champs’ in one, and two stages in the other… Read more »

T-Shirt Idea

I always say I drive and pay, that’s my job as a dance dad. With that came this idea that I am thinking of making into a t-shirt. What do you think?

Clan na nGael Summer Feis Review

The Clan na nGael Summer Feis was held on July 14th, 2012 at the Shamrock Club in Columbus, OH and this was the first one.  Here is what this casual observer had to say… OK, lets just start with the weather. The feis organizers really had no control over that, but it impacted the feis nonetheless…. Read more »

Being an Irish Dance Dad….

I often feel like I am only there to drive and pay, but tonight, I had the chance to use some of my Navy training to help my little ‘dancing queen.’ The toes on her hard shoes had no black left on them, so I broke out my shoe shine kit and spent a half… Read more »

And speaking of the Dayton Feis…

I want to say CONGRATS to Rachel from MI…. I won’t say what school or what age… She competed against my daughter and took first in every dance. Way to go! Rachel and her Mom are the type to wait till the end to get results and it was killing me not to share with… Read more »

Dayton Feis Review

The Dayton Feis was held on June 23rd,  2012 at Sinclair Community College in Dayton.  Here is what this casual observer had to say… Venue –  I liked it.  May have seemed a little crowded to some people but I thought it was OK.  The stages were paired into twos,  at least the one that… Read more »

Louisville Feis Review

What to say about the Louisville Feis, held 6/16/2012,  well how about…. Thumbs up for the judging as they rotated often.  Not doing that is one of my big pet peeves. Results came out fairly quickly,  somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes after each dance but typically closer to 10. Good job there! Food was… Read more »

Cincinnati Feis Review

Quick post regarding the Cincinnati Feis that was held on June 10th. I meant to post this right after the feis but had one of those weeks.  Overall I liked the feis.  It was held at the Cintas Center at Xavier University and the venue was nice.  Lots of seats where you could both camp… Read more »

The health benefits of Irish dance…

Stumbled across this and thought I would share. Great info source: http://www.irishcentral.com/story/irishdance/healthy-irish-dancing/