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And speaking of the Great Lakes Feis

Remember Rachel from MI at the Dayton Feis, well she was was there again, dancing against my daughter. Thankfully she got the last dance she needed to move up to Prelim, and she didn’t beat my daughter every time this time ;)  Sorry, I was nice the last time, I am going to be a… 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 »

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/

Well said and boy can I relate….

Just read this and see if you agree. A musician’s view on the state of Irish dance… http://ryandunssj.blogspot.com/2012/02/has-irish-dancing-lost-its-luster.html

Awkward…..

So this morning after church, we went to a local Mom and Pop place for breakfast.  As we sat waiting for our food,  I recognized one of the gentlemen at the front door of the restaurant. That is a feis dad,  I thought to myself.  The GC thought she recognized him too.  We are at… Read more »

I need your opinion….

Seems like there are A LOT of Irish Dance websites out there, so am I spinning my wheels, or would that be reels?  :) This could really go lots of ways, my first thought would be a resource for parents, maybe describe the dances, the history, how feis’ work etc…. I also thought a community… Read more »

About What The Feis

As of right now, March 13th, 2011, What The Feis (WTF for you people in the know) is just a concept. My original idea was to have it be a guide for new Feis Parents but my blue-sky idea is having it be the ultimate reference for everything Irish Dance. In addition to a history lesson, a… Read more »