The Tara Feis is over for another year. What a great time, with a wide range of dancers from the "littlies" this afternoon all the way up to the Seniors just before them.
With a fabulous range of real homemade food and a great stage, it has been a great success.
And so, we look forward to providing this service to you at the next feis, hopefully with a working LiveCam!
And also look on www.swoose.net for St Patrick's Day parade photos.
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Part of the way through the 8 & under Charity Reel now
Not too many dancers left to go and then - presentations!
Photos from today will be up after 2300 - I have to drive back to Sydney first!
Photos from today will be up after 2300 - I have to drive back to Sydney first!
Only 7 sections left to dance
We are in the final sections of the 8 and under age groups, it has been a long day and we are running a little bit late.
Still, everyone is having a great time and lots of new parents are getting some exposure to a feis and the circus-like atmosphere that goes with it. They are also learning the concept of SIDT (Standard Irish Dancing Time), something special where the temporal environment that we all know and love exhibits a degree of elasticity. Or perhaps better expressed as "Dancing will extend to take all the time available to it".
Still, everyone is having a great time and lots of new parents are getting some exposure to a feis and the circus-like atmosphere that goes with it. They are also learning the concept of SIDT (Standard Irish Dancing Time), something special where the temporal environment that we all know and love exhibits a degree of elasticity. Or perhaps better expressed as "Dancing will extend to take all the time available to it".
We are having a little break between the 8 years and under sections
Simpson Academy are performing their Dance Drama
Now dancing the Charity Reel
The 13 years and over are lined up on stage and they are dancing it similar to a step-about.
The presentations will be held after this.
The presentations will be held after this.
Last few sections starting to get ready
14, 15 and 16 years sections in marshallingThe audience is glued to the stage - the dancing is wonderful
There is a short break
The dancers are starting their reels and slip jigs, which will be followed by the Charity Reel. The latter raised $900 last year and it appears that will be surpassed this year.
LiveCam is back!!
And this Mac we be rebuilt tonight after the feis, because when an Adobe product breaks, it usually completely trashes your operating system environment, Windows, OSX or Linux!
Now dancing set dances for the 13 years and over age groups.
Now dancing set dances for the 13 years and over age groups.
Adobe Flash killed the LiveCam!!
So, despite a stern talking to and several executions by firing squad (that means rebooting the machine several times), Adobe Flash remains corrupted! LiveCam won't be available until I think of something clever....or not.
The older age groups have finished their Hornpipe - there were a couple of slips but everyone is OK. The 13 & 14 years are now doing their Hornpipe.
The older age groups have finished their Hornpipe - there were a couple of slips but everyone is OK. The 13 & 14 years are now doing their Hornpipe.
LiveCam is off the air for a while
Adobe Flash is broken, perhaps the application has broken it? Without it, no LiveCam - sorry.
Early afternooin session is now starting
13 years and over dancing in this session, followed by 8 years and under around 1600.
There were beautiful sausages available for lunch,with caramelised onions and a range of sauces.
There were beautiful sausages available for lunch,with caramelised onions and a range of sauces.
Hello!! (LiveCam is on lunch break)
Hello to FinlandHello to Israel
Hello to our friends
Hello to the audience!
Lunch time!!
Presentations are now over for the 12 years and under and we are having a very pleasant lunch break. I think I can smell BBQ sausages - I may be wrong - but I'm off to investigate!
Results for the morning section are about to take place
But just before that, the Simpson Senior Figure Dancers are doing the dance they are taking to the Worlds. This will not be on LiveCam - but it is spectacular!
Gourmet food report
Raffle ticket sales "enforced" by "friendly" fathers - including fast Eddie (on the right), famous organiser of the Secret Mens Business night held the night before Nationals competition starts.
There really is gourmet food here. Just had two fabulous home made (not in a factory) bacon and egg quiches, and the range of biscuits, cakes and slices is quite remarkable!
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