What's Happening in Sydney?2017 State Champions
Congratulations to Ceili Moore from the Fiona-Gaye Moore School on her 2nd Place at th World Championships in Boston this Easter, well done Ceili.
1 August 2009 Andrew Henderson Benefit Night Penrith Gaels Club from 6:30pm. See your Teacher for tickets or ring the Gaels on 4722 8180 Advertise or just send a hello in the NSW State Program - click here for more info. National Champions 2008
New South Wales State Champions 2008
Australian Nationals Results 2007 7 Yrs & Under Girls - Bridie
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Aussies at the Worlds 2007Congratulations to all our Australian dancers who competed in Glasgow this year. For a complete list of our recalled dancers click here
Benefit Night a Great Success! Thanks to all who came to the Benefit night and bid on some great items. Pauline Henshaw won the raffle and heaps of fun was had by all. Thanks to those from the wider Irish community who heard about the event and came to have a brilliant night and meet the Irish Dancing community up close and personal. Thanks to the Lil's Mates dancing troupe who kicked and clicked up a storm. Money raised went towards meeting costs and expenses involved with Lily's passing in October last year.
Anne and Jennifer Claro Benefit Night - 3 Feb 07 - 7:00pm till midnight.
A Benefit Night has been organised by friends of Anne and Jennifer Claro.
It will be on Saturday 3 February 2007 at Penrith
Gaels Club Corner Glebe Place & Phillip Street Kingswood NSW
2747. For more information ring Maggie Doyle on 0438 987472. There may be some of you who would still like to help but cannot make it on the night or are too far away to attend. If you would like to find out how you can help please email Amanda
If you didn't get a chance to attend Lily's service or you are one of the many well-wishers from overseas, here is a little coverage for you all.
FAREWELL For those who need to say a quiet goodbye to Lily, there will be an opportunity at White Lady Funerals Eastwood on Friday night from 5:30pm. FUNERAL DETAILS Lily's funeral will be on Saturday 28th October at St
Michael's Church Meadowbank, Maxim Street at 9.30am. If you'd like to bring your favourite picture of Lily to put up on the board on the day, please do. Following the funeral and burial, there will be a wake at The Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club, Ryedale Road West Ryde (opposite station) approximately 12.30pm. All welcome. Please contact Maggie Doyle on 0438 987 472 for further info. Please be advised that Milton Baar and a friend have been asked to record the funeral by Anne and Jennifer. They have also requested that any dancer who wishes to wear her costume
would be most welcome. It is asked if girls in costume could assemble
at the back of the church and not occupy pews which will be required for
older guests. October 19 2006 It is with great sadness that I report the death of Elizabeth Claro - Lily to her friends. Lily passed away at her home on 19 October. Lily is the Australian 17 years Irish Dancing Champion and was a brilliant dancer with the most wonderful feet that ever put on soft shoes. Lily is mourned by not only her mother Anne and older sister Jennifer,
but all who came in contact with her. She was the most vivacious of girls
and would always be the focus in any room she entered. With a wicked sense of humour and the quickest of wits she was admired by all. She will be sorely missed by her classmates at the Halloran School. Rest in Peace Lily. 
June 06 Good Luck to the nearly 30 Australian Dancers going to the North American Championships in San Diego.
April 2006 Congratulations to Nicole Zepcevski (21 and Over) and Shaun Higgins (19 and Under). Both World Champions in Belfast 2006. World Championships Results for NSW dancers: 1st Nicole Zepcevski (Aisling) November 2005 Start thinking about the NSW AIDA Deutante Ball in May 2006 - Info Here July 2005 Leanne Halloran and Darren Yates became the proud parents of Ryan Jackson Kenneth Yates. 6lbs 14 oz. Photo inside
July 2005 Don't forget to get some entries in to the National Logo Competition at www.aidainc.com June 2005
May 2005 AIDA Web site up and running at www.aidainc.com. Have a look around and maybe start thinking about a new national logo April 2005 First few comps under our belts for the year. Didn't the subbies look lovely with their fresh little faces with no lippy. March 2005 Aussies are now home from the worlds. 45 competitors from heaps of different schools. See their results here February 2005 There have been some changes to the competition schedule. The AIDA reserve comp is now on the 19th and 20th March instead of the weekend before. Welcome back for the New Year. The calendar for Sydney is up and very full. Hope you have no other hobbies. The new web site for the Gold Coast Nationals is up at www.australianchampionships.com The new AIDA site will be up soon with all sorts of information to clarify some of the rumours that fly around our message boards. The Claddagh feis will be back at the Uruguayan Soccer Club again this year - both the beginners in April and the Open in July. I can smell the coffee already.
October 2004 2004 National Championships results August results for the NSW States July 2004 Results for the Claddagh Feis Entry forms for the Trinity Feis out now - see comps page.
Australia goes to the NANs
Tell me if I've missed any. June 2004 Competition season in full swing. The INDA, the AIDA, Central Coast, Gold Coast and the Winter Solstice. Our wallets are reeling too. Some photos up for Winter Solstice. Entries closing for Claddagh. May 2004 Debuntante Ball was a big success. Lots of hard work put in. Everyone was very elegant. April 2004 Please be on the look out for two dresses stolen from Siopa Rince in Dublin. Parent Meeting for the Sydney Nationals is 4:15pm at Gaels Club Penrith on Sun 2nd May Deb Practice 6pm at Beverly Hills PS Sun 2nd May. March 2004 Entry forms for Canberra Feis are now available on-line - see competition page Practice for the Debutante Ball are on Sunday nights 6 - 7. Still time to grab a partner and come along. Debs must be over 15 years by May 2004. Times are out for Claddagh Beginners Feis
February 2004 Welcome back to another year. Here is the latest The Provisional Timetable is up at the Australian Irish Dancing Championships Sydney 2004 New Dance School in Sydney operating in Glenfield and Alfords Point (Menai). The McGlinchy school is run by Amy McGlinchy, a very talented ex-student of Donna and Leanne Halloran. Registered with the AIDA.Call Amy on 9734 6553. The Ku-ring-gai Academy now has a web site. New Competitions - Central Coast Feis
October 2003. I was given this by Kevin Doyle who is asking the whole ID community to have some fun down in Jindabyne. Festival of Irish Music Enquiries (02) 9181 3365 September 2003 Printable timetables for the Australians in Perth The Chase Academy on the Gold Coast have their Christmas Feis on 6,7 Dec. Have a holiday. I'm staying in Perth for a holiday so don't expect to see the results up in a hurry. If you would like to help me do it fast when I get back can you send your sections results to me in the three column table in Word format. August 2003 Results are up and heaps of photos State Timetable is up
July 2003
Claddagh Feis Premiership results are available The AIDA will be holding a Beginners and Primary Feis on 10 August. With an International Judge! (NSW is just showing off now. lol) Entry forms available from your teacher. 4 New Entry forms available - beg - AIDA and Fishers Ghost and Fishers Ghost Open and the Wollongong Feis
June 2003 Another reason to go to Canberra - Tir An Oir Feis on 3 August. Entry Forms Available Irish Names and how to pronounce them. A new link lets you hear Frank McCourt pronouncing them for you. Provisional Times for Claddagh Feis 26-27 July Entry forms are available for the Southern Cross which is in Canberra this year Times are out for Winter Solstice - Confirmed Times Entry Forms for the Illawarra Seaside Feis Entry forms for The Claddagh Feis Times for the Central Coast Feis at Gosford For Anne and Marilyn - those recipes I promised you. More unpronounceable Irish Names added to my list for anybody who ever holds a microphone at a comp. Times for AIDA on 21/22 June
May 2003 Entry Form for Central Coast Feis is available Winter Solstice entry form available. Update to Irish dress Makers in Australia April 2003 Well done to the Aussies that went to the Worlds. So many places and recalls!!! February 2003 Timings for AIDA Competition 1&2 March Some changes to the March calendar. Please check. January 2003 Happy New Year! A basic feis calendar is up on the
competitions page for those of you who like to plan ahead. December 2002 Another dressmaker has hung out her shingle. Have a look at her lovely dresses at www.stepaboutdresses.com contact: dresses@stepaboutdresses.com November 2002 Four Provinces Feis is over and that's it for the year. Good luck in your Christmas
Concerts and keep practicing in the holidays or there will be tears in February!!! October 2002- Times for Tri Quetra Feis are as follows 9.00am 6 & Under October 2002- Photos are up on Photo Gallery. Send more if you like (About 80K in size) October 2002 - Entry form for the Tri Quetra Feis (3 November) Beginners to Elementary (pronounced try-KET-ra, Latin for "three cornered" like the celtic knot.). Results for the Nationals on their way RESULTS ARE UP July 2002 Results for the Claddagh Feis 2002 June 2002 - Entry forms for Southern Cross Teams at the Gaels Club 19/20/21 July June 2002 - Entry forms available for the Claddagh feis on July 27/28 and for the Southern Cross at the Gaels Club 19/20/21 July
May 2002 - AIDA graded Comp Timetable (1st and 2nd June ) is available on my competition page. - Canberra Feis Timetable is available on my competition page. February 2002 - Helen Doyle , who makes those great Irish Dance Dress Bags that were in Adelaide now has a web site where you can order bags. www.irishdancingbags.co.nz Jan 2002 - Some Competition dates are up. Jan 2002 - Happy New Year and hello to all those dancers who are going to the world. We'll think of you practicing hard while we are at the beach. Haven't got any firm dates for comps yet but they'll be up as soon as I can get them. For those of you who follow the American message board by K. Drew, it is now shut. There is a new one for dancers at www.voy.com/60473/ and a great one for parents of dancers at www.voy.com/14727/. The Aussie one if you haven't visited is at http://pub58.ezboard.com/baida November 2001 - Timetable for the Central Coast Feis is up
November 2001 - Thought it might be nice for people to know what everyone looks like. If you would like your photo linked to the Adelaide results, send a .jpg photo of you in Adelaide no bigger than 100K. October 2001 - Wow ! Was that the coldest Australian
ever!! Adelaide shops did a booming business in singlets and
jumpers. October 2001 New Competition on Central Coast in November - Application form here. September 26th - Updates to dressmakers and adult classes. Good luck to everyone in the Australians September 8th - Revised Timetable for Nationals out. Print out your own copy. August 2001 Results for the State Championships are up. July 2001 - The Official Timetable is out for the State Championships at Bankstown RSL. Check it out July 2001 - Malou Ellis is now selling her Inishfree soft and hard shoes from her home - see the "Buying Shoes" June 2001 - NSW State Championships 4-6 August. Entries have now closed. Teams are on the same weekend. April 2001 - The entry forms are out for the Claddagh Feis on 19/20 May (Int/Open) closes 9 May and the INDA comp on 9/10 June (all grades) closes 26 May April 2001 - The Maher School have Adult
Classes starting in May at Jamisontown (Penrith area) March 2001 - I've had this joke in my drawer for ages... I thought you might like it March 2001- I've added a section about set dances to Life after Beginners. It has whether they are jigs or hornpipes. Feb 2001 - St Patricks Day Competition and the Reserve Championship entries have closed.
Jan 2001 - There is an Irish Dancing Dress in the Window at Spotlight Bankstown made from the Simplicity Pattern 9131. It looks great. Somebody wrote to say there is a book of Irish Dancing Costume Iron on Transfers by Courtney Davis available on the internet via Amazon.co.uk. I've added a section on Sydney Schools that teach Adults. If you know of others that have adults (esp. in the West) tell me Jan 2001 - Latest on Australian Championships in Adelaide. All info on accommodation, discount flights and syllabus changes. Dec 2000 - How to pronounce Irish names. Read that program with new confidence that you're not going to embarrass yourself!!! Dec 2000 - Latest information on Australian Championships in Adelaide They will be run from 2-7 Oct, at ETSA Park, the official hotel is the Stamford Plaza. Single, Twin or Double Occupancy: $150.00 per room, per night Dec 2000- Always wanted to know how the scoring worked? - I've written out a guide to Championship Scoring. It might take you all the holidays to figure it out. Nov 20 - (Happy Birthday Chanelle) at last …New Zealand Photos are on Photo Gallery Nov 15 - A new Irish Dancing web site has been set up in England. It's called Dancing in Celtic. It has about everything you could imagine. It's just starting up, but it will have competitions from all over the world there, second hand dresses and heaps of other stuff, book mark it . www.dancinginceltic.com
Results from the Southern Cross - 10/11 NovSub- Minors (tie) Alicia Bryant - Halloran Erin Trevena
(Maher) BoysSub Minor - Matthew Mooney (Aisling NSW) Nov 2000 Timings for the Southern Cross. On Competitions page Irish Shopping Online at CelticLinks.com. Unusual gifts and collectables, sportswear, dancewear and music. Have a look, hundreds of gift ideas. Results from the Nationals on the Gold Coast. Check them out on the AIDA Web site at aida.rr.nu or hot click straight there June 2000 Celtic Origins from Penrith has a mail order site up and running , have a look
JUNE 2000 Claddagh Feis Upgrades = Check out who's in Open now. MAY 2000 NEW SOUTH WALES STATE RESULTS - Check them out - Worlds! - They're over and a nice overview can be seen at Riverdance but unless you've applied for a backstage pass you can't get into the "exclusive" area to see the photos. But if you look carefully most of them are of Aussie Kristen Knox who came 6th in the Ladies. If you want to see the photos of the prizegiving, they are on my photo gallery. New! Some lovely ideas for medals to stop them getting lost. No need for shoe boxes any more, have a look. April News - Claddagh Feis Results for the World Winter Solostice 2000 Australians
Cool Links Page Making your Own Dress? Timetable for the Worlds New Grade! New Pictures!!!!!! NEW SHOP AIDA To have a look click here NEW!I now have a Results Page where you can go to see old results from past competitions without having to dig out all your old programs. |
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