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.
Well done to all dancers! A lot of hard work went into every
single entry, to even get there these days you are a winner!
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)
You can contact Maria Maher on 0417063441 or sastley@bigpond.com
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
Triple Share: add $25.00
Executive Lounge: $182.50 single occupancy or $215.00 double
occupancy
Toll Free number; 1 300 301 391
www.stamford.com.au
Stamford Plaza
150 North Terrace
Adelaide.
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
Sub- Minors (tie) Alicia Bryant - Halloran Erin Trevena
(Maher)
9 years - Tamara Macey _ Halloran
10 years - Maryanne Memmolo - Halloran
11 yrs - Daisy Cousens - Aisling
12 yrs - Talicia Williams - Halloran
13 years - Aliesha Manion Kay- Hallissey NZ
14 years - Cassandra Halloran - Halloran
15years - Tie - Angela Perry Dwyer-Whelan and Clare McALeer -
McAleer VIC
16 years - Megan Ryan - Currie
17 years - Louise Oliver - Aisling
18 years - Larissa Wright - Halloran
Under 21 Ladies - Helen Clout - Wollongong Academy
Over 21 Ladies - Katie McGrath - Currie
Sub Minor - Matthew Mooney (Aisling NSW)
10 years - Equal 1st place- James Souter (Mulcahy VIC) Gareth
Chow (Dwyer-Whelan NSW)
12 years - Adam Morris - Currie
14 years - Sean Connolly (Dwyer-Whelan NSW)
16 years -Craig Ashurst (Mulcahy NSW)
18 years - Oliver Sach (Cummings NZ)
Please send any others to fill in the blanks.
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
The Venue has been finalised. Hinchinbrook Soccer
Club, same as last year. It's Sun and Mon on the June long
weekend. Int and Open only. All sections now have beautiful
perpetual trophies, so start practicing.
Results for the World
The results will be posted as they are
available Click Here
Winter Solostice
Inspite of not being winter or the Solstice, everyone had a great
time. Great Venue and on time!!!!
2000 Australians
Here is the tentative timetable for the Australians on the Gold Coast.
Things may change.
Cool Links Page
March 00 - Here's a great site for Irish links. The top
50 are rated. Click here and have a look 
Making your Own Dress?
Feb 00 - New info on making
your own dress. New Simplicity pattern and where to
get embroidery designs.
Timetable for the Worlds
Feb 00 - A link to the provisional timetable for
the World Championships in Belfast. Click
Here
New Grade!
Jan 00 - From this year the Australian ID Assoc has
introduced an new dance level called Elementary.
Beginners - Primary - Elementary - Intermediate then Open. Also
the dances for each age grade for 2000
Details
New Pictures!!!!!!
Jan 00 - Finally changed my photos, thanks to
people who sent them.
Check them out click here
NEW SHOP
Dec 99 - Pauline Henshaw is opening a new Irish
Dancing shop in Penrith. Check details in Buying
Shoes
AIDA
The Australian Irish Dancing Association has launched it's new
web site. It's got free classifieds, a photo gallery, and State
by State information. It also has a message board for
discussions.
To have a look click here
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.