Happy St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time --

a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic.

Adrienne Cook

The days surrounding St. Patrick's Day are quite busy for Irish Dancers. We are in a new school and enjoying their professionalism and how they motivate the girls to do their best and challenge them to do more than they think they are able. They are very together and organized and it's a pleasure to be a part of their school. We were pleased, upon arriving, to find that many of our old friends from our very first dance school are now attending this school. The kids were all very excited to see each other and I was relieved that I knew so many people, as well. This is a good change for us. Well, on to our St. Patrick's Day performances...

"Age is honorable and youth is noble."

We began our St. Patrick's Day activities by just our two girls performing for a nearby nursing home, in their alzheimer's unit. The ladies and gentlemen loved the St. Patrick's Day hats, headbands and other gifts we brought them. The girls danced and it is such a joy and blessing to bring smiles to these dear folks' faces.

We spent two full days performing with the dance school itself. We performed for several retirement homes and elementary school in our area. What a great time we had with our friends, bringing smiles to the faces of so many with our Irish tunes and step dance.

Being Irish ourselves, this is an extra special time of year for us and it was fun to be back in traditional Irish Dance outfits and hairdo (via wigs)!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!