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Posted on by Jo Mayne Casey

Melissa and Eliza, Casey and I, made the 5-hour drive from Sonnystone to Dublin, Ohio, on Friday, checked into our suite, then picked up Emma from the airport around 11pm. So good to see her!

I took a series of photos in the worst lighting ever, chronicling the metamorphosis of the girls into Irish Dancers’ hair (wigs and a lot of poof). They will take a lot of work to make them legible; in fact, none of my pictures turned out well.

We started out at the Feis, where Emma won the “Dance-off” competition for the second year in a row. The honor involves a heavy traveling trophy and the opportunity to perform at the Dublin Irish Fest that evening during the Parade of Champions.

My video of her set that evening pretty much sucks, but you know what she really looks like, so I’d like to share this small badly focused clip of her introduction:

My heart was so full just hearing that!

We absolutely loved the Fest and plan to make it an annual tradition! There was music and dancing, whisky and fest-food, Great Company and good weather – what more could you ask for?

Though we had to give up Camp Sonnystone due to certain humans growing up, we didn’t give up the “hands” sign with this year’s Word. This was a big reason we flew Emma in, actually! We needed her paw-print…

This may be the last year, the final word, so to speak…or maybe not. Be what may, I will cherish these memories Forever…

Peace

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  2. There will be celebrating next week here at the Acres, and You are Invited! In a rare occurrence, all four of my lovely granddaughters will be together with me! Emma and Eliza will be visiting from Monday through Friday

    The dance floor will be set up so the Ees can do their party tricks. We’re going to the races on Friday! I’m excited to see ToyStory5 with them! We’ll eat green beans and new potatoes, tomatoes, cucumber salads, corn-on-the-cob, and fried chicken. Donut Bank for crullers and coffee every morning and ice cream every night for a bedtime snack.

    I’d love to see you! Let me know when’s a good time for you and we’ll try to accommodate.

    Though I’m so excited, I’m also a little bummed. For months I’ve been planning to go to the Dublin Irish Festival this weekend. Alas! It was not meant to be.

    First of all, it’s going to rain the entire week-end. That would normally not stop me, but husband is suffering with an abscessed tooth. Just between you and me, I’d probably drag him along anyway if it wasn’t raining. But it is definitely going to lay down about an inch and a half of precip on Saturday, so we’ve opted to hand over our reservation to the daughter and her Irish dancers. They will be at an indoor Feis, so rain does not affect their plans. >sigh<

    Don’t cry for me, dear readers! Though Casey will be busy with dentists next week, I’ll be wallowing (or as we say in southern Illinois, wallerin’) in the love of my grandies!

    Last year we were able to spend a couple of hours at the Dublin OH Irish Fest before the NewYorkers’ visit, inspiring me to go for the full experience. We’ll try again next year.

    Here’s what we did last year…

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    Peace

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