A paragraph & A photograph (or 2)

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?

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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