North American Irish Dance Championships

Michelle left for Nashville on Monday, June 30. She arrived in Nashville and her bags were in some other city. Hopefully Michelle's dancers have better luck than her at this year's North American Irish Dance Championships. Good luck to all the dancer's that made the trip down to music city, USA.

http://www.nanationals.net/

Children's Fitness Tax Credit

If you are still planning to take advantage of the 2007 children's fitness tax credit you are apparently filing your taxes late this year. Starting in the 2007 tax year, the Government of Canada allows a non-refundable tax credit for parents enrolling their kids in an eligible physical activity program, such as dance. To qualify, children must be under the age of 16 at the beginning of the year but other than that there are few restrictions. It is nice to see the government offering parents an incentive to keep their kids active.

Many activities and programs are eligible for this credit. To find out if the programs that you or your kids are enrolled in qualify for the credit, check out the eligibility checklist at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/whatsnew/checklist-e.html

Ireland it is...

Michelle and Paula left for Ireland on Saturday, March 22. I spoke with Michelle by phone and they arrived OK and are settled in. Wishing Paula the best of luck in this competition and looking forward to their return on March 31. Mark

Parade day

Happy St Patricks day to everyone. Michelle got up awefully early this morning to get ready for parade day. The weather is great. Good luck to all the dancers, hope the parade goes really well.

Irish Dancing Vancouver

The Sionnaine Irish Dance Academy offers...
classes that range from beginner to advanced and are for girls, boys, kids, youth and adults. Recreational and competitive.

For St Patricks 2008...

the dancers will be perfoming at different venues around the lower mainland. The dancers will also be taking part in the Celtic Fest parade in downtown Vancouver on Sunday March 16.