Comerford Feile na Nallaig Feis, Indian Wells, CA
This was our first California feis and it came highly recommended as a “fun” feis. It was a four hour and a true test of my Mom’s ability to handle long journeys. When I was competitive I use to attend one California feis a year, to get my butt kicked and make me realize that I might be tops in Arizona but near the bottom in Cali.
Results wise Emma did not do very well, except for the reel special. She was dancing against some of the girls that placed in the top 20 at the Oireachtas in U8s.
U7 Novice Reel 5th out of 8
U7 PW light Jig 4th out of 7
U7 Beg 2 Slip Jig 6th out of 18
U7 PW Single Jig 3rd out of 5
U7 Novice Treble Jig 6th out of 9
U7 Beg 2 Hornpipe 3rd out of 8
U7 Beg 2 St. Pat’s 6th out of 6
U7 Nov/PW Reel special 6th out of 12 The award was a glass diamond!
We had a great time at this feis and were sad to hear that it was the last one, as the Commerford school is pulling of Southern California. At this feis Tony Commerford will call the kids over, in-between dances for a sing-song and the distribution of toys and candy. The 1st time it happened was right before the hornpipe and Emma didn’t get anything and was MAD!!! She danced her HP with a pissed off look on her face but managed to dance well :-/
The feis did not go away. It's still happening only Claddagh dance company has taken over the running it. Other than whos running it shoud be the same. tony is doing a halloween feis in October in long beach So he cant do both. It's our favorite feis too!!
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