Selena had a great day of dancing on Friday of Oireachtas in the girls U10 solo competition. She danced very well in her hard shoe and soft shoe round and was recalled (the top 1/2 of all the dancers in each group are recalled - which is the main goal at Oireachtas)!
Her set dance was wonderful and we were all very happy that she had such a great day.
We were able to go back to the hotel room and relax and eat before awards - at awards we were the most excited/nervous - waiting for results.
Of 54 placements, Selena's finish was 28th! The top 14 in her group qualified for worlds - our goal this year was to qualify for Nationals which we believe her finish will do!
Today we slept in and drove around Columbus, visiting a very nice nearby town, Dublin -
Back to the competition tomorrow -- the scene of a big feis is similar to a scene from Ivanhoe:
Knights, with a long retinue of their squires,
In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires;
One laced the helm, another held the lance,
A third the shining buckler did advance.
The courser paw'd the ground with restless feet,
And snorting foam'd and champ'd the golden bit.
