The first weekend of June was a big weekend for Irish dancing. First, all of the girls participated in a Feis (Irish dance competition) on Saturday. It was Teresa's first feis. Eileen wore her school costume for the first time. Most girls wear wigs for a feis, but since we only own three wigs, guess who had to have her hair curled? Yup, Teresa. Since all the other girls have had to experience the hour-long, hair curling experience, it was only fair that Teresa got to experience that too. She slept on curlers and in the morning we took them out...about 10 min. before her first performance (or at least I think they all made it out of her hair, there may have been a few left in). This whole hair curling experience is the equivalent of at least a few days in purgatory, I think. Next year we will be purchasing another wig. We will finally be all done with hair-curling experiences...that is until Molly Grace turns five.
Then on Sunday, the girls had their annual recital. Since it was just the next day, Teresa did not have to go thru the curling torture again; she just slept with a hair net. This performance was really fun. One of the highlights was Moira's
Cotton-Eye Joe hardshoe dance. She had worked for months with the other girls from her dance class on this number. Another highlight was uncle Pat cheering "Peeeeeeeanuuuut" to Teresa from the audience. Here are some photos of the girls, with their grandmothers, and with cousin, Colleen.
