Tuesday, August 7, 2007

savannah feis

Well, we are back from Savannah. M placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. We saw the Treble Reel for the first time and it is awesome. I guess it is the last dance of the feis (what an Irish step dance competition is called) and for a higher level of dancer. They all ring the edge of the stage and each dancer , in turn, steps out and performs one step. As soon as the last dancer finishes , the whole group does one step all together. They are wearing "hard shoes" so the noise is incredible! The dancers whoop and clap - it is a very lively dance. We had a great time and met a lot of new people from other schools across the country. Someone even came from Alaska!
Saturday evening a group of 23 of us went to Paula Dean's restaurant , Lady and Son's. It is very very good southern food. Good sweet tea, too! Which made it VERY hard to keep with the Jenny Craig program. Didn't stray too bad but boy is it tempting when you are out on vacation!
My friend, Lisa, her husband , Wendell and son , Kevin are going to be in Florida next week! Kevin is the inspiration for "Pounding down cancer for Kevin".This is so cool. Although Lisa and I have been friends for 30 years, I have never met her family so this is wonderful. I will give you an update on our visit.
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