{"id":56979,"date":"2025-07-18T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=56979"},"modified":"2025-07-18T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T21:30:00","slug":"canadian-u-s-irish-dancers-coming-to-dartmouth-for-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=56979","title":{"rendered":"Canadian, U.S. Irish dancers coming to Dartmouth for competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> Irish dancers from across Canada and the United States will gather in<br>Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on August 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will take place at \u00c9cole du Carrefour for Feis Nova Scotia (Feis NS)\u2014the region\u2019s longest-running Irish dance competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by the Greene School of Irish Dance, this year\u2019s event holds special significance as it marks 30 years since the inaugural feis, founded in 1995 by Bob Greene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFeis\u201d is the Irish Gaelic word for \u201ccompetition,\u201d and Feis NS continues to honour this tradition by welcoming dancers of all ages and levels\u2014from preschoolers taking their first steps on stage to seasoned Championship-level competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56526&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Set to the sounds of live traditional Irish music and featuring dancers in ornate costumes adorned with Celtic designs, Feis NS is a vibrant celebration of Irish culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But beyond the dancing, it also showcases the rich heritage of Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFeis NS is proud to bring together dancers from all backgrounds to our beautiful province, while at the same time giving our local dancers a chance to compete and promote Irish dance at home,\u201d said Beth<br>Greene, T.C.R.G., co-director of the Greene School of Irish Dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Championship dancers will compete for a coveted stained-glass replica of the Bluenose, created by local artist Reidun Holley, while other competitors will vie for Nova Scotia Tartan\u2013themed awards\u2014a nod to the event\u2019s deep roots in both Irish and East Coast culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56514&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: Irish dancers from across Canada and the United States will gather inDartmouth, Nova Scotia, on August 3. It will take place at \u00c9cole du Carrefour for Feis Nova Scotia (Feis NS)\u2014the region\u2019s longest-running Irish dance competition. Hosted by the Greene School of Irish Dance, this year\u2019s event holds special significance as it marks 30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[1923,185,8792,8793,8794,996],"class_list":["post-56979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-canada","tag-dartmouth","tag-feis","tag-irish-dance-competition","tag-irish-dancers","tag-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}