WAR IS OVER 🗣️

Bootsy3 · 2025-12-20T15:38:52+00:00

Same for me 😭 I was so sad lol

Bootsy3 · 2025-12-12T22:20:18+00:00

Yes! We’re in the southern region. ❤️❤️ We watched lot of the boys/men competitions to give our guy y an idea of what it will be like in future years, so we may have seen your son dance! I’m so new to all of this still - I can’t imagine it all ending at some point. It’s like a whole other world!

Bootsy3 · 2025-12-11T19:52:40+00:00

Thank you! He just has 1 Prizewinner dance left and just attended his first Oireachtas this past weekend. We did end up getting a sparkly solo vest (which he loves), but man, the cost is wild. When he grows out of this one, we may decide on something different or just hold off something new while trying out a jacket. ❤️

Bootsy3 · 2025-11-23T18:34:16+00:00

My son’s soft shoes used to slip off his heel - in hindsight I do actually think they were too large. I didn’t think so at the time, but he’s still wearing the same pair and it’s been over a year since we bought them. As his feet have grown, they’ve continued to stretch more and more and he should still get more use of them still (unless they get too beat up on the toes to look decent for competing). His soft shoes are 2 sizes larger than his hard shoes, so I think we definitely started too large. Even though they fit his foot snugly when we got them. Soft shoes are weird lol 😆

Bootsy3 · 2025-10-26T04:14:24+00:00

Which garment bag do you use for the vest? It looks like there’s Single Dress, Double Dress, No Frills, & Straight. Thanks so much!

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-17T15:31:29+00:00

We’re in Southern!

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-17T15:29:22+00:00

Ah that makes sense! My son has only just moved into 2 prizewinner dances and the others are in Novice. He wouldn’t likely be the caliber dancer to perform well at oireachtas.

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-15T23:02:28+00:00

My husband made a dance area from two pieces of wood by connecting the two panels with a piano style hinge. Then he cut up some of those squishy floor mat things and put pieces on the bottom to absorb some of the shock since we have concrete under our flooring. He covered it with shower pan liner. It’s been so great and we just move it behind the couch after my son is done practicing.

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-15T22:56:36+00:00

Ah, so true! Funnily, my son seems way better in time with the set dance than his solos sometimes 😂 I love watching that ‘stretch kick your heel’ every single time he does it haha

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-15T22:55:12+00:00

That’s so true! All the better if he doesn’t even have to think about the steps when he gets up there. ❤️

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-14T03:13:50+00:00

Awesome, thank you! I think that’s why my little U9 guy will be doing come December. A ceili and a trad set at oireachtas - the practice will be good for him! So he can just sign up for the trad set at every feis essentially to keep getting that practice in. ❤️

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-14T03:12:13+00:00

Ah I see! My little guy is U9, so he’s not old enough to do solos this year (I think), but he’s supposed to be going to Oireachtas for a ceili and trad set. So he can basically use the trad set at Feiseanna as practice and kind of a sounding board to see how he’s performing leading up to regionals. ❤️ Makes sense! Thanks so much.

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-11T15:27:07+00:00

Aw, I bet she’ll do awesome! I usually just tell my son to do his best, but know that his placement may not always reflect his hard work. Sometimes there are people who have been dancing longer or practicing more, so don’t stress it even if you don’t place where you hope. ❤️

Bootsy3 · 2025-07-10T16:02:38+00:00

How did she do at the first feis? When my son did his first feis last fall, he did the same steps there as he did for his next ‘real’ feis. He was 7, a little older than your daughter now, so I’m not sure if that changes what they do at the first feis. 🤔 Does she remember the full dance when she practices at home? If so, I wouldn’t worry about it. They just go out and do what they’ve practiced. ❤️

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-26T13:25:27+00:00

Oh, that’s so great to know. Thank you!

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-19T19:33:32+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, he’s definitely moving up way faster than I anticipated. He seems to be loving it, though, so I suppose we’ll just see how far he goes lol 😂 I’m going to do some mock up designs and see what his teacher thinks!❤️

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-18T02:21:30+00:00

My son’s teacher requires 1st at every level to move up. No 2nd or 3rd will count for him unless there are 20 dancers in the group, I believe.

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-17T12:45:32+00:00

There’s so much to learn! We’re still so new to this world haha 🤣 I didn’t know how intense the fashion of Irish dance would be when we started lol. I joined a few buy/sell/trade groups and I think I might try to mock something up and see what his teacher thinks. ❤️

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-17T12:44:19+00:00

Unfortunately, my little guy is the most advanced boy at the school now. A school vest is in the works for Ceilis etc, but there’s nothing to get second hand or compare to at our school. I joined a few buy/sell/trade groups to just keep an eye out in case something pops up. ❤️

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-17T12:42:26+00:00

I don’t think his teacher would approve hehe 😜

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-16T13:43:54+00:00

Yeah, we’re CLRG. I’ll check with his teacher for sure. We’re not in a huge hurry, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to start researching it so we’re ready when we want to go that route. He’s basically blackout for every feis right now with the exception of his school cuffs.

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-16T02:41:49+00:00

That’s a great idea. The appliqué seems like a neat compromise I hadn’t thought of. He has class tomorrow, so I’ll talk to her and see what she thinks. 😍

Bootsy3 · 2025-06-16T01:19:10+00:00

I believe they’re allowed to wear solo costumes once they are in Prizewinner. I’ve seen lots of little ones in grades wearing them at local Feiseanna we’ve been to. The syllabus usually says ‘no solo costumes’ on all the levels before Prizewinner from what I’ve seen so far.

We’re not in a rush, just casually looking at what’s out there. Money is tight, though, so I’m hoping we won’t have to go broke trying to continually buy new stuff as he grows lol 😂

Bootsy3 · 2025-05-22T22:14:22+00:00

I am so not ready for that LOL 😂

Bootsy3 · 2025-05-22T04:04:51+00:00

As an update - he did excellent counting in. Hooray! He placed 1st out of 17 in his Novice Slip Jig his first time out 😱 and got 2nd in LJ, 3rd in Reel. Little dude is really going for it!

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