Tips From Other Dancers To You

If you have a suggestion for a dancer please email it to clickyfeet@hotmail.com , also make sure the spelling and grammar is  fine so people can read it please. (I'm not one to talk :D)

The first thing I can say is PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!!!!! I swear, it works! :o) And when you practice, practice the ugly parts the most, because you already know you can do the pretty parts easily! :o) !! You got to have guts and just ATTACK them, because I know, they're scary, and everyone hates to work on them!! 

Kelsey

I know this is the most unreasonable attempt ever, but try and SLEEP before a feis! I know! It seems hard, but what I do, is I practice all my dances that I'm going to compete, over and over, so that I make myself tired! If that doesn't help, try jump roping, jogging, or some kind of physical activity to make yourself tired! I also heard that warm milk with honey in it will calm your nerves and help you sleep. A warm bath would help too, both before (to calm nerves), and after the feis. (to congratulate yourself, OR to comfort yourself...which ever one you need!) 

me again!

To keep from slipping, put hairspray on your soft shoes before you dance, and duct tape on your hard shoes. Duct tape also helps if you have a huge hole in your shoe! Just stick it on the inside of your shoe, and voila!!!!! 

Kels

Oh, one more thing... I've recently discovered this...DO NOT PRACTICE DANCING IN OPEN-TOED SANDALS!!!!!!! I was practicing my hard shoe, with plenty of toes in it, and all of a sudden, my toe felt sticky! I looked down and it was covered in blood...I had ripped the nail back, almost half way! eww, yucky, I know, but now you know what'll happen!!! It was one of the smartest things I've ever did...she says sarcastically.

 Kelsey

When going to a feis, bring lots of money for many reasons. First of all, there's so much cool Irish dancing merchandise there that you'll be so tempted to buy and secondly, you never know what will happen. At my first feis, my soft shoes ripped from the whole side down. Thank god they had soft shoes there. Yeah, my shoe had a little hole in it, but I never expected the whole thing to rip! So, you never know what will happen!

Darcy Donahue

Always, always, ALWAYS buy the type of music you will be competing with to get the timings right! (I cannot express that enough) Judges judge you most on your timing, I think at least. So, always be one step ahead, and know your timing! 

Darcy again!

When practicing gets boring, what i like to do is pretend I'm Bernadette Flynn. It really works! You have to practice one way or another, so why not make it fun. I always go in my basement, turn on the strobe light and turn on Bernadette's music! LOL. Now you don't have to pretend your Bernadette, Gillian Norris, jean butler, Eileen martin, etc. are great to impersonate too! :0) 

Darcy one more time!!!!

Practice a lot for a feis the week before. Then the day before it, practice a little bit and SLEEP! If you have time practice each dance once or twice before the feis. (If you don't have to leave your house at 7:30 am!) 

Rebecca

my tip is if you are really nervous about an upcoming feis, don't practice the day before it. or if it is a rally big feis, don't practice 3 days before it. I know that it sounds really crazy, but it works. I never practiced before a feis and I was placing 1st in every dance at every feis that I competed in! Really, you guys got to trust me! 

Aimee