IDM blog..

Hi guys!!

September’s IDM has gone to press – I can’t wait to see my first issue in print! It’s got loads of great coverage from the NANs including a free poster, Ask The Experts offering their advice, and craft corner is BACK with a brilliant new creation for you all!

But we’re not a bunch who sit around on our laurels – we’re too excited about the next issue to do that! And you know what that means…

We’re looking for OCTOBER BORN IDMers to feature in the next issue – so if you want your beautiful face broadcast to the world of Irish dancers, now’s your chance! Just send one or two high-resolution pictures, along with your date of birth and a couple of interesting facts about you to tallulah@irishdancing.com and watch yourself become FAMOUS overnight (sort of)!

I can’t wait to hear from you!!

Tallulah x

Ps - How cute is this cat!?!

Hi guys! While our September issue's hotting up nicely we thought we’d take a minute to remind you all about our fab FACEBOOK page!

It’s an easy way to get all our up-to-the-minute news, with hot off the press pics of the NANs and all the other must-see events in the ID world. Plus, befriend us on facebook and we’ll give you the much coveted facebook badge! Wowza!

So get on there now and ‘Like’ The Irish Dancing Magazine to become our friend and stay tuned with all our awesome activities!

Tallulah xxx

This year at the NANs IDM entered everyone who subscribed at the stand into a prize draw to win a digital camera, and – even better we think – an exclusive Irish Dancing Minnie Mouse!

The winner was picked yesterday and IDM is thrilled to announce the lucky winner is… Cathryn Callaghan from Connecticut! Congratulations Cathryn!

Congratulations to everyone who competed at the NANs and see you all next year!

IDM are looking for more mortifying tales of your red-faced moments!

An embarrassment shared is an embarrassment halved - so get your stories over to us pronto and you could see your tale of woe in the mag!

Email us at tallulah@irishdancing.com for your chance to share your foot-in-mouth or head-over-foot stories!

There's still time to be included in the letters page for the September issue of IDM!

Have you attended a feis (or even the NANs!) recently? Do you want to shout out to a friend you made, tell of you or your friends successes, or do you just have a cringeworthy tale of woe to submit to cringe corner? At IDM we LOVE to hear from you - let us know whats been happening in your world and you could see yourself in print!!!

Do you have a question on health or fitness? Have you stumped your dance teacher or do you get a different answer from everyone you ask? IDM to the rescue with Ask The Experts - a feature that takes your questions straight to the top to find what you need to know to exercise safely and effectively.

Send emails to tallulah@irishdancing.com

Hello IDMers!

After a wonderful two years of working on the BEST magazine in the world, I have decided that it is time to move on to a new adventure and hand over the magazine to my colleague Tallulah Speed.

Tallulah is the Editor-in-waiting for IDM and I know she will be a fantastic addition to both www.irishdancing.com and IDM. She is very excited to meet all of you and I know you will give her a warm welcome, as you did for me when I first joined the IDM team. Tallulah has got lots of exciting plans for IDM and would also love to hear about your own ideas for the website and magazine. Why not drop her a message and welcome her onboard by Clicking Here.

There are great times ahead for IDM with excellent plans in the pipeline for making it bigger and even better - watch this space!

I am very sad to be saying goodbye to all of you and would to thank you for your fun, support and generally for being such a lovely bunch of Irish
dancers.

I will miss you all but can assure you that Tallulah will do a brilliant job!

Bye IDMers,

Lucy xxx

Do you want to see yourself and your friends in IDM? We are scouting about for recent feis-attendees to send in pictures of themselves to be featured in the magazine! Just send across your feis pics, along with which feis the pictures were taken at and who is in the picture, and you might be soon be seeing yourself in IDM!

Email them to: lucy@irishdancing.com

Last month IDM gave you the chance to win a signed Liffey Rivers book by Brenna Briggs! To enter, you simply had to write 200 words on "I love Liffey Rivers because..." The lucky winner, as picked by Brenna herself, was....drum roll please...
Eva a.k.a spirit of the gael. Well done Eva! She loves Liffey Rivers because:
"Liffey Rivers is exciting because she is always having adventures.  Using her intuitive brain, she always manages to know when she’s in danger, and what the villain is up to, rather like Nancy Drew.  Because Liffey’s father is such a busy man and her mother is dead, Liffey often finds herself alone and can have adventures normal children couldn’t.  For example, Liffey buys plane tickets to Ireland with out consulting anybody, and then disappears from home to catch her plane. Liffey also has problems that every Irish dancer struggles with: moving up to prize winner and finding and buying the beautiful dream solo dress. All this is made worse by people like her horrible Aunt, who yell cheerleader songs at the Feis, while Liffey is dancing, which is very funny, though not to Liffey.  I love Liffey Rivers because she is intelligent, has thrilling adventures, has her share of successes and defeats, like normal everyday people and Irish dancers, everything that happens to her is humorous, although not a bit funny to her, and, most important, she is an Irish dancer, which is the most exciting, exhilarating form of dance in the world."

She will now have the opportunity to review a Liffey book and have it published in IDM!

IDM is pleased to announce that our resident panel of experts is back again for the September issue, answering your questions on the following areas:

*TECHNIQUE
*DIET
*FEET PROBLEMS
*MUSCLE/BONE PROBLEMS
*GENERAL HEALTH

So if you have got a question or two that you would like answered by an expert, send your questions with your name and age to lucy@irishdancing.com by Thursday 8th July.

The IDM team is preparing for the NANs 2010 and the excitement in the office has reached fever pitch!

We have got so many amazing subscription offers with some of the best free gifts ever so make sure you don't miss out by dropping by the IDM stand.Click Here for more information.

We will also be taking loads of pictures to go in IDM so get all your friends together and strike a pose for the magazine!

We would love to see any of your own pictures from the event as well so be sure to email them to: lucy@irishdancing.com or post them to: NANS 2010 Pics, IDM, Unit 2.4, Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, England BS4 3EN

Lucy x