Flashdancer's blog..

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

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.

Check out these amazing shots of the Riverdance girls backstage during a dress rehearsal. Taken by a Dublin based photographer, the pictures show an intimate portrayal of life on the road for a professional Irish dancer.

Click Here to view the pics.

Sweetpea! She was the fastest and most efficient Irish musician hunter and her reward for this is an IDM Gooody Bag full of CD's and other fabulous gifts! The rest of you IDMers who found the treasure have been rewarded with profile points so congratulations to you! I hope you all enjoyed it and we're already looking forward to some more fun and games with the next one! Lucy and the IDM Team, x

Feis Pics

Are you going to a feis this weekend? Have you been to one recently? Well why not send your feis picts to IDM and have them printed in the magazine? Just tell me which feis the pictures were taken at and who is in the photos and you could soon be starring in IDM!

Email them to: lucy@irishdancing.com

Treasure Hunt

Today is the last day of the treasure hunt and all of you have been extremely clever detectives! We have had Irish musicians hiding around www.irishdancing.com all week and the first person to tell me where they found all five musicians and who they were will win an IDM Music Goody Bag! The winner will be announced on www.irishdancing.com on Monday.

Liffey Rivers

How are you all getting on with your 'I love Liffey Rivers because...' entries? Don't forget the deadline is June 21st 2010.

Lucy and the IDM Team x

Anyone with a birthday in August can be in with a chance of featuring in the magazine - just drop me a line telling me: the date of your birthday, how old you will be, your ID achievements, other hobbies you have and a couple of pictures of yourself. Email it to: lucy@irishdancing.com. Lucy x

Deadline: Monday 14th June

The August issue of IDM has got a fantastic Fashion Special and would like to get all of you talented dress makers involved.

I often hear of talented mums or relatives making the most beautiful Irish dance dresses or waistcoats and it would be great to share your tips and advice with other budding tailors.

What inspires your designs? Where do you source the fabric from? How did you learn the art of designing and making ID costumes?

Why not answer the above questions and send in a picture of your latest creation?

The deadline for this is Friday 11th June.

Send your answers and pics to: lucy@irishdancing.com

Thanks!

Lucy x

The news you have all been waiting for! All of your favourite Irish dance musical stars will be hiding around www.irishdancing.com in their favourite hiding places, waiting to be discovered!

From Monday 7th - Friday 11th June 2010, the IDM team will be helping a well-known Irish dance musician hide in a secret location. There are five musicians to be found in total and the first person to message me with each musicians name and details of where they were hiding, will receive an IDM Gooody Bag full of CD's and other fabulous gifts!

Anyone who manages to find all five musicians and messages me
with all the details will receive a massive 1000 profile points and a special Musician Medal! Wow!

So, on your marks get set! Make sure you are ready to start hunting on Monday!

Good luck from Lucy and the IDM Team! x

There is a rumour going round that www.irishdancing.com has got a treasure hunt planned for all of you IDMers! Keep your eyes peeled for an announcement about the fun and games we have got in store for you. Lucy x

P.S. The clue is in the picture.