Mothers Addicted to Irish Dancing

Author: Brenna Briggs
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519461537
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Ten MAIDS (Mothers Addicted to Irish Dancing) are traveling with their daughters' U-13 8-Hand Céilí Team to the World Irish Dance Championships, following a four week intensive practice period which almost destroys their dance school. Bringing with them enough emotional baggage to fill up the Grand Canyon, they are forced to confront 'serious' obstacles coming at them from every direction. How they survive and apply their mothering 'skills' amidst the epic chaos nipping at their heels, is the stuff MAIDS are made of.

Dresses and Messages

Author: Elizabeth Locke Venable
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk dancing, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 642

Book Description

Liffey Rivers and the Mystery of the Sparkling Solo Dress Crown

Author: Brenna Briggs
Publisher: Booksurge Llc
ISBN: 9781419607059
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
In book #1 of the Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mystery series,13-year-old Liffey Rivers is power-walking around the hotel lobby at the Celtic Arch Feis in St. Louis when she sees a suspicious looking man with a beautiful porcelain Irish dancer doll peeking out of a plastic shopping bag. An over-sized sparkling diamond tiara is perched on top of the doll's curly brown wig--but the doll is wearing a traditional Irish dance school dress. Intuitively, Liffey realizes that whoever put the dress on the doll did NOT place the diamond crown on its head. When Liffey cannot resist investigating further, she finds herself not only trying to win a 1st place medal to qualify for her first Irish dance solo dress, but also dodging dangerous criminals when she takes decisive action to thwart their plans. After a series of suspenseful cat and mouse chases, Liffey Rivers unravels the mystery of the sparkling solo dress crown.

The Seventh Wish

Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1681194317
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
When Charlie Brennan goes ice fishing on her town's frozen lake, she's hoping the fish she reels in will help pay for her dream: a fancy Irish dancing dress for her upcoming competition. But when Charlie's first catch of the day happens to be a talking fish offering her a wish in exchange for its freedom, her world quickly turns upside down, as her wishes go terribly and hilariously wrong. Just as Charlie is finally getting the hang of communicating with a magical wishing fish, a family crisis with her older sister brings reality into sharp focus. Charlie quickly learns that the real world doesn't always keep fairy-tale promises and life's toughest challenges can't be fixed by a simple wish . . . Acclaimed author Kate Messner expertly weaves fantasy into the ordinary, in an important story of self-reliance and hope that will open readers' eyes to the wonders and challenges of their world.

The Story of Irish Dance

Author: Helen Brennan
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart
ISBN: 1461663970
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
From early accounts of dance customs in medieval Ireland to the present, Helen Brennan offers an authoritative look at the evolution of Irish dance. Every type of dance from social to traditional to clergy is included. Brennan takes care to explain the different styles and traditions that evolved from different parts of Ireland; which results in some lively discussions as people reminisce over old favorites. She also discusses how dance evolved to become such an important part of Ireland's culture and history. An appendix is offered to help explain the various steps involved in each style of dance including the Munster or Southern style, Single Shuffle, Double Shuffle, Treble Shuffle, the Heel Plant, the Cut, the Rock or Puzzle, the Drum, the Sean Nos Dance Style of Connemara, and the Northern Style.

Liffey Rivers and the Mystery of the Winking Judge

Author: Brenna Briggs
Publisher: Booksurge Llc
ISBN: 9781419652905
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
There is more intrigue in London than 13-year-old Irish dancer Liffey Rivers could have ever imagined! How will she tell the smug-looking security guard at the National Portrait Gallery that something is wrong with one of the portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, hanging in the Tudor Gallery? And how can she even pretend that she is ready to dance next week at an Irish dance competition in County Sligo, Ireland? And why is the Irish judge at the Prizewinning Jig stage winking at her? Liffey has seen those eyes before ...

Mullins School of Irish Dance

Author: Jackie Mullins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781499043242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book is about a girl named Ginny and her friends, who all dance Irish dancing. Ginny is injured and will not be able to compete in Nationals but still goes since her mom is the dance teacher. She soon finds out that there is something suspicious going on with a dance mom who works at the hotel where they stay. The girls and a very handsome young boy they meet try to solve the mystery of why so many strange things are happening around them.

The Final Addiction

Author: Richard Condon
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312951566
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Manchurian Candidate and Prizzi's Honor comes a hilarious new novel about a nice hot-dog salesman who, while looking for his long-lost mother, becomes involved with a scheming billionaire who is trying to get her idiotic husband elected president. Martin's.

The Vital Touch

Author: Sharon Heller
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1466882069
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 287

Book Description
Using a lively array of anthropological and sociological sources, The Vital Touch: How Intimate Contact with Your Baby Leads to Happier, Healthier Development by Sharon Heller, PhD, presents a provocative examination of the reasons why, now more than ever, we need to make consistent physical connections with our infants and children.

Liffey Rivers

Author: Brenna Briggs
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781461103011
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Four Mini Mysteries is the only collection of the Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mysteries in short story form. These Liffey Rivers short mysteries were originally published as serialized, monthly installments in Irish Dancing and Culture Magazine when it was published in England. In "The Mystery of the Missing Novice," Liffey discovers that there are two unrelated young dancers at an Irish dance competition (feis) who look like identical twins. When one of them goes missing, Liffey's intuition and attention to detail bring about the safe return of the missing novice. In "The Case of the Clumsy Clowns," Liffey suspects that a group of klutzy clowns performing at a local church, billing themselves as 'The Joyful Jesters, ' might be up to something more than entertaining their audience. "The Mystery of the Temporary Trophy," finds Liffey at a feis in New York with her flaky Aunt Jean who is suffering from Post Traumatic Bling Syndrome. Liffey observes that one of the perpetual trophies to be awarded at this feis looks suspiciously like the ancient Derrynaflan Chalice she has seen before in a Dublin museum. In "The Werewolves of Ossory," Liffey rescues a dancer from Ireland who has traveled alone to the Seattle Halloween Feis burdened with a centuries old family curse.