National Harbor, Trains, Irish jigs!

Mame, post-dance competition (curly wig in place), Julia and Graham

What more could we ask for? Terence, Graham, Julia and I ventured out to National Harbor to meet Mame and Andy after her performance in the Irish Dance competitions. What a treat! Now, the Irish dance? It's another world. Girls and women of all ages dressed in hand-stitched Celtic dresses, wearing curly wigs.

Graham and Julia were taken with the hard shoe, single dancer competition. It was mesmerizing, from the racket made with the shoes to the high kicks that appeared other worldly. Maybe we were truly were watching fairies, as Julia insisted.

This morning, Julia and Graham did their version of the Irish dance, with small, noisy, slow steps across the house. Priceless!

Gaylord Convention center was decorated for the holidays, with lights on trees, a train that Mame rode with the children, and much more. It was a great day, indeed.

And Mame's dancers? Of course, they took a first prize!!! Graham, Mame and Julia