A motivational powerpoint for Irish Dancers

1. Why We Dance An Inspirational Show By foreverclovers

2. Sometimes it’s hard to get away from the competitive atmosphere...

3. To stop worrying about winning that or beating them...

4. Or if your wig isn’t perfect, or you don’t win out of your light jig.

5. To not mind if you don’t get the best place in the line up...

6. When something goes wrong...

7. Or it all seems uphill...

8. You feel like you’ll never catch up...

9. Or you fail to reach a goal or crack an audition...

10. Then guess what?

11. Just remember where your home is.

12. Go back to the empty dance floor...

13. Grasp the barre and look in the mirror...

14. Turn on the warm-up music and practice your cuts.

15. Because that is why we dance.

16. The feeling that it is to be home,

17. In the studio,

18. Just dancing.

19. Dancing for the rhythm,

20. For the laughter,

21. For the fun,

22. For the friendship,

23. For the excitement,

24. For the thrill of ability,

25. For the adrenalin of the beat,

26. For the breath of fresh air,

27. For the challenge to rise to

28. And for the little moments

29. That remind us why we all...

30. Dance

31. And after all,

32. Who knows what surprises...

33. May be waiting for you...

34. If you really try your best

35. Just around the corner...

36. Or maybe the next one.

37. I think so too.

38. So remember to never forget...

39. Every time you dance,

40. To share your passion

41. Your partner

42. A smile

43. A helping hand

44. A hand to dance

45. A new friend

46. An old friend

47. Team spirit

48. More team spirit

49. And more team spirit

50. A bucketful of energy

51. A spade full of imagination

52. A little joke

53. A hug

54. A shared moment

55. A sprinkle of determination

56. In every minute step

57. That you attempt to succeed

58. Happiness at every beautiful leap

59. At every better batter

60. So always remember to share with your audience

61. Whether at a competition, an exam, a concert or a display

62. Your love for what you do

63. Your passion for doing it well

64. Your enjoyment for every second that you shine

65. And your happiness that you got up and did it, whatever the outcome.

66. You’re going to face disappointment at some time in your career

67. Just remember to focus on how you felt about your dancing before the results

68. And start thinking about the future…don’t dwell on the past!

69. It’s the next time you’re going to dance that really matters.

70. Positivity Rules!

71. And always remember that...

72. There is another extraordinary gift waiting for you...

73. The dance of...

74. Tomorrow

75. So next time it’s all getting a bit tough, remember…

76. The harder it is to get

77. The more thrilling it is to get right

78. The longer it takes to learn

79. The greater the smiles along the way

80. And the longer you stick at it

81. The longer you’ve been there

82. The longer you’ve hung in

83. The greater the rewards

84. And we can’t forget

85. All the star-struck

86. Smiles

87. That are one of the prettiest things

88. As you see the hardest workers

89. Gain their just rewards

90. And there’s some things you’ve just got to have!

91. You’ve got to have cute!

92. You’ve got to have sheer beauty

93. You’ve got to have all the glitz and glam

94. And then of course there are

95. The beautiful dresses

96. And the dreams of new ones

97. And that sense of wonderment

98. At your successes

99. Every hop

100. Every leap

101. Every jump

102. Every step

103. It all counts

104. But what Irish Dancers learn

105. Is more than just how to dance

106. Humility

107. Tradition

108. Triumph

109. Tragedy

110. Coping gallantly with problems

111. Sharing

112. Poise and politeness

113. How to make lacing those Hullachan’s more interesting

114. How to stay in the air for six seconds

115. And how to still be just as humbled and surprised

116. Whether it is your first win

117. Or one of many

118. Can you remember your first team?

119. Training together

120. Winning together

121. It’s all about teamwork

122. Getting it right

123. And fun too!

124. And you know, the thing about teams?

125. These are the friendships you’ll keep for a lifetime

126. And it’s not all competitions

127. Shows are all part of the fun

128. And it’s nice to dance

129. For others

130. Without any cares

131. Rather than just yourself.

132. Everyone has to start somewhere!

133. It doesn’t matter whether you’re 5 or 50

134. Whether you’re at the beginning of your career, or at the end…

135. It’s the journey that counts!

136. And anyway, who knows what tomorrow might bring?

137. Everyone loves to win

138. But there’s only one way to the podium

139. Bottom Up.

140. And its gonna take time, and pain, and tears, I’m not going to kid you.

141. There will be days when you just want to quit

142. But if you want something, you got to be willing to fight for it,

143. Rain or shine.

144. And then one day, when you least expect it…

145. All of it will be worth it.

146. What’s that? It’ll never be me?

147. No! Not listening!

148. Hey, I can give you the pep talk…but only YOU can make that decision

149. But as for me? I say point your toe, and make it count.

150. Dream big…

151. …and you never know where it might take you.

152. When you look back on your dancing career in years to come

153. It won’t be the steps and the hours of training that you remember

154. Nor the victories, or the defeats…

155. It will be the hotdogs you ate

156. The feis friends you hugged

157. The moonpies you munched through

158. The surfboards you posed with…

159. The card games you played in the corridor

160. Hello Kitty and Crocs

161. The trips you went on

162. The moments with mum or dad

163. The just-for-fun jumps with friends

164. And the quiet leaps, when nobody’s watching.

165. So leap right into

166. The next dance

167. Thanks for watching!