Stadthalle A & B Vogelweidplatz 14 1150 Vienna
Audrey Birmingham (Dublin, IRL) Caroline Healy McGrory (Midlands, UK) Kevin McCormack (Dublin, IRL)
Kristián Fišl (Prague, CZ)
Registered by:
Biagio Mineo, 2 July 2019 ______Biagio Mineo (Feis Registrar)
We are delighted to welcome CLRG dancers from all regions to the 2019 Vienna Feis run by Rafter School of Irish Dancing Vienna. This year’s feis marks the seventh time that it is organised by Rafter School.
Please note that this year, we are again back to the location of 2018 – Stadthalle B. The hall has stands for the audience, there are numerous changing rooms in the basement and the adjacent Hall A is available for warmup/practice and results. The Feis will be run with three adjudicators for two floors and a stage (10x8m).
A local caterer in the lobby of the hall will provide you with snacks and refreshments. In the hall, we will have a stall for shoes and dance supplies (Beats Irish Dance Wear) and possibly more. Stay tuned for more information via Facebook and our website www.viennafeis.at !
For teachers, we will be offering our spacious teachers’ room with snacks, soft drinks, coffee and tea all day.
This year, treblemakers are invited to get creative in terms of both costumes and steps – the ‘70s and ‘80s Themed Treble Reel is challenging you to think about the times of ABBA and Rick Astley, The Waltons and Magnum, P.I., just to give you a few ideas.
There will be trophies for all winners and medals for runners-up. Unlike on previous Vienna Feis occasions, please note that this year, there will be no “Austrian National Championship”; although it was a great tradition, we decided to discontinue it as no feis in any other country is running a comparable competition.
We’ll also have a raffle with tickets for € 2.50 each – there will be a prize for every ticket, with main prizes to be announced on the day.
Rafter School Vienna would like to thank you for your support in previous years and looks forward to welcoming you again this year.
Joan Rafter ADCRG, Lucia Rafter TCRG, Simon Zirkowitsch TCRG, Ellie Frank- Grossebner and the Feis Committee members wish all dancers the best of success and a great time in Vienna, the city of music and dancing! Solo Dances 5.00€ Team Dances 4.00€ per dancer Special Trophies, Traditional Set and Treble Reel 6.00€ Adult Championship 20.00€ Open Championship 28.00€
Admission fee for spectators: € 10.00 per day Weekend special: € 15.00 for both days Dancers and children under 14: free.
Online registration by teachers Registration will be through the Feis.Info registration system. To be able to register your dancers, you will first have to send an e-mail to [email protected] with your name, address and name of dance school. You will receive an e-mail with further details on how to register your dancers. Entries to be received no later than Sunday, October 6th, 2019.
Please note that we will not be able to accept new dancers on the day. Entries in additional dances will be possible provided that the dancer already has a competitor number in the system (see also Rule 34). Dancers’ numbers will be available for collection by teachers or school representatives at the venue on Friday evening from 7:00 pm or on the day of the competition. Numbers will be handed out per school and cannot be given to dancers individually unless the fee for the entire school has been paid up in advance or is paid upon collection.
We kindly ask you to transfer the entire sum of your school’s registration fees to our bank account no later than three days before the competition. If transfers are made later and do not yet show in our account, you will only receive your school’s competitor numbers as a batch if we are presented proof of payment. Please make sure to transfer the exact amount displayed on FeisInfo.org in euro and state your school’s name in the transaction info.
The official bank account is:
Shamrock Dance Company Vienna BAWAG PSK AG IBAN: AT61 6000 0005 1004 9012 BIC: BAWAATW
Alternatively, you may also transfer the money via PayPal. In order to do this, please select “Send a Friend Money” on PayPal so that there are no surcharges. The Rafter School PayPal account is registered to [email protected]. Same as with traditional bank transfer, please be sure to send the exact euro amount displayed on FeisInfo.org and state your school’s name in the transaction.
Cheques will not be accepted, and cash transactions should be limited to a minimum. 1. The Feis will run in accordance with all the rules of An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha.
2. Entries will be accepted from persons currently registered with An Coimisiún. All competitions are OPEN to dancers from ALL REGIONS.
3. The lodgement of an entry will be taken to mean that teachers and pupils understand these rules and undertake to abide by them.
4. Objections must be lodged in writing within one hour of the announcement of the result of a competition accompanied by a fee of 40 Euro, which will be refunded if the objection is upheld.
5. Age will be taken as on 1st January 2019. Whatever age a dancer turns this year, in 2019, s/he will dance under that age all year long, e.g. if a dancer’s date of birth is 29 May 2007, he/she dances under 12 in the year 2019). Evidence of age may be requested, therefore dancers from Mainland Europe should have a valid ID with them in the event of a query as to their age.
6. The Adjudicators’ decisions are final.
7. Beginners Grade competitions are confined to dancers who have never won 1st or 2nd prize (also 3rd prize, please refer to rule 9) in any competition for that particular dance. In Beginners Grade competitions only basic steps may be performed.
8. Primary Grade competitions are confined to dancers who have never won 1st prize (or 2nd prize, please refer to rule 10) for that particular dance other than in Beginners Grade.
9. If a Beginner competition has 6 or more dancers, the first two places advance to the next grade, regardless of ties. If a Beginner competition has 11 dancers or more, then the first 3 places advance to the next grade regardless of ties. (RTME ruling Sept. 2007).
10. If a Primary competition has 6 or more dancers, the first place advances to the next grade. If a Primary competition has 11 or more, the first and second places advance to the next grade, regardless of ties (RTME ruling June 2011).
11. Where there are five dancers or less for Beginners, Primary and Intermediate competitions, the results will not affect their grading.
12. Intermediate Grade competitions are open to all dancers who have not previously won first prize for that particular dance in Intermediate or Open Grades under the same or higher age limits. If a dancer in Mainland Europe wins in Intermediate, they must advance into Open for the rest of the calendar year. If they do not win in Open, they may return to Intermediate at the start of the next calendar year. (RTME ruling Sept. 2007).
13. For all Beginner, Primary and Intermediate competitions (excluding trophy competitions) the 32 bar method will be applied. However, the number of bars to be danced may be lowered if this seems indicated to the organisers. All Open Championship dancers will be required to dance 48 bars of music in the reel and jig and 40 bars in the slip-jig and hornpipe. Two and three hands are danced to 40 bars of music. Ceíli and figure dances are subject to the rules applied at Oireachtasi.
14. Adult Preliminary Championships are open to Intermediate/Open level dancers who have never won a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in Open Championship level and to dancers not participating in a full Open Championship at the same feis. Dancers will be required to dance 32 bars of music in the Reel (gents, ladies) or Slip Jig (ladies) in the light round, Heavy Jig or Hornpipe in the heavy round, and a Traditional Set. If there are more than 9 dancers in any competition, it will go to recall. Please note that these championships have been created for dancers who started Irish Dancing as ADULTS.
15. All Trophy Competitions will be a choice of any light or heavy dance. Dancers will dance 16 bars down the line in their chosen dance. They may only be entered in dances which they have not previously placed out of.
16. Open Championships will be judged as two solos and an overall Championship. If there are more than 15 dancers in any competition, there may be a recall for the set dance.
17. Traditional set dances can only be performed in the Traditional Set competitions, in the Adult Championship and in the Under 11 Open Championship (as a choice in U11).
18. Music will be played at the recognized An Coimisiún speeds of Mainland Europe.
Dance Beginners Primary Intermediate/Open Reel 121/123 116/118 113 Light Jig 116 116 116 Slip Jig 121 118 113 Single Jig 123 123 121 Heavy Jig 89 79 73 Hornpipe 142 130 113
19. Team dances (four hands and upward) must be performed in accordance with the Coimisiún handbook “Ar Rinci Foirne”.
20. Special Trophies (Traditional Sets, Treble Reel Competitions, Beginners/Primary Trophies, Open and Adult Championship Trophies) may be retained by the winners. Please note that the treble reel competitions are themed 1970’s and 1980’s – dancers are encouraged to style their entire performance (steps, moves and costumes) in accordance with this year’s theme.
21. A panel of three adjudicators will judge all Championships.
22. Within the limits specified in the Rules of An Coimisiún, the Organisers may at their discretion cancel or combine competitions with insufficient entries.
23. Order and quiet must be kept in the hall, particularly while competitors are dancing.
24. Traditional Set Dance competitions are a choice out of 7 traditional dances: St. Patrick’s Day, Blackbird, Job of Journeywork, Garden of Daisies, King of the Fairies, Jockey to the Fair and Three Sea Captains. If a dancer wins first place in any traditional set dance competition, s/he moves on the next level in all 7 traditionals.
25. Provided that dancers are not disturbed by flashlights or the like, photography or video recording by persons other than official feis photographers will be allowed during Beginners and Primary competitions and during all award ceremonies. During Intermediate and Open competitions, photography will be reserved to any official feis photographer as may be on site.
26. Competitors must be in costume and ready to dance 30 minutes before their competitions are scheduled.
27. The feis organisers cannot accept any liability for injury or loss or damage to property while on the premises.
28. Only Feis officials may approach the adjudicators during competition sessions.
29. The dress code in accordance with An Coimisiún rules will be strictly observed. For the sake of modesty and in the interest of safety to young people, dancers will not be permitted to walk around the Feis scantily dressed. The Costume Rules of An Coimisiún, as amended, also apply in Mainland Europe; it can be found in the “Download” section on www.clrg.ie for reference. Female adult dancers participating in the competitions “Adult competition” and/or “Adult grade competition” (both solo and team) are required to wear tights of a denier not less than 70 (CLRG Ruling March 2015).
30. All Beginners and Primary dancers of all age groups may only wear a class costume, simple dancewear or appropriate attire (skirt and top/blouse, simple dress for girls and ladies, trousers and t- shirt/shirt for boys and gents). Make-up is not permitted for any dancer in the first two grades up to and including the Under 12 age group worldwide.
31. An Coimisiún has ruled that from 1st January each year, that no block, en pointe, stationary or moving, be allowed to be performed for all ages up to and including the under 12 age group worldwide. The Under 12 Age Group will be allowed to toe walk from September 1st 2018.
32. By entering in competitions, dancers (or their legal representatives, in case of minors) consent to their names being stated in the feis results and in the public Internet archives of any feis entry/results system as may be used.
33. No refunds will be made.
34. Entirely new registrations of dancers on the competition weekend will not be possible. All registrations must be done by the schools’ teachers via feisinfo.org in advance within the registration period communicated to them via email and online. However, it will be possible to enter dancers who were already registered within the registration period for additional competitions.
FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2 STAGE
REEL U12 12-14 14-18
SLIP JIG U12 12-14 14-18
LIGHT TROPHY U12 12-14 14-18
HEAVY JIG U12 12-14 14-18
HORNPIPE U12 12-14 14-18
HEAVY TROPHY U12 12-14 14-18
TRADITIONAL SET U12 12-14 14-18 70’S AND 80’S THEMED U18 TREBLE REEL
FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2 STAGE
REEL 18-26 26-32 O32
SLIP JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
LIGHT TROPHY 18-26 26-32 O32
HEAVY JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
HORNPIPE 18-26 26-32 O32
HEAVY TROPHY 18-26 26-32 O32
TRADITIONAL SET 18-26 26-32 O32 70’S AND 80’S THEMED O18 TREBLE REEL
- FOLLOWED BY LUNCH BREAK
STAGE
ADULT CHAMPIONSHIP 20-35
ADULT CHAMPIONSHIP O35
STAGE
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP U11
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP U13
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP U15
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP U17
STAGE
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP U19
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP U21
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP U23
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP O23
- APPROX. FINISH AT 8.00PM
FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2 STAGE
REEL U8 8-10 10-12
REEL 14-18 12-14
LIGHT JIG U8 8-10 10-12
LIGHT JIG 14-18 12-14
SINGLE JIG U8 8-10 10-12
SINGLE JIG 14-18 12-14
SLIP JIG U8 8-10 10-12
SLIP JIG 14-18 12-14
LIGHT TROPHY U10 U12 U18
HEAVY JIG U8 8-10 10-12
HEAVY JIG 14-18 12-14
HORNPIPE U8 8-10 10-12
HORNPIPE 14-18 12-14
HEAVY TROPHY U10 U12 U18
STAGE
2-HAND U18
3-HAND U18 4-HAND U18 6-HAND U18 8-HAND U18
FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2 STAGE
REEL 18-26 26-32 O32
LIGHT JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
SINGLE JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
SLIP JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
LIGHT TROPHY 18-26 26-32 O32
HEAVY JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
HORNPIPE 18-26 26-32 O32
HEAVY TROPHY 18-26 26-32 O32
STAGE
2-HAND O18
3-HAND O18
4-HAND O18
6-HAND O18
8-HAND O18
FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2 STAGE
REEL U10 10-12 12-14
REEL 14-16 16-18
LIGHT JIG U10 10-12 12-14
LIGHT JIG 14-16 16-18
SINGLE JIG U10 10-12 12-14
SINGLE JIG 14-16 16-18
SLIP JIG U10 10-12 12-14 SLIP JIG 14-16 16-18
LIGHT TROPHY U10 U14 U18
HEAVY JIG U10 10-12 12-14
HEAVY JIG 14-16 16-18
HORNPIPE U10 10-12 12-14
HORNPIPE 14-16 16-18
HEAVY TROPHY U10 U14 U18
TRADITIONAL SET U10 U14 U18
STAGE
TREBLE REEL U18
TREBLE REEL O18
FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2 STAGE
REEL 18-26 26-32 O32
LIGHT JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
SINGLE JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
SLIP JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
LIGHT TROPHY 18-26 26-32 O32
HEAVY JIG 18-26 26-32 O32
HORNPIPE 18-26 26-32 O32
HEAVY TROPHY 18-26 26-32 O32
TRADITIONAL SET 18-26 26-32 O32
- APPROX. FINISH AT 7.00PM
Public transport: The hall is served by underground line U6 (stop “Burggasse/Stadthalle”, take exit “Stadthalle”) and tram line 49 (stop “Urban Loritz-Platz”).
Accommodation: There are numerous hotels and hostels within walking distance or just one stop away on public transport. “Stadthalle” is very close to the “Westbahnhof” railway station which is also served by the Airport Bus. U6 will also take you to “Bahnhof Meidling” railway station that has a train connection to the main railway station “Hauptbahnhof” and to the airport.
Hotels:
IBIS Wien Mariahilf Mariahilfer Gürtel 22-24, 1060 Vienna +431 599 98 233 / [email protected] Motel One Wien Westbahnhof Europaplatz 3, 1150 Vienna +431 359350 / [email protected] https://www.motel-one.com/de/hotels/wien/wien-westbahnhof Boutiquehotel Stadthalle Hackengasse 20, 1150 Vienna +431 9824272 / [email protected] www.hotelstadthalle.at Arcotel Wimberger Neubaugürtel 34-36, 1070 Vienna +431 521 650 / [email protected] http://www.arcotelhotels.com/de/wimberger_hotel_wien/ Fleming’s Hotel Neubaugürtel 26-28, 1070 Vienna +431 227 370 / [email protected] https://www.flemings-hotels.com/hotels-residences/wien/flemings-conference-hotel- wien/hotelzimmer
Hostels:
A&O Wien Stadthalle Lerchenfelder Gürtel 9-11, 1160 Vienna, +431 49204 803900 / www.aohostels.com
Do Step Inn Felberstrasse 20, 1150 Vienna +431 982314 / www.dostepinn.com
Please don’t hesitate to contact the feis organisers at [email protected] if you need further information!