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Beginner – a Competitor Who Is Taking Dancing Lessons for Less Than 12 Months Thirty-Second Annual RULES GOVERNING THE FEIS Adopted by the North American Feis Commission FEIS IS REGISTERED, SANCTIONED AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE RULES OF AN COIMISIUN (WWW.CLRG.IE ) Feis na Nollag THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION (WWW.MID-ATLANTLICREGION.COM) AND THE NORTH AMERICAN FEIS COMMISSION, (WWW.NORTHAMERICANFEISCOMMISSION.ORG ) Sunday, February 20, 2011, 8:45 am Please see NAFC website for additional rules 1 to 28. Kingsborough Community College 2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11235 29. SUBMIT all entries online at www.eFeis.com Stephen Gallagher Cara Butler 1979 1994, 1995 Donny Hunt Danielle Benn 30. CLOSING DATE for entries is February 6. 2011. All entries postmarked after February 6 and received by February 13 will 1980 1996 be subject to a $10 late fee per family. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FEBRUARY 13, 2011. Ellen Riordan Caitlyn Allen 1981 1997 Brian Grant Kathleen Keady 31. ENTRY FEES – ALL FEES INCLUDE THE COST OF MARKS 1982 1998 Donny Hunt Timothy Kochka SOLOS, TRAD SET, & MUSIC Each Competition $ 8.00 1984 1999 Brendan Lynch Joseph Dwyer PRELIMINARY $30.00 1985 2000, 2001, 2003 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP $35.00 Kevin Broesler Shane Kelly TREBLE REEL – Charity Competition Make Check out to $ 8.00 1986 2002 “Alzheimer’s Association” John Jennings Ashley Smith 1987, 1988 2004 MAXIMUM FAMILY FEE Excluding Treble Reel $100 Jean Butler Meghan Lucy (Plus Late Fees) 1989, 1990 2005 Not included in Maximum Fee Mary Ann Schade EVENT ENTRANCE FEE (Per Family) $15.00 Owen Smith Meghan Harper CHANGES TO ENTRY Each Occurrence $10.00 1991 2006 J.R. Vancheri 2009, 2010 1992, 1993 ENTRY FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERRABLE. Please include Entrance Fee with Entries JUDGES Caitlin Allen – NY, Sean Flynn – NY, Maureen Hamilton Nelson -- NJ, Matthew Martin –NJ, 32. ROTATION NUMBERS for Preliminary and Open Championship will be drawn by computer prior to the day of the feis. Eileen McGinley Watson -- FL, Siobhan Moore – NY, Jennifer Nagle McGovern – NJ, John O’Keefe – CT, Laureen O’Neill James – VA additional TBA MUSICIANS Information or Questions e-mail Look for schedule information Kathleen Lavin, Dommy Lavin, Annemarie Acosta, [email protected] posted on: remaining musicians TBA www.donnygoldenschool.com NAFC Championships – DIRECTIONS TO KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Belt Pkwy to Exit 8A (Coney Island Ave.). Turn right onto Voorhies Ave. Turn right at second traffic light The North American Senior Irish Dance Championship for The North American Junior Irish Dance Championship for to Sheepshead Bay Rd. At third traffic light turn right onto Emmons Ave. At second traffic light turn left the Jerry Campbell Perpetual Belt the Robert Gabor Perpetual Trophy Celtic Fling Feis June 25, 2011 Feis Montreal May 21, 2011 onto West End Ave. Turn left at the third traffic light onto Oriental Blvd. The North American Minor Irish Dance Championship for The North American 2011 Music Scholarship Feisanna Area Hotels: the George Sweetnam Memorial Trophy Under 15 Peach State Feis, Georgia May 7, 2011 Best Western (718) 769-5000 3003 Emmons Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11235 Feis At The Falls August 13, 2011 15 & Over West Virginia Feis Pittsburgh, March 26, 2011 Member, North American Feis Commission Patricia Watkins, New Bedford, MI – President Member, An Coimisiun, Dublin Member, Mid-Atlantic Region, IDTANA Beginner – A competitor who is taking dancing lessons for less than 12 months. STAGES – All dance stages PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP will start at 8:45 a.m. Hard shoe first. A Beginner must move to Advanced Beginner the next year. 2 steps. start at 8:45 AM. Music stage Please enter the correct competition (A -Reel & Jig, B - Reel & Hornpipe, C - Slip Jig & Hornpipe or D - Slip Jig & Jig) Beginners must wear School Costume or skirt and blouse—No Solo Costumes will start at 11:30 AM. A $10.00 charge will be incurred for omitting this information Music Speeds: Reel/Slip Jig-118; Light Jig -115 ALL COMPETITIONS UP TO AND INCLUDING UNDER 14 WILL DANCE 3 AT A TIME. Girls & Boys Reel Light Jig Slip Jig Stage schedule will be Under 5 1 2 3 available at: UNDER 8 400 UNDER 13 405 Under 6 4 5 6 www.donnygoldenschool.com UNDER 9 401 UNDER 14 406 Under 7 7 8 9 UNDER 10 402 UNDER 15 407 Under 8 10 11 12 Please ensure that your entry UNDER 11 403 UNDER 16 408 Under 9 13 14 15 is correctly filled out. All UNDER 12 404 16 & OVER 409 Under 10 16 17 18 corrections will incur a $10.00 Under 11 19 20 21 penalty NOTE: Preliminary dancers, who achieve 3 first-place wins in a calendar year, must move to Open Championship the Under 12 22 23 24 following calendar year. When a third 1ST place win is achieved over several calendar years, the dancer must move to Open 12 & Over 25 26 27 Championship the following weekend. Advanced Beginner – A competitor who wins 1st, 2nd or 3rd in this grade will OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP – will start at 8:45 a.m. Three rounds – hard shoe first. advance to Novice in that particular dance. 2 steps Under 9 Girls and Boys must dance Traditional Set Piece. Solo awards will be given for soft and hard shoe dances. Adv . Beginners must wear School Costume or skirt and blouse—No Solo Costumes . Please enter the correct competition (A -Reel & Jig, B - Reel & Hornpipe, C - Slip Jig & Hornpipe or D - Slip Jig & Jig) Music Speeds: Reel/Slip Jig-118; Light Jig -115 ; Tr Jig- 92; HP- 138 A $10.00 charge will be incurred for omitting this information. Girls & Boys Reel Light Jig Slip Jig Treble Jig HP ALL COMPETITIONS UP TO AND INCLUDING UNDER 14 WILL DANCE 3 AT A TIME. Under 6 101 102 103 104 105 Under 7 106 107 108 109 110 GIRLS PERPETUAL CUPS BOYS PERPETUAL CUPS Under 8 111 112 113 114 115 UNDER 9 500 UNDER 9 512 Under 9 116 117 118 119 120 UNDER 10 501 September 11, 2001 - FDNY Memorial Cup UNDER 10 513 Under 10 121 122 123 124 125 UNDER 11 502 UNDER 12 514 John Jennings Jr. Memorial Cup Under 11 126 127 128 129 130 UNDER 12 503 Siega Memorial Cup UNDER 14 515 Under 12 131 132 133 134 135 UNDER 13 504 Peter Tuohy Memorial Cup UNDER 16 516 Frank & Rita Talty Memorial Cup Under 13 136 137 138 139 140 UNDER 14 505 Patrick Golden Memorial Cup UNDER 18 517 Patrick J Marron Perpetual Cup 13 & over 141 142 143 144 145 UNDER 15 506 William O’Connell Memorial Cup 18 & OVER 518 UNDER 16 507 Stephen Denihan Memorial Cup Novice – A competitor who wins 1st will advance to Prizewinner in that particular dance. 2 steps UNDER 17 508 Elizabeth Ong Memorial Cup Music Speeds: Reel/ Slip Jig-113; Lt Jig-113; Tr Jig-73 or 92; HP-113 or 138 UNDER 18 509 Joseph Deegan Memorial Cup Girls & Boys Reel Light Jig Slip Jig Treble Jig HP UNDER 19 510 Carol Ann Siversen Memorial Cup Under 6 201 202 203 204 205 19 & OVER 511 Kathryn Harrington Memorial Cup Under 7 206 207 208 209 210 Under 8 211 212 213 214 215 THE FEIS NA NOLLAG PERPETUAL CUP Under 9 216 217 218 219 220 Competition 519: Dance Off Competition for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of Competitions Under 10 221 222 223 224 225 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 516, 517, 518 Under 11 226 227 228 229 230 Competitors must dance a set dance in contrasting tempo to original competition. Under 12 231 232 233 234 235 Under 13 236 237 238 239 240 Under 14 241 242 243 244 245 TREBLE REEL FOR CHARITY TRADITIONAL SET 14 & over 246 247 248 249 250 Make all checks payable to Open to all competitors “Alzheimer’s Association” TRAD SET TREBLE REEL Prizewinner – A competitor who wins 1st in a particular dance in Novice will advance to Prizewinner in that particular dance. ALL COMPETITORS PRELIMINARY & OPEN ONLY UNDER 10 810 2 steps Music Speeds: Reel/ Slip Jig-113; Lt Jig-113; Tr Jig-73 or 92; HP-113 or 138 UNDER 12 610 UNDER 12 811 Girls & Boys Reel Slip Jig Treble Jig HP UNDER 15 611 UNDER 14 812 Under 6 301 302 303 304 15 & OVER 612 Under 7 305 306 307 308 14 & OVER 813 Under 8 309 310 311 312 Under 9 313 314 315 316 MUSIC COMPETITIONS – Beg-Play one choice of air Under 10 317 318 319 320 or traditional tune. Adv-Play one air and one traditional Under 11 321 322 323 324 tune. 11:30 AM until 3:30 PM Under 12 325 326 327 328 Tin Under 13 329 330 331 332 Fiddle Accordion Whistle Misc Under 14 333 334 335 336 Beg U 12 700 701 702 703 14 & Over 337 338 339 340 Beg O12 704 705 706 707 Adv U 12 708 709 710 711 Adv O 12 712 713 714 715 .
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