CONRPHÍOPA LE CHÉILE

A Chairde,

I hope this email finds you safe & well.

Our Marketing subcommittee of the International Workgroup in conjunction with the Music & Dance Committee of CLRG have been working hard and formed the idea to help engage with dancers of all levels throughout the World during this pandemic.

We have created a CLRG Global Choreography Challenge named “Cornphíopa le Chéile” ( Together) to keep dancers involved, unified, as well as going back to their Traditional Irish Roots.

The purpose of this challenge is to promote our dance, our culture, our music and our heritage while allowing dancers all around the World to engage with their teachers and learn a new piece of dance that they might never have the chance to learn again. This is a combined challenge between our wonderful musicians, teachers & dancers from across the Globe.

MUSIC; - To date our wonderful musicians have been contacted to invite them to compose 32 bars of a Hornpipe tune. This has to be a new piece of music created exclusively for this challenge and the chosen tunes will be uploaded to the CLRG website on the week of the 20th July, where it will be accessible to all dancers & teachers alike.

CHOREOGRAPHY; - The dancers will create their own choreography in a traditional manner including e.g. rocks, cross keys, boxes, drums. They must not include toe walks, double clicks and most importantly it must be danced in a Traditional Style. There will be 3 different age categories Under 13, 13 – 16, 16-20 & Adult. The music speed will be 140. The chosen piece from each region & each category will be showcased at their Regional to gain local recognition. The regional winners will then advance to the Worldwide competition and the overall winner will be invited to perform their piece at Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2021, Dublin.

TO ENTER ;- 1) Dancers must submit their entries via their teacher to the following email address ;- [email protected] 2) The videos will be uploaded on Google Classrooms so any dancer under the age of 16 must provide parental consent for their videos to be entered.

TIMELINE; - You may start to work on your choreography immediately to any traditional hornpipe tune of your choice at speed 140. The 3 official tunes chosen for the different age categories will be uploaded on the week of the 20th July to the CLRG website. All entries must be emailed before Sunday 30th August.

We look forward to letting the creativity flow among our wonderful Community across the Globe and leaving a legacy after us for our future generations.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Cornphíopa le Chéile Committee [email protected]

FAQ’s

• How do we send our entry?

Dancers must submit their entry via their teachers to the following e-mail address: [email protected]. Entries will not be accepted directly from dancers or parents. The videos will be uploaded on Google Classrooms so any dancer under the age of 16 must provide parental consent to their teacher for the videos to be entered.

• What must the dancers wear?

This is a choreography challenge and is no way compared to an online so dancers may wear modest simple attire e.g. shorts & t-shirts, black skirt/pants.

• Where do I get the new composition from the musicians to practise to?

The musicians have been working on their new compositions for a few weeks now and the winning tune/tunes will be uploaded to the CLRG website within the next 2 weeks. In the meantime, there are tunes available to stream at the correct speed of 140 for dancers to start working on their choreography. Links on next page. Practice music - 140 BPM

Thank you to the musicians who have provided us with these practice tracks!

Hornpipe 140 - Sean O'Brien

Hornpipe 140 - Shannon Quinn

Hornpipe 140 - FeisTunes

Hornpipe 140 1 - Kevin Warren

Hornpipe 140 2 - Kevin Warren

Hornpipe 140 - Anton & Sullly

• How is the 32 bar challenge to be broken down?

This is essentially a hornpipe choreography challenge and has been organised to allow the dancers worldwide to “Let their creativity flow”. It is not necessarily based around the structure of a 16- bar step (8 bars right & 8 bars Left leg), but at the same time it can be any combination that a dancer would like once they make up the 32 bars.

• What stipulations relate to the choreography itself?

The purpose of this challenge is to promote our culture, our music and our heritage. The dancers must choreograph this Hornpipe in a traditional manner, staying within the guidelines of traditional movements specifically (e.g. rocks, cross-keys, boxes, drums). They may not include toe walks, double clicks and most importantly it must be danced in a traditional style.

• How does the structure of the challenge work?

All dancers will submit their videos via their teachers to [email protected] .

A panel of qualified adjudicators combined between the Music and Dance Committee of CLRG and the CLRG International Workgroup will adjudicate each performance for each region around the world. The winning performance will be invited from each region to perform at their regional Oireachtas. The winning performances from each region will then go forward to an overall winner who on being chosen, will be invited to perform the winning piece at Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2021. The adjudicators have been allocated regions in which they have no associations for the Regional Rounds. When the competition progresses to the Global Rounds, the same logic will be used, and the panel will be made of adjudicators with no associations with those who have made the Global Round.

Iris Gray Sharnick David Smith Sharon Whelan - MacSweeney Mary McCarthy Christopher Carswell Gerard Carson William Maple Claire Aherne Annie Kidd Josephine Brennan King Mary McElroy Doreen O'Connor Justine Ward Mallinson Catherine Coleman Adrian Kelly

• Is there possibility of a younger category?

Absolutely, if there is demand for an u9 category this will be added to the competition, for the moment the youngest age group is u/13, this will be revaluated upon receipt of all entries.

• Any other questions?

Please contact: [email protected]