Dancing Syllabus

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Nassau County Board

Ancient Order of Hibernians

37th Annual Feis & Festival

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Molloy College

Hempstead Avenue

Rockville Centre, NY

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Competitions

Solo Irish Dancing – Amateur and Championship

Bagpiping – Band & Solo Bagpiping and Drumming

Irish Music and Traditional Singing

Irish Art      Irish Soda Bread

Attractions

Massed Pipe Bands

Irish Entertainment

Irish Wolfhounds

Over 20 Irish Vendors

Mass celebrated at 11:00 AM

Member of the North American Feis Commission

Harry Costello, President

Sanctioned by AN CIOMISIUN, DUBLIN IRELAND

Dancing Adjudicators

(subject to change, see feis website for updates)

Ann L. Devine – MA, Sheila Dupuis – CT,  Joan T. Cass – NY, Sean Flynn – NY, Irene Horgan – CT, John Jennings – NJ
Siobhan Moore – NY, Kerry Kelly Oster – NY, Helaine Sander- NY,  Linda Sanfillipo – NY

2009 N.A.F.C. Championships

Minor

George Sweetnam Memorial Trophy

June 28 – New Haven Feis, New Haven CT

Junior

Robert Gabor Perpetual Trophy

August 1 – St. Catharines Feis, St. Catharines, Ont. Canada

Senior

Gerry Campbell Perpetual Belt

June 13 – Etobicoke Feis, Etobicoke, Ont. Canada

www.nassauaohfeis.com

The Nassau AOH Feis is registered, sanctioned and will be governed by the rules of An Coimisiun (www.clrg.ie), the North American Feis Commission (www.northamericanfeiscommission.org) and IDTANA Mid-Atlantic Region (www.mid-atlanticregion.com).  Please refer to the applicable websites for rules governing the Feis.

The Feis Committee, Nassau County AOH, Molloy College or any other organizations affiliated with same will not be held responsible for personal injury, property loss or damage.  Destruction of Feis, County or rental property will be punishable by law.

Dancing entry inquiries may be directed to: laoh17@optonline.net

Dancing will begin promptly at 9AM.

ENTRY FEES: Solos: $7.00 per dance, Preliminary Championship: $25.00; Open Championships: $27.00. Parent & child dance: $2.00 per dancer.  Family maximum of $80.00.

ENTRIES VIA POSTAL MAIL

  • Competitors must answer all questions as required by the Feis Entry committee, including teacher’s name, and enclose the entry fee when mailing.  Failure to do so will result in a rejected entry. Entrants must list all information on a 3×5” index card.  The following must be included:
  • Competitor’s name, Parent or Guardian name, address, phone number, competitor’s date of birth and age as of 1/1/2009, school name, competition number(s) and, optionally, email address.
  • Preliminary Championships must include choice of dance: reel/jig, reel/hornpipe, slip jig/jig or slip jig/hornpipe.
  • Open Championships must include choice of soft shoe dance, set dance & tempo.
  • Entries will be limited to the first 800 valid entries.
  • Competitor Number cards will not be mailed. They will be available the morning of the Feis beginning at 8:15AM.
  • Entries postmarked on or after August 28th, 2009 must include a late fee of $10.00.
  • Entries postmarked after September 8th, 2009 will not be accepted.
  • Make checks payable to: A.O.H. Feis.

MAIL ENTRY FORMS TO:

Nassau County A.O.H. Feis
P. O. Box 185
Island Park NY  11558

ENTRIES VIA INTERNET

  • Entries will be accepted on www.efeis.com beginning on or about July 29th 2009 through September 14th 2009
  • Entries created OR paid after September 4th 2009 will be charged a late fee of $10.

DANCING COMPETITIONS

BEGINNER: A competitor who has not taken a full year of Irish Dance lessons, thereby giving beginners a full year with such status.  A Beginner must move into Advanced Beginner the following year.  No solo dress costumes permitted; dancer must compete in a school costume or skirt & blouse.

BOYS/GIRLS

REEL

LIGHT JIG

SLIP JIG

Under 5

1

2

3

Under 6

4

5

6

Under 7

7

8

9

Under 8

10

11

12

Under 9

13

14

15

Under 10

16

17

18

Under 11

19

20

21

Under 12

22

23

24

Under 13

25

26

27

Under 14

28

29

30

Under 15

31

32

33

15 & Over

34

35

36

ADVANCED BEGINNER: Dancers who place 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in Advanced Beginner will advance to the Novice category in that particular dance on January 1st of the following year. No solo dress costumes permitted; dancer must compete is a school costume or skirt & blouse. Treble Jig  tempo: 92; Hornpipe tempo: 138

BOYS/GIRLS

REEL

LIGHT JIG

SLIP JIG

TREBLE JIG

HORNPIPE

Under 6

101

102

103

104

105

Under 7

106

107

108

109

110

Under 8

111

112

113

114

115

Under 9

116

117

118

119

120

Under 10

121

122

123

124

125

Under 11

126

127

128

129

130

Under 12

131

132

133

134

135

Under 13

136

137

138

139

140

Under 14

141

142

143

144

145

Under 15

146

147

148

149

150

15 & Over

151

152

153

154

155

NOVICE: Open to dancers who have placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in Advanced Beginner grade.  A Novice who wins 1st place will advance to the Open (Prizewinner) grade in that particular dance the next year. Treble Jig tempo: 92 or 73; Hornpipe tempo: 138 or 113

BOYS/GIRLS

REEL

LIGHT JIG

SLIP JIG

TREBLE JIG

HORNPIPE

Under 7

201

202

203

204

205

Under 8

206

207

208

209

210

Under 9

211

212

213

214

215

Under 10

216

217

218

219

220

Under 11

221

222

223

224

225

Under 12

226

227

228

229

230

Under 13

231

232

233

234

235

Under 14

236

237

238

239

240

Under 15

241

242

243

244

245

15 & Over

246

247

248

249

250

OPEN (PRIZEWINNER): A competitor who does not qualify as a Beginner, Advanced Beginner or as a Novice.

Treble Jig tempo: 73; Hornpipe tempo must be 113

BOYS/GIRLS

REEL

SLIP JIG

TREBLE JIG

HORNPIPE

Under 8

301

302

303

304

Under 9

305

306

307

308

Under 10

309

310

311

312

Under 11

313

314

315

316

Under 12

317

318

319

320

Under 13

321

322

323

324

Under 14

325

326

327

328

Under 15

329

330

331

332

15 & Over

333

334

335

336

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP

**New Mid-Atlantic Regional Rule**- A dancer who wins three First Place awards in Preliminary in one calendar year will move on to Open Championship the following year, or as soon as the third win is achieved, in any age category, in the following years.

A dancer is required to perform a light shoe dance (reel or slip jig for ladies, reel for gentlemen) and a hard shoe dance (jig or hornpipe).  Dance choices are: (A) Reel and Jig (B) Reel and Hornpipe (C ) Slip Jig and Jig and (D) Slip Jig and Hornpipe.  CHOICE OF DANCES MUST BE SPECIFIED ON ENTRY CARD.  Reel and Jig – 48 bars of music; Slip Jig and Hornpipe – 40 bars of music.  All dances two at a time.

Under 8 401 Under 13 406
Under 9 402 Under 14 407
Under 10 403 Under 15 408
Under 11 404 Under 16 409
Under 12 405 16 & Over* 410

* Geraldine Brady Perpetual Trophy, donated by LAOH


OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Indicate choice of soft dance and set dance on entry.  Under 9 age group must dance Traditional Set (of choice).  Dance choice cannot be changed on the day of competition. Dance choices are: (A) Reel and Jig (B) Reel and Hornpipe (C ) Slip Jig and Jig and (D) Slip Jig and Hornpipe

GIRLS BOYS
Under 9 501 Under 9 507
Under 11 502 Under 11 508
Under 13 503 Under 13 509
Under 15 504 Under 15 510
Under 17 505 Under 17 511
Under 19 506 Under 19 512
19 & Over 515 19 & Over 516

EDWARD P. CALLAGHAN PERPETUAL CUP

NASSAU COUNTY A.O.H. CHAMPIONSHIP

Open to competitors who place FIRST in competitions 501 through 512.  Competitors must dance a set piece in contrasting tempo to the one performed in the qualifying competition.

ADULT SOLO: An adult beginner is a competitor who never took Irish dancing lessons as a juvenile and is over 18 years of age.  Treble Jig tempo: 92;  Hornpipe tempo: 138

ADULT

REEL

JIG

SLIP JIG

HORNPIPE

BEGINNER

450

451

452

453

NOVICE

454

455

456

457

ADVANCED

458

459

460

461

SPECIAL DANCING EVENTS

Special Child 470
Parent & Child (2, 3 or 4 hand 471

MUSIC COMPETITIONS

ENTRY FEE: $6.00

INSTRUMENTS

BEGINNER: Playing 2 years or less.  One tune of your choice.

TIN WHISTLE

FIDDLE

ACCORDIAN

MISC.

Under 10

601

602

603

604

Under 15

605

606

607

608

15 & Over

609

610

611

612

ADVANCED: Playing more than 2 years. Two tunes of your choice

TIN WHISTLE

FIDDLE

ACCORDIAN

MISC.

Under 10

650

651

652

653

Under 15

654

655

656

657

15 & Over

658

659

660

661

TRADITIONAL SINGING

Entrants will sing their choice of popular Irish song in the traditional style (no accompaniment).  Come let us hear your voice.

Boys & Girls Under 14 701
Boys & Girls Under 18 702
Ladies 18 & Over 703
Gentlemen 18 & Over 704

IRISH ART

NO ENTRY FEE

Do not mail artwork entries.  Artwork to be entered must be on display before noon on the day of the Feis.  No more than two artworks per competitor.  Competitor’s name and address must appear on the back of each piece.  All entries must be mounted but not framed.  Artwork must be collected after 5:00 PM on the day of Feis.

Under 9

Irish Scene in Watercolor or Crayon

801

9 to 11 yrs

Irish Scene in Any Medium

802

12 to 14 yrs

Irish Scene in Any Medium

803

15 to 18 yrs

Irish Famine Scene in Oil, Acrylic or Watercolor

804

Over 18 yrs

Irish Scene in Any Medium

805

Under 11

Celtic Design in Black & White

806

11 to 15 yrs

Celtic Design in Color

807

Over 15 yrs

Original Celtic Design in Color

808

IRISH SODA BREAD

Bread must be submitted to the Baking Competition Chairperson between 11 AM and noon on the day of the Feis.  Awards will be given for the top three breads in each competition.  Entries will be judged on the basis of looks, texture and taste.  Entry for this event is the donation of the Irish Soda Bread, which will become property of the Feis Committee.

WHITE BREAD 901
BROWN BREAD 902

IRISH LANGUAGE EVENT

In Memory of Joseph P. Halligan

Join us in our outdoor “chat room” at the Feis.  Practice your Irish Gaelic with other participants, trying to use as much Irish as you have or can remember.

This is not restricted to “speakers” only, but to interested listeners as well.  Get the feel for our spoken heritage.  The event will start at 2 pm and will go on through the afternoon.

BAGPIPE, DRUMMING and PIPE BANDS

For information on Pipe Band and Solo Bagpiping and Drumming competitions, visit our web site at :www.nassauaohfeis.com

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