Dancing Syllabus 2011

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Nassau County Board

Ancient Order of Hibernians

39th Annual Feis & Festival

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Molloy College

Hempstead Avenue

Rockville Centre, NY

9AM – 6PM

Competitions

Solo Irish Dancing – Amateur and Championship

Bagpiping – Band & Solo Bagpiping and Drumming

   Irish Music & Traditional Singing  Irish Art   Irish Soda Bread

Attractions

Massed Pipe Bands

Irish Entertainment

Over 20 Irish Vendors

Mass celebrated at 11:00 AM

Member of the North American Feis Commission

Patricia Watkins, President

Sanctioned by AN CIOMISIUN, DUBLIN IRELAND

Dancing Adjudicators

(subject to change, see feis website for updates)

Kerry Broderick – NY Gail Casey – NY Roger Casey – NY

Joan McNiff Cass – NY  Joan T. Cass – NY John Cunniffe – MA

Sean Flynn – NY Sheila Laskey- MA Maura Masterson – MA

Helaine Sander – NY Linda Sanfillipo – NY

2011 N.A.F.C. Championships

Minor

George Sweetnam Perpetual Trophy

August 13th – Feis at the Falls, Niagara Falls, NY

Junior

Robert Gabor Perpetual Trophy

May 21st – Montreal Feis, Quebec, Canada

Senior

Gerry Campbell Perpetual Belt

June 25th – Celtic Fling Feis, Harrisburg, PA

NAFC Under 15 Music Championship

 PEACH STATE FEIS

 Claire Shirley

NAFC 15 & Over Music Championship

 WEST VIRGINIA STATE FEIS

Molly Hildreth

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, School or rental property will be punishable by law.

Dancing will begin promptly at 9AM

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

ENTRY FEES: Solos: $8.00 per dance, Preliminary Championship: $27.00; Open Championships: $28.00. Parent & child dance: $3.00 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 1/1/2011, 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 September 6th, 2011  must include a late fee of $10.00.
• Entries postmarked after September 10th, 2011 will not be accepted.
• Make checks payable to: A.O.H. Feis Committee

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 through September 15th, 2011
• Entries created OR paid after September 12th, 2011 will be charged a late fee of $10.
• “MAIL PAYMENT” Option entries must remit payment postmarked no later than September 12th, 2011

All entries as of September 13th, 2011 must use the “PAY ONLINE” method of payment.

If the Feis is cancelled for any reason, entry fees will be credited to the following year unless a written request for refund is submitted within 30 days of Feis date.  Late fees are not refundable, nor will they be credited.

 

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.

Reel tempo: 118;  Slip Jig tempo: 118

 

 

 

ADVANCED BEGINNER: Dancers who place 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd place in Advanced Beginner will advance to the Novice category in that particular dance on January 1^st 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

Reel tempo: 118;  Slip Jig tempo: 118

 

 

NOVICE:  Open to dancers who have placed 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd in Advanced Beginner grade.  A Novice who wins 1^st 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

 

 

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

Treble Jig tempo: 73 or 92; Hornpipe tempo: 138 or 113

 

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 year.

 A dancer is required to perform a light shoe dance (reel or slip jig) and a hard shoe dance (jig or hornpipe).  Dance choices are:

(A)    Reel and Jig

(B)    Reel and Hornpipe

(C)    Slip Jig and Jig

(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 age groups dance 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.

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

SPECIAL DANCING EVENTS

 

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

 

 

 

 

MUSIC COMPETITIONS

ENTRY FEE: $7.00

 

INSTRUMENTS

 

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

 

 

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

 

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.

 

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