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Nassau County Board
Ancient Order of Hibernians
44th Annual Feis & Festival
Sunday, September 18th, 2016
Nickerson Beach
880 Lido Blvd
Lido Beach, NY 11561
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
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 – John Cunniffe – MA
Rosemarie Schade Cromie – Sean Flynn – NY
Rose Kenny – MA – Breda O’Brien – MA
John O’Keefe – MA – Helaine Sander – NY -Linda Sanfillipo – NY
2016 N.A.F.C. Championships
Held jointly January 16th, 2016
Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, Arizona
Minor
George Sweetnam Perpetual Trophy
Maggie Webber, Mulvihill-Lynch School
Junior
Robert Gabor Perpetual Trophy
Saoirse DeBoy, Teelin School
Senior
Gerry Campbell Perpetual Belt
Melanie Valdes, Doherty-Petri School
NAFC Under 15 Music Scholarship
Catskill Mt Feis August 6th 2016
NAFC 15 & Over Music Scholarship
Montreal Feis – May 21st 2016
Feis Website:
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, Hofstra University 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: $30.00; Open Championships: $32.00. Family maximum of $80.00.
If you choose to compete as an adult, you may not compete in any ‘& over’ categories
Entries via postal mail
Competitors must answer all questions as required by the Feis Entry committee, 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. Include the following:
- Competitor’s name, Parent or Guardian name, address, phone number, competitor’s date of birth and age as of 1/1/2016, school name, teacher’s 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 hard shoe dance, soft shoe dance and set dance & tempo. Under 9 Girls and Boys Open Championships must include choice of hard shoe dance, soft shoe dance and traditional set of their choosing.
- 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 after September 8th, 2016 must include a late fee of $10.00.
- Entries postmarked after September 11th, 2016 will not be accepted.
- Make checks payable to: O.H. Feis Committee Corp. Entry forms should be mailed to:
Nassau County A.O.H. Feis Committee Corp
- O. Box 185
Island Park NY 11558
Entries via eFEIS
- Entries will be accepted on efeis.com through September 13th, 2016
- Entries created OR paid after September 9th, 2016 will be charged a late fee of $10.
- “MAIL PAYMENT” Option entries must remit payment postmarked no later than September 11th, 2015
- All entries as of September 12th, 2016 must use the “PAY ONLINE” method of payment.
Competitor names for entries received after the print deadline (on or about Sept 4th) will not appear in the Feis Journal.
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
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
Reel tempo: 118; Slip Jig tempo: 118
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 or 92; Hornpipe tempo: 138 or 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 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:
- Reel and Jig
- Reel and Hornpipe
- Slip Jig and Jig
- 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 |
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
3 ROUNDS. Under 9 Girls and Boys must include choice of hard shoe dance, soft shoe dance and traditional set of their choosing. All other age groups are required to perform a hard shoe dance, a soft shoe dance, and a set dance of choice.
HARD SHOE WILL BE DANCED FIRST. Dance choices are:
- Reel and Jig
- Reel and Hornpipe
- Slip Jig and Jig
- Slip Jig and Hornpipe
CHOICE OF DANCES MUST BE SPECIFIED ON ENTRY CARD.
| 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
If you choose to compete as an adult, you may not compete in any ‘& over’ categories
| 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: $7.00
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