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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

1. 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 4^th) 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 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

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 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

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