Friday Evening, 3 June, Feis Hotel
7:30–8:00 pm music/vocal check-in
8:00-10:00 pm music/vocal competitions & dance
pre-registration/pre-admission
7:00 a.m. Doors Open - Registration & Admission
(Beginner 2, Novice & Open)
Preliminary & Championship will begin with the youngest ages.
FIRST FEIS (BEGINNERS)
The First Feis level has been established for dancers who are competing in their very first Feis. Once a dancer competes in the First Feis category, the dancer must move into Beginner 1 or Beginner 2.
GIRLS LIGHT SLIP ……………………. BOYS LIGHT
REEL JIG JIG Birth Year: REEL JIG
105R 105J 105SJ after 2005 155R 155J
106R 106J 106SJ 2005 156R 156J
107R 107J 107SJ 2004 157R 157J
108R 108J 108SJ 2003 158R 158J
109R 109J 109SJ 2002 159R 159J
110R 110J 110SJ 2001 160R 160J
111R 111J 111SJ 2000 161R 161J
112R 112J 112SJ pre-2000 162R 162J
BEGINNER 1 GRADE
A dancer who has been dancing for less than one year. A Beginner 1 must move into Beginner 2 no later than January 1st of the dancer's second year of instruction, or may move to Beginner 2 earlier with teacher's permission and provided that the Feis has not closed to changes. Note: a Beginner 1 dancer who starts in September, may continue as Beginner 1 until December of the following year (16 months) moving into Beginner 2. ALL HARD SHOE DANCES AT TRADITIONAL SPEEDS.
GIRLS LIGHT SLIP TREB HORN-
Birth Year: REEL JIG JIG JIG PIPE
after 2005 205R 205J 205SJ 205TJ 205TJ
2005 206R 206J 206SJ 206TJ 206H
2004 207R 207J 207SJ 207TJ 207H
2003 208R 208J 208SJ 208TJ 208H
2002 209R 209J 209SJ 209TJ 209H
2001 210R 210J 210SJ 210TJ 210H
2000 211R 211J 211SJ 211TJ 211H
1999 212R 212J 212SJ 212TJ 212H
pre-1999 213R 213J 213SJ 213TJ 213H
BOYS ………………………………………………………
after 2005 255R 255J 255TJ 255H
2005 256R 256J 256TJ 256H
2004 257R 257J 257TJ 257H
2003 258R 258J 258TJ 258H
2002 259R 259J 259TJ 259H
2001 260R 260J 260TJ 260H
2000 261R 261J 261TJ 261H
1999 262R 262J 262TJ 262H
pre-1999 263R 263J 263TJ 263H
BEGINNER 2 GRADE
A dancer who has been dancing for more than one year and who has not won a 1st, 2nd or 3rd in Beginner 2. A dancer who has won a 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a Beginner 2 dance must move into Novice in that dance no later than January 1st of the next calendar year or with teacher's permission as soon as the next Feis (if said Feis has not closed to changes.) ALL HARD SHOE DANCES AT TRADITIONAL SPEEDS.
GIRLS LIGHT SLIP TREB HORN- ST.PATs
Birth Year: REEL JIG JIG JIG PIPE DAY
after 2004 306R 306J 306SJ 306TJ 306H 306SP
2004 307R 307J 307SJ 307TJ 307H 307SP
2003 308R 308J 308SJ 308TJ 308H 308SP
2002 309R 309J 309SJ 309TJ 309H 309SP
2001 310R 310J 310SJ 310TJ 310H 310SP
2000 311R 311J 311SJ 311TJ 311H 311SP
1999 312R 312J 312SJ 312TJ 312H 312SP
1998 313R 313J 313SJ 313TJ 313H 313SP
1997 314R 314J 314SJ 314TJ 314H 314SP
pre-1997 315R 315J 315SJ 315TJ 315H 315SP
BOYS LIGHT TREB HORN- ST.PATs
Birth Year: REEL JIG JIG PIPE DAY
after 2004 356R 356J 356TJ 356H 356SP
2004 357R 357J 357TJ 357H 357SP
2003 358R 358J 358TJ 358H 358SP
2002 359R 359J 359TJ 359H 359SP
2001 360R 360J 360TJ 360H 360SP
2000 361R 361J 361TJ 361H 361SP
1999 362R 362J 362TJ 362H 362SP
1998 363R 363J 363TJ 363H 363SP
pre-1998 364R 364J 364TJ 364H 364SP
NOVICE GRADE
A dancer who moves into Novice as a result of placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in that dance as indicated above in Beginner 2. A dancer who wins a 1st in Novice must move into Prizewinner in that dance no later than January 1st of the next calendar year or with teacher's permission as soon as the next Feis (if said Feis has not closed to changes.) ALL HARD SHOE DANCES CAN BE DONE AT EITHER TRADITIONAL SPEED OR SLOW SPEED.
GIRLS LIGHT SLIP TREB HORN- TRAD.
Birth Year: REEL JIG JIG JIG PIPE SET
after 2003 407R 407J 407SJ 407TJ 407H 407TS
2003 408R 408J 408SJ 408TJ 408H 408TS
2002 409R 409J 409SJ 409TJ 409H 409TS
2001 410R 410J 410SJ 410TJ 410H 410TS
2000 411R 411J 411SJ 411TJ 411H 411TS
1999 412R 412J 412SJ 412TJ 412H 412TS
1998 413R 413J 413SJ 413TJ 413H 413TS
1997 414R 414J 414SJ 414TJ 414H 414TS
1996 415R 415J 415SJ 415TJ 415H 415TS
pre-1996 416R 416J 416SJ 416TJ 416H 416TS
BOYS LIGHT TREB HORN- TRAD.
Birth Year: REEL JIG JIG PIPE SET
after 2003 457R 457J 457TJ 457H 457TS
2003 458R 458J 458TJ 458H 458TS
2002 459R 459J 459TJ 459H 459TS
2001 460R 460J 460TJ 460H 460TS
2000 461R 461J 461TJ 461H 461TS
1999 462R 462J 462TJ 462H 462TS
1998 463R 463J 463TJ 463H 463TS
1997 464R 464J 464TJ 464H 464TS
1996 465R 465J 465TJ 465H 465TS
pre-1996 466R 466J 466TJ 466H 466TS
Traditional sets are: St. Patrick’s Day, The Garden of Daisies, The Job of Journeywork, The Jockey to the Fair, The King of the Fairies, & The Blackbird.
PRIZEWINNER (Open) GRADE
A dancer moves into Prizewinner as a result of placing 1st place as indicated in Novice. ALL HARD SHOE DANCES CAN BE DONE AT EITHER TRADITIONAL SPEED OR SLOW SPEED.
GIRLS LIGHT SLIP TREB HORN- TRAD.
Birth Year: REEL JIG JIG JIG PIPE SET
after 2003 507R 507J 507SJ 507TJ 507H 507TS
2003 508R 508J 508SJ 508TJ 508H 508TS
2002 509R 509J 509SJ 509TJ 509H 509TS
2001 510R 510J 510SJ 510TJ 510H 510TS
2000 511R 511J 511SJ 511TJ 511H 511TS
1999 512R 512J 512SJ 512TJ 512H 512TS
1998 513R 513J 513SJ 513TJ 513H 513TS
1997 514R 514J 514SJ 514TJ 514H 514TS
1996 515R 515J 515SJ 515TJ 515H 515TS
pre-1996 516R 516J 516SJ 516TJ 516H 516TS
BOYS LIGHT TREB HORN- TRAD.
Birth Year: REEL JIG JIG PIPE SET
after 2003 557R 557J 557TJ 557H 557TS
2003 558R 558J 558TJ 558H 558TS
2002 559R 559J 559TJ 559H 559TS
2001 560R 560J 560TJ 560H 560TS
2000 561R 561J 561TJ 561H 561TS
1999 562R 562J 562TJ 562H 562TS
1998 563R 563J 563TJ 563H 563TS
1997 564R 564J 564TJ 564H 564TS
1996 565R 565J 565TJ 565H 565TS
pre-1996 566R 566J 566TJ 566H 566TS
SPECIAL PRIZEWINNER (Open) & below COMPETITION
BOYS & GIRLS Birth Year: TREBLE REEL
after 2000 590TR
1999-00 591TR
1997-98 592TR
pre-1997 593TR
AOH Traditional Set Dance-off – This is for a perpetual trophy sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The competition will be open to the first place winners of the Novice and Open (Prizewinner) Traditional Set competitions 411-415TS, 461-465TS, 511-515TS & 561-565TS. There is no additional fee for competitors and they may dance the same or a different set from the one they did in their qualifying competition. The competition will be held at the end of the day after the hornpipe. Qualifiers are automatically entered.
Before 1993
Beginner 1&2 825R 825J 825SJ 825TJ 825H 825TS
Novice & Prizewinner(Open) 845R 845J 845SJ 845TJ 845H 845TS
ADULT CEILI (4, 6 or 8 hand dance) 890
[lead, body and one figure only]
PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
A dancer who wins 1st place in each of the Open dances (reel, slip-jig, treble jig, and hornpipe) can move into Preliminary Championships with teacher's permission. Boys and Girls will compete against each other, however if there are at least 5 boys entered, the boy's will be moved into a separate completion. In cases where a Feis elects to split a competition due to large entry, the split must be done by birth date age in the same manner as the North American Championships.
Dancers will perform 48 bars of the reel or 40 bars of the slip-jig and 40 bars of the hornpipe or 48 bars of the treble jig.
Preliminary Championship will be judged and scored by all 3 judges. In addition, awards will also be posted for each solo round (light and heavy round) based on the scores of one judge (different judges scores for light and heavy.)
Birth Year: BOYS & GIRLS
after 2001 609PC
2001 610PC
2000 611PC
1999 612PC
1998 613PC
1997 614PC
1996 615PC
1995 616PC
1994 617PC
pre-1994 618PC
Special Preliminary Set Dance Competition:
Birth Year: BOYS & GIRLS
after 2001 638PS
2001 640PS
2000 641PS
1999 642PS
1998 643PS
1997 644PS
1996 645PS
1995 646PS
1994 647PS
pre-1994 648PS
These are limited to Preliminary Championship entrants.
BOYS & GIRLS
Birth Year: TREBLE REEL
After 1997 790TR
1996-97 791TR
1994-95 792TR
pre-1994 793TR
These are limited to Preliminary & Championship entrants.
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(soft & hard shoe, then recall for set dance)
A dancer who wins two First Place awards in one calendar year will move on to Open Championship the following year, or as soon as the second win is achieved, in any age category, in the following years. Only in the case of back-to-back Feiseanna (successive days), in which case the first win in the first Feis will not change the dancer's status for the second Feis. Placing in a Regional or National Oireachtas does not change the status of a competitor.
Dancers will perform: 48 bars of reel or 40 bars of slip-jig, 40 bars of the hornpipe or 48 bars of the treble jig, and a Set Dance. A Feis may elect to have a recall of 50% of the competitors for the set-dance round if there are over 20 dancers in the competition.
Open Championship will be judged and scored by all 3 judges. In addition, awards will also be posted for each solo round (light, heavy, and set) based on the scores of one judge (different for each round).
GIRLS/LADIES Birth Year: Category BOYS/MEN
710OC after 2000 Juvenile
after 1999 Juvenile 761OC
712OC 1999-00 Minor
1998-99 Minor 763OC
714OC 1997-98 Junior
1996-97 Junior 765OC
716OC 1995-96 Intermediate
1994-95 Intermediate 767OC
718OC 1993-94 Senior
pre-1994 Senior 768OC
719OC pre-1993 Senior
Dance-Off for 1st & 2nd place winners of Open Championship, Intermediate & Senior competitions (716/767/718/768/719):
Competitors must perform a set dance of 799OC
contrasting tempo to their Championship set.
Qualifiers automatically registered at no additional fee.
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FIGURE DANCE: (not adjudicated)
PARENT-CHILD (free) (2, 3 or 4-hand reel)
(open to all parents/children) 901
CEILI – 8-hand (lead, body & one figure)
Open to all
after 2002 902
2002-2001 903
1999-1998 904
1995-1995 905
before 1995 906
Adult (see Adult) 890
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FIGURE DANCES – OPEN
2-hand 3-hand 4-hand
Birth Year: reel/jig reel/jig reel/jig
after 2003 921F 931F 941F
2002-03 922F 932F 942F
2000-01 923F 933F 943F
1998-99 924F 934F 944F
1996-97 925F 935F 945F
pre-1996 926F 936F 946F
Figure Dancing: Teachers or team captains are responsible that their teams are complete and in position when the competition is announced. Competitors may compete in the next higher age group; however, a competitor may compete in only one age group with the exception of 8-hands (see Rule 23).
SOLO TRADITIONAL VOCAL COMPETITIONS
(Open to All) - see schedule for Friday Evening,
Birth Year: GAEILGE (in Irish) ENGLISH
after 2000 930V 931V
1998-00 932V 933V
1995-97 934V 935V
1990-94 936V 937V
pre-1990 938V 939V
Traditional story-telling (open to all ages) 940
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL COMPETITIONS for
TRADITIONAL MUSIC - see schedule Fri. Evening
(Open to All) after Birth Year: pre-
Instrument 2000 96-00 93-95 1993
Fiddle 950M 951M 952M 953M
Accordion 954M 955M 956M 957M
Flute 958M 959M 960M 961M
Tin Whistle 962M 963M 964M 965M
Uillean Pipes 966M 967M 968M 969M
Concertina 970M 971M 972M 973M
Harp 974M 975M 976M 977M
Miscellaneous 978M 979M 980M 981M
AL PURCELL "BEST OVERALL" Memorial Award
All Instrumental Competitors eligible 990
Qualifiers automatically registered at no additional fee.
(Open to all & free) Birth Year: 1992 1993
Traditional Irish Needlework 940D 941D
Irish Theme Visual Arts 942D 943D
Traditional Soda Bread – White 944D 945D
Traditional Soda Bread – Brown 946D 947D
Fancy Irish Bread 948D 949D
Needlework and visual arts items may be picked up after judging. All bread entries become the property of the Feis. Judging is expected to occur after 10:00 am on Feis day.
RESULTS: Results may be purchased at $3.00 per competitor for email delivery in advance or $5.00 day of the Feis.
Results are provided free of charge to all Preliminary and Championship competitors are part of their fees. No results are provided for Treble Reels or Dance-offs.
ENTRY FEES: (US funds only – payment on-line, by mail or at Feis.) All fees including for late entries or changes must be paid before a competitor can perform:
All 1st Feis, Beginner 1, Beginner 2, Novice
& Open Grades $9.00 per solo dance (except Traditional Sets and Treble Reels)
Traditional Sets $5.00 per competition
Preliminary
Championship $40.00 all competitors
Preliminary Set $5.00 if registered for prelim.
Open
Championship $45.00 all competitors
Treble Reel $5.00 for all Treble Reels
Figures/Ceili $5.00 per competitor and competition
Music/Vocal $10.00 all instrumental & vocal
Family Rate $110.00 max. if paid at one time
Domestic Arts
& Parent/Child dance free for all entries
Dance-offs no additional fee
Late and Change Fees: See Detroit International Feis Rules 1 and 2 for late and change fees. These apply after May 2.
ADMISSION TO THE FACILITY: There is a $15 per family fee for admission to the venue automatically assessed at registration. Family includes all relatives residing at the same address.
PARKING: Free of charge.
Note: The Feis will not provide fee refunds.