rd 23 Annual Feis In The Desert  2013 Feis In The Desert is registered with: The North American Feis Commission; President Patricia Watkins Sponsored by Damhsa Irish Dance Company in association with the Bracken School of Irish Dance Western U.S. Region Teacher’s Association; Regional Director – Margaret Cleary www.feisinthedesert.org Feis In The Desert is part of the Chandler Multicultural Festival January 19th, 2013 An Coimisiun Le Rinci Gaelacha; President - Eilis Ui Dhalaigh Syllabus in compliance as required by IDTANA & NAFC www.chandleraz.gov/default.aspx?pageid=157 HOTEL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION January 19th and 20th, 2013 Located in the Pavilion at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort, Chandler AZ Event Parking: Parking is free. The entrance to the hotel parking lot is located off of Buffalo St. Pavillion Location: Located just west of the hotel between the hotel parking lot and the San Marcos golf course. Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort One San Marcos Place, Chandler AZ 85225 For reservations use the link below: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID =10254540&utm_source=55438&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=196 82149 $ 89.00 single / double occupancy $ 99.00 triple occupancy $109.00 quadruple occupancy $139.00 junior suite rate Golf rate: $49.00, includes green fees and cart Register on-line @ www.feisworx.com NO Telephone, e‐Mail, Fax, or Mail entries / changes. Checks/Money Orders (page 2). – NO REFUNDS. Registration Opens: 20-November-2012 Registration Closes: 04-January-2012 Late Registration: January 5 – January 15, 2013 Free parking, no resort fee, unlimited use of the fitness center, pool access, 2 hours of tennis (based on availability) Note: Pavilion is located west of the hotel, between the parking lot and the golf course *Make reservations by 12/17/2012 to ensure that you receive the feis rate. - Changes to Existing Registrations-$10/change after 1/4/13 - New Registrations allowed with a $25 Late Fee Feis Cap: NONE FEIS CHECK-IN Check-in located at the entrance to the Pavillion Friday (January 18th) 6 – 8 PM Pre-Feis Check-In/ Milk and Cookies provided Saturday (January 19th) & Sunday (January 20th) Doors Open @ 7:00 AM FEIS OVERVIEW th Saturday January 19 : Starts promptly at 8am Preliminary Championships and Open Championships   1st, 2nd, and 3rd place receive vases from diSciacca runner up’s receive votive cups from diSciacca Adult Solos, Adult Ceile and Adult Specials Chandler Emergency Relief Fund Treble Jig – fundraiser Champ Treble Reel Special Boys Hornpipe Special Sunday January 20th: Starts promptly at 8am All Figure teams both beginner and open First Feis – Reel and Lt Jig (all receive medals) Beginner I, Adv Beginner, Novice and Prizewinner   Light Shoes: Reel, Lt Jig, Slip Jig, Single Jig Hard Shoes: Treble Jig, Hornpipe, Traditional Set Chandler Emergency Relief Fund Treble Jig - fundraiser Non-champ Girls Slip Jig Special and Boys Reel Special Irish Dance Feis Memories and Best Dressed Competition FEIS FEES FEIS IN THE DESERT MEMORIAL TROPHY COMPETITIONS ALL PRICES / PAYMENTS IN U.S. DOLLARS Championship Light Shoe Hard Shoe Figures (beginner, open, adult) $35.00 $20.00 $15.00 Flat Flat Flat Flat fee – 3 rounds fee fee fee per person “The Mary Yolanda Memorial Trophy” awarded to the winner of the Open Championship 17 & O competition $10.00 All team members must register and pay competition and registration fees. Specials (Top gent / Team captain competitor # used to ID team) $10.00 Art Competition Registration Fee $5.00 $20.00 Per dancer, per special Per dancer, per entry $20 (includes 1 program book per family) Excludes specials, registration fee and late fees At the door Per competition Family Maximum Additional Programs Add/Change after 1/4/2013 New registrations after 1/4/2013 $125.00 $5.00 $10.00 $25.00 This is in addition to all other fees. CHECKS / MONEY ORDERS Mail payments must be postmarked no-later-than Dec 26, 2012 (checks/money orders are not accepted for changes). All check / money order payments must include a screen print of the 1st page of your FeisWorx Feis Registration record. Make checks / money orders payable to Damhsa Irish Dance Co, mail to: “The C. Mickey Reynolds Memorial Trophy” awarded to the winner the Girls Open Championship Slip Jig Special “The Michael Callaghan Memorial Trohpy” awarded to the winner of the Boys Preliminary and Open Championship Hornpipe Special “The James T. Cahill, Sr. Memorial Trophy” awarded to the winner of the Preliminary Championship U17 competition “The Debbie Johnson Memorial Trophy” awarded to the winner of the U11 Novice / Prizewinner Girls Slip Jig Special “The Anamarie Kelly Memorial Trophy” awarded to the winner of the U13Novice / Prizewinner Girls Slip Jig Special No additional fee required to compete in perpetual championships Damhsa Irish Dance Company Attn: Jacqueline Peterson PO Box 186 Chandler, AZ 85244-0186 2012 NORTH AMERICAN FEIS COMMISSION CHAMPIONSHIPS  The Gerry Campbell Perpetual Senior Belt Bob Gabor Feis, Syracuse, NY April 28, 2012  ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS The Robert Gabor Perpetual Junior Trophy Delaware Feis, August 12, 2012 *** NSF checks will be charged a $25 fee ***  ADJUDICATORS / MUSICIAN The George Sweetnam Perpetual Minor Trophy Celtic Fling Feis, Harrisburg, PA, June 30, 2012 Christina Ryan-Kilcoyne, PA, USA – A.D.C.R.G. Kristina Edlinger-Shelley, UT, USA – A.D.C.R.G. Amy Siegel Loxley, NJ, USA – A.D.C.R.G. Pat King, ON, Canada - Musician  NAFC Under 15 Music Scholarship Competition Buckeye State Feis, April 21, 2012  NAFC 15 & O Music Scholarship Competition Pittsburg Winter Feis, December 29, 2012 RULES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Rules 1-33 adopted by North American Feis Commission (effective 1/1/2009) are included by reference. All competition times are approximate. Please be ready to dance one hour before your scheduled time. The Feis Committee will call a missing entrant three times maximum. Competitors who fail to appear when called will forfeit their right to participate in that particular competition. We will not delay a competition for any reason. Competitions will be combined if the numbers warrant that decision. Awards will be posted in a timely manner. We wish to remind you of Rule 28: In consideration of safety and in fairness to dancers performing at a Feis, photography of any kind which has the capacity of capturing a dancer’s image while in motion is strictly forbidden. When awards are announced from the stage, competitors must be in costume, including dance shoes, to receive their awards. The Bracken School of Irish Dance, Damhsa Irish Dance Company, Inc., the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Resort, the Feis Committee and anyone associated with the Committee in putting on the Feis, shall not be held responsible or liable for any personal injury, property loss, or damage incurred before, during, or after the Feis, by any participants, or by anyone attending the event. 23rd Annual Feis In The Desert Competitions FIRST FEIS Open only to those dancers entered in their very first feis. Dancers can enter those dances not offered in First Feis category in Beginner 1, but can not repeat first feis dances in higher category. Reel Light Jig U7 015 016 U9 029 030 U11 043 044 11 & O 057 058 BEGINNER I Beginner I competitions are open to those who have never won 1st, 2nd or 3rd Beginner 1 in the dance entered. U5 101 102 103 104 Reel Light Jig Slip Jig Single Jig Treble Jig Hornpipe Traditional Set BEGINNER II U7 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 U9 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 U11 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 11 & O 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 A dancer moves into Beginner II as a result of placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in that dance as indicated above in Beginner I. Beginner II competitions are open to those who have never won 1st or 2nd in Beginner 2 in the dance entered. U7 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 Reel Light Jig Slip Jig Single Jig Treble Jig Hornpipe Traditional Set U9 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 U11 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 11 & O 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 NOVICE A dancer moves into Novice as a result of placing 1st or 2nd in that dance as indicated above in Beginner 2. Novice competitions are open to those dancers who have not placed 1st in Novice in the dance entered when there were 5-9 competitors, or 1st or 2nd when there were 10 or more competitors. U9 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 Reel Light Jig Slip Jig Single Jig Treble Jig Hornpipe Traditional Set PRIZEWINNER U11 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 U13 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 13 & O 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 A dancer moves into Prizewinner as a result of placing 1st place in a Novice dance when there were 5-9 competitors or 1st or 2nd when there were 10 or more competitors. U9 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 Reel Light Jig Slip Jig Single Jig Treble Jig Hornpipe Traditional Set U11 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 U13 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 U15 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 15 & O 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 U15 706 15 & O 708 PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS Open to any dancer who has not placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in an Open Championship and has not placed 1st in two Preliminaries. Requirements: Reel or Slip Jig, Treble Jig or Hornpipe and any Set Dance. U9 must dance Traditional Set. U9 GIRLS & BOYS 700 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS U11 702 U12 703 U13 704 Requirements: Reel or Slip Jig, Treble Jig or Hornpipe and any Set Dance. U9 must dance Traditional Set. GIRLS & BOYS U9 750 U11 752 U12 753 U13 754 U15 756 U17 758 17&O 759 There are no solo championship competitions. Each round of the championship will be judged by one adjudicator to give a solo competition result. At the end of the championship, awards will be given for each solo round of the competition as well as the overall championship award. ADULT *All hardshoe dances will be at traditional speeds. A dancer over the age of 18 who has not danced in the above described competitions for a period of five years. Dancers who are in the Adult categories cannot enter any competition other than Adult specified competitions. A dancer who wishes to return to any category other than Adult must remain out of Adult competitions for five consecutive years before returning. BEGINNER 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 Reel Light Jig Slip Jig Single Jig Treble Jig Hornpipe Traditional Set NOVICE 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 PRIZEWINNER 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 ADULT FIGURES 2-Hand Reel 3-Hand Reel 4-Hand Dance * 6-Hand Dance * 8-Hand Dance * Parent/Child 2-Hand * Must be book dances. 651 652 653 654 655 660 SPECIALS Boys Reel Open to boys competing at Beginner I through Prizewinner levels – one step of a Reel danced down the line. Open Championship Treble Reel Preliminary Championship Treble Reel Girl’s Open Championship Slip Jig Boy’s Championship Hornpipe Girl’s Beg I / II Slip Jig Open to Open Championship level dancers - one step of a slow speed Treble Reel danced down the line. Open to Preliminary Championship level dancers - one step of a slow speed Treble Reel danced down the line. Open to all Open Championship level dancers only – one step of a Slip Jig danced down the line. Open to all Preliminary and Open Championship level dancers only – one step of a Hornpipe danced down the line Open to girls competing at Beginner I and II levels - one step of a Slip Jig danced down the line. Open to girls competing at Novice and Prizewinner levels – one step of a Slip Jig danced down the line. Open to all adult males at Beginner I through Prizewinner levels – one step of a Hornpipe danced down the line Open to all adult females at Beginner I through Prizewinner levels – one step of a Slip Jig danced down the line. Open to all ages / all levels – one step of a Treble Jig danced down the line. Open to all ages / all levels – one step of a Treble Jig danced down the line. All Ages Girl’s Nov / PW Slip Jig Adult Hornpipe Adult Slip Jig C.F.C. Treble Jig Special (Saturday) C.F.C. Treble Jig Special (Sunday) ART COMPETITIONS “Feis Memories” Competition “Best DRESSed” — Dress Design Competition U11 U11 & O 911 914 U9 U11 U13 13 & O 926 930 934 938 927 931 935 939 945 946 942 950 670 672 952 954 Description An original Feis Memories Keepsake Design - All Age Groups may compete!! DETAILS: With all the precious memories from each Feis and all your Irish Dance accomplishments, there must be some great ideas to keep those memories and awards as a keepsake to add to after each Feis and to have for the future. Maybe you already have a way to document and display these memories and awards or maybe you came up with a great idea to preserve your Feis Memories. Take out your art supplies and get creative with your design, materials, and display. Or take photos or draw your current display and write a brief description of the pictures. Finished entry size may not exceed 15” square. Entries must be submitted by 11:00am Sunday and will be judged on: Feis Memories Keepsake Idea (70%) and Display Design (30%). An original Competition Dress design - All Age Groups may compete!! DETAILS: Create your dream Competition Dress using the Feis in the Desert Dress Template that can be found on line at www.feisinthedesert.org or at Registration. Take out your art supplies and get creative with your design, materials, and display. All entries must be submitted on the provided entry form, which may be modified for 2D or 3D displays. All entries must be completed using the Feis in the Desert Dress Template. Finished entry size may not exceed 15” square. Entries must be submitted by 11:00am Sunday and will be judged on: Dress Design (60%) and Dress Display (40%). All Ages 962 963 FIGURES * Must be book dances. 2-Hand Reel 3-Hand Reel 4-Hand Dance * 6-Hand Dance * 8-Hand Dance * Beginner Beginner figures open only to teams where ALL team members are in beginner for at least one solo dance. U7 U9 U11 11&O 815 820 825 830 816 821 826 831 Open Open figures open to teams where one or more members are in at least one Novice or higher dance. U9 U11 U13 U16 16&O 855 860 865 870 875 856 861 866 871 876 862 867 872 877 863 868 873 878 864 869 874 879