Friday photos

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Friday is finished at the Nationals

Another day's wonderful dancing and at ChaosCentral, we are all excited and nervous for Super Saturday, when interests close to home come under Irish Dancing scrutiny!

A big thank you to people without whom today's LiveCommentary and IDTV wouldn't have worked.

• Aisling O'Brien who provided insightful comments as the day wore on....and on....and on....;
• Jacqui Schweiwe who was IDTV's guest presenter, marks enterer and general all round helper;
• Sinead Watkins, who stepped in to say hello and had a camera thrust into her hand with the command "go forth and get VoxPops" - which she did;
• and Theapatra Ross, who decided that today was the day to learn how to do competition photography and therefore pestered everyone just like ChaosCentral usually does.  She also sourced panadol and coffee to assist in the smooth (?) running of ChaosCentral.

AND, or course the official purveyors of chocolate crackles and fire water, mentioned earlier today :)

Photos and IDTV interviews will be available later.....

Results - Under 16 Ceili

Under 16 Girls 4 Hand
Place	No	Team	Studio Name
1	126	Team A	McAleer  : VIC
2	137	Team A	Halloran : NSW
3	107	Team A	Christine Ayres : VIC
4	134	Team A	Scoil  Ni Ceide/ Upton : WA
5	103	Team B	Halloran : NSW
6	122	Team B	McAleer  : VIC
7	145	Team A	Mulcahy-Hayes : VIC
8	132	Team A	Simpson : ACT
9	130	Team C	Christine Ayres : VIC
10	127	Team B	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD
11	142	Team A	Maher : NSW
12	143	Team A	Liz Gregory : ACT
13	101	Team A	Miller : SA
14	111	Team B	Aisling : NSW
15	105	Team A	Walker School : QLD
15	118	Team A	Watkins : QLD
17	110	Team A	QIA Dancers : QLD
18	104	Team A	WA Academy of Irish Dancing : WA
18	116	Team A	Cosgriff : VIC
20	102	Team C	Cosgriff : VIC
20	117	Team B	Halloran : NSW
22	108	Team A	Walton : NSW
23	140	Team B	Christine Ayres : VIC
24	139	Team A	Kick Dance Studio : QLD
Under 16 Mixed 4 Hand
Place	No	Team	Studio Name
1	111	Team A	Currie-Henderson : NSW
2	108	Team A	Watkins : QLD
3	107	Team A	Christine Ayres : VIC
4	118	Team A	QIA Dancers : QLD
5	115	Team A	Maher : NSW
6	105	Team A	Cosgriff : VIC
7	102	Team A	Aisling : NSW
8	101	Team A	Liz Gregory : ACT
9	117	Team A	Adelaide Academy : SA
Under 16 Girls 8 Hand
Place	No	Team	Studio Name
1	115	Team A	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD
2	114	Team A	Halloran : NSW
3	112	Team B	Christine Ayres : VIC
4	110	Team A	Liz Gregory : ACT
5	104	Team A	Cosgriff : VIC
6	116	Team A	McAleer  : VIC
7	108	Team A	Christine Ayres : VIC
8	102	Team A	Miller : SA
Under 16 Mixed 8 Hand
Place	No	Team	Studio Name
1	114	Team A	Christine Ayres : VIC
2	115	Team A	Simpson : ACT
3	106	Team A	Watkins : QLD
4	105	Team A	Cosgriff : VIC
5	107	Team A	Liz Gregory : ACT
6	111	Team A	Halloran : NSW
7	101	Team A	Walker School : QLD
8	103	Team A	Currie-Henderson : NSW
Under 16 Girls Reels in Couples
Place	No	Team	Studio Name
1	109	Team A	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD
2	129	Team A	WA Academy of Irish Dancing : WA
3	132	Team A	Scoil  Ni Ceide/ Upton : WA
4	102	Team A	Christine Ayres : VIC
5	111	Team A	Scoil Rince Ni Kelly : TAS
6	112	Team A	Dwyer-Whelan : NSW
7	103	Team A	Miller : SA
8	124	Team A	Maher : NSW
9	133	Team A	Halloran : NSW
10	104	Team A	Mulcahy-Hayes : VIC
10	110	Team A	Walton : NSW
12	131	Team A	Kick Dance Studio : QLD
13	121	Team A	Cosgriff : VIC
14	120	Team A	O’Connor : VIC
15	130	Team A	Ku-Ring-Gai : NSW
16	119	Team A	CM Dance : QLD
17	113	Team A	QIA Dancers : QLD
Under 16 Mixed Reels in Couples
Place	No	Team	Studio Name
1	105	Team A	Mulcahy-Hayes : VIC
2	107	Team A	Watkins : QLD
3	104	Team A	Christine Ayres : VIC
4	102	Team A	Liz Gregory : ACT
4	112	Team A	Roberts : SA
6	110	Team A	Cosgriff : VIC
Intermediate Figure Dance
Place	No	Team	Studio Name
1	104	Team A	Christine Ayres : VIC
2	106	Team A	Currie-Henderson : NSW
3	107	Team A	Cosgriff : VIC
4	102	Team A	McAleer  : VIC
5	101	Team A	O’Connor : VIC
6	105	Team A	Creer-Harvey : NSW

A special mention...

For some of our Seniors this year will be their last time on the stage at Nationals, for some their last championships altogether.  Some will go on to sit their exams in Queensland in May next year, and we will still see their faces around these halls for years to come.  Some will settle back to their careers, their children, their families and somewhat "normal" life, not involving (or at least on a much lesser scale) fake tan, sequins and wigs.  But before they go, we would like to say thank you to all - for the years of love and dedication that you have given this sport of ours.  For the hours of hard work, for the sweat and the tears, for the smiles and the joy.  We have laughed, cried, stood back in amazement and wonder, shared and realised our hopes, dreams and fears as we have grown together and become a part of the fabric of this community of irish dancing.  So though you may be leaving the stage for the last time, and you may be gone from the feisanna and the classes, your dance shoes in boxes gathering dust, you will not be forgotten.  You have all become a part of this, as it has become a part of you.  

No sport is all sunshine and roses.  In fact, after about 16 years of dancing there will naturally be parts of it that you will get fed up with.  But, as Miss Jan told us in her speech today, at the end of it all, we all just love to dance.  And it is that which unites us.  And if you are about to leave us, should one day you wish to return you will be welcomed with open arms, because it will be like coming home. 

Now commencing the Intermediate figure... there are seven teams in this section.   And then it's results for the days teams, and off to cruise around

Results - 20 Years & Over

Senior Men 20 & Over
Place	No	Name	Studio Name & State
1	105	Danny John Jackson	Jackson/Williams : QLD
2	101	Chris Murphy	Simpson : ACT
3	102	Liam Sheils	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD
4	107	Peter  O’Gorman	Walton : NSW
5	103	Sacha Kaless	Dwyer-Whelan : NSW
A	104	Jonathan  Daddo	Walton : NSW
Senior Ladies 20 & Over
Place	No	Name	Studio Name & State
1	119	Louise La Sala	Mulcahy-Hayes : VIC
2	138	Caitlin Ehrich	Lynagh : QLD
3	197	Carina Young	Young : QLD
4	139	Jacqueline Gregory	Liz Gregory : ACT
4	158	Laura Hannon	Simpson : ACT
6	203	Meghan Allen	Mulcahy-Hayes : VIC
7	135	Bridget Spokes	Simpson : ACT
8	150	Niamh  Champion	Walton : NSW
9	110	Alison Johnson	Scoil  Ni Ceide/ Upton : WA
10	102	Mairead Johnson	Scoil  Ni Ceide/ Upton : WA
11	186	Ellen Bradley	Simpson : ACT
12	144	Brianna Travers	Christine Ayres : VIC
13	201	Laura  Barry	Walton : NSW
14	181	Rochelle Melino	Scoil Rince Ni Murchu : SA
15	173	Avril Grealish	Kavanagh : WA
16	147	Brianna Lang	Scoil Rince  Kilmurray : VIC
17	107	Emily Kilner	Howe : SA
18	153	Shannon Kennedy	Kavanagh : WA
19	176	Elizabeth Howard	WA Academy : WA
20	182	Jacquie Bigby	Christine Ayres : VIC
21	156	Katelyn Dempsey	Lynagh : QLD
22	103	Jade Miller	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD
23	128	Moira  Callanan	Walton : NSW
24	145	Laura Downie	Dempsey : VIC
25	184	Jessica Mitchell	Mulcahy-Hayes : VIC
26	193	Kathleen Soalheira	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD
26	194	Fiona Bright	Adelaide Academy : SA
28	188	Eleanor Finneran	Halloran : NSW
29	152	Eilise Ryan	Christine Ayres : VIC
30	114	Jessie Knight	Roberts : SA
31	171	Rebecca Boulton	Cosgriff : VIC
32	161	Kate McCue	Carey Academy : NSW
33	130	Emma Jennings	McAleer  : VIC
33	146	Claire Earl	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD
35	154	Kate Arnell	Mulcahy-Hayes : VIC
36	134	Eilis Melino	Scoil Rince Ni Murchu : SA
37	168	Tahleasin Parker	Scoil  Tir An Oir : ACT
38	205	Marie Sweeney	Maher : NSW
39	190	Sarah Timmins	Scoil Rnce Ni Murchu : SA
40	127	Laura Spencer	Dwyer-Whelan : NSW
41	111	Alicia Haines	Miller : SA
42	189	Megan Blake	Christine Ayres : VIC
43	149	Jessica Reynolds	Scoil Rince Cashel : SA
44	136	Brittany Wawryk	WA Academy : WA
45	198	Jessica Happe	Kavanagh : WA
46	202	Siobhan Collis	Trinity Studio : WA
47	179	Kathleen Delaney	Mulcahy-Hayes : VIC
48	160	Sinead Greinke	Jackson/Williams : QLD
49	131	Claire Petelczyc	Liz Gregory : ACT
50	169	Mary McMurtrie	Dwyer-Whelan : NSW

From the Ranch (aka Arena 2)

So while just next door the Senior Mens and Ladies presentation have had us riding the rollercoaster of emotions, here in Arena 1 the under 16 mixed Reels in Couples keep on keeping on, oblivious to the outside world... 

Currently on stage we have team 104.  

Senior Ladies Champion 2011 Louise La Sala, Mulcahy-Hayes, Vic! 

Senior Ladies Top 10!

The top ten: 102, 139, 110, 203, 138, 135, 197, 150, 119, 158.

Senior Men's Champion 2011 Danny John Jackson, Jackson/Williams QLD!

Results - 19 Years

Men 19 Years
Place	No	Name	Studio Name & State
1	103	Brent Pace-Rabusin	Rabusin : VIC
2	101	James McEvoy	Scoil Rince Ni Murchu : SA
3	102	Asher Larnach	Maher : NSW
Ladies 19 Years
Place	No	Name	Studio Name & State
1	132	Alicia Bryant	Halloran : NSW
2	120	Laura Corkhill	Simpson : ACT
3	111	Siobhan Fitzpatrick	Aisling : NSW
4	128	Taryn Priadko	Halloran : NSW
5	113	Caitlin Ironside	Simpson : ACT
6	118	Celia Shawcross	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD
7	126	Kathleen O’Kane	Carey Academy : NSW
8	103	Crystal Becerra	Scoil Rince  Kilmurray : VIC
9	122	Kate Foley	Walker School : QLD
10	107	Shae Stirling	Walker School : QLD
11	121	Adele Hay	Newry Studio : SA
11	124	Kaia Lang	Scoil Rince  Kilmurray : VIC
13	117	Katherine Fitzgerald	Rabusin : VIC
14	130	Danielle Bigwood	Trinity Studio : WA
15	110	Kristina Loritsch	McAleer  : VIC
15	127	Katie Weier	Scoil Ard Rince : QLD

Ladies 19 years Champion 2011 Alicia Bryant, Halloran NSW!

The top ten Senior Ladies are: 113, 103, 126, 120, 132, 107, 128, 122, 111, 118.

Men's 19 years Champion 2011 Brent Pace-Rabusin, Rabusin VIC!

Well done to the Seniors

The Senior Ladies have completed their set dances - well done to all our hardworking ladies.
In just a few moments we will be commencing the Under 16 Reel in Couples in Arena 2.

Simultaneously in Arena 1 we will shortly be having the results of the Ladies and Men 19 years and the Senior Ladies - if we can get them away from the bar for long enough...

On a planet far far away...

Or maybe even just Arena 2, The senior ladies continue their set dance round with competitor 102 taking the stage.

A poem from a guest commentator

Sitting in the great vast hall
Watching dancers skip around, both big and small
Is the best way to spend your day
During the sunny Aussie holidays!

A diamonte hunt is now being conducted on the dance floor prior to the U16 8 Hand Mixed teams.

Mixed bag of Eights.

The final two teams of the under 16 mixed four hand ceili competition are on the stage - the girls 8 hands are marshalled and ready to go, so without too much delay we should be carrying on with that.

Also in Arena 2 the Senior Men have commenced their set dance round.

Senior Ladies Recalls

102, 103, 107, 110, 111, 114, 119, 127, 128, 130, 131, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 156, 158, 160, 161, 168, 169, 171, 173, 176, 179, 181, 182, 184, 186, 188, 189, 190, 193, 194, 197, 198, 201, 202, 203, 205

Under 16 teams in marshalling

And the day continues

In Arena 1 the U16 4-hands are still continuing... and continuing... and continuing...
Meanwhile the Senior Ladies are all but finished their 2nd round over in arena 2. Recall numbers will be posted as soon as they come to hand.

Message from the very far edge of sanity….

Happy Campers...

And in late-breaking feis news, due to the late-running 20 & Over section in Arena 2, the Under 16 Years Ceili has been moved into Arena 1, thereby destroying the afternoon nap that ChosCentrall had planned after finishing the chocolte crackles and Polish fire water…..

Special thanks

Special thanks to Julie Idema from the Newry School, SA who sent a bounty of chocolate crackles to ChaosCentral.  They have been sampled with great pleasure and will keep us going for days to come!!

And to Eddie Resiak, organiser and director of Secret Mens' Business, for the bottle of Polish Restorative Water.....which will be placed in the freezer and enjoyed in the days (or nights) to come :)

Senior Mens second round

In arena 2 the senior ladies have just completed their first rounds, with our first eight dancers having re-danced now that the stage has been fixed.

We will momentarily be going on with the Senior mens second round, commencing with competitor 104.

19 Years sets almost finished

And very soon, lots of video interviews with the dancers who have just competed, go to IDTV to view them...

Recall numbers - 19 Years

103, 104, 107, 110, 111, 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 130, 132

Arena 2 scenes

Cleaning and taping

Good crowd for the seniors…can you spot the official photographer in the crowd?

Seniors about to get going…..

Feis update

In Arena 1, the 19 Years have finished their first two rounds and we are awaiting the recall numbers.

In Arena 2 there was a delay due to some minor tape issues - resulting in their competition being delayed by 1 hour.  As we write (or type) this, they are just starting their first round.......

19 Years marshalling for the second round…..and as they finish

Seniors about to hit the stage

Back in Arena 1, the 19 Years are now doing their soft shoe round….

Where would we be without our musicians?

Seniors maarshalling in Arena 2