Friday 30 September 2011

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














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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….

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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…..
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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…..

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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




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Seniors about to hit the stage





Back in Arena 1, the 19 Years are now doing their soft shoe round….
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Where would we be without our musicians?


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Seniors maarshalling in Arena 2








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