Sunday, 11 March 2012
Feis update
We are running 30 minutes early and, and the next age groups are the more senior and some may be a little sluggish so early in the morning (!), we are having a short break to allow the adjudicators o have a nice cup of tea and so that the senior dancers can rehydrate themselves and generally just get ready.
Results - 6 Years
1st 259 Trinity Woelms Walton
2nd 110 Jessica Kelly Walton
3rd 147 Bella Masters Higgins
4th 174 Madison O'Brien Halloran
Feis update
Hard shoe round for the Premiership is now dancing, so results and presentations will follow in a few moments - we are running early!!
Feis update
We are now dancing reels, slip jigs and extra jigs (does that mean they dance again after they have stopped?) That will be followed by the 6 Year Premiership and then results and presentations.
The future is dancing on stage now!
The 6 & Under age groups are on stage now - the hall is hushed, the music is quieter than usual and the dancers are so small and light that they make no perceptible sound on stage at all....literally, like Miss Jan would say, faeries dancing on stage.
When they finish, the hall erupts in applause.
When they finish, the hall erupts in applause.
Feis faces
The spikes are out and the effort was worth it :)Some serious practice
More serious practice!
Sunday at the NSW AIDA St Patrick's Day Premiership and Graded Feis
The canteen is ready, a new batch of chocolate crackles have arrived - and been quality tested by ChaosCentral - and the day will be underway in another 30 minutes.This morning we have the smallest and youngest memners of the Irish Dancing community, many in their first competition, while others are old hands, having competed last year!
As I keep saying, it is these age groups that are the future or Irish Dancing in Australia and it is important that all of us support them, their parents and teachers to ensure that they enjoy the dancing and keep going.
Saturday, 10 March 2012
The feis is over for the day!!
We will be online again at 10:00 tomorrow, look forward to seeing you then :)
Results - 14 Years
1st 198 Sarah Robinson Aisling
2nd 84 Siobhan Hamilton Maher
3rd 17 Mollie Brennan Walton
4th 56 Briana Dragisic Walton
=5th 143 Jayde Mason Halloran
=5th 204 Thea Ross Aisling
Results - 13 Years
1st 164 Jonty Moore Aisling
2nd 243 Jordan Walter Halloran
=3rd 55 Maggie Devine Maher
=3rd 20 Kieran Bryant Halloran
5th 65 Charlotte Fletcher Walton
6th 187 Sinead Podesta Maher
7th 140 Alex Makin Halloran
8th 133 Kirrily Lippmann Halloran
14 Years Premiership soft shoe round about to start
Last section of the day!!
Tomorrow we start at 10:00, so LiveCam and LiveCommentary will once again be online around that time.
Tomorrow we start at 10:00, so LiveCam and LiveCommentary will once again be online around that time.
13 & 14 Years called to marshalling for their soft shoe round of the Premiership
Results and presentations after that!
Feis update
There has been an extended pause due to a dancer slipping and some problems with dancers not being ready. However, the show is now back on the road with the 14 Years in stage doing their hard show dance in the Premiership.
Feis update
We seem to be running on time and, as ChaosCentral has a little spare time, it has been used getting the photos into some order for their appearance on www.swoose.net later tonight - certainly after 2200!
Whilst doing this we suddenly noticed that it was quiet, the adjudicators weren't ringing the bell other than for the end of a dance. Searching the horizon, and LiveCam views have the same view as your humble correspondent, the place is somewhat empty as there are only the families and support groups for the last age groups of the day. Much quieter indeed :)
The warm-ups have only another five sections to dance, then on to the Premierships, results and presentations.
Whilst doing this we suddenly noticed that it was quiet, the adjudicators weren't ringing the bell other than for the end of a dance. Searching the horizon, and LiveCam views have the same view as your humble correspondent, the place is somewhat empty as there are only the families and support groups for the last age groups of the day. Much quieter indeed :)
The warm-ups have only another five sections to dance, then on to the Premierships, results and presentations.
Results - 10 Years
=1st 163 Danae Moore Aisling
=1st 175 Christina O'Connor Dwyer-Whelan
=3rd 172 Ashling Munro Halloran
=3rd 16 Daniel Brennan Walton
=5th 99 Alexandra Hennings Carey
=5th 131 Will Limbrey Carroll
7th 235 Rachel Vella Maher
Results - 9 Years
1st 203 Natasha Ross Aisling
2nd 195 Grace Reid Halloran
3rd 252 Mikayla White Halloran
4th 192 Genevieve Price Currie-Henderson
5th 136 Natahni Lonergan Walton
6th 96 Roisin Hayes Halloran
9 & 10 Years Premiership has finished
Dancers going to the Worlds have been invited to come on stage to practice their sets!
9 & 10 Years hard shoe round finished
Soft shoe round about to start, followed by results and presentations.
It is cooler in the hall now, even though there has been an influx of 13 & 14 Years dancers getting ready and generally spraying glitter and hair product around the place.
It is cooler in the hall now, even though there has been an influx of 13 & 14 Years dancers getting ready and generally spraying glitter and hair product around the place.
9 and 10 Years
Just starting Section 55 Elementary reel 9/10
Looks like we are about 15 minutes behind schedule. Which in Irish parlance is an insignificant deviation from the norm.
Looks like we are about 15 minutes behind schedule. Which in Irish parlance is an insignificant deviation from the norm.
9 & 10 Years now on stage
They are working their way through the warm-up dances and there is also a lot of toe-tapping going on in the hall!
Today's gourmet food was provided by the Maher School, tomorrow will be another school trying to uphold the high standard set today.
9 & 10 Years now marshalling
As the "more experienced" age groups head towards the stage, the audience has again been asked to please keep the noise down.
Those watching LiveCam at http://www.livestream.com/australianirishdancing will notice that the hall is quite full and that the audience are fanning themselves. It is warm out there today and no means of cooling the hall other than opening doors to allow the breeze in :)
Those watching LiveCam at http://www.livestream.com/australianirishdancing will notice that the hall is quite full and that the audience are fanning themselves. It is warm out there today and no means of cooling the hall other than opening doors to allow the breeze in :)
Results - 8 Years
1st 109 Ashleigh Kelly Walton
2nd 207 Aillie Russell Fenagh
3rd 87 Rose Hanratty Halloran
4th 31 Mitchell Carroll Halloran
5th 226 Connie Sutton Aisling
6th 18 Erin Browne Halloran
7th 113 Olivia Kennedy Halloran
8th 221 Erin Stinten Maher
Feis update
ChaosCentral has been joined by a member of Scoil Rince Aisling who is now giving editorial advice to this LiveCommentary. In her opinion (anonymously), we need to blog more detail of what is happening, so here goes....
The adjudicators have requested quiet as we are in a school hall with wooden floors that amplify the sound. The organisers have asked the public to try to be quiet and they complied - for about 30 seconds.
So, all the news that is fit to print, anonymous advice giver.
Happy now Thea?
The adjudicators have requested quiet as we are in a school hall with wooden floors that amplify the sound. The organisers have asked the public to try to be quiet and they complied - for about 30 seconds.
So, all the news that is fit to print, anonymous advice giver.
Happy now Thea?
Feis faces
And the final dancers in the warm-up sections have been called to marshalling. The Premiership dances will start soon!
Feis update
Lunch was glorious and even as this is types, we are enjoying a sausage sandwich. Note to self, clean keyboard later.
7 & 8 Years are now doing their warm-up dances, which will be followed by their soft shoe and hard shoe Premiership rounds. Lots of dancers in these sections and quite a few new faces as well!
For those arriving later or tomorrow, there is plenty of parking at the school and the venue is the school hall - down the driveway and the building on the right. Also, there is no airconditioning in the hall, so dress comfortably as it can become warm and humid :)
7 & 8 Years are now doing their warm-up dances, which will be followed by their soft shoe and hard shoe Premiership rounds. Lots of dancers in these sections and quite a few new faces as well!
For those arriving later or tomorrow, there is plenty of parking at the school and the venue is the school hall - down the driveway and the building on the right. Also, there is no airconditioning in the hall, so dress comfortably as it can become warm and humid :)
Results - 12 Years
=1st 39 Luke Chaumont Walton
=1st 64 Isabella Fitzpatrick Halloran
3rd 178 Bridie O'Neill Carey
4th 53 Annie Devine Maher
5th 75 Isabelle Geeves Ni Piobaire
6th 15 Oisin Braddock Hanratty Walton
7th 37 Alana Chapman Walton
8th 114 Caitlin Kersivien Maher
Results - 11 Years
1st 13 Roisin Bolwell Halloran
2nd 134 Siobhan Lo Fenagh
3rd 108 Isobel Kanaley Dwyer-Whelan
4th 169 Isabella Mosser Aisling
5th 1 Jade Abbey Carey
6th 14 Ellie Borg Carey
7th 73 Maddison Gardoni Halloran
8th 239 Katherine Wakeling Maher
9th 138 Niamh Mack Carey
10th 245 Chanel Wardini Halloran
11th 199 Georgia Robinson Carey
12th 144 Michaela Mason Wollongong
A little break
We are about to start the Premiership section, but the adjudicators are furiously scribbling away, so I guess there will be a small delay until they are ready. At least they are well supplied with cups of tea, water and entertainment!!
More feis updates
We are now back to hard shoe dances, with the anticipation of set dances to come. Until we fix a small Picasa bug, there won't be any photos on LiveCommentary - but we are working on a solution :)
Gourmet food update:
The food from the canteen looks marvellous and ChaosCentral was gifted several chocolate crackles this morning that seem to have made good their escape!
Gourmet food update:
The food from the canteen looks marvellous and ChaosCentral was gifted several chocolate crackles this morning that seem to have made good their escape!
Feis update
There is nothing like onsite, real time, real world testing to show that all the best plans can come undone!
ChaosCentral is back online, having found that the equipment that tested perfectly acceptably in Castle Chaos decided that it wasn't interested in working on the banks of the Nepean. Having uttered many stern words and removed all electrons from the offending devices, we are now back in the real, or Irish Dancing, world :)
The 11 & 12 Years are still dancing their soft shoe round and we look to be on-track with time too!
ChaosCentral is back online, having found that the equipment that tested perfectly acceptably in Castle Chaos decided that it wasn't interested in working on the banks of the Nepean. Having uttered many stern words and removed all electrons from the offending devices, we are now back in the real, or Irish Dancing, world :)
The 11 & 12 Years are still dancing their soft shoe round and we look to be on-track with time too!
he dancing is underway
The 11 & 12 Years are doing their warm-up dances, the stage is producing a great sound and the audience can hear every treble :)
Premiership competitor numbers
- 6 Years - 3
- 7 Years - 2
- 8 Years - 12
- 9 Years - 8
- 10 Years - 12
- 11 Years - 22
- 12 Years - 14
- 13 Years - 16
- 14 Years - 9
- 15 Years - 18
- 16 Years - 13
- 17 Years - 12
- 18 Years - 7
- 19 Years - 10
- 20 Years & Over - 12
Welcome to the AIDA St Patrick's Day Premiership Graded Feis
A beautiful, and dry, Sydney Autumn day beside the Nepean River at Emu Plains. The feis is held at Nepean High School in their hall, which has great seating and a stage that can be seen by all.
The vendors are here, there is a wonderful canteen promising chocolate crackles and also hot and cold food and drinks.
The Adjudicators are:
The vendors are here, there is a wonderful canteen promising chocolate crackles and also hot and cold food and drinks.
The Adjudicators are:
- Monica Poulton ADCRG (VIC); and
- Christine Ayres ADCRG (VIC)
Our dancing program is as follows:
SATURDAY 10th MARCH
9.00am: 11 & 12 years Graded
10.45am: 11 years & 12 years Premierships
12.00: Results & Lunch
12.45pm: 7 & 8 years Graded
2.15pm: 7 years & 8 years Premierships
Results
3.15pm: 9 & 10 years Graded
4.30pm: 9 years & 10 years Premierships
Results
5.45pm: 13 & 14 years Graded
6.30pm: 13 years & 14 years Premierships
7.30pm: Approx finish
SUNDAY 11th MARCH
10.00am: 6 years & under Graded & Premiership
11.00am: Results
11.30am: 17 years & over Graded
12.15pm: 17 years & over Premierships
2.00pm: Results & Lunch
3.00pm: 15 & 16 years Graded
3.45pm: 15 years & 16 years Premierships
6.00pm: Results
6.30pm - 7.30pm: Debut Practice
9.00am: 11 & 12 years Graded
10.45am: 11 years & 12 years Premierships
12.00: Results & Lunch
12.45pm: 7 & 8 years Graded
2.15pm: 7 years & 8 years Premierships
Results
3.15pm: 9 & 10 years Graded
4.30pm: 9 years & 10 years Premierships
Results
5.45pm: 13 & 14 years Graded
6.30pm: 13 years & 14 years Premierships
7.30pm: Approx finish
SUNDAY 11th MARCH
10.00am: 6 years & under Graded & Premiership
11.00am: Results
11.30am: 17 years & over Graded
12.15pm: 17 years & over Premierships
2.00pm: Results & Lunch
3.00pm: 15 & 16 years Graded
3.45pm: 15 years & 16 years Premierships
6.00pm: Results
6.30pm - 7.30pm: Debut Practice
Friday, 9 March 2012
NSW AIDA St Patrick's Day Feis starts tomorrow!
At the St Pats Feis this weekend there will be a canteen running on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's menu includes sausage sandwiches, toasted sandwiches, cakes, slices, muffins and (of course) chocolate crackles. Also tea/coffee, soft drinks, poppas and water. Lolly bags for the kids (both big and small). There will be no fried food on Saturday.
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