Results - 7 & 8 Years Premiership

	7 Years Premiership
1st	Sheena	King	Halloran Academy
2nd	Ailie	McDonagh	Halloran Academy
3rd	Rose	Montgomery	Higgins
4th	Olivia	Hogben	Sydney Academy
5th	Isabel	Li	Rince Le Nor
	8 Years Premiership
1st	Indigo	Hawkins	Halloran Academy
2nd	Piper	Hough	Halloran Academy
3rd	Keira	O'Dwyer	Dwyer Whelan Studio
4th	Aoibhe	Carty	Dwyer Whelan Studio
=5th	Eabha	Morrissey	Sheard Academy
=5th	Clodagh	Canning	Penrith Gaels Maher
7th	Claire	Turner	Reilly Studio

Technology update

ChaosCentral is experimenting with a Canon EOS M50 (https://www.canon.com.au/cameras/eos-m50) to explore its capabilities when using the EF lenses used on the DSLRs we usually use.  Key learnings so far:

• using the larger EF lenses with a tiny camera body feels very strange;
• using face-detect for the presentation shots makes focusing more simple, but causes "image in the frame" centering problems as we adapt to having the focus point move around rather than being fixed;
• EVF v OVF increases visual lag, minimal but noticeable;
• AI Servo tracking with multi-shot and face detection works extremely well once a target face is acquired, works less well when multiple faces are in a group or moving in and out of a group, it tries to select the "best" face rather than the one the photographer may want;
• image quality is excellent at f2.8, 1/400, ISO 100 up to ISO 1600;
• with all the detection/focus-tracking options set on, battery life is not good, probably 300 shots, that means one battery per section!

There is no intention of using the M50 for action shots, but it does an exceptional job for presentation shots when used with EF lenses.  More details as the experimentation continues...

Welcome to Sunday at the AIDA Graded & St Patrick's Day Premiership

A beautiful sunny day greets us as we enjoy the dancing from the younger age groups.

In breaking fashion news, ChaosCentral and Gerry Ellerby both arrived in the same outfit - one of will have to leave the Ball!!!

Results - 13 & 14 Years Premiership

	13 Years Premiership
1st	Trinity	Woelms	Walton Studio
2nd	Rachel	French	Halloran Academy
3rd	Mia	Thomas	Halloran Academy
=4th	Roisin	Carey	Dwyer Whelan Studio
=4th	Francesca	Kyral	Walton Studio
6th	Hannah	Dale	Creer McGahan Lees
7th	Jade	Dacey	Sydney Academy
	14 Years Premiership
1st	Imogen	Ryan	McBrearty Academy
2nd	Danah	Pham	Halloran Academy
3rd	Brooke	Mackenzie	Cox Academy
4th	Brianna	Ross	Spreagadh na Rince
5th	Anna	Burke	Reilly Studio
6th	Amoretta	Rourke	Spreagadh na Rince

The day's final age group and its watchers...

Results, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & Over Premierships

	15 Years Premiership
1st	Ailie	Russell	McBrearty Academy
2nd	Connie	Sutton	Walton Studio
3rd	Aidee	Doyle	Reilly Studio
4th	Ellie	Stoubidis	FGMA
5th	Olivia	Maljevac	Dwyer Whelan Studio
6th	Grace	Stevens	Cox Academy
	16 Years Premiership
1st	Roisin	Hayes	FGMA
2nd	Mikayla	White	Halloran Academy
	17 Years Premiership
1st	Will	Limbrey	Brosnan Academy
2nd	Elliot	Sutton	Walton Studio
3rd	Molly	Kingham-Convey	Walton Studio
4th	Rachel	Vella	Penrith Gaels Maher
5th	Madeline	Osbon	McBrearty Academy
	18 Years Premiership
1st	Roisin	Bolwell	FGMA
2nd	Roisin	McHale	Cox Academy
3rd	Rachel	White	Halloran Academy
4th	Brendan	Tracey	Carroll Studio
5th	Ysabel	Hardge	Penrith Gaels Maher
	19 Years Premiership
1st	Luke	Chaumont	Walton Studio
2nd	Annie	Devine	Brosnan Academy
3rd	Georgia	Butler	Creer McGahan Lees
4th	Sarah	Neasy	Claddagh Academy
	20 Years & OverPremiership
1st	Sarah	Robinson	McBrearty Academy
2nd	Tamara	Flynn	Penrith Gaels Maher
3rd	Emily	Harmon	Dwyer Whelan Studio
4th	Jordan	Walter	Halloran Academy
5th	Kyra	Webb	FGMA
6th	Bernadette	Neasy	Claddagh Academy

Feis faces...

Results - 11 & 12 Years Premierships

	11 Years Open Premiership
1st	Ciara	Kingham-Convey	Walton Studio
2nd	Brianna	Woelms	Walton Studio
3rd	Pheonix	Cooper	FGMA
4th	Gabrielle	Rothfield	Sydney Academy
5th	Olra	Turner	Reilly Studio
6th	Isaaq	Rao	McBrearty Academy
7th	Heidi	Chapple	Halloran Academy
8th	Milla	Costin	Higgins
9th	Yarra	Jackson	McBrearty Academy
	12 Years Open Premiership
1st	Mia	Robinson	Halloran Academy
2nd	Ella	Kennedy	McBrearty Academy
3rd	Alannah	Lock	Higgins
4th	Eimear	Lucey	Dwyer Whelan Studio
5th	Emily	Guerrera	McBrearty Academy
6th	Jenna	Murphy	McBrearty Academy
7th	Sophie	Salvo	Halloran Academy

Premierships well on their way...

Marshalling scenes...

Playing with new technology...Canon EOS M50 with the Canon EF 70-200 f2.8 IS MkII lens attached...not a bad mix of technology and the M50 seems to take nice snaps :)

Dancing schedule for the weekend

We have vendors too!

Welcome to the 2019 AIDA NSW Graded Competition & St Patrick's Day Premiership

A new dancing year has landed and ChaosCentral is, once again, trialling new technology to bring you the best possible experience...or something like that :)

The NSW dancing year starts with this competition and we are at the Blacktown RSL, a venue known for plentiful parking, a great dancing stage and copious food and drinks.  Although the autumn sky is cloudy and threatening outside, it will still reach a mild 30C...perhaps.

And on to the competition details...

Our adjudicator is Bernadette Weeks ADCRG, and music is by e/i Device...

2018 NSW State Ceili Championships Sunday PM results

Under 18- Four hand girls
1st	Walton School	Team A
2nd	Halloran Dance School	Team A
3rd	Reilly Studio	Team A
4th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
5th	Cox Academy	Team A
6th	Currie Studio	Team A
Open- Four hand girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Halloran Dance School	Team B
3rd	Fiona Gaye Moore Academy	Team A
=4th	Bird Academy	Team A
=4th	Penrith Gaels Maher	Team A
6th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
7th	Currie Studio	Team A
Under 18- Four hand Mixed
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Carroll Studio	Team A
3rd	Currie Studio	Team A
4th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
Open- Four hand mixed
1st	Fiona Gaye Moore Academy	Team A
2nd	Walton School	Team A
3rd	Walton School	Team B
4th	Carroll Studio	Team A
Under 18- Eight hand girls
1st	Walton School	Team A
2nd	Halloran Dance School	Team A
3rd	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
Open- Eight hand girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
3rd	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
Open- Eight hand mixed
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Walton School	Team A
3rd	Fiona Gaye Moore Academy	Team A
4th	Currie Studio	Team A
5th	Rince Le Nor	Team A
Open Age - Four Hand Own Choreography Girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Currie Studio	Team A
3rd	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
4th	Bird Academy	Team A
5th	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
Open Age - Four Hand Own Choreography mixed
1st	Walton School	Team A
2nd	Fiona Gaye Moore Academy	Team A
3rd	Rince Le Nor	Team A

2018 NSW State Ceili Championships Sunday lunchtime results

Under 15- Four hand girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Walton School	Team A
3rd	Halloran Dance School	Team B
4th	Reilly Studio	Team A
5th	Cox Academy	Team A
6th	Reilly Studio	Team B
7th	Higgins Academy	Team A
8th	Cox Academy	Team B
Under 15- Four hand mixed
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team B
2nd	Halloran Dance School	Team A
3rd	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
4th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team B
5th	Sydney Academy	Team A
Under 15- Eight hand girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Reilly Studio	Team A
3rd	Cox Academy	Team A
4th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
Under 15- Eight hand mixed
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
Under 15- Six hand girls
1st	Cox Academy	Team A
2nd	Higgins Academy	Team A
3rd	Reilly Studio	Team A
4th	Halloran Dance School	Team A
5th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
Under 15- Six hand mixed
=1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
=1st	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
=1st	Scoil Rince Creer	Team B
12 - 14 Years 2 Hand Girls
1st	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
2nd	Cox Academy	Team A
3rd	Higgins Academy	Team A
4th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
5th	Reilly Studio	Team A
6th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team B
7th	Currie Studio	Team A
8th	Rince Le Nor	Team A
12 - 14 Years 2 Hand Mixed
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A

2018 NSW State Ceili Championships Sunday AM results

Under 10 - Progressive Dance
1st	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
2nd	Reilly	Team A
Under 10 - Four hand girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team B
2nd	Walton School	Team A
3rd	Halloran Dance School	Team A
4th	Reilly Studio	Team A
5th	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
6th	Rince Le Nor	Team C
Under 10 - Four hand mixed
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
Under 10 - Eight hand girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
Under 12 - Four hand girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team C
2nd	Walton School	Team A
3rd	Halloran Dance School	Team B
4th	Reilly Studio	Team A
5th	Higgins Academy	Team A
6th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
7th	Rince Le Nor	Team A
8th	Higgins Academy	Team B
Under 12 - Four hand mixed
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
3rd	Fiona Gaye Moore Academy	Team A
4th	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
Under 12 - Eight hand girls
1st	Halloran DanceSchool	Team A
Under 12 - Eight hand mixed
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
Under 12 - 3 Hand Girls
1st	Halloran Dance School	Team A
2nd	Higgins Academy	Team A
3rd	Reilly Studio	Team A
4th	Scoil Rince Creer	Team A
5th	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
Under 12 - 3 Hand Mixed
1st	Spreagadh na Rince	Team A
Junior Figure Dance
1st	Rince Le Nor	Team A