15/16 Years called to marshalling

 One of our talented Irish Dancers has a university project that is an ID documentary - good luck :)





















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15 Years in marshalling

Early morning feis scenes...

Scottish tartan at an Irish Dancing competition …. ?

Welcome to Sunday at the Penrith Valley Feis

A gorgeous, crisp autumn morning at the feis.  As we arrive at the venue, we are greeted by traditional Irish music (not feis music) to lift the spirits and get us into the swing of things.  Also helping is the aroma of bacon, eggs and sausages being prepared by the parents of the Maher School, who really know how to put on a FeisFeed :)

Lots of smiling faces around and, this morning, the hall is not quite as full as yesterday but the 15/16 Years will soon be underway.

*NEWS FLASH*  The wonderful Alyssa Flynn just delivered to ChaosCentral a plate of chocolate crackles - what better way could there be to start the day?

Results - 17 Years & Over

17 and 18 yrs Int/Open Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Ceili Moore Aisling
2 Marigold Cousens Dwyer Whelan
3 Zoe Thompson Simpson
4 Brooke Haling Simpson
5 Jessica Carruthers Maher
6 Rachael Larnach Maher
7 Lauren Holmes Carroll
AA Bernadette Neasy Claddagh
AA Cordelia Franklin Tara Academy USA
AA Caitlin Wheeler Higgins

19 yrs and over Int/Open Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Julia Baar Aisling
2 Sophie Parfitt Simpson
3 Johanna O'Brien Kay Hallissey NZ
4 Alyssa Flynn Maher
5 Alicia Dunne Walton
6 Rhiannon Black Walton
7 Elena Barrett-Hough Creer Harvey
7 Asher Larnach Maher
9 Lauren Ward Carroll
10 Siobhan White Wollongong
11 Moira Neasy Claddagh
12 Sally Thompson Ku-Ring-Gai
12 Jenny Croft Maher
AA Katie Giles Carroll
AA Sarah Healey McMahon
AA Laura Stevenson Carroll

17 and 18 years Set Dance
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Zoe Thompson Simpson
2 Brooke Haling Simpson
3 Jessica Carruthers Maher

19 yrs and over Set Dance
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Sophie Parfitt Simpson
2 Johanna O'Brien Kay Hallissey NZ
3 Sally Thompson Ku-Ring-Gai
4 Jenny Croft Maher

More stressed senior dancers….

 Presentations next

Some of the senior competitors are very relaxed before dancing….

Set dances underway

24 sets to go.....

Soft shoe round for 17 & Over has finished

The dancers are now reorganising themselves in preparation for the set dances.

17/18 Years hard shoe round finished

The 19 Years and Over are queued up and ready to go!

And the final section for the day has hit the stage

The 17 Years & Over are now on stage, divided into the 17/18 Years and then the 19 Years & Over.  We are now looking at some of the best dancers in the country in these age groups, and we have competitors from Canberra and NZ in these sections.

Results - 8 Years & Under Intermediate/Open

6 and 7 years Set Dance
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Trinity Woelms Walton
2 Jessica Kelly Walton
3 Ruby Kelly Simpson

8 years Set Dance
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Rose Hanratty Halloran
2 Olivia Kennedy Halloran
3 Ashleigh Kelly Walton
4 Liam Fitzgerald Halloran
5 Grace Stevens Halloran
6 Isobel Chambers Aisling
7 Erin Browne Halloran
8 Georgie Purcell Maher

5 and 6 years Elementary Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Trinity Woelms Walton
2 Jessica Kelly Walton
3 Madison O'Brien Halloran

7 and 8 years Elementary Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Danah Pham Halloran
2 Aidee Doyle Maher
3 Georgie Purcell Maher
4 Elise Grey Halloran
5 Nina Ball Carey
6 Phoebe Liang Halloran
AA Grace Stevens Halloran
AA Jordyn Elliott Creer Harvey

7 yrs Int/Open Premiership
PLACE NO. FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 182 Imogen Ryan Fenagh
2 269 Caitlin Finnegan Reilly
3 89 Eloise Hawse Creer Harvey
4 112 Ruby Kelly Simpson

8 yrs Int/Open Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Ailie Russell Fenagh
2 Rose Hanratty Halloran
3 Liam Fitzgerald Halloran
4 Ashleigh Kelly Walton
4 Connie Sutton Aisling
6 Olivia Kennedy Halloran
7 Erin Stinten Maher
8 Erin Browne Halloran
9 Isobel Chambers Aisling
AA Eleftheria Stoubidis Halloran
AA Niamh D'arcy Aisling

Feis update retraction :)

The 8 Years & Under are now dancing their soft shoe round in the Premiership....so we may be a bit longer before the presentations and the next section....

Feis update

8 Years Intermediate/Open dancers are completing their Premiership dance, so presentations will follow that and then.....the mighty 17 Years & Over.  At this point we are running approximately 1 hour late, so on time in the ID world :)

Feis update

After a ten minute break for lunch, the feis has resumed with the 8 Years & Under Intermediate/Open dancers are dancing their Premiership round.  By the estimation of your unreliable correspondent, we are now running approximately 1 hour late.

On the other hand, I can report that the scones, jame and cream from the canteen is excellent!

Results - 8 Years & Under

4 and 5 yrs beginner Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Brianna Woelms Walton
2 Rose Lynch Maher
3 Lara Elliott Creer Harvey
4 Amelia Devine O'Brien
5 Ella Liang Halloran
6 Estella Beltran Carey
AA Bridgette Dunlop McMahon
AA Maryanne Ball Carey

6 yrs Beginner Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Ella Walters Reilly
2 Millie Bailey Maher
3 Ciara Jordan Liz Gregory
4 Loren Tinker Ni Piobaire
5 Clodagh Flynn Creer Harvey
6 Corey White Halloran
7 Jonah Pham Halloran
AA Maggie-Rose Dunlop McMahon
AA Bridget Kearney Currie Henderson
AA Niamh McMahon Reilly

7 and 8 yrs Beginner Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Abby Carless Creer Harvey
2 Briana D'Agostino Halloran
3 Sarah Davidson McMahon
4 Eliza O'Brien Ku-Ring-Gai
5 Lydia Yates Maher
6 Jessica Luf Maher
7 Anne Kennedy Ni Piobaire
8 Erin Caldwell Higgins
        AA Isaac Fletcher Walton
AA Delaney Freys Creer Harvey

9 and 10 yrs Beginner premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Jemma Handley Maher
2 Sarah Hannigan Reilly

5 and 6 yrs Primary Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Bella Masters Higgins
2 Ciara-Leigh Carey Carey
3 Aislinn Carey Carey
4 Niamh Canning Maher
5 Tara King Simpson
6 Kirra Gilchrist Fenagh

7 and 8 years Primary Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Belle Blandin de Chalain Maher
2 Brianna Ross McMahon
3 Ella Fitzmaurice Reilly
4 Meghan Wilson Maher
5 Amoretta Rourke McMahon
6 Liam McWeeney Walton
6 Matilda Stewart Carroll
8 Ruby McGavock Liz Gregory
AA Mia Enright Simpson
AA Jade Collyer Fenagh
AA Jack Wardini Halloran

9 and 10 years Primary Premiership
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Claudia Balogh Simpson
2 Amelia Hanson Fenagh
3 Hannah Bartlett Maher
4 Finn McCloy Maher
5 Anna Duncan Liz Gregory
6 Ennaria Rourke McMahon
7 Jemima Barwick McMahon
AA Natalie Clover Ku-Ring-Gai
AA Amanda Clover Ku-Ring-Gai

Feis update

The 8 Years and under have almost finished their dances and presentations will follow.

Results - 9 Years Intermediate/Open

Booth Family Trophy
PLACE FIRST LAST STUDIO
1 Liam Costello Creer Harvey
2 Kahli Gilchrist Fenagh
3 Sally McGavock Liz Gregory
4 Natasha Ross Aisling
5 Roisin Hayes Halloran
6 Charlie Town Simpson
7 Veronica Lynch Maher
AA Grace Reid Halloran
AA Noreen Finnegan Reilly
AA Theresa Lynch Maher

Primary dancers called to marshalling

And now the older age groups have shuffled into the hall, looking for somewhere to sleep or at least rest their weary bones - must have been a big Friday night :)

And now, they 8 Years & Under are powering through their soft shoe rounds!

Feis update

The 8 Years & Under are now on stage and having a great time.  Some of the dancers are just 4 years old, so the adjudicator and organisers keep asking for quiet so that the dancers can get a fair go.

Technology Update

LiveCam is being plagued by dropouts - having just replaced all the network equipment, the only piece left in the puzzle is the crappy OPTUS network.  I am now running one Mac on a Telstra link to stream the video, and the other Mac on an OPTUS link to do feis updates etc.  The two 3G devices are sitting beside each other, both show full strength, the OPTUS link keeps stalling and dropping connection.  I have replaced the hardware and the SIM, therefor the fault lies with the OPTUS network.  On the basis of two years experience trying to bring LiveCam to you, I would strongly recommend AGAINST going anywhere near OPTUS for data network requirements over 3G.

Should an OPTUS engineer wish to contact me and sort this out, I would be very happy to hear from them :)