2023 Syllabus

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FIRST FEIS $13.00 PER DANCER PER DANCE

The First Feis level has been established for dancers who are competing in their very First Feis. Once a dancer competes in the First Feis category, the dancer must move into Beginner 1 or Beginner 2. AT THIS LEVEL, DANCERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN SOLO COSTUMES (school costumes only). Dancers competing in the First Feis category are limited to participating in First Feis Category ONLY.

	GIRLS
	U5	U6	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	O11
REEL	105RL	106RL	107RL	108RL	109RL	110RL	111RL	112RL
LIGHT JIG	105LJ	106LJ	107LJ	108LJ	109LJ	110LJ	111LJ	112LJ
SLIP JIG	105SJ	106SJ	107SJ	108SJ	109SJ	110SJ	111SJ	112SJ

	BOYS
	U5	U6	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	O11
REEL	155RL	156RL	157RL	158RL	159RL	160RL	161RL	162RL
LIGHT JIG	155LJ	156LJ	157LJ	158LJ	159LJ	160LJ	161LJ	162LJ
SLIP JIG

BEGINNER 1 $13.00 per dancer per dance

All hard shoe dances at traditional speeds.

A dancer who has been dancing for less than one year. A Beginner 1 must move to Beginner 2 no later than January 1st of the dancers second year of instruction, or may move to Beginner 2 earlier with teacher’s permission and provided that the Feis has not closed to changes. Note: A Beginner 1 dancer who starts in September may continue as a Beginner 1 until December of the following year (16 months) before moving into Beginner 2.

AT THIS LEVEL, DANCERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN SOLO COSTUMES (school costumes only).

	GIRLS
	U5	U6	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	U12	O12
REEL	205RL	206RL	207RL	208RL	209RL	210RL	211RL	212RL	213RL
LIGHT JIG	205LJ	206LJ	207LJ	208LJ	209LJ	210LJ	211LJ	212LJ	213LJ
SLIP JIG	205SJ	206SJ	207SJ	208SJ	209SJ	210SJ	211SJ	212SJ	213SJ

	BOYS
	U5	U6	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	U12	O12
REEL	255RL	256RL	257RL	258RL	259RL	260RL	261RL	262RL	263RL
LIGHT JIG	255LJ	256LJ	257LJ	258LJ	259LJ	260LJ	261LJ	262LJ	263LJ
SLIP JIG

BEGINNER 2 $13.00 per dancer per dance

All hard shoe dances at traditional speeds.

A dancer who has been dancing for no more than one year and who has not won a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in Beginner 2. A dancer who has won a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in a Beginner 2 dance must move into Novice in that dance no later than January 1st of the next calendar year or with teacher’s permission as soon as the next Feis (if said Feis has not closed to changes).

AT THIS LEVEL, DANCERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN SOLO COSTUMES (school costumes only).

	GIRLS
	U6	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	U12	U13	O13
REEL	306RL	307RL	308RL	309RL	310RL	311RL	312RL	313RL	314RL
LIGHT JIG	306LJ	307LJ	308LJ	309LJ	310LJ	311LJ	312LJ	313LJ	314LJ
SLIP JIG	306SJ	307SJ	308SJ	309SJ	310SJ	311SJ	312SJ	313SJ	314SJ
TREBLE JIG	306TJ	307TJ	308TJ	309TJ	310TJ	311TJ	312TJ	313TJ	314TJ
HORNPIPE	306HP	307HP	308HP	309HP	310HP	311HP	312HP	313HP	314HP
ST PATRICK’SDAY	306PD	307PD	308PD	309PD	310PD	311PD	312PD	313PD	314PD

	BOYS
	U6	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	U12	U13	O13
REEL	356RL	357RL	358RL	359RL	360RL	361RL	362RL	363RL	364RL
LIGHT JIG	356LJ	357LJ	358LJ	359LJ	360LJ	361LJ	362LJ	363LJ	364LJ
SLIP JIG
TREBLE JIG	356TJ	357TJ	358TJ	359TJ	360TJ	361TJ	362TJ	363TJ	364TJ
HORNPIPE	356HP	357HP	358HP	359HP	360HP	361HP	362HP	363HP	364HP
ST PATRICK’SDAY	356PD	357PD	358PD	359PD	360PD	361PD	362PD	363PD	364PD

NOVICE $13.00 per dancer per dance

All hard shoes dances can be done at either traditional speed or slow speed.

A dancer moves into Novice as a result of placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in that dance as indicated in Beginner 2. A dancer who wins 1st in a Novice dance must move into Prizewinner in that dance no later than January 1st of the next calendar year or with teacher’s permission as soon as the next Feis (if said Feis has not closed to changes).

	GIRLS
	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	U12	U13	U14	U15	O15
REEL	407RL	408RL	409RL	410RL	411RL	412RL	413RL	414RL	415RL	416RL
LIGHT JIG	407LJ	408LJ	409LJ	410LJ	411LJ	412LJ	413LJ	414LJ	415LJ	416LJ
SLIP JIG	407SJ	408SJ	409SJ	410SJ	411SJ	412SJ	413SJ	414SJ	415SJ	416SJ
TREBLE JIG	407TJ	408TJ	409TJ	410TJ	411TJ	412TJ	413TJ	414TJ	415TJ	416TJ
HORNPIPE	407HP	408HP	409HP	410HP	411HP	412HP	413HP	414HP	415HP	416HP
TRADITIONAL SET	407TS	408TS	409TS	410TS	411TS	412TS	413TS	414TS	415TS	416TS

	BOYS
	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	U12	U13	U14	U15	O15
REEL	457RL	458RL	459RL	460RL	461RL	462RL	463RL	464RL	465RL	466RL
LIGHT JIG	457LJ	458LJ	459LJ	460LJ	461LJ	462LJ	463LJ	464LJ	465LJ	466LJ
SLIP JIG
TREBLE JIG	457TJ	458TJ	459TJ	460TJ	461TJ	462TJ	463TJ	464TJ	465TJ	466TJ
HORNPIPE	457HP	458HP	459HP	460HP	461HP	462HP	463HP	464HP	465HP	466HP
TRADITIONAL SET	457TS	458TS	459TS	460TS	461TS	462TS	463TS	464TS	465TS	466TS

PRIZE WINNER $13.00 per dancer per dance

All hard shoes dances can be done at either traditional speed or slow speed.

A dancer moves into Prizewinner as a result of placing 1st as indicated in Novice.

	GIRLS
	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	U12	U13	U14	U15	O15
REEL	507RL	508RL	509RL	510RL	511RL	512RL	513RL	514RL	515RL	516RL
LIGHT JIG	507LJ	508LJ	509LJ	510LJ	511LJ	512LJ	513LJ	514LJ	515LJ	516LJ
SLIP JIG	507SJ	508SJ	509SJ	510SJ	511SJ	512SJ	513SJ	514SJ	515SJ	516SJ
TREBLE JIG	507TJ	508TJ	509TJ	510TJ	511TJ	512TJ	513TJ	514TJ	515TJ	516TJ
HORNPIPE	507HP	508HP	509HP	510HP	511HP	512HP	513HP	514HP	515HP	516HP
TRADITIONAL SET	507TS	508TS	509TS	510TS	511TS	512TS	513TS	514TS	515TS	516TS

	BOYS
	U6	U7	U8	U9	U10	U11	U12	U13	O13
REEL	356RL	357RL	358RL	359RL	360RL	361RL	362RL	363RL	364RL
LIGHT JIG	356LJ	357LJ	358LJ	359LJ	360LJ	361LJ	362LJ	363LJ	364LJ
SLIP JIG
TREBLE JIG	356TJ	357TJ	358TJ	359TJ	360TJ	361TJ	362TJ	363TJ	364TJ
HORNPIPE	356HP	357HP	358HP	359HP	360HP	361HP	362HP	363HP	364HP
ST PATRICK’SDAY	356PD	357PD	358PD	359PD	360PD	361PD	362PD	363PD	364PD

PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS $55.00 per championship competitor & $13.00 per set dance competitor

A dancer who wins 1st place in each of the Open dances (reel, slip-jig, treble jig, and hornpipe) can move into Preliminary Championships with teacher’s permission (IDTAMA). Boys and Girls will compete against each other, however if there are at least 5 boys entered, the boys will be moved into a separate competition. In cases where a Feis elects to split a competition due to a large entry, the split must be done by birth date age in the same manner as the North American Championships.

Dancers will perform 48 bars of the reel or 40 bars of the slip-jig and 40 bars of the hornpipe or 48 bars of the treble jig.

Preliminary Championship will be judged and scored by all 3 judges. In addition, awards will also be awarded for each solo round (light and heavy round) based on the scores of one judge (different judges scores for light and heavy).

	U9	U10	U11	U12	U13	U14	U15	U16	U17	O17
Preliminary Championship	609PC	610PC	611PC	612PC	613PC	614PC	615PC	616PC	617PC	618PC
Set Dance	609SD	610SD	611SD	612SD	613SD	614SD	615SD	616SD	617SD	618SD

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS $60.00 per Competitor

A dancer who wins two First Place awards in one calendar year will move on to Open Championship the following year, or as soon as the second win is achieved, in any age category, in the following years. Only in the case of back-to-back Feiseanna (successive days), in which case the first win in the first Feis will not change the dancer’s status for the second Feis. Placing in a Regional or National Oireachtas does not change the status of a competitor.

Dancers will perform: 48 bars of reel or 40 bars of slip-jig, 40 bars of the hornpipe or 48 bars of the treble jig, and a Set Dance.

Open Championship will be judged and scored by all 3 judges. In addition, awards will also be posted for each solo round (light, heavy, and set) based on the scores of one judge (different for each round).

Competitions WILL NOT be combined when there are less than 5 competitors. Boys WILL NOT be combined with the girls.

	GIRLS / LADIES
	U10	U12	U14	U16	U18	O18
Championship	710OC	712OC	714OC	716OC	718OC	719OC

	BOYS / MEN
	U12	U14	U16	U18	O18
Championship	762OC	764OC	766OC	768OC	769OC

Adult $13.00 per dancer per dance

A dancer who started dancing at the age of 18 or older OR any dancer 18 or older who has not competed in at least five years in a youth competition AND has never placed in the top three in a youth Preliminary Championship competition of more than five competitors.

Dancers who are in the adult categories cannot enter any competition other than Adult specified competitions. A dancer who wishes to return to any category other than Adult must remain out of adult competitions until they retire from dancing for five consecutive years.

	BEGINNER 1	BEGINNER 2	NOVICE	PRIZEWINNER
REEL	299RL	399RL	499RL	599RL
LIGHT JIG	299LJ	399LJ	499LJ	599LJ
SLIP JIG	299SJ	399SJ	499SJ	599SJ
TREBLE JIG	299TJ	399TJ	499TJ	599TJ
HORNPIPE	299HP	399HP	499HP	599HP

Figures $13.00 per dancer per dance

There are no restrictions on figure age groups.
Figure age groups will be determined by the oldest dancer.

	U7	U9	U11	U13	U15	O15	ADULT
3 HAND REEL	9307FD	9309FD	9311FD	9313FD	9315FD	9316FD	9399FD
4 HAND REEL/JIG	9407FS	9409FD	9411FD	9413FD	9415FD	9416FD	9499FD

TREBLE REEL $13.00 per dancer per dance

All fees for the treble reel competitions goes to a charity

	Non-champ dancers	PC/OC dancers
U11	TR10	TR22
11+	TR11	TR23