proudly presents Ramstein Feis 2013 Claraithe leis an Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha

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1 proudly presents Ramstein Feis 2013 Claraithe leis an Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha Venue Haus Des Burgers, Ramstein Miesenbach, Germany Date September 14th and 15th 2013 Adjudicators Jimmy Smith ADCRG Kerry, Ireland Carol Leavy Joyce ADCRG Louth, Ireland Musican Aidan O Neill, London Competitions Beginners, Primary, Intermediate, Premier Championships Open to all CLRG regions worldwide And all NON CLRG Organisations. Enquiries Mary Murray Sweeney ADCRG (0049)(0) mursweeney@googl .com Shane McAvincheyTCRGshanemcavinchey@googl .com Website Approved by:

2 2013 CEAD MILE FAILTE Dear Friends, A very warm welcome is extended to you Tir Na nogs second Ramstein Feis. Ramstein is ideally situated in Germany to accommodate dancers from all over Europe. Our nearest airports are Frankfurt Main and Frankfurt Hahn. If you have dancers coming to Hahn make sure to let us know and we will do our best to arrange an airport pickup. When choosing our date in September we thought it would be a great start to the Irish dance year of competitions. It proved successful last year with many of our younger ages moving up a lot quicker at the start of the past dance year. We have a famous dance master from Kerry adjudicating, Mr. Jimmy Smith. So those preparing their traditional sets for the All Irelands will be watched under his watchful eye. We are presently seeking our second judge and it will be announced soon. Ramstein Feis is also good preparation for our Qualifiers that will be held in November, a chance for Opens to try out their new steps and sets learned over the summer. Our venue is a local hall with a beautiful stage and it has hosted many dance shows, like Dance Masters, Spirit of Ireland and Dance of Desire. It is located across from Ramstein train station. We will be running a 2 stage, 2 day feis offering as many dances as we can and combining ages enabling dancers to move up. If numbers are big we can increase to a 3 stage feis. We are currently trying to work a special deal with one or maybe two of the local hotels. Watch out for more details on our website. Included is a provisional timetable, a final timetable will be issued to all entered schools, and will also be published on our web site once all the entries have been received. We look forward to seeing you all in September, and thank you in advance for your support! Safe travels, Mary Murray Sweeney ADCRG Shane McAvinchey TCRG

3 Dances Offered at Ramstein 2013 Under 6 Special comp. 200 will dance at 12 noon approx. Begs U Reel * 1b 1a a 67 67a 80 80a Light Jig 2b 2a a 68 68a 81 81a Slip Jig 3b 3a a 69 69a 82 82a Single Jig 4b 4a a 70 70a 83 83a Heavy Jig 5b 5a a 71 71a 84 84a Hornpipe 6a a 72 72a 85 85a (U9) Primary U O 35 Reel 7a a 73 73a 86 86a Light Jig 8a a 74 74a 87 87a Slip Jig * 9a a 75 75a 88 88a Single Jig 10a a 76 76a 89 89a Heavy Jig 11a a 77 77a 90 90a Hornpipe 12a a 78 78a 91 91a Traditional* Primary * 13a a a a 208 Trophy Intermediate U O 35 Reel 27 27a 36 36a 93 93a a Light Jig 28 28a 37 37a 94 94a a Slip Jig 29 29a 38 38a 95 95a a Single Jigs 30 30a 39 39a 96 96a a Trophy 31 31a 40 40a 97 97a a Heavy * Heavy Jig 32 32a 41 41a 98 98a a Hornpipe 33 33a 42 42a 99 99a a Traditional* 34 34a 43 43a a a Inter/Open Open U 9 U12 U14 U17 U20 O 20 Reel 45a 46a 47a 48a 109a 110a Slip Jig 45a 46a 47a 48a 109a 110a Heavy Jig 45b 46b 47b 48b 109b 110b Hornpipe 45b 46b 47b 48b 109b 110b Set Dance * Non trad. Treble Reel* Traditional 45 Teams U8 U12 U 16 O O 20 2 hands hands hands /8 hands Intermediate 2hs

4 Provisional Timetable Saturday Levels and ages marked in green. Sunday Levels and ages marked in purple FEIS DETAILS Fees Solo Competitions Team Competitions Traditional, Treble Reel, Trophy Premier Championships If enough entries Open Championships 4.50 Euro 4.00 Euro 5.50 Euro 15 Euro 20 Euro Trophies for all first places. Admittance fee for spectators 8.00 Euro for the whole day or 15 for the two days. Dancers and children under 16 free. ONLINE REGISTRATION BY TEACHERS Registration can be done by using the registration system Feisbase (an internet based application to register dancers online). To be able to register your dancers you will first have to send an to with your name, address and name of dance school, you will then receive an with further details on how to register your dancers. Entries to be received no later than Friday September 7 th 2013 Payment can be made on the day or by bank transfer to: No checks please!! Mary Sweeney Bank details : Deutsche Bank Kaiserslautern BLZ Acc Nr IBAN DE IBIC DEUT DE DB 540 Accommodation Hotels will be on our website very shortly. Location Rialacha NaFeis /Feis Rules 1. The Feis will run in accordance with the Rules of An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha. 2. Entries will only be accepted from persons currently registered with An Coimisiún. See rule 33 for the exception. 3. The lodgement of an entry will be taken to mean that teachers and pupils understand these rules and undertake to abide by them.

5 4. Objections must be lodged in writing within one hour of the announcement of the result of a competition accompanied by a fee of 40 Euro, which will be refunded if the objection is upheld. 5. Age will be taken as on 1st January 2013 (whatever age you turn this year in 2013, you dance under that age e.g. Date of birth is 29 May 2001, you dance under 13 all year long). Evidence of age may be requested. 6. The Adjudicator s decision is final. 7. Beginners Grade competitions are confined to dancers who have never won 1st or 2nd prize (also 3rd prize, please refer to rule 9) in any competition for that particular dance. In Beginners Grade competitions only basic steps may be performed. 8. Primary Grade competitions are confined to dancers who have never won 1st prize for that particular dance other than in Beginners Grade. 9. If a Beginner competition has six or more dancers, the first two places advance to the next grade, regardless of ties. If a Beginner competition has eleven dancers or more, then the first three places advance to the next grade regardless of ties. (RTME ruling Sept. 2007) 10. If a Primary competition has six or more dancers, the first place advances to the next grade. If a Primary competition has eleven competitors or more, the first two places advance to the next grade regardless of ties (RTME ruling, Jun. 2011). 11. Beginners and Primary competitions are OPEN to dancers from ALL REGIONS. 12. Intermediate Grade competitions are open to all dancers who have not previously won first prize for that particular dance in Intermediate or Open Grades under the same or higher age limits. If a dancer in Mainland Europe wins in Intermediate, they must advance into Open for the rest of the calendar year. If they do not win in Open, they may return to Intermediate at the start of the next calendar year. (RTME ruling Sept. 2007). 13. For all Beginner, Primary and Intermediate competitions (excluding trophy competitions) the 32 bar method that has been used at previous Feisanna on Mainland Europe will be applied. However, in the case of low entries the Feis will use the bell method. For all Open Championships dancers will be required to dance 48 bars of music in the reel and jig and 40 bars in the slip-jig and hornpipe. Two and three-hands are danced to 40 bars of music. 14. *Open Championships will be judged as two solos and then an overall Championship result. Dancers have a choice of reel/slip jig and heavy jig/hornpipe. If there are more than nine in the competition there will be a recall for the set dance round. Dancers who wish to compete in the open solo competitions may do so. If they do not dance a set dance they will be excluded from the Championship result, but they will be judged in the solo rounds. 15. * Adult Preliminary Championships are open to Intermediate/Open level dancers who have never won a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in Open Championship level and to dancers not participating in a full Open Championship at the same feis. Dancers will be required to dance 32 bars of music and will dance a choice of soft shoe either Reel or Slip Jig for ladies and Reel for Gentlemen, plus a heavy shoe either Jig or Hornpipe. Recall with ten or more will be a traditional set dance, if less than ten all will dance traditional. 16. *Trophy Competitions: Dancers will dance 16 bars down the line in their chosen dance. Beginner Trophy Competitions will be a choice of light dances only. Primary Trophy Competitions will be a choice of either light or heavy dances. Intermediate Trophy will a choice of heavy dances only. 17. Where there are five dancers or less for Beginners, Primary and Intermediate competitions the results will not affect their grading. 18. Traditional set dances can only be performed in the Traditional Set competitions and in the under 8 and under 10 Open Championships. (Under 10s Opens have a choice of dancing a non trade or a trade. 19. Music will be played at the recognized An Coimisiún speeds of Mainland Europe.

6 Beg. Prim. Inter/Open Reel 121/ \ Light Jig Slip Jig Single Jig Heavy Jig Hornpipe Team dances (four-hands and upward) must be performed in accordance with the Coimisiún handbook Ar Rinci Foirne. 21. If there are 40 or more in any competition, the organiser may split the competition into two different competitions according to age e.g divided into and Special Trophies (Traditional Sets, Treble Reel Competitions, Beginner, Primary, Open and Adult Championship Trophies) may be retained by the winners. 23. Within the limits specified in the Rules of An Coimisiún, the Organisers may at their discretion cancel or combine competitions with insufficient entries. 24. Order and quiet must be kept in the hall, particularly while competitors are dancing. 25. Traditional Set Dance competitions are a choice out of six traditional; St. Patrick s Day, Blackbird, Job of Journeywork, Garden of Daisies, King of the Fairies and Jockey to the Fair. 26. Competitors must be in costume and ready to dance 30 minutes before their competitions are scheduled. 27. The Feis organisers cannot accept any liability for injury or loss or damage to property while on the premises. 28. The dress code in accordance with An Coimisiún rules will be strictly observed i.e., for the sake of modesty and in the interest of safety to young people, dancers will not be permitted to walk around the Feis scantily dressed. 29. Only Feis officials may approach the adjudicators during competition sessions. 30. Effective from Oct. 23rd, 2005, make-up will not be permitted for any dancer in the first two grades up to and including the under-12 age group worldwide. This rule replaces the entire previous ruling on this matter. 31. An Coimisiun has ruled that from 1st January each year, that no block, en pointe, stationary or moving, be allowed to be performed for all ages up to and including the under-12 age group worldwide. The under-12 Age Group will be allowed to toe walk from September 1st. 32. *Tir Na nog under-6 only needs to dance to 16 bars of music. The dancers will not move out of this dance - it is for pure fun! 33. This Feis is (also) open to persons who are registered as teachers (in any category) with An Coimisiún and to registered Ceili Clubs. It is (moreover) open to persons who are not yet affiliated to An Coimisiún. As a special concession An Coimisiún will give special accreditation to such persons for the duration of the feis. Persons seeking such accreditation must apply directly to the feis organisers. (CLRG Ruling 2012, valid from September 2012 to September 2014 ) 34. Provided that dancers are not disturbed by flashlights or the like, photography or video recording by persons other than official feis photographers is allowed during Beginners and Primary competitions and during all award ceremonies. During Intermediate and Open competitions, this is reserved to only the official feis photographer on site. 35. No refunds will be made Registered