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RECENT
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CAMP RINCE
CEOL |
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A letter from An
Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha regarding Open Workshop being granted to
Camp Rince Ceol can be found here.
In part, the letter
states:
25 May, 2010
"...bearing in mind
that the Rules for Open Camp status in 2010 are relatively new,
and in particular, bearing in mind that there may have been
certain confusion over what criteria now apply, it has been
reluctantly decided to grant Camp Rince Ceol Open Status for the
year 2010 ...
"... In reaching
this decision, I am also conscious that An Coimisiun has always
tended to prioritise the interest of children. Therefore,
denying Camp Rince Ceol Open Status at this stage would not be
in the participants' best interest, and would cause
disappointment to those children involved."
Sincerly,
Sean MacDonnchadha
(Chair, An Coimisiun
le RInci Gaelacha) "
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Scholarship
Announcement
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 On
behalf of the IDTANA, we are happy to announce the
2009
Scholarship
winners.
This year, there were nearly 200 applicants and given an average of 10
pages per application (with some much longer), the Scholarship Committee
read and evaluated approximately 2,000 pages of material. We would
like to thank our seven Scholarship Regional representatives for their
service in evaluating these applications.
Based on the number of applicants, it was determined that there would be
four winners at the college level and 21 winners entering college in the
Fall….for a total of 25
recipients. We would like to thank all those that applied in
2009 and look forward to offering additional scholarships in 2010.
It shouldn't go without
saying - Irish dancing has a wealth of talented students and the
IDTANA is happy to recognize these student/dancers and to provide these
scholarships for their work both in and out of the
classroom.
On behalf of the IDTANA
Russell
Beaton ADCRG,
Michael Mullane ADCRG,
Scholarship
Chairman
President IDTANA
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2009
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
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11/6/2008
As
issued by An Coimisiun -
the Tentative Schedule (click
here) for Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2009 in Philadelphia, PA
has now been determined. You can also link to the An Coimsiun
download page here for
an Excel version of the schedule.
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2009
IDTANA SCHOLARSHIPS
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November
1, 2008
The
Irish Dance Teacher's Association of North American is proud of the
accomplishments of all dancers not only competitively and artistically,
but also academically. To recognize the accomplishments of
these dancers who excel in the classroom and in the dance studio,
the IDTANA is proud to offer $20,000 annually in scholarships for high
school senior students, and those students who are already attending
college. The Scholarship winners were announced this week at the
North American Irish Dance Championships.
The
IDTANA Scholarship Committee is comprised of a representative from each
of the seven regions in North America. Under the guidance of
Russell Beaton ADCRG, who is beginning his thirty-eighth year with the
Frederick County (Maryland) Public School System where he is the
Curriculum Specialist for Visual and Performing Arts - the IDTANA
Scholarship Committee works diligently in identifying the scholarship
recipients from the application and essay process.
New
applications are now available available for download here.
The Scholarships are awarded approximately in early July of each year
with recognition and presentation at the 2009 North American Irish Dance
Championships.
Michael
Mullane ADCRG
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ADDITIONAL
WORLD QUALIFIERS FROM NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
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09/14/2008
At
the September, 2008 An Coimisiun le Rince Gaelacha meeting, a motion was
proposed and approved to change the qualification rules for the 2009
World Championships. An Coimisiun approved that the the
qualification for the World Championships will be amended to:
Single
Year Age Groups 5 in the first 20 and 1 in
every ten (or part of) thereafter
Double
Year Age Groups 7 in the first 20 and 1 in every 5 (or
part of) thereafter
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is important to note, that no other part of the qualification rules were
changed.
Based on this newly
amended rule, many of the competitions at 2008 North American Irish
Dance Championships qualified an additional dancer(s). The list
is attached of those dancers that have now qualified for the World
Championship from the 2008 North American Irish Dance Championships
based on this new rule. Any questions should be directed to your
teacher.
Michael Mullane ADCRG
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AN COIMISIUN RULING |
Please
note that as and from June 15th 2008. Any person, whether
registered with An Coimisiun or not, who gives a workshop,
in any form, to a class, should be regarded as being
associated with that class and any other dancing school in
which they have an involvement, whether directly or
indirectly. All classes associated with such a person
should be regarded as being connected by association.
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The above rule, which
became effective June 15, 2008 was implemented by An Coimisiun le
Rince Gaelacha, at the request of teachers world wide, including the
IDTANA, to address a two-fold concern with workshops and subsequent
adjudication by those involved or associated to the workshops.
It is important to note that the rule only applies to workshops taking
place after June 15, 2008 and the rule is not retrospective.
The rule is very new
and although it was discussed at the recent IDTANA AGM in July with
registered teachers, it is important to offer a brief explanation to
address the recent questions and concerns that the IDTANA has received
from its' dancers and parents.
The first item that the
rule addresses are workshops being conducted by someone not registered
with An Coimisiun (i.e. senior students, non-registered teachers) who
are still also involved with another school. For example, a
senior student from School A, goes
into School B's classes and
conducts a workshop specifically for School B's classes.
An ADCRG associated with School A
can no longer adjudicate the dancers from School B because of
the workshop relationship established by the senior dancer with School
A.
The second item was to
address multiple workshops being conducted by registered teachers of
An Coimisiun or teachers/senior students not registered with An
Coimisiun. Under the old rule, if a TCRG/ADCRG conducted
a workshop (or a non-registered teacher conducted a workshop) for
classes at School A, School B, and School C - the TCRG/ADCRG
or the school associated with the unregistered teacher could not
adjudicate any of the dancers from these schools. However,
regardless of whether it was the same or different material, School
A, School B and School C were still able to to adjudicate each
others dancers. Under the new rule, for any class workshop
conducted after June 15, 2008, these schools are now all associated
and all ADCRGs associated with the workshop teacher, along with ADCRGs
from School A, School B, and School C cannot adjudicate each
other's dancers.
Please consider that
this is a new ruling which will naturally generate various questions
and scenarios that will require additional discussion. If you
have additional questions, please contact your TCRG.
Michael
Mullane ADCRG
President,
Irish Dance Teacher's Association of North America (7/08)
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2008 IDTANA Cyril McNiff Scholarship Winners |
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The 2008 Cyril McNiff Scholarship
winners were recently announced at the 2008 North American Irish Dance
Championships in Nashville, TN. We welcome you to meet this
year's winning applicants here.
(6/08)
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Recent Announcements (05/08) |
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At
the An Coimisiun le Rince Gaelacha's AGM meeting held in Dublin on
May 18, 2008 - a motion was proposed by the Irish Dance Teacher's
Association of North America to rescind the "tights
rule" that was to become effective January 1, 2009 for
all dancers aged 19 and older. After a full discussion,
it was voted upon and approved that the rule be rescinded
effective immediately. It should also be noted
that An Coimisiun, through its appointed Costume Committee, will
continue to monitor and pursue the enforcement of required costume
lengths at all Feiseanna and Major Competitions.
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The IDTANA has
received a number of emails regarding NAFC rule 31 specifically
as it pertains to wearing wigs in Beginner and Advanced Beginner
competitions. The NAFC rule 31 states:
The rule as listed
on the NAFC website is unfortunately incorrect. Although a
motion was made in this manner and discussion occurred at various
levels, the rule was never adopted and therefore is not
enforceable as a National rule. We apologize for any
confusion in this matter.
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REGION
BY REGION GUIDE TO GRADE ADVANCEMENT FOR REGISTERED NAFC FEISEANNA
Michael Mullane ADCRG
(07/08/08)
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