Katie Waters and Buffalo Feis 2011

Feis America fan Katie Waters shows off her well-deserved trophy from the Special Needs Competition at the Buffalo Feis in Hamburg, New York on June 4, 2011.

Photo by Lisa Waters for Feis America LLC

Irish American Home Society's Hartford Feis 2011

Beginner dancers ready to reel!
Photo: Alison L. Bentley for Feis America LLC

Feising friends from Shamrock and Pender Keady Schools (CT).

Open Championship under 15 Awards.

Dancers on queue for awards and marks.

The Irish American Home Society (IAHS) in Glastonbury, Connecticut hosts one of the last outdoor Irish dancing competitions in New England. This year, the event was held on Sunday, June 5th on probably the nicest day of the whole year so far.

Four large tented stages moved right along, opening with the Beginner-level dancers. The youngest of these new feisers were awarded a mini-subscription to Feis America, the favorite magazine of Irish dancers in North America.

With a terrific staff of volunteers from the IAHS, registration, stages and awards were well managed. Feis families appreciated the wide array of vendors including Dance Bling, Head for the World and Tillie's Tiaras and the food concessions were fresh and hot. Inside the cozy IAHS building, televisions were tuned to the Red Sox and soccer, and a table of Irish food products tempted all with Cadbury sweets, teas, chips and marmalades for purchase.

Dancers from all over New England and Eastern Canada competed for coveted trophies while enjoying the sun and cool breeze across the IAHS' outdoor field.

If you enjoyed the feis, come back for the Greater Hartford Irish Musical Festival, an annual tradition and the largest of its kind in New England, on July 29-31, 2011!

Buffalo Feis 2011 Champion results

The Irish Cultural & Folk Art Association of Western New York hosted the 46th Annual Buffalo Feis on June 4, 2011, at the Agri-Center in Hamburg, New York. Congratulations to Mary Kay Heneghan, Jim Brennan, the committee and volunteers for another successful event!

Congratulations to all who placed, especially those with perfect 300 scores: Grace Frederick PCu10 from Rince na Tiarna, Kristin Przybyla PCu18 from Woodgate-Shamrock, Emily Marino OCu10 from Rince na Tiarna, Erin Lynch OCu16 from Rince na Tiarna, Mary Katherine Kulp OCu18 from Clann na Cara!

Champion-level results were expertly tabulated by FeisWeb (Alan Schrader with assistance by Katie Quinlan):

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 8 and under 9

1 Heather Buller (Woodgate/Shamrock)

2 Joe Marino (Rince na Tiarna - "RNT")

3 Rachel Mintz (Ni Fhearraigh-O Ceallaigh - "NFOC")

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 10

1 Taryn Costello (Woodgate/Shamrock)

2 Sydney O'Hara (Butler Fearon O'Connor - "BFOC")

3 Kaitlyn Buller (Woodgate/Shamrock)

4 Hayley Bowdery (NFOC)

5 Mackenzie Margaret Mosco (Burke-Conroy)

6 Cody Hoctor (Johnston)

7 Marilena Mohan (Doyle)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 12

1 Casey Borrelli (MacConmara)

2 Kaylee Manning (NFOC)

3 Gillian Whelan (NFOC)

4 Lauren Lozier (Goggin-Carroll)

5 Shannon Quinlan (RNT)

6 Paige Mackintosh (Goggin-Carroll)

7 Mary White (RNT)

8 Sydney Goan (NFOC)

9 Brigid Kennedy (Clann na Cara)

10 Meghan Loftus (Drumcliffe)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 13

1 Liam Kenny (NFOC)

2 Olivia-Lee Ramundi (Gilchrist-Canavan)

3 Alycia Buller (Woodgate-Shamrock)

4 Kiera Baron (Goggin-Carroll)

5 Chloe Bishop (Gilchrist-Canavan)

6 Rima Moussalli (Fay-Healy)

7 Meaghan Fitzpatrick (Doyle)

8 Kallie Hodgkiss (MacConmara)

9 Kerry McCann (Goggin-Carroll)

10 Taylor Anderson (NFOC)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 14

1 Meghan Henry (Goggin-Carroll)

2 Erin Loftus (Drumcliffe)

3T Baylea Johnson (RNT) and Siera Rogers (RNT)

4 X. Patrick Dzielski (O'Sullivan)

5 Kelly Palamar (Young)

6 Rachel Nixon (Woodgate/Shamrock)

7 Annie Pendlebury (NFOC)

8 Jessica Hardner (RNT)

9 Katrina McCollum (RNT)

10 Adler Papiernik (RNT)

11 Maggie Rustowicz (McCarthy)

12 Julia Cousins (Goggin-Carroll)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 15

1 Caitlin Wolf (Bell)

2 Shannon Sinclair (Woodgate/Shamrock)

3 Emily Kollar (Burke)

4 Alexander Pratt (Brady-Campbell)

5 Hollie Mocsiran (Murphy Irish Arts)

6 Emily Jaeger (BFOC)

7 Katelyn Knoll (RNT)

8 Kayleigh Ann Stack (Clann na Cara)

9 Elise Bishop (Gilchrist-Canavan)

10T Brittany Richardson (Francis) and Stephanie Quance (Gilchrist-Canavan)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 16

1 Callie Scott (Cannon)

2 Nicole Finch (Gilchrist-Canavan)

3 McKenzie Cantlon (Rochez)

4 Sara Volo (Boland)

5 Stephanie Praill (Cornell)

6 Megan Tinklepaugh (Clann na Cara)

7 Madison Carter (Boland)

8 Courtney Moloney (Woodgate/Shamrock)

9 Delaney Hassell (RNT)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 17

1 Sierra Barrett (Woodgate/Shamrock)

2 Kaitie Bradley (Bell)

3 Erica Miller (Young)

4 Hannah McGrath (O'Sullivan)

5T Maura Bobak (McCarthy) and Erin Quinn (O'Sullivan)

Preliminary Championship Boys and Girls under 18

1 Kristin Przybyla (Woodgate-Shamrock)

2 Victoria Leahy (Goggin-Carroll)

3 Veronica Arnott (Woodgate-Shamrock)

4 Anne Marie Cahill (Murphy Irish Arts)

5 Alivia Roscoe (Woodgate-Shamrock)

Preliminary Championship Men and Ladies 18 & Over

1 David Scheloske (Bell)

2 Alicia Sewell (Kelly)

3 Samantha Miller (Young)

4 Brenna McCabe (McCarthy)

5 Caitlin Mercer (Faherty DeMenezes)

6 Brooke Little (McMahon)

Open Championship Girls under 9

Three Way Tie for First Place

Clare Molony (BFOC), Kiera Kenny (NFOC) and Molly Kate-Brooks Smock (Drumcliffe)

Open Championship Girls under 10

1 Emily Marino (RNT)

2 Danielle Batz (Clann na Cara)

Open Championship Girls under 12

1 Julia Marino (RNT)

2 Shauna Deery (Woodgate/Shamrock)

3 Julia Kilroy (Burke)

4 Erin-Louise Reynolds (Woodgate/Shamrock)

5 Emma Tomlinson (BFOC)

6 Emily McEwen (RNT)

7 Benet Avery (Gilchrist-Canavan)

8 Heather Hudson (BFOC)

9 Lillian Pich (Woodgate/Shamrock)

10 Isabella Simms (Goggin-Carroll)

Open Championship Girls under 14

1 Fiona Dargan (RNT)

2 Moira Lumsden (Burke)

3 Brynna McVittie (Woodgate/Shamrock)

4 Hayley Pereira (Goggin-Carroll)

5 Leiden McMurray (Gilchrist-Canavan)

6 Rebecca Flanagan (Johnston)

7 Colleen Augello (Johnston)

8 Julia Silano (Goggin-Carroll)

9 Nieve Robinson (Goggin-Carroll)

10 Katie Roszyk (Broesler)

11 Aemile Donoghue (RNT)

12 Laura Campeau (BFOC)

13 Jade O'Hara (BFOC)

14 Shannon Johnson-Anderson (Johnson)

15 Laura Ryan (Goggin-Carroll)

16 Hailey Bicknell (Carle)

Open Championship Girls under 16

1 Erin Lynch (RNT)

2 Claire Gallibois (BFOC)

3 Merry Jo Devine (Johnston)

4 Justine Bongers (BFOC)

5 Amanda Macdonald (NFOC)

6 Camille Slaght (Gilchrist-Canavan)

7 Niamh Bryson (Woodgate/Shamrock)

8 Brianna Adams (Francis)

9T Grace Eichenlaub (Bell) and Brianna Robinson (Goggin-Carroll)

10 Audrey Hutton (Burke-Conroy)

11 Siobhan Alexander (BFOC)

Open Championship Girls under 18

1 Mary Katherine Kulp (Clann na Cara)

2 Sarah Paterson (Gilchrist-Canavan)

3 Madeline S. Follis (Gilchrist-Canavan)

4 Joanne Jamestee (Goggin-Carroll)

5 Heidi Daly (Woodgate-Shamrock)

6 Emilie Corcoran (O'Donnell)

7 Jacqueline Boutilier (Goggin-Carroll)

8 Hayley Smock (Drumcliffe)

9 Elizabeth Marince (Bell)

10 Elizabeth Al-Jbouri (NFOC)

Open Championship Ladies 18 & Over

1 Brittany O'Reilly (Drumcliffe)

2 Naomi Marsh (Goggin-Carroll)

3 Rebecca Stewart (Goggin-Carroll)

4 Courtney Lussier (Boland)

5 Sarah Jamester (Goggin-Carroll)

6 Shannon Graves (McCarthy)

7 Ellen O'Malley (Gilchrist-Canavan)

8 Katie Jamieson (Drumcliffe)

Open Championship Boys under 14

1 Nyles Church (Reaney)

2 Aaron Wolf (Bell)

3 Lee Tanner (Gilchrist-Canavan)

Open Championship Boys under 16

1 Gannon Connors (Clann na Cara)

2 Michael Dunning (Drumcliffe)

Orlando Feis 2011 Champion Results

Drake School dancers show off their trophies from the Orlando Feis.
Photo: Tessa McKenna


Orlando Feis
May 22, 2011
Orlando, Florida
Host: The Watters School

Results tabulated by FeisWorx.com





PRELIMINARY CHAMPION RESULTS:

Preliminary Champion under 10
1 Harris, Lily (Breffni Academy)
2 Murray, Nora (Stephen Scariff School of Irish Dance)
3 Spellman, Sara (Tir na Greine)

Preliminary Champion under 12
1 Flynn, Sophia (Corrigan School of Irish Dance - EC)
2 Brown, Kaylee (Breffni Academy)
3 Cottle, Daphne (Drake)
4 Daley, Brooke (Stephen Scariff School of Irish Dance)
5 Buttery, Riley (Tir na Greine)
5 Wozniak, Sarah (Petri - NY)

Preliminary Champion under 14
1 Davis, Emily (Hogan School of Irish Dance)
2 Keller, Brian (Stephen Scariff School of Irish Dance)
3 Hiles, Zach (Drake)
4 Bennetti, Rowan (Tir na Greine)
5 Homan, Ainsley (Corrigan School of Irish Dance - EC)
6 Waterman, Ciara (Walsh Kelley School)

Preliminary Champion under 15
1 Calnan, Kylie (Breffni Academy)
2 Lombardy, Georgia (Watters)
3 Boogaerts, Sarah (Watters)
4 Zawacki, Emma (An Rince Mor)
5 Finnegan, Hunter (Tir na Greine)

Preliminary Champion under 16
1 Cherniak, Conner (McGinley Academy, Eastern Canada/FL)
2 Edmiston, Emily (McGinley Academy, Eastern Canada/FL)
3 Desmond, Karaleigh (Cunniffe Academy - MA)
4 Agrios, Ariana (Hogan School of Irish Dance)
5 Mitsopoulos, Christina (Bremer School - MA)
6 Hiles, Katie (Drake)

Preliminary Champion 16 & Over
1 Nemeth, Juliana (Rondeau School of Irish Dancing)
2 Farrell, Toni (Breffni Academy)
3 Cier, Catherine (Drake)
4 Farrell, Katherine (Tir na Greine)
5 Hopman, Emily (Watters)
6 Persons, Courtney (Tir na Greine)
7 Cullen, Shea (Watters)

OPEN CHAMPION RESULTS:

Open Champion u10
1 Swikehardt, Aubrey (Breffni Academy)

Open Champion u12
1 Schwyn, Keady (Stephen Scariff School of Irish Dance)

Open Champion u14
1 Magliaro, Macy (Watters)
2 Sardin, Kaitlyn (Watters)
3 Lazzaro, Anna (Watters)
4 Monahan, Bridget (Stephen Scariff School of Irish Dance)

Open Champion u16
1 Murray, Roisin (Stephen Scariff School of Irish Dance)
2 Velez, Ashley Ann (Petri)
3 Persons, Christopher (Tir na Greine)
4 McLaughlin, Emily (Doyle Academy)
5 Buchelli, Julia (Watters)
6 DeSaussure, Bailey (Comerford Alaska)
7T Baron, Allie (Watters) and Sliwinski, Erin (Glor na Daire)

Open Champion u18
1 Barton, Molly (McGinley Academy, Eastern Canada/FL)
2 Marcinowski, Courtney (Watters)
3 Lotspeich, Sarah (Watters)
4 King, Cara (Stephen Scariff School of Irish Dance)
5 Harper, Danielle (Watters)
6 Roca, Joey (Glor na Daire-GA)
7 Domingo, Maggie (Drake)
8 Chimitris, Lauren (Dillon-Gavin)
9 Szente, Kaytee (Leneghan Academy of Irish Dance)

Open Champion 18 & Over
1 Wheaton, Samantha (Watters)
2 O'Neill, Caitlin (Breffni Academy)
2 Palermo, Patricia (Tir na Greine)
4 Cumbie, Anna (Rince Na h'Eireann - NC/SC)


Congratulations to all the dancers and the Watters School families for putting on a terrific event in the capital of FUN, Orlando!

California Spring Feis 2011 Open Champion Results

Olivia Griffin, Ryan Rob, Sophie Beirne and Carly Reger enjoy themselves at the California Spring Feis 2011! Photos by Olivia Griffin and friends

California Spring Feis
May 29-30, 2011
South San Francisco, CA
Hosted by the Murphy Irish Arts Center www.murphyirishartscenter.net
Results tabulated by FeisWorx - visit www.FeisWorx.com

Open Championship under 11
1 Behrens, Katja (Celtic Steps)
2 McCallum, Jesula (Penk-O'Donnell)
3 McBride, Katie (McBride School)
4 Castillo, Hannah (O'Sullivan Academy of Irish Dance, CA)

Open Championship under 12
1 Betz, Maegan (O'Sullivan Academy of Irish Dance, CA)
2 White, Erin (Dillon Moore Academy)
3 Rizza, Kestra (Dillon Moore Academy)

Open Championship under 13
1 Heller, Sara (Claddagh Western U.S.)
2 Grogan, Maggie (Whelan-Kennelly Academy of Irish Dance)
3 Armstrong, Erin (Cleary Irish Dance)
4 Taulli, Emma (Kelly School)
5 Kazemi, Arianna (Greene-Comerford School)

Open Championship under 14
1 Reger, Carley (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor)
2 Byrne, Devin (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor)
3 Payne, Moriah (O'Sullivan Academy of Irish Dance, CA)
4 O'Connor, Meghan (Cleary Irish Dance)
5 DeAngelis, Noelle (Kelly School)

Open Championship under 15
1 Probert, Amanda (Claddagh Western U.S.)
2 Beirne, Sophie (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor)
3 Grey, Jake (Comerford California)
4 Curcelli, Cristina (Comerford California)
5 Brennan, Shaye (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor)
6 Huguet, Makenzie (Dillon Moore Academy)
7 Barr, Emily (Celtic Steps)
8 Wise, Morgan (Comerford Oregon)

Open Championship under 16
1 Weinstock, Isobel (McBride School)
2 Ryan, Sarah (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor)
3 Colvin, Shannon (O'Connor School of Irish Dance)
4 Geasa, Annie (Dillon Moore Academy)

Open Championship under 17
1 Ostiller, Ryan (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor)
2 Greco, Claire (Healy School)
3 Hays, Tina (Greene-Comerford School)

Open Championship under 18
1 Lopez, Tori (Comerford California)
2 Stewart, Emily (O'Connor School of Irish Dance)
3 Guyle, Kaitlyn (O'Connor School of Irish Dance)

Open Championship 18 & Over
1 Griffin, Olivia (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor)
2 Brimhall, Kinsey (Comerford Oregon)
3 Andersen, Alicia Aileen (Clarkson)
4 MacSweeney, James (Whelan-Kennelly Academy of Irish Dance)
5 Goldes, Daryl (O'Connor School of Irish Dance)

Funny Feis Photos: Feis Dad Worn Out

This Feis Dad is clearly worn out!

Forest City Feis, London, Ontario

Photographer: Kristin Tousignant


Send your funny feis photos to kathleen@feisamerica.com.

Funny Feis Photos - "Prepping for the Feis"

Travis Tousignant from Ardan Academy prepping for the feis.

"How the heck can he sleep with 1000+ people, 7 stages going with dancing & musicians - NO idea!"

Location - Mary Woodgate Feis, Mississauga, Ontario

Photo by: (mom) Kristin Tousignant