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Date Posted: 21:19:21 01/18/23 Wed
Author: No name
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 107.121.100.22
Subject: Less Available Feis

I know it’s only January but it really seems as if there are less feis planned this year. A few cancelled for this month in our region already. What feis are you already planning for this year?

Would love to go to a really fun feis such as the one at Kalahari in PA.

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[> I always go to the Pittsburgh feis’. If you’re looking for fun you can always find stuff in the city -- No name, 22:28:54 01/18/23 Wed (pool-100-6-43-231.pitbpa.fios.verizon.net/100.6.43.231)

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[> Always loved any feis in Columbus - like Buckeye and Dublin but Buckeye probably no more since Millennium no more. Like the ones in Dayton and Kentucky too. -- Happy feising, 20:28:41 01/27/23 Fri (cpe-74-134-161-43.kya.res.rr.com/74.134.161.43)

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[> [> What happened to Millennium? -- No name, 12:51:28 01/28/23 Sat (NoHost/107.121.100.6)

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[> [> [> Tale as old as time, conflict between TCRGs and the students pay the price -- (Former) Millennium parent, 04:04:18 01/29/23 Sun (adsl-75-61-167-165.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net/75.61.167.165)

The owner TC has been overseas for 18 months and entrusted an employed TC to mind the shop. There were several differences of opinion that came to a head right around Oireachtas. Since owner TC has been living out of the region for sometime, she could not be registered with the school. Employed TC decided to go back and teach at Irwin Academy leaving our dancers with the following choices -
1. Follow her to Irwin and no 6 month ban since she was the registered TC at the school.
2. Stay at Millennium- which was sold/merged with Dwyer - but serve the 6 month ban because none of their TCs were registered with Millennium at the time of employed TCs resignation.
3. Transfer to another school in the area and serve the 6 month ban.
4. Quit dance
Those of you that are in the dance community, and especially those in Columbus can understand how something like this would affect your dancer and family. Also the timing was poor as OC dancers only had 4-5 days to research and make a decision in order to compete at North American Nationals and get one Feis (Louisville/Lexington) in before NANs.
We have unofficially heard from CLRG (they had a zoom meeting on Friday to discuss the multiple applications to lift the ban) that a one day exemption will be allowed for Worlds only but all other dancers must serve the full 6 month ban.
This especially stinks for dancers trying to qualify for Oireachtas because they lose six months of feising through no fault of their own.
So it boils down to a conflict between the two TCs that couldn’t be resolved amicably and the dancers have to pay the price. There’s a lot of contention on both sides and a lot of “she said-she said”, but there is plenty of blame to be shared and no one thought of how this would affect the dancers and families in the end, whether the dancer had been there 1 year or 10 years.

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[> Milwaukee Going Strong -- No name, 12:59:10 02/06/23 Mon (047-231-149-140.res.spectrum.com/47.231.149.140)

Milwaukee has a bunch that are still coming up this year, and well-attended.
Winterfeis and St. Brigid's Feis in January
Lavin Cassidy Feis in February
Wisconsin Spring Feis in May
Kinsella and Cream City Feis in June
Badger State and McNamara McCarthy Feis in July
Wisconsin Scottish and Wisconsin Highland Games Feis Labor Weekend (Hasn't run since covid and NAFC folded no word on official collapse.)
Milwaukee and Glencastle Feis in September
Beglan Feis in October

Plus all of the Minnesota and Chicagoland ones, St. Louis and Kansas City too. I feel like we have so many options to compete it's hard to keep up.

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