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Subject: At O, I know Trad Set groups are split. Are solo age groups split into A and B as well?

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Date Posted: 09:32:37 10/30/18 Tue

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No, because it's a primary qualifier. (NT) -- split at NANs, 10:08:09 10/30/18 Tue

Thank you!! (NT) -- Newbie, 20:56:51 10/30/18 Tue

Subject: Hoping the musician in the large auditorium won’t be back next year! Music was awful & unfair to dancers with the missed beats!

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Date Posted: 14:24:02 10/28/18 Sun

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Just out of curiosity was it a slim older man with an accordion? (NT) -- ., 20:47:27 10/28/18 Sun
What large auditorium are you referring to? There was a large and a small gymnasium, but there was only one auditorium. (NT) -- confused, 05:59:12 10/29/18 Mon
What about the distracting dog in the outfit and baby carriage one judge had!!! (NT) -- Totally ridiculous, 05:59:26 10/29/18 Mon

How did that dog affect you? -- DM, 06:38:08 10/29/18 Mon

It was distracting to the dancers! I saw one young dancer do a double take while dancing! Very distracting. (NT) -- Woof woof, 08:01:54 10/29/18 Mon

Must be a dancer who doesn't feis much as that dog is quite often at local feiseanna. (NT) -- doesn't bother my dd a bit, 17:29:28 10/29/18 Mon

I had the same thought. Been feising for years and there are two ADs that I can recall who always had their very well-behaved dogs with them. My kids always loved seeing them and had fun "dancing for the puppy". -- oooold timer., 10:03:28 10/30/18 Tue

Probably better to address this concern to the feis committee, rather than posting on a message board. (NT) -- be kind, 06:01:13 10/29/18 Mon
The man in the auditorium is an excellent musician. -- DM, 06:35:15 10/29/18 Mon
It was the large gym , not auditorium (NT) -- Hkm, 14:51:05 10/30/18 Tue

Subject: Thought I had a few more says to register for the Lenihan feis. Does anyone know if it will reopen?

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Date Posted: 15:55:22 10/20/18 Sat

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It reached cap - keep an eye out in case people don't pay within a couple days (NT) -- dm, 16:24:32 10/20/18 Sat

I absolutely will (NT) -- 🤞🤞🤞, 21:08:00 10/20/18 Sat

If you can't get in, there are a couple of MidAtlantic Feiseanna you could consider, they may have late fees and close to champ caps, but they are still open for registration. (NT) -- hth, 13:54:34 10/21/18 Sun

We did Finger Lakes a couple years ago & the stages were horrible. Small & slippery. Hagen is too far. (NT) -- Weekend home isn't a bad deal. OP, 01:32:25 10/22/18 Mon

The New Jersey Feis (Nov 10) is an option. They are at 994 of 1000 cap. (NT) -- It's a big one., 08:54:51 10/30/18 Tue

Subject: For Oireachtas trad set, are scores given for every single competitor on the results pages or just recallers?

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Date Posted: 17:03:43 10/29/18 Mon

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For nevery single competitor. It's great because you can see how you did with each judge. (NT) -- wishing you best luck, 17:27:42 10/29/18 Mon

Thank you (on both accounts!) (NT) -- first timer, 17:31:17 10/29/18 Mon

Subject: 1 king bed, 1 bedroom suite available in the block for Oireachtas. Has living room, kitchen and pull out sofa. $145 per night. 11/15-11/18 Homewood Suites (NT)

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Date Posted: 13:06:41 10/22/18 Mon

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Feis web has wrong names, wrong dances.... was anything “right” about this Feis!?!? (NT) -- Wow, 04:50:41 10/23/18 Tue
1 king 1 br. Suite needed not he 15th. -- A.Brannegan, 14:03:35 10/28/18 Sun

Subject: I know its a long shot but does anybody have a room at the Marriott that they dont need 16th and 17th

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Date Posted: 00:00:53 10/28/18 Sun

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Subject: Solo dress outline ?

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Date Posted: 13:42:59 10/26/18 Fri

Wondering if anyone knows where I might get a drawing of the outline of an Irish dance dress ?? want to try and design it myself?? I know years ago, That had a site where you could change the colors and everything. But can not find it? thanks for any help.

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Subject: What are the hotel block rates for NEO?

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Date Posted: 13:09:45 10/21/18 Sun

I may be booking outside the block and I'd like to know if I'm getting a deal or loosing money.

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I have a room inside the block if you need one. -- DM, 18:25:56 10/21/18 Sun

Which hotel? (NT) -- Interested, 18:33:58 10/21/18 Sun

1 king bed, 1 bedroom suite available in the block for Oireachtas. Has living room, kitchen and pull out sofa. $145 per night. 11/15-11/18 Homewood Suites (NT) -- DM, 07:58:34 10/22/18 Mon
Room at Hartford Hilton for 11/16 Friday at $145 -- Mercedes, 20:33:45 10/23/18 Tue

Subject: How 'bout that feis schedule?

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Date Posted: 16:38:49 10/21/18 Sun

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Feis Schedule? -- tired feis mom, 16:41:29 10/21/18 Sun
Unreal -- So so so tired, 17:02:10 10/21/18 Sun
Wonderful volunteers! Great awards. Great potential. Honestly this time of year Ceili has to be first then start dancing. Throws everything off and stressful trying to be in two places at once. (NT) -- Tired but pleased, 17:35:46 10/21/18 Sun
Competiton still going on after 7 pm. Awards announced at 7:30. This is madness (NT) -- ***, 17:49:32 10/21/18 Sun
Not happy, schedule was insane, stages were dangerous, set up was awful! Won’t attend next year if same set up. How is stage 6 supposed to hear when the musician on stage 8 was louder! Too confusing for kids. (NT) -- Idm, 18:19:27 10/21/18 Sun

Agree -- frustrated, 18:38:02 10/21/18 Sun

A hot mess overall. Awards took hours, horrible stages, kids couldn't hear their own music. I didn't find the volunteers to be friendly or helpful, when dropping off a dress for sale I was barked at and felt like I was bothering him. At some point in the day they gave up updating the posters for comps and dancers missed their dances all together. Seems like this feis took on a little much for the first time out. (NT) -- Disappointed, 19:20:07 10/21/18 Sun
Terrible -- Lostirish, 20:18:52 10/21/18 Sun
Worst feis ever. More inside... -- Wish I had this day back, 20:29:49 10/21/18 Sun

I took one look at this schedule and was happy for the first time that my kid is not dancing. This was a mandatory Feis for her former school. I've talked to a lot of parents today who are not happy with the way this was run. (NT) -- Glad to be out, 21:22:51 10/21/18 Sun

I sincerely doubt that the O'Dwyer feis was mandatory for your child's former school, what with it never having taken place ever before yesterday... (NT) -- let's stick with reality, 16:43:34 10/22/18 Mon

Um, I think the poster meant that this feis was mandatory this year for the school that her (or his) dancer formerly attended (NT) -- Maybe a little quick to attack?, 19:42:16 10/22/18 Mon

I know for a fact that it was mandatory for at least one school if dancers were doing ceili. (NT) -- Stick to what you know., 06:11:03 10/23/18 Tue

exactly, many used to to Harvest but they didn't offer 8-hand ceili this year (NT) -- :), 07:11:29 10/23/18 Tue

Hands down worst feis we've ever done, and we're a second-generation ID family. Stages too small, practice stage too loud and distracting, food hard to find, everything way behind schedule. So they had second chance for prelim-- BFD for the kids in grades or open, and seemed like prelim was the top priority all day (some age groups BOTH prelim chances done and awarded before some kids got to dance for the first time. (NT) -- Never again., 22:19:20 10/21/18 Sun
First, let us appreciate the fact there was a bar. Lol. That was one feis addition I liked and needed after today. Music barely able to hear, a bunch of false starts because of that. Prelim second chance 7 hours after the first. Yikes. Teams taking up stages at 1:00. Ridiculous! Food line a mile long, thank goodness popcorn line was short. Doubt we will do this again. Too bad. Had potential. (NT) -- Ugh, 22:38:53 10/21/18 Sun

You are right, Pelim was the focus and as a grades mom I didn't clue into that! (NT) -- had such high hopes for this new feis, 06:23:02 10/22/18 Mon
Seriously? This was their very first feis ever. There was bound to be a learning curve. Our own schools' feiseanna weren't perfect in the early days either. We were happy to have another feis in this pre-Oireachtas period, delighted that they offered 2nd chance comps for the prelims. We'll be back next year for sure. (NT) -- grateful mom of OC, 16:41:13 10/22/18 Mon

I think this feis has a lot of potential. It was their first time and they have some things to fix for next time. Loved the venue, volunteers were great, liked that there was a practice stage and plenty of room. Yes it ran long. Again it was their first time. I hope they will offer it next year. (NT) -- DM, 04:30:02 10/22/18 Mon

I agree. I think it has potential. -- DM, 05:01:53 10/22/18 Mon

The posted schedule was bad enough even before all the competitions fell so far behind schedule! There were small adjustments that the fieis committee could’ve made to make improvements. It was obvious that no one on stages 3-6 could hear the music - maybe turn down the other stage? Get the musician a louder amp? Suspend the practice stage? Judges and stage managers seemed frustrated. Why schedule novice hard and soft shoe rounds so far apart? We left as I’m sure many others did. (NT) -- ugh!, 05:04:34 10/22/18 Mon
On the plus side, the security was good and we didn't see the "camera" guy from Forbes. (NT) -- tired feis mom, 11:02:20 10/22/18 Mon
Now all the feisweb info is wrong. Wrong dances, wrong name (NT) -- Nothing right, 06:05:23 10/23/18 Tue

Blame Feisweb -- Dm, 08:07:31 10/23/18 Tue

Corrected results are up. (NT) -- IDmom, 20:17:07 10/23/18 Tue

Just saw that! My novice/PW middle school daughter is now a beginner boy! (NT) -- The feis where everything good about ID went to die, apparently, 09:07:51 10/23/18 Tue

Subject: Are teams required at your school to do a solo at the O? Is that the "norm" at most schools? We are likely moving within the region and wondering if that's worth considering when looking for a new school? My daughter will probably quit dance before she has to dance teams again.

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Date Posted: 05:42:52 10/23/18 Tue

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Teams not required at our school (NT) -- CTdancemom, 05:53:05 10/23/18 Tue
Teams are not required at our school either (NT) -- South Shore, MA school, 06:48:51 10/23/18 Tue
Not mandatory at our school. Wouldn’t mind if it was, as long as it didn’t cost ME extra. Quite expensive to do team, with extra costume rental, xtra classes, etc. (NT) -- Can’t mandate my $, 12:13:56 10/23/18 Tue

Subject: Harvest Feis - Updated Adjudicator list?

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Saw some on syllabus but not enough for whole feis. Thanks.
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Date Posted: 16:44:45 10/22/18 Mon

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There's a link on their website for general feis info in the same spot as the link for the syllabus. I've posted the adjudicator list inside for you -- HTH, 09:44:57 10/23/18 Tue

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Subject: At O, I know Trad Set groups are split. Are solo age groups split into A and B as well?
Author: Newbie [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:32:37 10/30/18 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]
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No, because it's a primary qualifier. (NT) -- split at NANs, 10:08:09 10/30/18 Tue Thank you!! (NT) -- Newbie, 20:56:51 10/30/18 Tue

Subject: Hoping the musician in the large auditorium won’t be back next year! Music was awful & unfair to dancers with the missed beats!
Author: Hkm [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:24:02 10/28/18 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]
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Just out of curiosity was it a slim older man with an accordion? (NT) -- ., 20:47:27 10/28/18 Sun What large auditorium are you referring to? There was a large and a small gymnasium, but there was only one auditorium. (NT) -- confused, 05:59:12 10/29/18 Mon What about the distracting dog in the outfit and baby carriage one judge had!!! (NT) -- Totally ridiculous, 05:59:26 10/29/18 Mon How did that dog affect you? -- DM, 06:38:08 10/29/18 Mon It was distracting to the dancers! I saw one young dancer do a double take while dancing! Very distracting. (NT) -- Woof woof, 08:01:54 10/29/18 Mon Must be a dancer who doesn't feis much as that dog is quite often at local feiseanna. (NT) -- doesn't bother my dd a bit, 17:29:28 10/29/18 Mon I had the same thought. Been feising for years and there are two ADs that I can recall who always had their very well-behaved dogs with them. My kids always loved seeing them and had fun "dancing for the puppy". -- oooold timer., 10:03:28 10/30/18 Tue Probably better to address this concern to the feis committee, rather than posting on a message board. (NT) -- be kind, 06:01:13 10/29/18 Mon The man in the auditorium is an excellent musician. -- DM, 06:35:15 10/29/18 Mon It was the large gym , not auditorium (NT) -- Hkm, 14:51:05 10/30/18 Tue

Subject: Thought I had a few more says to register for the Lenihan feis. Does anyone know if it will reopen?
Author: Thank you [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:55:22 10/20/18 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ]
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It reached cap - keep an eye out in case people don't pay within a couple days (NT) -- dm, 16:24:32 10/20/18 Sat I absolutely will (NT) -- 🤞🤞🤞, 21:08:00 10/20/18 Sat If you can't get in, there are a couple of MidAtlantic Feiseanna you could consider, they may have late fees and close to champ caps, but they are still open for registration. (NT) -- hth, 13:54:34 10/21/18 Sun We did Finger Lakes a couple years ago & the stages were horrible. Small & slippery. Hagen is too far. (NT) -- Weekend home isn't a bad deal. OP, 01:32:25 10/22/18 Mon The New Jersey Feis (Nov 10) is an option. They are at 994 of 1000 cap. (NT) -- It's a big one., 08:54:51 10/30/18 Tue

Subject: For Oireachtas trad set, are scores given for every single competitor on the results pages or just recallers?
Author: first timer [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:03:43 10/29/18 Mon [ Post a Reply to This Message ]
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For nevery single competitor. It's great because you can see how you did with each judge. (NT) -- wishing you best luck, 17:27:42 10/29/18 Mon Thank you (on both accounts!) (NT) -- first timer, 17:31:17 10/29/18 Mon

Subject: 1 king bed, 1 bedroom suite available in the block for Oireachtas. Has living room, kitchen and pull out sofa. $145 per night. 11/15-11/18 Homewood Suites (NT)
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Feis web has wrong names, wrong dances.... was anything “right” about this Feis!?!? (NT) -- Wow, 04:50:41 10/23/18 Tue 1 king 1 br. Suite needed not he 15th. -- A.Brannegan, 14:03:35 10/28/18 Sun

Subject: I know its a long shot but does anybody have a room at the Marriott that they dont need 16th and 17th
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Subject: Solo dress outline ?
Author: dd [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:42:59 10/26/18 Fri Wondering if anyone knows where I might get a drawing of the outline of an Irish dance dress ?? want to try and design it myself?? I know years ago, That had a site where you could change the colors and everything. But can not find it? thanks for any help. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: What are the hotel block rates for NEO?
Author: Thank you! [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:09:45 10/21/18 Sun I may be booking outside the block and I'd like to know if I'm getting a deal or loosing money. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]
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I have a room inside the block if you need one. -- DM, 18:25:56 10/21/18 Sun Which hotel? (NT) -- Interested, 18:33:58 10/21/18 Sun 1 king bed, 1 bedroom suite available in the block for Oireachtas. Has living room, kitchen and pull out sofa. $145 per night. 11/15-11/18 Homewood Suites (NT) -- DM, 07:58:34 10/22/18 Mon Room at Hartford Hilton for 11/16 Friday at $145 -- Mercedes, 20:33:45 10/23/18 Tue

Subject: How 'bout that feis schedule?
Author: My goodness [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:38:49 10/21/18 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]
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Feis Schedule? -- tired feis mom, 16:41:29 10/21/18 Sun Unreal -- So so so tired, 17:02:10 10/21/18 Sun Wonderful volunteers! Great awards. Great potential. Honestly this time of year Ceili has to be first then start dancing. Throws everything off and stressful trying to be in two places at once. (NT) -- Tired but pleased, 17:35:46 10/21/18 Sun Competiton still going on after 7 pm. Awards announced at 7:30. This is madness (NT) -- **, 17:49:32 10/21/18 Sun* Not happy, schedule was insane, stages were dangerous, set up was awful! Won’t attend next year if same set up. How is stage 6 supposed to hear when the musician on stage 8 was louder! Too confusing for kids. (NT) -- Idm, 18:19:27 10/21/18 Sun Agree -- frustrated, 18:38:02 10/21/18 Sun A hot mess overall. Awards took hours, horrible stages, kids couldn't hear their own music. I didn't find the volunteers to be friendly or helpful, when dropping off a dress for sale I was barked at and felt like I was bothering him. At some point in the day they gave up updating the posters for comps and dancers missed their dances all together. Seems like this feis took on a little much for the first time out. (NT) -- Disappointed, 19:20:07 10/21/18 Sun Terrible -- Lostirish, 20:18:52 10/21/18 Sun Worst feis ever. More inside... -- Wish I had this day back, 20:29:49 10/21/18 Sun I took one look at this schedule and was happy for the first time that my kid is not dancing. This was a mandatory Feis for her former school. I've talked to a lot of parents today who are not happy with the way this was run. (NT) -- Glad to be out, 21:22:51 10/21/18 Sun I sincerely doubt that the O'Dwyer feis was mandatory for your child's former school, what with it never having taken place ever before yesterday... (NT) -- let's stick with reality, 16:43:34 10/22/18 Mon Um, I think the poster meant that this feis was mandatory this year for the school that her (or his) dancer formerly attended (NT) -- Maybe a little quick to attack?, 19:42:16 10/22/18 Mon I know for a fact that it was mandatory for at least one school if dancers were doing ceili. (NT) -- Stick to what you know., 06:11:03 10/23/18 Tue exactly, many used to to Harvest but they didn't offer 8-hand ceili this year (NT) -- :), 07:11:29 10/23/18 Tue Hands down worst feis we've ever done, and we're a second-generation ID family. Stages too small, practice stage too loud and distracting, food hard to find, everything way behind schedule. So they had second chance for prelim-- BFD for the kids in grades or open, and seemed like prelim was the top priority all day (some age groups BOTH prelim chances done and awarded before some kids got to dance for the first time. (NT) -- Never again., 22:19:20 10/21/18 Sun First, let us appreciate the fact there was a bar. Lol. That was one feis addition I liked and needed after today. Music barely able to hear, a bunch of false starts because of that. Prelim second chance 7 hours after the first. Yikes. Teams taking up stages at 1:00. Ridiculous! Food line a mile long, thank goodness popcorn line was short. Doubt we will do this again. Too bad. Had potential. (NT) -- Ugh, 22:38:53 10/21/18 Sun You are right, Pelim was the focus and as a grades mom I didn't clue into that! (NT) -- had such high hopes for this new feis, 06:23:02 10/22/18 Mon Seriously? This was their very first feis ever. There was bound to be a learning curve. Our own schools' feiseanna weren't perfect in the early days either. We were happy to have another feis in this pre-Oireachtas period, delighted that they offered 2nd chance comps for the prelims. We'll be back next year for sure. (NT) -- grateful mom of OC, 16:41:13 10/22/18 Mon I think this feis has a lot of potential. It was their first time and they have some things to fix for next time. Loved the venue, volunteers were great, liked that there was a practice stage and plenty of room. Yes it ran long. Again it was their first time. I hope they will offer it next year. (NT) -- DM, 04:30:02 10/22/18 Mon I agree. I think it has potential. -- DM, 05:01:53 10/22/18 Mon The posted schedule was bad enough even before all the competitions fell so far behind schedule! There were small adjustments that the fieis committee could’ve made to make improvements. It was obvious that no one on stages 3-6 could hear the music - maybe turn down the other stage? Get the musician a louder amp? Suspend the practice stage? Judges and stage managers seemed frustrated. Why schedule novice hard and soft shoe rounds so far apart? We left as I’m sure many others did. (NT) -- ugh!, 05:04:34 10/22/18 Mon On the plus side, the security was good and we didn't see the "camera" guy from Forbes. (NT) -- tired feis mom, 11:02:20 10/22/18 Mon Now all the feisweb info is wrong. Wrong dances, wrong name (NT) -- Nothing right, 06:05:23 10/23/18 Tue Blame Feisweb -- Dm, 08:07:31 10/23/18 Tue Corrected results are up. (NT) -- IDmom, 20:17:07 10/23/18 Tue Just saw that! My novice/PW middle school daughter is now a beginner boy! (NT) -- The feis where everything good about ID went to die, apparently, 09:07:51 10/23/18 Tue

Subject: Are teams required at your school to do a solo at the O? Is that the "norm" at most schools? We are likely moving within the region and wondering if that's worth considering when looking for a new school? My daughter will probably quit dance before she has to dance teams again.
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Teams not required at our school (NT) -- CTdancemom, 05:53:05 10/23/18 Tue Teams are not required at our school either (NT) -- South Shore, MA school, 06:48:51 10/23/18 Tue Not mandatory at our school. Wouldn’t mind if it was, as long as it didn’t cost ME extra. Quite expensive to do team, with extra costume rental, xtra classes, etc. (NT) -- Can’t mandate my $, 12:13:56 10/23/18 Tue

Subject: Harvest Feis - Updated Adjudicator list?
Author: Saw some on syllabus but not enough for whole feis. Thanks. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:44:45 10/22/18 Mon [ Post a Reply to This Message ]
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There's a link on their website for general feis info in the same spot as the link for the syllabus. I've posted the adjudicator list inside for you -- HTH, 09:44:57 10/23/18 Tue