2010 Southern Region Oireachtas

UPDATE:  9:59 a.m. -- Issues with the online reservation system appear to be resolved. The Gaylord has advised that the call center and online systems are being updated to reflect that charges will not be added for additional guests in sleeping rooms up to 4 people in a room, which is the hotel's standard policy. 

Any additional updates will be posted on this news blog as they become available.

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Reservations for the 2010 IDTANA-Southern Region Oireacthas open on Monday, March 1, 2010.

Room Rate: $139 per night + $10 resort fee and tax. All reservations require a one-night non-refundable deposit. Reservations may be cancelled up to 72 hours before check-in time without an additional penalty.

Online Reservations: Follow this link to book online.

Phone Reservations: Call 301-965-4000. Group Code: S-RSH10 or Group Name: IDTANA-SR 2010 SRO

Teachers: Please contact the IDTANA-SR Executive Board for booking information or visit the Members Section of the IDTANA-SR website.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

The following SOLO competitions (boys and girls) will be held on Friday, December 3:

Saturday, December 4, 2010

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Reservations for the hotel rooms at the Gaylord National, site of the 2010 IDTANA-Southern Region Oireacthas, will open on Monday, March 1, 2010. A link to the online reservations system will be posted on this website on Monday morning at approximately 9 a.m. EST.

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The following locations will host the Southern Region Oireachtas in 2010 and 2011:

2010

Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center outside Washington, D.C.
December 3-5, 2010

2011

JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida
December 2-4, 2011

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Each year the IDTANA-Southern Region awards a $500 travel stipend to a number of eligible world qualifiers from our recent Oireachtas. The program is in its third year and the number of recipients was increased this year by two, bringing to seven, the number of lucky selectees.

All World Qualifiers are automatically entered into the random draw process. Once confirmation is received that the top seven are indeed making the trip to compete, the awards announced.

Those receiving a travel stipend to the 2010 World Championships are:

• Whitley Price (Maple)
• Hannah Jackson (NISD)
• Mary Jo Rigney (Rince ne' h'Eireann)
• Marc Dreier (Inis Cairde)
• Sara Barton ( McGinley)
• Claire Lawless ( Drake)
• Danielle Spina ( McGinley)

UPDATE (3/12):  A World Championships Travel Stipend has been awarded to Chrissy Hanson (Kristin Butke School) as one of the original selectees has elected not to travel to the Worlds.

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Lauren Cass, of the Cass School of Irish Dance, will be representing the Southern Region as a Worlds Qualifier.

This additional qualification is a result of the selection of Judy McCafferty, ADCRG, as an adjudicator for OIreachtas Rince na Cruinne 2010.

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**Updated 12/19/2009**

The CLRG selection committee has announced that two IDTANA-Southern Region teachers, Kevin Broesler and Christina Ryan, will be judging at the 2010 Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne in Glasgow, Scotland. Dancers earning a Worlds qualification from either of these dancing schools will therefore not be able to compete at the 2010 event.  They will however retain their qualification status for 2011 Worlds competition.

As a result of this announcement, as well as tabulation errors in determining the number of World qualifiers for five competitions at the 2009 Southern Region Oireachtas, the following dancers are now eligible to represent the IDTANA-Southern Region in Scotland:

The following adjudicators have been selected to judge at the 2010 Southern Region Oireachtas in the Washington, D.C.-area:

• Lisa Chaplin McAllister
• James Early
• Iris Gray Sharnick
• Hilary Joyce
• Margaret McBride
• Angela McDonough
• Frances McGahan
• Michael McInerney
• Conleth Mullan
• Erin Pender-Levine
• Deirdre Penk-O’Donnell
• Philip Owens
• Lisa Petri
• Mona Roddy
• Sheila Stevens
  

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