2009 Southern Region Oireachtas

The syllabus for the 2009 North American Irish Dance Championships, July 3-7 in Nashville, Tennessee and hosted by the IDTANA-Southern Region, has been posted.

• Download the 2009 NAIDC Syllabus here (PDF Format)
  

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Here's a summary of links for existing info on the 2009 Oireachtas Rince Na Cruinne:

• Worlds 2009 Provisional Timetable
• Official Hotel information
• Philadelphia Worlds Social Calendar ~ including info on the Teachers Reception, the Gradam Awards dinner and other social events
• WorldIrishDancing.com ~ current site of 2008 Worlds information
• CLRG Website

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In December 2007, the teachers of the Southern Region decided to financially assist 5 of our World Qualifiers with $500 for each dancer, to go towards travel expenses to the World Championships. At the 2008 Oireachtas in Orlando, there were 186 World Qualifiers and the dancers' names were drawn randomly. The winners and their respective schools are:

• Christopher Persons, Tir na Greine
• Isabel Mendosa, Drake
• Meghan Grendzier, Drake
• Christopher Johnson, Broesler
• Emma Hoagland, Nashville Irish Step Dancers

This is the second year for the $500 dance stipend and we plan to continue this World Qualifier stipend every year and aid more dancers in attending the prestigious World Championships in representing the Southern Region and North America.

Congratulations to these dancers and best wishes to all Southern Region dancers and teachers who will be representing our region in Philadelphia.

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Information on adjudicators, musicians, the tentative schedule and hotel reservation procedures has been posted to the 2009 North American Irish Dance Championships website.

Visit http://www.idtana-southernregion.com/NAIDC09/ for more.

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