Feis Registration Boo-boos

You ever wonder why it takes so long for some Feiseanna to post a stage schedule?

It’s because of all the last minute changes that have to be accomplished before putting the schedule “to bed” to include; splitting competitions that are too large, merging competitions that are too small, juggling dancers and adjudicators between stages to avoid conflicts, and last but not least, correcting entries after they have been submitted by the dancer (or dancer’s parents).

Some of the reasons parents cite for changing their child’s Feis entry can be rather entertaining…

Following are a sampling of actual “Feis Registration Boo-boos” sent in to me by some over-worked and underpaid Feis registrars.

Dear Feis Registrar:

- Please change all of my daughter’s Feis registrations from advanced beginner to Novice as she finished first in all her competitions last week and I’m just dying to slather her with that dreadful makeup required at the Novice level.

- In response to your concerns over my son's entry in the slip jig competition, I am aware it is dance typically not performed by boys, but please don’t change the entry because I told him that, if he didn’t clean up his room by Saturday, he’d be dancing slip jig with the girls at the Feis!

- My daughter told me to enter her in the “jig” competition. When I went to your web site I found light jig, slip jig, single jig and treble jig and have no idea which jig she wanted. Can you tell me which dance to enter her in? She doesn’t wear those hard shoes and her mom has to lace her ghillies for her if that’s any help.

- Hello, there seems to be a mistake on my son’s entry. You have him listed as a girl! Can you please change my son back into a boy? If a medical operation is required, I have insurance and I’m sure it would cost less than the price of a solo dress.

- I signed up for the Hornpipe thinking it was a lunch selection sandwich, you know like a Monte Cristo or something. My daughter informed me that I’m an idiot as the Hornpipe is a dance and she doesn’t know the second step and is not yet ready to compete in it! So it is with some embarrassment that I ask you to “delete” the Hornpipe off our registration if it is indeed a dance. But if it is a sandwich, can I get it without mayonnaise?

- The kids entered our dog, “Baudelaire” in your Feis as a joke. A thirty-two dollar joke. Please cancel his entry and refund my money. If you cannot refund the money, go ahead and leave him entered. Oh and by the way, he would be U14 in dog years.