Sponsored By:

The Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance

and

The Inis Cairde Parents’ Association

with Title Sponsor

Ancient Order of Hibernians

Welcome to the

2020 Raleigh Feis

#RaleighFeis | www.raleighfeis.org | @RaleighFeis

Amhrán na bhFiann (

The Star Spangled Banner will be sung by Sierra Hicks Amhrán na bhFiann will be sung by Rylee Morschhauser

National Anthems

Event Schedule

Registration Desk - Grade Exams ONLY 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Grade Exams 4:00pm - 9:00pm

Registration Desk - All Registrations 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Concessions 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Bar Cart (Concessions Area) 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Vendor Rooms and Dress Sales 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Registration Desk 7:00am - 5:00pm

Dress Sales Room 7:00am - 5:00pm

Vendor Rooms 7:00am - 5:00pm

Art Registration and Drop-off 7:00am - 11:00am

Baking Registration and Drop-off 7:00am - 11:00am

Opening Ceremony 7:45am

Concessions 8:00am - 8:00pm

Team Competitions Begin 8:00am

Championship Competitions Immediately following Teams

Grades Competitions Immediately following Teams

Bar Cart (Concessions Area) 9:30am - 8:00pm

Music / Song Competitions 11:00am - 12:00pm

Art and Baking Judging 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Sunday: No-Fuss FEIS

Registration Desk 7:00am - 3:00pm

Concessions 8:00am - 3:00pm

Dress Sales Room 8:00am - 4:00pm

Vendor Rooms 8:00am - 4:00pm

Individual Competitions 8:00am

Bar Cart (Concessions Area) 10:00am - 3:00pm

Dress Room Pickup Before 4:00pm

The Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance welcomes you all

to our ANNUAL Raleigh Feis. We would like to start by thanking our partners

– especially Michelle Watson at the Durham Convention Center, Pamela

Crockett at the Durham Marriott, Craig Shipley at The Durham Hotel, and

Bettina Sohnigen at QuickFeis. We proudly welcome our wonderful adjudi-

cators and musicians from all over the country! This year, we have dancers

representing 57 schools in 20 states. We believe that the sport of Irish dance

should be inclusive, fun and filled with lots of joy and family time. We also

believe in promoting Irish culture, and we welcome all musicians, vocalists,

chefs and artists to our competition. We are honored that you chose The

Raleigh Feis as your destination this weekend.

We will kick off our Feis on Saturday morning at 7:45 am on

Stages 4/5 with a bagpiper and the singing of the Irish and American Nation-

al Anthems. Stay tuned to our social channels (Facebook – RaleighFeis and

#raleighfeis on Instagram and Twitter) to follow stage progress, and to enjoy

our music and vocal competitions, which will take place sometime around

11:30 am on Saturday. Baking and art competitions are located in the grade

award room and outside in the hallways—please visit! Sunday morning will

begin promptly at 8:00 am and we are aiming for a shorter day.

Our bar cart will be open on Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday, offering

specialty Feis beverages. They accept both cash and credit. Please note: any

alcohol purchased in the Marriott must stay outside of the double door, and

alcohol purchased in the bar cart must stay inside of the convention center.

This year, we are honored once again to bring you the 9th annual

Maureen Harling-Welty Charity Reel Specials on Sunday at lunchtime. All

proceeds will go to the South Florida Chapter of the ALS Association to hon-

or our friend who lost her brave fight with ALS in 2011. Each year, our chari-

ty reel offers dancers a chance to show off their creativity and we expect

this year to be no different. If you haven’t yet registered, you can do so up

until the reel begins. There will be volunteers stage-side and also in the

hallway to collect your donation. Your dancer will receive complimentary

Charms and treats, courtesy of Capital City Health Care Providers.

The Dad Feis: This year, we want to magnify ALL of the contributions

our wonderful Feis dads bring—by offering two competitions: “The Dad Jig”

and “The Feis Dad Obstacle Course”. All dads will receive a prize for enter-

ing, sponsored by Magical Vacation Planning by Melissa.

Please be sure to visit our photo booth, located in the vendor /

champ awards room – and have fun with the props. Please be sure to post

to social with #raleighfeis – let all of your friends know how much fun you

are having!

Don’t Forget to visit our awesome vendors in the vendor room! Get

all of your Irish accessories, gifts, wigs, shoes, books, and specialty items.

We appreciate their willingness to come and make these offerings available

to us – so please be sure to spend some time perusing their wonderful

wares. And don’t forget to visit the Dress Room – Refeis that Dress will be in

the Grade Awards room on Saturday – and we will also be accepting your

dresses in the dress room for $5.00 (non-monitored on Sunday).

Our Raffle is amazing this year! In addition to an Irish Dance practice

pad, we have donations from some very generous partners. Be sure to visit

the raffle table (near registration) and purchase your chance to win!

We Wish all competitors headed to All-Irelands, Worlds and Nationals

the very best of luck! We are very proud of all of you.

Lastly, we’d like to express our tremendous love and appreciation for

our teachers: Meighan Carpenter, ADCRG, founder of the Inis Cairde School

of Irish Dance, Brita Kiser, TCRG, and Cara Stackpoole, TCRG. Each one of

these ladies not only challenges our dancers to be their best, both on and

off the stage, but also works to foster a love of all things Irish in each of us.

The Irish Dance community is a special community – and we feel extremely

lucky to be part of the Inis Cairde family.

At the Raleigh Feis, we strive to bring you best-in-class Feis ex-

perience. We look forward to watching competitors dance their “heart-est”

while also displaying heartfelt support for their peers this Valentine’s day

weekend. We appreciate the good sportsmanship attitude we see from so

many dancers and their families. Should any question or problem arise,

please look for our friendly volunteers, or check with someone at the regis-

tration table.

We hope you have an amazing weekend. And Happy Early Valentine’s

Day!

ádh mór, Feis Co-Chairs Patti Kingery and Melissa Shaheen

SAINT RAPHAEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL

5815 Falls of the Neuse Road | Raleigh, North Carolina 27609

919.865.5750 | www.saintraphaelschool.org

Charity Reel Prize Sponsor!

Meighan Carpenter, ADCRG, TCRG

The Maureen Harling-Welty, ADCRG

Charity Reel Special

Thank You to our Title Sponsor!

Governor Thomas Burke Division Wake County Division #1

Ancient Order of Hibernians Raleigh, NC

www.wakeaoh.org

We congratulate all the competitors participating in

The Raleigh Feis 2020!

Adjudicators & Musicians

Proud Dad Feis Sponsor!

The Dad Feis

A Front Entrance

B Registration and Concessions Ballroom Hallway

C Results Posting and Grade Awards Meeting Rooms #1-3

D Dress Sales Meeting Room #4

E Stages 1 and 2 Junior Ballroom A/B

F Stage 3 Junior Ballroom C/D

G Championship Awards and Vendors Grand Ballroom (Left)

H Stages 4 and 5 Grand Ballroom (Right)

Vendors

Church Services

Duke Chapel

Information AWARDS

Information

Durham Marriott City Center

Thank You Partners!

Crown Trophy - Feis Awards

www.kustomkoozies.com

Kustom Koozies - Feis Tee Shirts

CapitalCity Health Care -

Charity Reel Prizes

QuickFeis - Tabulations, Results

Magical Vacation Planner by

Melissa – Dad Feis Sponsor

The Durham Hotel

Co-Chairs Patti Kingery

Melissa Shaheen

Awards - Championship Kristel Behrend

Mike Behrend

Awards - Grades Stefanie Kubista

Leanne Camp

Charity Reel Courtney Keller

Charity Reel Prizes Capital City Healthcare

Cultural Arts Cindy Brown

Dad Feis Patti Kingery

Melissa Shaheen

Dad Feis Prizes Melissa Shaheen

The Durham Convention Center

Dress Room Refeis That Dress!

Floor Chairs Kevin Donnelly

Mitch Poteat

Michael Smith

Floor Volunteers Too Many to List!

THANK YOU ALL!

Hospitality Patti Kingery

Melissa Shaheen

Raffle Katherine Roberts

Registrar Stacy Morschhauser

Krystin Jorgenson

Social Media Alli Valentine

Tabulations Cara O’Neill

T-Shirt Design Miranda Brown

Treasurer Kathy Roberts

Vendors Rosalind Finney

Volunteer Coordinator Cara O’Neill

Website and Program Kevin Donnelly

2020 Raleigh Feis Committee

Congratulations! Congratulations to our dancers

heading off to Majors:

Barrett Kiser

World Championships

Kayleigh Rutledge World Championships

Emma Presti World Championships

Inis Cairde would also like to

congratulate our National Qualifiers!

Barrett Kiser

Bella Behrend

Caitlyn Kubista

Caroline Camp

Claire Kingery

Emma Presti

Emma Buyting

Erin Holloway

Francesca Behrend

Freya Poteat

Kayleigh Rutledge

Lillian O'Neill

Matthew Mercer

Natalie Ritchey

Nate Smith

Peyton Shaheen

Tessa Keller

Tristan Bowen

Inis Cairde and the Raleigh Feis would

additionally like to thank:

Our Bagpiper:

Jeff Hammerstein

From the Durham Marriott City Center:

Pamela Crockett

Sue Muhammad

From The Durham Hotel:

Craig Shipley

A BIG INIS CAIRDE THANK YOU to:

Michelle Watson & the Durham Convention Center

And finally, ALL of our Inis Cairde family members,

past and present, who came together to make this the

best Feis yet - we are endlessly grateful for your time,

talent, and treasure.

Thank You!

Mark your calendar for:

The Raleigh Feis 2021

Good luck to everyone

competing in the World Championships

in Ireland and Nationals in Nashville!

We look forward to seeing you again in

Durham in 2021!

February 13-14, 2021