Competing In Trophy Specials At A Feis
The Shelley School is getting ready for The Utah Feis this weekend. As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, we have been working hard on improving stamina and perfecting our solo dances. The number one thing on any dancer’s mind at a feis is doing their best in their solo competition. It’s what we train all year for and the only way any dancer can advance to the next level.
When attending any Feis, however, there are many competitions that are simply there for the joy of competing and putting on a good show. Aside from their solo competition, any dancer can participate in figure dancing, music competitions, and trophy specials. Recently I’ve started becoming more involved in Trophy Specials, especially the ones that involve dressing up in themed costumes while dancing a 2-hand figure.
Amelia Walker and I competed in a 2-hand Valentine Special at The Wasatch Winter Feis last January. We dressed in fuzzy Valentine shorts, wore silly headbands with hearts, and even dyed our poodle socks pink! We won 2nd place and had so much fun doing it.
This weekend we will be competing in The Firecracker Special. Dancers are encouraged to dress in 4th of July themed costumes. We went shopping last week and came up with some great costumes to wear while competing the 2-hand dance together again.
I’m very excited for the Feis and can’t wait to dress up in our costumes! What Trophy Specials do you like compete in when you attend a Feis?
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At the Detroit Feis every year there is a Reel Special, a Novice U13, a Novice O13, and Prizewinner U13 and a Prizewinner O13. The person who gets first gets a trophy and a sash, and you sign up the day of the feis. I did it for the first time this year and I loved it!
At the Cracow feis, the treble reel is free-style with a theme and a lot of the competitors wear costumes. The treble reel is also free-style at the Prague feis, no theme but some people wore costumes, and one of the guys even did acrobatics this year, that was fun!
At the feisanna around my level there are begginer/advanced begginer reel competitions, and nov/przwinr treble jig trophys. There are also sometimes slip jig specials for all levels, and sometimes a nov/prwnr treble reel. Im going to more in the upcoming times and they look like fun
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