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16th Annual Kansas City Feis
Saturday, September 5th, 2020 Competitions start promptly at 8:00am
Friday, September 4th 2020, 7:30 pm Music Competitions

Heart of America Feis
Sunday, September 6th, 2020 Competitions start promptly at 8:00am

KC Feis & Heart of America Feis will be a second chance feis this year for PC, PW and Novice

The Westin Crown Center Hotel
One Pershing Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Tel: 816-474-4400

CAP 650

(500 Competitors Beginner Thru Open – 150 PC/Open Championship Competitors)

Online Registration Available at FeisWorx

Feis sponsored by the O’Riada-Manning Academy of Irish Dance

News

Kansas City Feis

2 days ago

Good evening! I want to start by apologizing for the long post. I know many of you are waiting on word from us on how things are going. We are still in the process of figuring some things out. So expect some more details in the future.

Many of you are wondering how we are going to host our feis during these trying times. Like I shared with you all last week, we are working on some very detailed plans. We will share what we have now, but understand if things change, it will just be to keep you safe. If you've been to our feis before, please understand this year will be very different for us. We want everyone to be safe. We know we can do this if you all follow the rules and guidelines in place. Please understand all of us associated with the feis are following all these rules and guidelines as well.

In the works: We are working on digital options to monitor competitions that are on each stage without walking into the ballrooms. We are looking into having monitors outside the ballrooms (computerized), but we are also working on an online option where you will be linked to a live document that shows which competition is happening on which stage (again, in live time). Also in progress.. we are working on a timetable that will get dancers in an out as fast as possible. Essentially, it would mean all a certain age group would dance all their dances and then leave. We are trying to figure out a way to make this work with second chance. It might come down to the fact that dancers won't be able to move up that day. People who place at the Kc Feis can move up for Heart of America (so you couldn't move up between first feis and second chance). Obviously we are still working on this. If we can come up with a way to get people in and out as fast as possible while still being able to move up, we will do that. We should have this figured out in the next week.

Definite changes, rules and guidelines:

1. Mask are mandatory. This is a feis rule, hotel rule, city rule and CDC rule. We are not skimping on this rule. You need to wear a mask and you need to wear is properly (covering your mouth AND nose). The hotel says it has a rule that if you are in a public space (more than 1 person) you must wear a mask. This is a Marriott rule. Dancers do not need to wear a mask when they are on stage dancing. They can if they like, but this is not required. Dancers will have to put a mask on when they get off stage. If a dancer needs time to catch their breath, they are asked to go outside. Again, this rule is very strict and is one of the only ways we can have our event.
2. We have to limit guest entry. Only 1 "guest" entry per registered dancer. We will have wristbands. You will receive a wristband with your number pickup. Only 1 wristband will be given. Please don't lose it. We won't replace lost wristbands (this will insure we aren't giving out more than needed - sorry!). We will have a different wristband for each day. No advanced wristbands, you must pick up with your number.Teachers will receive a special wristband with their teacher ID card (CLRG card).
3. Seating will be VERY limited in the ballrooms. 1-2 seats together 6 feet a part. This is a hotel/city rule. As such, people won't be able to camp out and reserve their seats. We hope by having our detailed schedule this will prevent people from camping out.
4. Do not leave stuff against the walls. We have to have a specific room flow (in one way, out the other). So we can't block any of the aisles. Again, with our detailed schedule we hope to prevent any kind of camping.
5. We ask that all dancers come ready to dance. Please don't come down to the ballrooms setting up to do your hair and makeup. Please schedule to do that in your hotel room or wherever it is you will be staying. If you have a group of people that do their hair and makeup together, please don't expect to have a place in the main hotel space to do that. You need to do that in your own space.
6. Because we are trying to get things flowing smooth and fast we won't hold a competition. Your child will not be on multiple stages so this shouldn't be a problem. If your dancer misses their dance, we can't go back. Please take extra care in your time and being on top of things.
7. Please be aware and following the room flow. It's like grocery stores. You will have arrows going certain directions. We want to keep everyone safe. This means you might have to walk a little more to keep to the room flow.
8. Dancers will walk on via one side of the stage and off on the other.
9. We are not having live champ awards on the podium. They will be posted in real time online. Dancers will collect their awards at the awards table.
10. We are not posting results for grades. These will also be online. You will look them up on your phone. They will be posted in real time as well. Once you see your dancer placed, they can go to the awards table to pick up their award(s). Please don't wait until the end of the day to pick up your awards. This will help with crowding.
11. We will not have a "room" for awards. We will be in an open space. For you all that have been with us in the past it will be where the vendors have been. This area will hold the awards table, registration table, and the engraver.
12. All vendors (shirts, shoes, wigs, and photographer) will be on the waterfall level (spread out).
13. Our feisworx/tabulation room is now in the awards room (spread out).
14. There will be no water in the ballrooms. Dancers will need to bring their own water or purchase water from the hotel.
15. The hotel will have food services, but it will all be pre-packaged food.
16. We, along with the hotel, will have sanitation stations throughout the venue. Along with masks if you do not have one. Please note, you will not be able to get your registration card or awards without a mask. Again, a mask should be worn *properly* at all times.
17. No used dress sale racks this year.

Again, this is a rough draft of the rules. We do not plan on changing them, unless it is to make things more detailed and safer.

Please understand, the only way we can run our feis is if everyone does their part. We want this to be a fun event for everyone, regardless of all the restrictions. Please do not ruin this event for everyone by fighting the rules. If you feel you can't follow these rules, please stay home. If you are found violating the rules, you may be asked to leave.

We have always run our feis from a participants perspective. We want to be fun, easy, and worth the money. We know how much is cost to attend a feis along with the added time. We want to give you all the feis luxuries. Please understand we are a volunteer organization. We do not profit from this feis. We host this feis as an opportunity for dancer to showcase their talent and passion for Irish dance. In the end, this is why we do what we do. ...

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Kansas City Feis

6 days ago

We know many of you are waiting for our “plan” with “rules and guidelines”. Please be patient with us. We had an on-sight meeting and walk-through with our hotel/venue heads today. We are solidifying our digital options, in an effort to limit/eliminate group gathering/crowds in certain areas. We hope to have this all finalize this weekend, but could be early next week. I will say, after meeting with our hotel, we have come up with an amazing plan for moving forward. Please understand that this year will be very different for us with lots of rules and guidelines to make sure everyone is safe.

Again, be on the lookout for our plan in the coming days. Thank you for your patience. ...

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Kansas City Feis

3 weeks ago

As of right now our champ cap is completely full for Saturday’s Feis (Kansas City Feis) and we have 1 spot open for Sunday’s feis (Heart of America). There is a waitlist for Saturday.

We ask that if you are a champ and you are registered and paid, but you won’t make it to the feis, please let us know so we can remove you and add others from the list.

If you are on the waitlist, we ask that you be patient. We posted quite a bit about being close to our cap. We did the best we could to add as many people as possible, to the point of adding a champ stage, which requires opening another room, paying for the stage equipment, booking another musician, and 3 additional judges. If you missed out, we are sorry but we did the best we could to encourage you all to register and pay, while allowing as many people in as possible. If you are waitlisted, you’ll need to wait for things to work through - we hope to accommodate you, but we won’t know until closer to the feis.

In the meantime, make sure to pay if you are registered for grades. We won’t up that cap.

Also make sure to book your rooms. Limited queen/double rooms available. We can’t offer more than they give us. So holding off could be risky. ...

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