2013 Music Scholarship Competition Under 15
Winner: Sarah Perry
2013 Music Scholarship Competition Over 15
Winner: Anna Johnson
2012 NAFC 15 & over Music Scholarship Competition
at the Pittsburgh Winter Feis
Winner: Justine Bensur
2012 NAFC under 15 Music Scholarship Competition
at the Buckeye State Feis
Winner: Sarah Perry
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COMPETITOR ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
FOR MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
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1. Age will be determined as of January 1
2. Musicians who have received compensation to play at a feis are not eligible.
3. Competitor must supply their own instrument and metronome and be capable of playing the melody of tunes specified in the syllabus to the proper metronomic speeds. Competitors must choose to play an instrument from the following list: Button or piano accordion, concertina, melodian, piano or keyboard, violin, flute, tin whistle, banjo, uilleann pipes, or harp.
4. Competitor must be a resident of North America.
5. Competitor must report to the assigned stage, ready to compete, when the scholarship competition is announced. Under no circumstance will the competition be delayed because a competitor is not present.
6. The prompting or coaching of competitors during the competition is prohibited.
7. There will be no second or third places awarded in the music competition.
UNDER 15 YEARS AGE CATEGORY $500.00 SCHOLARSHIP
Competitor must be prepared to play all tunes from the following list: The adjudicators will select a hard and soft shoe dance from the list.
Metronomic speed
Slip Jig (soft shoe) 8 bar intro plus 40 bars 113
Reel (soft shoe) 8 bar intro plus 48 bars 113
Hornpipe (hard shoe) 8 bar intro plus40 bars 138
Treble Jig (hard shoe) 8 bar intro plus 48 bars 73
The Competitor will play an 8 bar introduction and then the tune. A dancer selected by the Feis committee will begin dancing immediately following the 8 bar introduction and dance two steps.
15 YEARS AND UNDER 25 YEARS AGE CATEGORY $500.00 SCHOLARSHIP
Competitor must be prepared to play all tunes from the following list. The adjudicators will select a hard and soft shoe dance from the list.
Metronomic speed
Slip Jig (soft shoe) 8 bar intro plus 40 bars 113
Reel (soft shoe) 8 bar intro plus48bars 113
Hornpipe (hard shoe) 8 bar intro plus 40 bars 138
Treble Jig (hard shoe) 8 bar intro plus 48 bars 73
The Competitor will play an 8 bar introduction and then the tune. A dancer selected by the Feis committee will begin dancing immediately following the 8 bar introduction and dance two steps.