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The Feis is a cultural Festival that is held every year on the second Sunday of September. The Feis is a great family day, starting at 8:30 a.m. with activities throughout the day until 6:00 p.m.
30th ANNUAL FEIS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
8:30 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M.
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MASS at 10:30 AM
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Kindred Spirit
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Patti Furlong & Friends
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Click here for >>> Feis Poster
Admission
Schedule of Events
Adults (18 & Over)
$15.00 Solo Piping & Drumming 8:30 AM Seniors (65 & Over) $12.00 Dancing Competition 8:45 AM Students (12-17) $ 8:00 Music Competition 10:00 AM Children under 12 admitted free 9/11 Remembrance 10:20 AM Admission to be paid at gate
Mass 10:30 AM Anthem 11:30 AM Free Parking
Children Activities 11:30 AM Willie Lynch 12:00 PM Information
Soda Bread Competition 1:00 PM E-mail feis2011@iaanj.com
Bagpipe Band Competition 1:00 PM Ceili 1:00 PM IAANJ President
Kindred Spirit 2:00 PM Keith Wood 973-903-9410
Celtic Cross 2:00 PM Celtic Art 2:00 PM Feis Chairman
Massed Bands (including 9/11 Remembrance) 4:30 PM Bill Schoeck 973-729-9687
IAANJ Dance OFF Not before 5pm
Dancing Competition
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Bagpipe Competitionincluding Solo Piping & Drumming |
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Entries online at
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Solo Piping and Drumming Competition - 8:30 AM & Bagpipe Band Competition 1:00 PM
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Children Activities 11:30 AM - 3 PM
Close
to the main entrance will be a "Kids Koral". We have loads of prizes and
activities for children of all ages.
Kids and their
Parents can enter the "Koral".
Here kids can; Kick a Soccer Ball into a net, Toss a Potato into a Basket, Play "Tic, Tack, Toe" competitively with Bean Bags, Go Fish for a prize
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Go on Special
Scavenger Hunt with their Parents (questions for kids with TIE BREAKERS for
parents).
Also we have a Clown
making Animal Balloon Sculptures.
Oh, go the to
Irish/Gaelic language booth and find the spelling of your name. Write it down,
return to the Koral make yourself a bracelet with you name in Gaelic.
Vendors
Here are the Vendor Contract information
Additional information and requirements will be provided by Sue.
Food Handling and Preparation Requirements
Food Service Requirements Procedures
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2009 Feis |
2008 Feis |
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All of the competitions and entertainment will be indoor, Sussex County Fairgrounds have many well vented buildings and pavilions that we will be using for our FEIS. The bagpipe competition and the food vendors will be outdoor.
Sussex County Fairgrounds
37 Plains Road
Augusta, NJ 07822
From the IAANJ Cultural Cente Merge onto Route 15 North, Follow 15 until it joins Route 206 just beyond Lafayette, New Jersey. Proceed North for one mile to Plains Road, turn right at the light, and The Sussex County Fairgrounds will be on the right one mile down the road. From NYC and Eastern NJA Feis (fesh) is a traditional Gaelic arts and culture festival. The plural forms are feiseanna.
In Ancient Ireland communities placed great importance on local festivals, where Gaels could come together in song, dance, music, theatre and sport. The largest of these was the Aonach, the great festival at Tara, which was then the city of Ireland's Ardrí, or "High King".
These feiseanna were a rich opportunity for storytellers to reach a large audience, and often warriors would recount their exploits in combat, clansmen would trace family genealogies, and bards and balladeers would lead the groups in legends, stories, and song.
These gatherings eventually gave rise to athletic and sporting competitions, including horse- and chariot-racing, as well as feats of strength and endurance.
