Update 26th March
The special performance of Lord of the Dance will be available to watch on our Live Streaming service.
Update 25th March
Special Parking Rates for World Championships.
Attendees can avail of a £5 per day discounted parking rate in the Car Park of the Buchanan Galleries. To avail of this special offer, patrons must pay for the car park ticket at the control room situated on level 2 adjacent to the Killermont Street Entry. They must show their wrist band when paying to prove that they have been in attendance at the World Irish Dancing Championships
Update March 23rd
Trophy Sponsors
Newsletter March 2010
Competition Sponsors
Press Release March 23rd
Update March19th
Reception
A Civic Reception will take place at the City Chambers in Glasgow on Saturday March 27 at 5.30 p.m. Unfortunately, due to considerations of space attendance at this reception will be confined to members of An Coimisiun and the local Scottish Committee and one guest each. NB Members of An Coimisiun comprises those persons elected or nominated to serve on the governing body of our organization.
However,we are pleased to announce that all persons registered with An Coimisiun and their partners/spouses, as well as members of An Coimisiun and the Local Scottish Committee, are cordially invited to our 40th Anniversary Reception which will be hosted by An Coimisiun in the Thistle Hotel at 7.30 p.m on the same evening, Saturday March 27th. We hope to see as many of you as possible at this reception, which will be our way of welcoming you to Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2010. Attendees at this occasion will be presented with a special memento of the occasion. We regret that it will not be possible to provide these mementos to those who do not attend the function.
Timetable/Schedule
The competitions will kick off at 8 a.m. sharp on Sunday March 28th, so be warned that if your competition is timed to commence at 8 a.m. on that or subsequent days, it will commence sharp at that time. The fully timed schedule for the week is now available here. A great deal of care has gone into producing a schedule to which we will be able to adhere.
Official Opening
At approximately 5 p.m. on the first day we will be featuring a very special Opening Ceremony. Following the spectacular Opening Ceremony in Philadelphia in 2009, Glasgow has much to live up to, but I am assured it will be worthy of the title. However, be assured that while the quality of the opening will not be in question, the process will be timed so as not to interfere with the smooth running of the competitions..
Festival Club
We hope that you will join us at the Festival Club which will open nightly from Monday March 29th in the Burns Suite of the Thistle Hotel. You must be wearing your wrist band for the appropriate day in order to gain admission. A cash buffet and bar will be available.
Fringe Activities
The Scottish Local Committee have planned an extensive programme of fringe cultural activities throughout the week of the World Championships. Full details of these and other activities will be posted on our website.
Senior Dance Drama Night
Friday night will once again be the night we host the Senior Dance Drama Championship. This year, by kind permission of Michael Flatley and Unicorn Productions, the Senior Dance Drama night will feature a troupe from the hit show Lord of the Dance, who will perform selected numbers from the show. The Royal Concert Hall Box Office has begun to offer tickets for sale for this show at the low price of £12. Due to the expected demand for tickets, all seats will be sold, so please note that NO tickets will be reserved for teachers and members of An Coimisiun. Please note that, in preparation for the Dance Drama Championship, the main auditorium will be cleared following the completion of the Ladies Figure Choreography Championship, and results of this competition will be given in the Strathclyde Auditorium.
Rubies and Rhinestones Ball
The highlight of the week – that is apart from what is the raison d’etre for our presence in Glasgow in the first place at this time, i.e the wonderful spectacle of the performances of some of the greatest exponents of Irish Dancing taking place on the stages of the Royal Concert Hall – will be our Rubies and Rhinestones Ball at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow on Saturday April 3rd. This old historic building will be a fitting backdrop to what we hope will be a very special occasion indeed. If you have not already booked your ticket for this event, I regret to say that it is unlikely that you will be in a position to join us there. This very special night, which will include the handing over of the Gold Trophy symbplising the World Championships to the Mayor of South County Dublin, has been carefully designed by Michelle Greene, not even her local committee colleagues know the details. So just come along and expect to be surprised.
Photographs of past World Championships
The local Scottish Committee, and Michelle Greene in particular, have been assembling a book of photographs to represen the past forty years of the World Championships, which will be unveiled at the Ruby and Rhinestones Ball. Many people have expressed interest in purchasing a copy of this book. Unfortunately, as the assembly of the book of photographs is still a work in progress, there will be only one book of photographs, and producing copies will not be an option. However, by the magic of modern technology, it will be possible to produce a CD of the photographs, which will be offered for sale at a cost of £10 per copy.
Child Protection
An Coimisiun has taken this issue very seriously in recent years and is currently commencing the process of ensuring that all professionals registered with the organisation are properly vetted. The Royal Concert Hall management have a similar policy and they have notified us of that under NO circumstances will they tolerate dressing or undressing in the auditoria. Adequate changing facilities will be available for the purpose, and persons refusing to comply with the instructions of the stewards will be asked to leave.
Coaching
Teachers are reminded that coaching from the body either auditorium will not be allowed. This practice has reached epidemic proportions in recent years, with dancers being given mixed messages owing to the number of parents and teachers engaging in the practice. As soon as a dancer walks on stage he/she is expected to perform without assistance. It is particularly disturbing and confusing when there are two or three dancers on stage. Once again, persons refusing to comply with the legitimate instructions of stewards will be asked to leave.
Stewarding
May we earnestly request that all patrons, whether teacher, adjudicator, dancer, parent, or other audience member, comply with the legitimate requests and instructions of the stewards. You may find it a nuisance to have to show your wrist band or other form of identification every time you enter an auditorium, but please be advised that stewards employed by the Royal Concert Hall will have been instructed to look for identification on every occasion.
Closing Ceremony
On the final day of the Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne 2010, in advance of the final presentations, we hope to present a spectacular celebrating forty years of World Champions. As part of this celebration we would like to invite as many past World Champions, particularly the forty ladies and forty men who graced our stages as Senior Ladies and Mens Champions, to be present for this special occasion.
Update March 9th
By kind permission of Michael Flatley, a special performance of selected numbers from the hit show Lord of the Dance will take place in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on Friday April 2nd 2010 at 8:30pm.
The performance will follow the presentation of seven spectacular entries in the Senior Dance Drama category of the World Irish Dancing Championships.
Update 4th March 2010
As previously instructed all light rounds will be danced TWO at a time.
Heavy rounds will also be danced THREE at a time as this is the only way that a proper schedule can be implemented. This will be confirmed at a meeting of An Coimisiun this coming weekend!!!!!!
Teachers reception will be held in the Thistle hotel on Saturday 27th @ 7.30pm
Competitor numbers can be collected each evening before comps from An Coimisiun staff.
ID cards will be mailed to teachers along with printed time table on Monday 8th March.
If your pack does not arrive please come to our office in Glasgow where new id cards can be promptly made – We will open at 7am each day during the event.
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