2007 North American Championships - Ottawa, Canada
Qualifications
"Is my child qualified to dance at the North American Championships?"
Below are the methods in which one may qualify to compete in Solo Championships event at the NAC, taken from the syllabus (which will be published and distributed in January 2007).
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1. All Open Championship dancers may enter.
2. All recalled dancers from the 2006 North American Championships may enter.
3. All dancers Under 10 and upward who do not meet the above must qualify at their Regional Oireachtas. The Top Ten dancers plus 25% of the competition (based on number of actual dancers, not entries) will qualify, subject to them achieving a recall.
4. Under 8 and Under 9 dancers will be entered at the discretion of their teacher.
NOTE: Preliminary dancers who achieve their
two firsts by May 1st,2007 and opt to enter based on Rule 1 must
enter all future feiseanna as an Open Championship dancer.
NOTE: Qualified pupils of a hired adjudicator may defer their qualification to the following year’s event.
Both rules (NOTES) passed by IDTANA – June 2006.
Finally, your TCRG is the one who enters your dancer so speak to them before making any travel plans; they may impose additional qualifications to their dancers in order to represent their school at this event.