DESIGN A DRESS CONTEST WINNER

Wins a SOLO Costume!

An American dancer, 14-year-old Morgan Williams, is the WINNER of the 2019 Design a Dress Contest!

Pictured: Morgan holding her WINNING design!

Keltic Storm Design’s lead designer Carl Kennedy and his team are exceptionally impressed with the talented young designers and especially Morgan Williams!

*Pictured - Carl Kennedy in Ireland at Keltic Storm Designs

Morgan has been Irish Dancing for seven years and is currently at the Preliminary Champion level. She trains with the McMahon School of Irish Dance in Rochester, New York.

Dancers WOW'd by New App

Instant Feedback & Judging!

Irish Dancing Magazine (IDM) recently launched the new app, FLYp10 on our Instagram and Facebook pages and dancers want to know more!

Matt Rehm, the originator of the app, FLYp10 is a father of daughters in several judged sports.

"We didn’t have the proper understanding of what’s the difference between an 8.9 and 9.25. Sometimes it wasn’t even clear to our coaches.

We figured that getting into the mind of a judge was the best solution.

We were already recording the routines on our phones and tablets, we thought, let’s find a way to share them with judges across the country and tap into their expertise.

We then started taking the best features of apps like Uber, LinkedIn, YouTube, fitness trackers and others and created Flyp10.

The process we developed is the ultimate judged sport feedback loop. Upload routines, get scores, get better."

Understanding Championship Scoring

Irish Points vs Raw Scores

A recap of how Championship points are computed and used, just in time for the Oireachtas season!

by Jim Montague

The preliminary and championship events are the highest dance levels at a feis. As the dancer's skills have sharpened and competition becomes keener, it becomes necessary for the performances to be evaluated independently by three judges.

As in the lower competition levels (Beginner, Novice, and Prizewinner), each judge scores the dancer from 0 to 100 points (although you'll normally see a score somewhere between 70 and 95). These are known as the "raw" scores. The three "raw" scores earned by any one dancer mean nothing by themselves ‐‐ these scores must be restated so that they are in relation to the other competitors.