2005 Queen City Feis

When:	May 14th, 2005
Where:	Cinergy Center Cincinnati, OH
Competitors:	Ges (dancing/parent-child) Devonna (dancing/soda bread/photography) Rebekah (dancing/soda bread) Rachel (dancing) Luke (dancing/parent-child)
Why We Went:	First feis of the season for most of the Midwest region outside of Chicago. It's also less than an hour from Clan Seger World Headquarters, which means we didn't have to get a hotel in the target city.
Previously Reviewed:	2004

ORGANIZATION

Unlike last year, all registration had to go through eFeis. No block of entries was held aside to accomodate those who wished register through the mail.

Same age group/same stage scheduling
Steps danced in order (Reel, Jig, etc). Within each step, Advanced Beginners danced first, then Novice, then Open/Prizewinner. Where possible, the competitions were kept in the same order within each step.
Adult Beginners were treated as Advanced Beginners for purposes of scheduling.
Added more arts and crafts competitions
Added music competitions

Figures went first, which by long-standing policy on this site is a What Went Wrong.
Music competitions were run the previous night. I score this as a What Went Wrong because I had to scratch music entries for both Rachel and myself due to Dayton's A World A'Fair.

The stage layout in the Main Ballroom area seemed to allow rapid movement from one end to the other. Well, rapid as compared to a typical Midwest Feis...
Designated camping areas in all the halls surrounding the ballrooms. They appeared to be well-used, too.
The girl's dressing room was surprisingly well-placed in relation to the ballroom.
A nice, roomy Results/Awards room
There was actually some space outside of the Main Ballroom where you could practice your steps beforehand without injuring onlookers.
They got a closer ballroom for the Championship stages this year. Much closer.
Solo dress racks were in a much more accessible location this year.
Multiple food vendors at various locations throughout the facility

We were done and walking to the parking garage before 4 PM -- which was good, because Devonna and I had a 5 PM call time at the Dayton Convention Center for the Adult class' show at A World A'Fair.