A Successful 2008 Fleadh
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This weekend was a great success by all measures, with record numbers of competitors and bands competing. Some Photos here... The hotel size and layout seemed well suited to the competitions and we had a great Friday night concert with Bohola, and a special appearance by Pat's People.

Detroit IMA last played host to Midwest Fleadh in 1999-2002. With overwhelming support in the local Irish community, a small army of volunteers enabled the event to run smoothly. Thanks to the judges, Fleadh Committee and of course the competitors.

All events ran on time for the most part and despite a large number of bands on Saturday night the competitions finished by 12:15. allowing for a long night and morning of sessions. The Senior Ceilí Band competition was again won by the Broken Pledge, with St. Louis Irish Arts 2nd. For the first time ever, Detroit fielded two bands, The "D Town C Band" and the "Great Lakes Ceilí Band", which tied for 3rd. What a great night!

UPDATE: Judges Sheets Available 10-Jun-2008 9:29 AM

ALL of the solo judging sheets have been uploaded. Bands & Groups are being directly mailed to the leaders. To get the sheets, login to the registration just like you did for for the competitions and you will see the Judges Sheets button. View Competition Results...

Password Help
If you sent in a registration by snail mail (paper) you may not know your password. We had to setup a Profile for you and created a passsword for you. Contact us: Fleadh@DetroitIMA.org if you need password help. After you login, you may want to update your Profile, adding a middle initial and changing your password to something you might remember. Next year, you will not have to create the Profile again!

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UPDATE: Band Photos
15-may-08 0:46 AM
We will be uploading all of the group/band photos to an online photosharing area (Flickr) where you can download the photos in high resolution, free of charge. Flickr has a on online photo service if you want color prints or CDs of all the photos. Give us a few days to get that together.

Schedule of Events
Friday, May 9, 2008

• 4:00 pm Registration Opens
• 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  Duet and Trio Competitions
  in designated competition rooms.
  No charge.

• 8:00pm - 1am
  Concert with "Bohola" and singer Paddy Homan.
  Main Ballroom. Download Flier...
  $15 general admission, Registered competitors free. $5 for Saturday all-day pass holders. About Bohola...

Saturday, May 10

• 8am Registration Opens
• 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
  Solo Competitions
  in designated rooms.
  $8 or $15 for all-day pass

• 7:00 pm - 12:00
  Group Events - Ceili Band and Grupai Cheoil (Music Groups) Competitions in the Main Ballroom. $8 for this event unless you purchased the all-day Saturday pass $15.