Competitions and Holidays

[Levin571]

I decided to start this thread to point out some of the dates that FIRST chose for this years regional and National event.


First off there are these regional competitions:
Regionals: OH, CO, IL, NY, PA, SJ, WAT March 24, 2005

These 6 competitions fall on Easter weekend, and some of the teams that go to these regionals from far away would return back home on Sunday which is already easter.


The other religious conflict is National itself:
Championship: Atlanta, Georgia April 21, 2005

This falls on the first two days of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The first two days are the most important where jews are supposed to go to synagogue and have a seder at night which is essentially a meal involving a lot of different religious aspects. Also during this time one cannot eat food with yeast in it like any bread products, and i wouldn't assume the Georgia Dome to have all the proper kinds of food that we can eat.


I'de like to see how other people/teams are dealing to this predicament, and to possibly find out who i can write a letter to from FIRST about this.