End of September- any new information on wig status -- New England Irish Dancers

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Subject: End of September- any new information on wig status

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Date Posted: 07:30:18 09/22/23 Fri

Wondering if region has met to vote already or if the can will be kicked down the road prior to the O. Have to go wig shopping for a new dress if wigs are still happening, but don't want to spend the $ if not.

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[> Subject: The wig motion was not discussed at the last NER meeting. Important note: there will be ample notice if/when a motion is passed. It will not be effective immediately.
Author: Start of a dialogue, not end of the road yet [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:02:47 09/22/23 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: please get rid of them
Author: worst [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:01:25 09/25/23 Mon They make the whole thing over the top. We need to get rid of them. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: I hope they keep the wigs. Dd greatly prefers them. Wigs have never been mandatory. Since there's no rule saying one must wear a wig, surely we don't need a rule saying you can't wear one.
Author: to each their own [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:27:18 09/26/23 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Exactly. And most common sense people know this and make their own choices without infringing their beliefs on others.
Author: No rule needed [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:33:44 09/26/23 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: If we keep wigs as optional, then judges continue to have the "option" of judging not on the dancing, but on the wigs. Couldn't be more stupid. Force Dancers judges and coaches to focus on actual dance technique for once.
Author: Lose the wigs [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 07:52:08 09/29/23 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Stop, insulting judges, intelligence by thinking they are looking at only wigs that’s ridiculous. Course we can also, let the numbers for the HPK fish speak for themselves. Already the number is lower than mcinerney or ICC Maybe people are making a statement by not attending
Author: Yours is the Minority opinion [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 08:13:07 09/29/23 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: To be fair there are also several schools that don’t allow Saturday feising
Author: Just saying [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:23:44 09/29/23 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: I would be surprised if the number registering for the HPK feis is low due to it being a wingless feis.
Author: Looking forward to it! [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05:18:52 10/01/23 Sun I know several mom’s & dancer’s looking forward to attend their feis because it is wigless. We are all coming from out of region to attend. They had to change the date of their feis, maybe that has something to do with numbers being low? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Whatever the reason, it is still probably lower than it would have been if they had kept it in the Spring, before Naitonals. They said then that they were rescheduling due to "low numbers." My sense is that they are probably lower now then they would have been then.
Author: -- [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:46:28 10/01/23 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Registered numbers for both are <50% capacity. It's less of a "vote" between a wigless vs wigs-on feis, and more a sign that families are "voting with their feet" in general as dancers leave the sport in general.
Author: Not in the minority [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:00:50 10/02/23 Mon [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: I agree. And taking this thread further in this direction--this is the first time in a decade that that no-one got on this board at noon sharp to complain about no hotels being available for Os. The scramble did not seem to happen this year. Not a peep on tis board. That is the biggest sign of all to me.
Author: ----- [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05:31:26 10/03/23 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: At this point if you're letting your kid compete, you're actively condoning and supporting the widespread cheating that we've all read about. Maybe some people have the backbone to walk away. We all should, really.
Author: disgusted mom [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 08:07:32 10/03/23 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Yes- many now see competition for what it is and have walked away
Author: good on them [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 07:42:37 10/04/23 Wed We aren't far behind. Wish there was more out there for kids that love Irish Dance but not competition. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]