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• It was always that way, top 50, I remmy daughter have 150 in her comp, top many winners, NANS shouldn’t split either. (NT) -- Dm, 12:08:02 10/29/24 Tue
  • Even if NAIDC wasn't split and still offered a 50% recall ... it would take the same amount of time as dancing a 50% recall for an A half and a B half. Like if there are 200 dancers, there are 100 sets with a 50% recall regardless of whether the competition is split or not. And NAIDC does this all in 5 days. Bizarre that CLRG can't figure it out. (NT) -- **, 12:18:05 10/29/24 Tue
  • "It was always that way" is the worst possible justification for continuing with a system that no longer works. (NT) -- DM, 12:20:00 10/29/24 Tue
    • I have no opinion on how Worlds is run, but agree that the worst reason to something is because “that is how we’ve always done it.” (NT) -- Dm, 12:47:43 10/29/24 Tue
    • Clrg is short sighted. They want all the dancers money… -- Frustrating, 13:46:33 10/29/24 Tue

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• Not everyone gets a trophy -- Dancer, 14:30:10 10/29/24 Tue
  • It's already a joke. We know the results are all crap anyway. Stop pretending the winners are better. Everyone up there is working hard. Y (NT) -- Gross, 15:14:30 10/30/24 Wed
  • Thank you voice of reason! Not everyone is …… (NT) -- World’s material! Face it!, 10:15:26 10/31/24 Thu
    • WINNING MEANS NOTHING -- WORLDS AND MAJORS ARE FIXED, 03:22:32 11/05/24 Tue

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• You can’t have two world champions! There shouldn’t be two national champs either. (NT) -- Silly, 14:52:02 10/29/24 Tue
  • They shouldn’t allow overseas dancers be crowned North American champions either (NT) -- But here we are…, 01:11:29 10/30/24 Wed
    • There should be two comps. One that's an invitational like AI, GBs, or AS, and one that is truly an American Nationals. There was chatter after Phoenix and it died out. (NT) -- MA Mom, 08:15:51 10/30/24 Wed
      • AI, GB and AS are not invitational. I don’t know of any competition that is invitational - they’re either open to all or restricted to certain regions/countries, but never invitational. (NT) -- Si, 07:29:46 10/31/24 Thu
        • The teachers have to invite and register students, so maybe that's what they meant?. Either way, they are glorified feiseanna. In the US you have to earn the right to compete at NANs (NT) -- ., 13:05:12 11/08/24 Fri

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• Here is why -- JPT, 15:05:46 10/29/24 Tue

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• the worlds should be the reserved for the best of the best , not everyone and their brother , I think there should be less qualifiers not more -- oh please, 15:29:31 10/29/24 Tue
  • Definitely too many qualify. Especially in small regions in the UK. It should be the same % of qualifiers from each region but it’s not. (NT) -- Make UK regions larger, 01:38:55 10/30/24 Wed
    • lol so true! The entire state of Maine is larger than Ireland. It doesn’t add up! (NT) -- Makes no sense, 01:42:44 10/30/24 Wed
      • But there are more Irish dancers in Ireland than in Maine? (NT) -- ., 04:50:24 10/30/24 Wed
        • Age groups in Mid America have 200 dancers while some UK regions barely yield 20. (NT) -- They aren’t the same, 04:53:46 10/30/24 Wed
          • Midamerica is ridiculous and IDTANA needs to redraw regions. So many OC don’t even recall -- Too many dancers, 06:11:47 10/30/24 Wed
            • Because most of them probably moved up too quickly after winning with 2nd chance competitions. Open dancers who don't recall are probably not the most talented open dancers. (NT) -- DM, 08:36:16 10/30/24 Wed
              • MidAmerica actually has requirements for competing at O, unlike the rest of the regions. (NT) -- ,, 09:05:34 10/30/24 Wed
                • It’s a good thing but with numbers so large, not a good chance for PC and PW to recall. (NT) -- Change needed, 11:44:13 10/30/24 Wed
                  • Sorry - change is needed so that inexperienced dancers at a lower competitive level have chance to recall at their regional championship? Is that what you meant? Why is it an issue that mid-level dancers don't recall against top level? (NT) -- Isnt that the point of levels?, 03:51:06 10/31/24 Thu
                    • Because many OC don’t recall here and Prizewinner do in other tiny regions. Then they are at the bottom -- For nationals, 04:21:06 10/31/24 Thu
                      • That doesn’t seem like a Mid America problem, though. Recall fewer in other regions if it’s that big a deal. (NT) -- Some regions are just bigger., 11:54:44 10/31/24 Thu
                        • So a small region has what? 2 recall / redrawing the lines or splitting MidAmerica makes more sense (NT) -- !, 13:59:36 10/31/24 Thu
              • Many schools in MidAmerica wait until end of year to ⬆️ Academy doesn’t allow 2nd chance -- It’s true, 10:40:55 10/30/24 Wed
                • Agree. My DD was signed up for a 2nd chance but won into open the previous week. Feis wouldn't let her move to open so we had her sit out the 2nd chance. (NT) -- dm, 07:11:30 11/21/24 Thu
              • No. Mid America was huge before second chance was even a thing. (NT) -- Always been huge, 13:17:30 11/05/24 Tue
          • I've seen Oireachtas that qualify kids for worlds with 20 total competitors in Canada. Then they pop down to a mid American feis and don't even place. Size matters. -- Mid america is huge!!, 13:08:37 10/30/24 Wed
            • Me too! MA has dancers at every feis from out of region. Midstlantic Southern and Easter Canada -- All the time, 13:34:44 10/30/24 Wed

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• It went back to old format to save money. Recalling more dancers doesn’t work -- ., 16:18:35 10/29/24 Tue

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• If you are worried about your dancer not getting a recall at the world championships, then your dancer is just a filler for the competition. This is an elite event and should be open to only elite dancers. (NT) -- DM, 20:39:29 10/29/24 Tue
  • Agreed. If your dancer is impacted by this decision, they probably don't deserve to be at Worlds. (NT) -- sorry, 02:58:47 10/30/24 Wed
  • If you are worried about your dancer not getting a recall at the world championships, then your dancer is not a favored dancer at a cheating school -- Fixed it for you, 08:38:12 10/30/24 Wed

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• Worlds should be the best of the best. Too many qualify. Recall should be best 50, the surplus are making up the numbers covering the cost of event. Very happy it's back to top 50 recalling. (NT) -- Happy mom, 22:51:21 10/29/24 Tue

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• DD was in last sr ladies comp before they split ages; group had close to 300 and judges admitted by the end they could barely keep their eyes open; too big a comp to judge fairly. Exact reason why they changed format (NT) -- need less qualifiers, 04:35:54 10/30/24 Wed

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• There are really two camps on this issue. One that wants only elite dancers at worlds and one that wants lots of people to get the experience. More... -- Fair ha, 12:47:17 10/30/24 Wed
  • You nailed it. (NT) -- Well said, 13:20:37 11/05/24 Tue

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• They should use the 2 day format once a competition reaches a certain size. I'm ok with only 50 final recalls, but no one can fairly judge a comp of 200-300 at once (NT) -- Small comps don't need 2 days, 18:37:13 10/30/24 Wed

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• Mid-America -- Dance Momma, 05:30:35 11/23/24 Sat