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Date Posted: 15:05:46 10/29/24 Tue
Author: JPT
Subject: Here is why
In reply to: frustrated 's message, "Worlds & NAIDC: rant ahead" on 11:55:29 10/29/24 Tue

CLRG has a very strong clique of members who protect the tradition. At their core, this clique believes that dancers and teachers should adhere to tradition. They earnestly think the clique are the guardians of the culture.

NAIDC is run by people who have authority and expertise. They want only to make things better, not as it has always been. Each Region, in their turn, works hard to give their dancers an experience of their life. We work hard to make a new memory, each and every year.

It is so hard to participate in the discussion and the debate about keeping World’s as it was envisioned in the Mansion House, while knowing that in North America we hold a vibrant ,vital major championship, while CLRG fears bankruptcy.
See the future. Embrace success. Change or die.

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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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