Bracken Feis schedule, why oldest to youngest? -- New England Irish Dancers

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Subject: Bracken Feis schedule, why oldest to youngest?
Author: Far harder for a teen girl to be ready for an 8 am start time	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:20:14 11/04/22 Fri [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: This is done all the time as it frees up the senior dancers who usually serve as much-needed feis volunteers, running stages etc. for the rest of the day.
Author: our feis does this too [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 11:41:26 11/04/22 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: I agree. Older teens, work jobs, have early high school stats and in general are not genetically engineered to be up at 5/6:00 AM. They shouldn’t start the Feis at 8:00 AM
Author: Something to Ponder [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:17:13 11/04/22 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Not really. This is a common practice and teens have been surviving for decades. My older dancer is in her late 20s now and she managed just fine with the early comps, as did her friends. They were happy to be able to work at the feis to help their school.
Author: life will go on [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:37:11 11/04/22 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: But younger kids are? Give me a break
Author: 🤣 [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:38:26 11/27/22 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Really? With all the cheating scandals rocking Irish dance right now, your problem is that your teen has to get up early on feis day?
Author: perspective [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:38:20 11/04/22 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Yes.
Author: OP [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:41:27 11/04/22 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: I am fine with oldest to youngest. If a teen is complaining maybe it’s time for a new sport. They might just be done with it all
Author: Truth [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:19:31 11/04/22 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Mmm, I never said my teen was complaining
Author: But thanks for the psychoanalysis [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:51:50 11/04/22 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: My sr dancer prefers first-thing. Frees her up to assist younger dancers throughout the day
Author: yay [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 07:41:31 11/05/22 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: I definitely don’t prefer 8am and it’s rare that seniors ever dance at 8am at majors.
Author: Senior dancer [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:53:51 11/05/22 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Nobody here said anything about majors here. We're discussing local feiseanna.
Author: apples and oranges [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:07:22 11/05/22 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ]