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Date Posted: 20:40:51 06/24/23 Sat
Author: Feis was overcrowded and unsafe
Subject: Shame on Rochester Academy

Rochester feis was a complete dumpster fire. Can only speak to champ stage but rooms and hallways were crowded, no place for dancers to warm up, heard other champ stage was slippery with lots of falls...oh and yes my dancer placed so thanks for the cheap water bottle...

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You would think they would follow the CLRG rules after the issues of lately but no! More inside -- Sketchy stuff going down- not cool, 22:29:23 06/24/23 Sat
- And how did they place? - perhaps they let dance without a DQ? (NT) -- I’ve seen this before, 09:38:28 06/25/23 Sun
  - *with a DQ (NT) -- Typo, 09:39:34 06/25/23 Sun
    - I’m fairly sure both of them made podium (NT) -- Not fair to dancers who were there on time!, 09:43:00 06/25/23 Sun
      - One did for sure. Feel bad for 5th place when they got nothing (NT) -- Poor decision., 11:38:20 06/25/23 Sun
- Let me guess, raid dancers? (NT) -- Eyeroll mom, 17:01:05 06/25/23 Sun
Glad I had something else to do. Venues are tough to find. And volunteers. Not a feis fan. -- Oldie, 06:35:16 06/25/23 Sun
Used to be one of our faves. Wise up people - sign of the times= Costs up/Participation down. (NT) -- I’m sure they tried their best, 08:12:39 06/25/23 Sun
Yes and my daughter was taken off the stage to allow them to dance. -- See inside, 08:27:33 06/25/23 Sun
They kept extending the deadline -- To increase numbers? To cover costs?, 10:47:11 06/25/23 Sun
That school is well known for shady results. -- BTDT, 14:57:50 06/25/23 Sun
- Do you have any proof of this? The school has only been around since 2016, and it's not like every dancer is getting top podium placements like some other schools -- More Inside, 16:23:50 06/25/23 Sun
- A dancer supposedly stepped off the stage while dancing yesterday and was denied the win. Not sure how you step off a raised stage without crashing. And big surprise a raid dancer got the win. (NT) -- Dm, 17:48:22 06/25/23 Sun
  - They weren't denied, the rule was followed. Any dancer that steps off the stage cannot place in the top 3 (NT) -- Read rules., 13:35:49 06/29/23 Thu
    - I understand the rule. The point of my statement was on a slightly raised stage if she had actually stepped off she would have fallen off the stage or been severely off balanced. Either case it wouldn’t have resulted in her placing 1st (score-wise) (NT) -- Op, 14:17:48 07/01/23 Sat
      - She stepped off the stage -- Eyewitness, 04:25:39 07/02/23 Sun
        Where did her foot go if she stepped off a RAISED stage as a PP said? (NT) -- marked gym floor is one thing but on a raised stage, you fall off, 14:21:21 07/10/23 Mon
- My daughter went into this weekend knowing they bought results. Which is so sad for a kid to know how this sport works. (NT) -- Sad but true, 19:27:40 06/25/23 Sun
  - I don't believe that, there were plenty of competitions where host school dancers didn't win, it's been like that for years (NT) -- Uh huh, 19:58:16 06/25/23 Sun
  - I'm sorry you feel that way, I've always had a great experience there in previous years, just because some schools cheat doesn't mean all of them do, no matter how big the school is (NT) -- DM, 23:29:54 06/25/23 Sun
  - Quite whining -- Try Harder, 14:12:53 06/28/23 Wed
The judging was all over the place. We had kids ranked 1st & last by diff judges. Seriously were they watching the same person? (NT) -- Mom, 15:34:13 06/25/23 Sun
Who needs another water bottle? How long before 1st place water bottle is in the lost and found (NT) -- dm, 16:59:23 06/25/23 Sun
- Wow - so what do you do with those trophies? Do they have abuse? (NT) -- ?, 17:22:05 06/25/23 Sun
- Kind of agree here. Do other sporting competitions provide things other than medals, ribbons, trophies, sashes? Some alternative “trophies” are nice like pottery, blown glass, etc. (NT) -- Would take a medal over a water bottle, 22:18:20 06/25/23 Sun
Should have seen heritage - it was horrible (NT) -- PM, 19:05:02 06/25/23 Sun
- What do you mean? You thought heritage was horrible? (NT) -- Please clarify?, 08:51:18 06/26/23 Mon
Did you see the photos from USAIDA US Open? Trophies bigger than kids! (NT) -- I wonder how their feis costs compare, 22:21:24 06/25/23 Sun
- Or the sweet trophies at the WBD feis in Toronto (NT) -- Dancer wants sashes and trophies, 22:46:51 06/25/23 Sun
  - Looked like small trophies & sash for 1st place and large medals and sash for other placers. (NT) -- ??, 22:58:21 06/25/23 Sun
  - I wouldn't hold WBD as a benchmark. It was an absolute disaster. Packed in like sardines, well over capacity. A definite safety/fire hazard. (NT) -- ABC, 08:48:03 06/26/23 Mon
- that is how they try and get you to switch, with big trophies (NT) -- no morals just big trophies, no thanks, 12:25:02 07/08/23 Sat
LIES—Sashes for 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th & 5th for ALL Prelim and Open Champ Comps (NT) -- Didn’t follow their syllabus and they only gave sashes to top half, 22:44:25 06/25/23 Sun
- Not sure what you mean but if 5th place doesn’t place because there were 8 dancers, they don’t get a sash. (NT) -- Because they didn’t place…, 23:11:22 06/25/23 Sun
  - Best response of the day! I think there is motivated stirring going on in these replies. (NT) -- 👏👏👏, 07:54:52 06/26/23 Mon
    - Exactly! It sounds like this feis wasn't perfect, but a lot of this seems like people are upset for the sake of getting upset (NT) -- 😬, 11:46:17 06/26/23 Mon
      - It was UNSAFE and now other things are emerging? -- People can have valid issues lol, 13:14:54 06/26/23 Mon
        Because clearly the judges making decisions is all on the hosting school (NT) -- 🙄, 13:22:20 06/26/23 Mon
- Sashes plus trophies OR water bottles so that was weird -- They have also taken off award pics from FB now.., 08:07:11 06/26/23 Mon
  - Because they don’t want everyone to see the 2 rounds late dancers where their dancers and given special treatment, while overruling a JUDGE (NT) -- Shocking not shocked, 19:36:51 06/26/23 Mon
    - Get your facts straight -- FeisMomUndoingDrama, 12:55:15 06/28/23 Wed
      - Halls were crowded but my dancer made it where she needed to be! -- They should have been paying attention!, 11:32:05 06/30/23 Fri
      - People pay hundred of dollars for their kids to go to a feis and prepare for them. They have every right to be pissed when their kids get cheated by people who break rules. (NT) -- Idk bout you but we budget for this stuff and it’s hard. I get it., 11:37:40 06/30/23 Fri
Thank you -- Dancemum, 03:01:34 06/28/23 Wed
- People have forgotten what it was like pre-pandemic -- Things have changed, 11:03:26 06/28/23 Wed
Just chiming in - RAID have a ton of very beautiful dancers so why are we claiming cheating. (More inside) -- -, 04:38:54 06/28/23 Wed
- RAID teachers did a dirty deal merging with a school and then dumping that teacher without warning. (NT) -- Shocking, 07:32:38 06/28/23 Wed
  - Get your facts straight -- Concerned mom, 07:56:46 06/28/23 Wed
  - This couldn’t be further from the truth. She ghosted everyone. (NT) -- Lies, 09:15:26 06/28/23 Wed
    - It’s probably her posting here to stir. Surprised it’s anonymously this time instead of another bizarro video on social media. Her new dancers will soon realize her true colors. She can only keep the mask up for so long. Joining RAID was the best thing that could’ve happened for my dancers. (NT) -- Glad my DD is away from that psychopath., 12:44:06 06/28/23 Wed
  - you must have them confused with Rince Na Tiarna. (NT) -- dance mom, 10:01:19 06/28/23 Wed
    - Who did rnt merge with and who dumped them? -- ., 11:01:05 06/28/23 Wed
      - McMahon (NT) -- ..., 11:07:40 06/28/23 Wed
        To name one (NT) -- ?, 21:44:52 06/28/23 Wed
    - That’s the dirty little secret loophole to avoid a ban. Plan all along (NT) -- Dah, 21:41:12 06/28/23 Wed
  - That is just simply untrue -- Dm, 10:47:57 06/28/23 Wed
  - That teacher gave her formal resignation, ghosted the kids then tried to come back when she got fired from her day job (NT) -- Get your facts straight., 12:29:19 06/28/23 Wed
Instagram Response -- Classy Teachers, 10:50:35 06/28/23 Wed

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