Why have numbers declined so much? i have a friend with a top show dog and she said that the Covid problem wiped out most of their competitions and many have not come back. -- Western U.S. Region Irish Dance 250192

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Date Posted: 15:19:02 10/01/25 Wed
Author: parent
Subject: Why have numbers declined so much? i have a friend with a top show dog and she said that the Covid problem wiped out most of their competitions and many have not come back.

Is there any way to promote Irish dancing as the numbers are so small now. I'm grateful for every teacher who has slugged it out during the past difficult years.Kudos to teachers and kids who slugged it out with videos!

What if our parents/kids posted more pictures on Facebook? I saw some beautiful pix from the last feis.

How else can numbers revive?

The art form is so beautiful and hope it can be expanded to more kids and more families.

I especially noticed that very few young people, say in their 30s, that were dancers, are not bringing their kids in.

In some cases our dancers do not have kids or families and are stil single. I also know everything is so expensive now as well. Just life in general has become so expensive.

The marriage rate is at an all time low and the birthrate among US citizens is at an all time low.

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Demographics for one. The largest birth year was 1990, so those dancers are long retired. Also, most of the millennial dancers were following after Riverdance. Can’t underestimate the impact that show had on ID worldwide (NT) -- Old timer, 19:08:06 10/02/25 Thu
Agree with every reason you listed but don’t forget the recent cheating scandal, it really took a toll, no matter what age dancer, parents. -- Judging can’t be trusted anymore more inside, 07:36:04 10/03/25 Fri
CLRG does not make it easy to get certified. We need more schools. -- x, 14:18:35 10/07/25 Tue
- Excellent post! I'd be interested to hear if anyone thinks the grades are helpful for becoming a good TC. (NT) -- I suspect not...., 07:24:57 10/08/25 Wed
  - They might be helpful in prepping for the TCRG exam... but it is the exact same stuff as the dancing and ceili part of the exam. -- my opinion, 13:55:55 10/11/25 Sat
    - You're thinking of the Grade & TC Exams wrong... -- See inside, 18:02:34 10/11/25 Sat
      - That is one way to look at it... -- x, 22:42:51 10/13/25 Mon
There's a lot to this -- More inside, 14:19:18 10/16/25 Thu
So many things to consider - more -- No name, 09:02:33 10/29/25 Wed
- Agreed -- DM, 10:54:35 11/06/25 Thu

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