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Date Posted: 12:01:34 12/10/20 Thu
Author: No name (🍀)
Author Host/IP: ool-18e43fa3.dyn.optonline.net / 24.228.63.163
Subject: Irish dancing is insane! Please see inside
In reply to: 's message, "Judges score at Oireachtas in Indy" on 00:16:32 12/05/20 Sat

Yes, we have been at a feis where a boy in my DD competition was given 1st by one judge and 16th (last place) by another judge. That does not make any sense. They always tell us one judge must have seen something that the others didn’t, but that is crazy. I keep telling my daughter that Irish Dancing is not fair and is very subjective. I get frustrated as an adult watching it, so I can only imagine how she must feel. Never the less she loves it and wants to keep doing it.

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[> [> Seriously. Why is this never acknowledged? This is becoming the norm, and the answer we get is also ‘that judge saw one thing’ and ‘it’s art.’ I don’t know what to think anymore. -- No name, 16:23:18 12/10/20 Thu (c-24-15-212-49.hsd1.il.comcast.net/24.15.212.49)

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[> [> [> It is an art, but it is also a sport as we all agree. I have always thought there should be a laid out criteria all judges have to adhere to. The CLRG apparently disagrees -- Inside, 12:05:19 12/11/20 Fri (cpe-65-189-55-125.cinci.res.rr.com/65.189.55.125)

Timing/Tempo -25%
Artistry/Stage Presence - 40%
Form (Turnout/Pointed Toes/Extension/Arms/Posture) - 25%
General appearance - 10% (This would be neat hair, but not necessarily a wig; tidy outfit, but not necessarily a blinged solo outfit; socks pulled up, etc.)

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[> [> [> [> I left out "difficulty." There should be a criteria for difficulty to discourage schools from focusing on simplicity to make it easier for the dancers to perfect the "basics." -- Just my opinion, 13:05:14 12/11/20 Fri (cpe-65-189-55-125.cinci.res.rr.com/65.189.55.125)

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