Comments on: World Championships of Irish Dancing http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/kristengill/world-championships-of-irish-dancing/ Join Kristen as she explores the world's quirky cultural nuances! Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:15:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Kat http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/kristengill/world-championships-of-irish-dancing/comment-page-1/#comment-883 Kat Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:28:31 +0000 http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/kristengill/world-championships-of-irish-dancing/#comment-883 I have done Irish Dancing for nearly ten years and till this day I stil absalutely LOVE it!! It has become apart of me and who I am and what people recognise me for. Myself and my mother have put in an enormous amount of time, money and effort and I would not change it for the world! Yes the wigs and the amount of make up can be off putting for people on the outside who don't really know about Irish Dancing but its like anything else, you change and adapt and it simply becomes apart of the sport! No questions asked. However, I would agree at the fact that small children of the ages of five years are starting to plaster on the make up and fake tan, that is something which I am against. They are young children who don't need to grow up so fast, plus I think that there is simply no need for it. If a dancer is good then judge them on their foot work and not by the amount of make up they wear. Especially whenever they are only five years old! However, like I said, its like any sport, it is just something that people get used to. Plus people are complaining about how children these days are getting so fat because of the lack of excerise they do. Irish Dancing is one of the best forms of excersie there is imaginable, if you don't want to do the competition side of it fine. But if you do it for the fitness then I guarantee you, you will see the benfits of it within 3-4 weeks. But don't just take my word for it! Try it and see! I have done Irish Dancing for nearly ten years and till this day I stil absalutely LOVE it!! It has become apart of me and who I am and what people recognise me for. Myself and my mother have put in an enormous amount of time, money and effort and I would not change it for the world! Yes the wigs and the amount of make up can be off putting for people on the outside who don’t really know about Irish Dancing but its like anything else, you change and adapt and it simply becomes apart of the sport! No questions asked. However, I would agree at the fact that small children of the ages of five years are starting to plaster on the make up and fake tan, that is something which I am against. They are young children who don’t need to grow up so fast, plus I think that there is simply no need for it. If a dancer is good then judge them on their foot work and not by the amount of make up they wear. Especially whenever they are only five years old! However, like I said, its like any sport, it is just something that people get used to. Plus people are complaining about how children these days are getting so fat because of the lack of excerise they do. Irish Dancing is one of the best forms of excersie there is imaginable, if you don’t want to do the competition side of it fine. But if you do it for the fitness then I guarantee you, you will see the benfits of it within 3-4 weeks. But don’t just take my word for it! Try it and see!

]]> By: Shannon http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/kristengill/world-championships-of-irish-dancing/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Shannon Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:37:07 +0000 http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/kristengill/world-championships-of-irish-dancing/#comment-563 Thank you for the personal account on Irish dance. The wigs and ueber make up had me a little apprehensive, (my daughter started dance two years ago.) Our school, (I started dancing, too!), doesn't prime our dancers for the wigs and pagentry aspect. There are some classic schools. Thank you for the personal account on Irish dance. The wigs and ueber make up had me a little apprehensive, (my daughter started dance two years ago.) Our school, (I started dancing, too!), doesn’t prime our dancers for the wigs and pagentry aspect. There are some classic schools.

]]> By: Ian http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/kristengill/world-championships-of-irish-dancing/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Ian Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:18:44 +0000 http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/kristengill/world-championships-of-irish-dancing/#comment-63 Check out those wigs. Is this Dangerous Liaisons on Ice starring The Hair Bear Bunch? Jay-Zus! e Check out those wigs. Is this Dangerous Liaisons on Ice starring The Hair Bear Bunch?

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