World Irish Dancing Championships 2012 preview

Hey Vicky! I danced in the late 50's and on. And yes, we wore green costumes with celtic designs embroidered on. No wigs or wierd colors! The emphasis should be on the dance not the costumes. I think the idea is now to attract the judges attention...no matter how glitzy you have to be. And it is not the Riverdance style...that is actually very plain. They started to go in that direction after Riverdance came out but it got a little low cut so the judges put an end to it. Very easy solution to these garish costumes and wigs...just have the Irish Dance Commission have some guidelines. But obviously they like the way it is!

They should be fair and make the boy dancers where wigs too. They're awful!

The hideous wigs and ridiculous costumes started at least 25 years ago so they can't be blamed on Gaga and her ilk. But they do take away from the dance itself and make the dancers look like fools.

Actually Murph 46 Innishfree Irish Dancers were at our River Parade program at the Arneson River Theater and later at the Hooley. We had the River Parade just not the Street.

Its not Micky its Vicki.... i danced in Dublin in the '50's and the costumes were plain green with gold(orange) shawl and celtic pin.. that's all you needed it was the "dance" not the funky hair, very expensive costumes and make-up on young kids... Get back to Irish dancing as it should be.. not a take off on"riverdance" So there!!!

Down with the wigs!

I wonder if the Afro-American-Jewish boy from Ohio will win again. That's America at its best!

joan1954 did they miss the parade-Oh ,that's right there was none!

16 dancers from Texas qualified for the All World and 7 of them are from San Antonio. Congrats to all the qualifiers.

Congratulations AGAIN to Celtic Steps, Trinity and Watters on making North America proud at the 2011 World Irish Dancing Championships! Looking forward to the coverage of this year's events!

I agree that the emphasis should be on the dance, as bythebay notes here, but today's narcissistic culture driven by Gaga and her ilk makes it all about "look at my skin" or the beef hanging on her, and hair of course.