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Question: Irish dancing competetions!.!.those hairpieces!?
Why is is now seen as essential for those poor girls not only to dance with a frozen smile and hands glues to their sides but to have a chance of winning they have to have those crazy ringlet hairpieces!. Where's the enjoyment gone!? Was there any!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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wearing the wigs is just a LOT easier for us rather than spending hours curling our own hair!.!.!. plus, the curls bouncing when we jump adds a nice effect!. i love the competitions, i dont mind wearing the wigs, & its just a lot of fun!!! btw having their arms down by their sides is a tradition bcuz
in the olden days when ireland was in a war, the redcoats wanted to make sure they werent having any fun so they would look into their windows and c wat they were doing all the time!.!. they couldnt tell that the ppl were dancing because their upper body was still and it kinda looked like they were just walkin around!.!.!. but now its a tradition and i think it looks very pretty!.
irish dancers DO use their arms for team dancing & choreographies tho which are very pretty also!. [they compete in these dances also]
p!.s!. not all dancers dance w/ a frozen smile!.!.!.!. i no i dont & yea i agree it looks kinda tacky wen they do :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Crikey! You Yanks really miss the point of FOLK dancing don't you!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Its not only Irish dancers that wear them; normal dancers wear them too!. I used to have to wear a smaller one for comps/recitals!. It was just so we looked all the same!. I think the same would apply in Irish!. First one dance school started the trend and then everyone else HAD to have them just to fit in!.

You don't notice the wigs though when you dance, you are far more focused on the routine!.

I know were you are coming from; I have a lot of friends who do Irish and whenever they compete they start smiling and then the smile slowly disappears throughout the dance!. They are concentrating that hard that they just forget to smile!. So that can make it seem like they don't enjoy it!. But would you go through that much hard work and not even like it a little bit!? I wouldn't think so!.

I hope this helps :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

The wigs are fun! I like them, and they just make the dancing look bouncier!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Most of them curl their own hair, but the peices arent exclusive ot Irish dance!. All forms of dance force you to use facial expression, not necessarily what youre feeling, and we all have used hair peicxes at some point, its very common, especially if theres a theme to the dance and everyone should look similar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com