Winners should be chosen ‘on merit alone’, parents say - but dancing’s appeal goes beyond prize
One Irish woman said she fully supported the new measures now in place. “I think that it is important that there are repercussions for what happened. This is an important day for children as it involves qualifying for the World Championships. If they get there you want them to get there because they deserve it. And not because of who they knew. That doesn’t work anyway because it gives kids the wrong sense of their abilities. It is not good for them.
“Every sport has cheating at some point. It was going to happen to Irish dancing. So many people are feeling nervous about what you are asking about,” she said. “I think Irish dancing could do a better job in communicating about this whole thing. Making people available to talk I think there is a way of handling this.”
“The idea is for it to be more transparent and upfront, and that there is no things going on behind the scenes. It was a dark cloud for a while, and hopefully we are moving past that and focusing on the skill and talent it takes to do these things. And the energy and the effort.”
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