Iāve never gotten so many notes on a post. This means a lot to me because years ago, when I used to stalk the Irish dance side of Tumblr but didnāt have my own blog, I saw a lot of hate towards the Southern Region. It hurt me a lot because we canāt help where we live and weāre damn good dancers because we have something to prove. I was brought home to the same house I live in today on the day I was born. I have gone to the same studio in my home town for ten years of doing Irish dance. Just because my family didnāt move to New York or Boston for me to dance at a āpopularā Irish dance school doesnāt mean I canāt have a good a chance as any to win big. Due to illness and unforeseen circumstances, I never got a chance to even compete to qualify for Worlds. I only competed at the oireachtas once as an open prizewinner level dancer in the traditional set dance championship. I was very close to qualifying for prelims, but didnāt make my teacherās deadline, so I had to compete in Trad Set instead. That day opened my eyes because the novice/prizewinner dancers in my competition were insanely good. And we were all obviously from the Southern Region. I was floored by the talent and I think many of the dancers in my group would have recalled, if not qualified for nationals/worlds, in the regular competition- and we were all definitely novice/prizewinner dancers. I can assure there was no fudging of level. I think sometimes itās hard to move up because Irish dance is so subjective. It doesnāt mean youāre not a good dancer. Iāve seen novice dancers that were better than OC dancers before. Itās all subjective and based on who you compete against that day and what the judge thinks. Itās the same with the Southern Region vs. other religions. We havenāt suddenly gotten good. Maybe we didnāt win due to subjectivity beyond our control. I didnāt think my group would be that great due to the fact that it was not open to champs and I was falsely believing the s*it spewed about the SR. I may have had the stomach flu that day, but that was only part of the reason I was shocked I placed 5th. It was because the dancers were AMAZING. I was scared I wouldnāt make the recall, which was only eight dancers. I am sorry that I falsely assumed those ideas that Southern Region dancers were inferior. Weāre incredible and just as amazing as anyone from California, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, or heck, even Ireland. Go SR. And go Simone and Saoirse, and also Jason, our first ever World Champion. @simone-adele @saoirsedeboy @jasonhays91
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