Shelly Hathaway's Page

Queen Maeve School in Saskatchewan

I love reading your articles, especially "Do Irish dance solo dresses & wigs distract the audience from a great performance?' 

The reason I chose the school I did is because they don't push students to go into feisanna or buy solos. Full wigs are ban during school performances, and if you don't want to rent a school dress you just wear blacks.

I love that it's strictly about the dancing!

i am thinkin of travelling to your schools feis coming up... is it a long way from the airport? i love to travel around for competitions bc i get to see new places and meet new people, etc but sometimes its hard when the place where the feis is not close to the airport if you're coming from far away :)

I just read your article "Do Irish dance solo dresses & wigs distract the audience from a great performance?'  and i am glad as an adult dancer i am not the only one who feels this way. I have recently gone back to Irish Dance after a break of almost 15years .. as a 29 year old I am not as keen to get back into competing because of the costumes and attire that is now the norm for competition. Although many of the costumes are beautiful I do feel that often when watching a dancer (esp in competition) you can not help but notice the dress and hair more than the steps... i guess we can only see if in the coming years if there are other options introduced esp for adult dancers.