Oh, I meant it all right. I'm also pretty sure I've attended more feiseanna than most of the parents at these God-forsaken events have attended fleadhanna. From my own kid's point of view, the only benefit of 'Irish' dancing was that it helped her with her music. I suspect, however, that many of these kids have little or no exposure to the music apart from these ghastly CDs that their teachers make them 'dance' to. If their parents spent the same money on instruments that they do on these horrible dresses and wigs and sent them to music lessons they might learn an art form that allows for individual self-expression as well as discipline. I suspect, however, that most of these parents don't want them to have access to anything of the kind.