Not wigs, but the hair HAD to be curly. My daughter's hair is determinately straight. She would go to bed in rag curlers, use masses of lacquer, we'd take the rags out and ... flop!

Like Chris B's daughter, she studied tap, modern, ballet and Irish, then added flamenco as an aperitif. At 22, she continues with ballet and modern.

I think the breaking point was when she was supposed to take part in an Irish display at a club, which my wife drove round for about an hour trying to find, then had to abandon. Being told off for not turning up was, I think, the final straw.