Pan-stick, perms and pirouettes … what happened when the Irish Dance Olympics hit Scotland

AS the first three under-21s in the World Irish Dancing Championships take up their starting positions a hush falls in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall auditorium. Even from far back in the stalls their almost fluorescent, bejewelled dresses are unnervingly dazzling, their legs are stained a colour that could only come from a bottle and their curly wigs in unnatural colours of white blonde, glossy black, and bright auburn – often topped with a tiara – bounce as they cross the stage.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16130671.Pan_stick__perms_and_pirouettes_____what_happened_when_the_Irish_Dance_Olympics_hit_Scotland/?ref=rss