May I hijack this thread?

I was talking about Riverdance with friends just the other day and claimed that, whatever qualities the show may have had, it unfortunately signed the death warrant of the Irish kilt -- since Flatley put his dancers in leg-tubes.

Did anyone here see the original offering that started it all off? ie: the Irish dance group that was seen on the Eurovision song contest several years ago? Were the men in trousers even then?

All the step dancing I had seen previously had been performed in kilts. Now, as far as I can tell, it is only young lassies (in wigs!) that show the intricacies of Irish step.

Martin