Windy City Open 2009

[etp777]

So who's going? And yes, this is still a month or so out, but they've already got preliminary heat lists up, and I know several people here are going either to watch or compete, so I decided to start a thread anyway, early or not. :P

Looks like I'll probalby be there Friday and Saturday night to spectate.

Heat lists (so far) are up here:

http://www.o2cm.com/forms/entrylist.asp?event=wco

[DancinDrea19]

mee! i compete on saturday!

[lcdancesport]

Glad I saw this, just put in entries online.

[etp777]

I noticed you weren't up there lcdancesport, actually part of reason I put up this thread. :)

[DancinDrea19]

are those heat lists current? why does it say september 2007 in the upper right corner?!

[etp777]

Heat lists are definitely current. At least in some respects. Two of those couples didn't start competing together until this March at St Louis. Not that I have a vested interest in cheering for them or anything. ;) noticed another couple that's new to me. Guy in it had another longstanding partner up until last fall. So definitely think these are right.

[DancinDrea19]

ok i assumed they were i just didn't know why it said that! I'm not up there yet --cause im turning my stuff in thursday which is after the deadline..whoopss

[etp777]

No problem in asking, I certainly don't expect anyone to be as obsessive about local couples as I am. :)

Plus I've had trouble reading results/heat lists from this comp before, so have some experience interpreting it.

[DanceAngel]

I'll be there! I compete on Saturday and will be attending the evening event to watch my pro compete.

[etp777]

As often as I might suggest getting the middle or top level tickets/seats at a comp for the pro events, I was sitting in cheap seats last year at Windy City and could still see everything perfectly. Plus had a couple cute women sitting next to me. Alla raound, wasn't worth spending the extra on the "better" seats. ;)

[DancinDrea19]

i might go to the pro show--it all depends I hope I get to go!

[etp777]

Everyone feel free to stop by and say hi. You'll hear me from anywhere in the ballroom yelling for the local FA couples. :)

[DancinDrea19]

Everyone feel free to stop by and say hi. You'll hear me from anywhere in the ballroom yelling for the local FA couples. :)

any in pro smooth--then they will compete against my coach again haha

[etp777]

Yes, and they'll lose to your pro, as usual. I'll cheer for your pro and his partner in any heats where he's not competing against my friends. Love watching your pro and his partner, but have to cheer for my friends first. :)

oooo, do you know if they're planning to do the new showdance? That I have people who might be able to beat, but more important, I want to see the new routine.

[DancinDrea19]

Yes, and they'll lose to your pro, as usual. I'll cheer for your pro and his partner in any heats where he's not competing against my friends. Love watching your pro and his partner, but have to cheer for my friends first. :)

oooo, do you know if they're planning to do the new showdance? That I have people who might be able to beat, but more important, I want to see the new routine.

I would assume they are competing it-I will ask him Thursday! I finally saw a video of it--it was very cool!:cool:

[etp777]

Hope so. :)

[lcdancesport]

So I made a dumb mistake. I booked two rooms at the Hyatt, one for myself, one for another student who is only looking to spectate. After confirmation of the rooms, I realized the student is only coming Saturday night and leaving Sunday morning. I booked my room for Thurs-Sunday. I called the hotel, they said there isn't a refund, even though I tried taking off Thurs and Fri of the second room. I'm thinking of calling the manager to figure this out, unless someone else on here wants the room for Thursday and Friday night? The student isn't coming until Saturday morning and she could just leave stuff in my room until check out Saturday. Any help??? :(

[DanceAngel]

So I made a dumb mistake. I booked two rooms at the Hyatt, one for myself, one for another student who is only looking to spectate. After confirmation of the rooms, I realized the student is only coming Saturday night and leaving Sunday morning. I booked my room for Thurs-Sunday. I called the hotel, they said there isn't a refund, even though I tried taking off Thurs and Fri of the second room. I'm thinking of calling the manager to figure this out, unless someone else on here wants the room for Thursday and Friday night? The student isn't coming until Saturday morning and she could just leave stuff in my room until check out Saturday. Any help??? :(

That is really strange that they wouldn't let you take days off your reservation. i just called them yesterday to take a day off of my reservation and they let me do it. When you booked it did you do it online or over the phone?

[lcdancesport]

That is really strange that they wouldn't let you take days off your reservation. i just called them yesterday to take a day off of my reservation and they let me do it. When you booked it did you do it online or over the phone?

I ended up calling back and said I made a mistake with the reservations online and she fixed it right on the spot and I will be getting a refund. Lady #1 was the rude one! Always put your customers first.

[lcdancesport]

Everyone feel free to stop by and say hi. You'll hear me from anywhere in the ballroom yelling for the local FA couples. :)

And maybe a little for me? :p

[etp777]

If I have to. :) Looks like I should be there for at least two of your events.

[hereKittyKitty]

We did this competition last year and I got the impression they were still working out the scheduling, because neither of our events ran on time. One event was over 30 minutes early, the other, an hour late. Perhaps is was just bad luck and they had something unexpected take place.

[fascination]

I will be there...not dancing as much as usual...but will be there to do some select stuff before usdsc

[etp777]

Yeah, seems like a lot of people I've talked to, pro and pro/am, are looking at windy city as a last little *******er/rehearsal before usdc.

[fascination]

don't get me wrong though...I also LOVE that location...very convenient to me...and these organizers go out of their way to make life easy for you

[etp777]

Only compalint I've ever had is that last year ran long enough staurday that I had to miss end of Max and Beata's show so I wouldn't miss train. Other than that, never had a complaint about that comp. :)

[fascination]

I think alot of the issues were due to glitches w/ the hand helds

[ireniecat]

I will be going to watch on Saturday night.

[etp777]

Ooo, showdance event just got more interesting. In addition to Alex and katja with their great new FX routine, Jesse and Kimalee are coming up from Florida with their TA routine which I saw at AAC and loved. Plus of course Vicente and Megan, who I will be cheering for. ;)

[DancinDrea19]

Ooo, showdance event just got more interesting. In addition to Alex and katja with their great new FX routine, Jesse and Kimalee are coming up from Florida with their TA routine which I saw at AAC and loved. Plus of course Vicente and Megan, who I will be cheering for. ;)

you know who i will cheer for;)

[etp777]

That's a given. :) I'll be cheerin gfor them too. Will jsut be rooting for them to get second or third. ;) Love watching all three couples dance.

[mad123]

First official Dance Forum post...whoo hoo! Barring any major disaster, will be dancing Saturday.

[etp777]

Welcome to DF, mad123! I assume you'll be dancing during the day on Saturday? If during the night, I"ll cheer for you if you send me message to clue me in as to who to cheer for. ;)

Either way, Windy City tends to be one of my favorite comps in area here, though Crystal Ball is moving up on list (partly because it's easier for me to get to)

[dlgodud]

Welcome to DF mad123.

[etp777]

Oh, and good luck, of course! :)

[Nybz]

First official Dance Forum post...whoo hoo! Barring any major disaster, will be dancing Saturday.

Welcome to DF and have a good time at the comp!

[latingal]

Yes welcome mad123! Hope to see you posting around the boards!

[fascination]

welcome mad


heat times are up

[mad123]

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome! Much appreciated. :D

[DancinDrea19]

welcome mad


heat times are up

Thank you- I was waiting for the times!:D

[Marzbar71]

I'll be there Saturday night as a spectator. First time attending this comp - can't wait!

[lcdancesport]

Leaving Thursday afternoon just to get there a little bit earlier. I hope I have time to get out and see the city a bit too. :)

[etp777]

Make sure you bring an umbrella. Chance of rain friday and saturday, and rain plus fake tan can be messy, depending on which you use and how well you let it dry. :)

[lcdancesport]

Oh poo, I don't want any rain! I don't think I'll have time to do anything anyways. I'm out there Friday morning, Friday night, early Saturday morning, show Saturday night.

I've been using this spray tan called Fake Bake, it's pretty popular and it's so easy to use. I'm not going overboard with it, but I definitely see a nice tan now.

[etp777]

Yeah, you're not going to have a lot of time to do anything anyway. Plus it's your job to babysit your kid, I mean student, whil you're there. ;)

[Stagekat]

I'll be watching and floating around on Saturday night! I really liked this comp last year, hope it's as good or better this year! See you all there!

[etp777]

Some great dancing there tonight. Was mostly pro am scholarships, but also the occasional am couple and pro showdance. I had to leave before pro standard to catch my train.

Partial pro showdance
1 Vicente Martinez and Megan Murphy
2 Alex Tecza and Katja lindholm
3 Alex Thomas and his partner (tall thin redhead) from Ohio

Love Alex and Katja's new routine. Said it before, and will keep saying it. :)

Got to see fasc and lcdancesport again. Fasc looked GREAT out there. lcdancesport,s student looked good too, just needs to remember to smile. :)


I'll try to do better on results tomorrow

[etp777]

First results are already up, so you can find the other results I missed. :)

http://www.o2cm.com/results/event3.asp?event=wco09

[etp777]

Was also a fun pro/am showdance with two guys. Was crowd favorite and the judges obviously agreed, as looks like they won (I was talking to someone and missed results on that event). Was just a ton of fun.

[DancinDrea19]

ahh im dancing this afternoon!! :o:o:o

[etp777]

good luck!

[DancinDrea19]

just got home & had a blast at the comp! I danced much better than at crystal ball..so i was just very happy with all my dances! there was quite a few glitches in the system for the afternoon though like with the heats and stuff!I also saw fasc who did awesome as always!;)
mad that parents wouldnt let me stay for pro shows tonight :(

[fascination]

drea...your dancing was greatly improved...very very nice...girl, you have some long legs...one piece of advice...watch where you are looking as it tends to be down a bit...but I foresee some real potential with you!!!!!....looking good

[DancinDrea19]

drea...your dancing was greatly improved...very very nice...girl, you have some long legs...one piece of advice...watch where you are looking as it tends to be down a bit...but I foresee some real potential with you!!!!!....looking good

aww thank you sooo much! that just made my day:D and thank you for the advice I just watched my videos & saw how I did look down some...I just need more expirience i think.I hate my arms also:(! My mom loved your lavendar dree btw:cool:

[fascination]

aww thank you sooo much! that just made my day:D and thank you for the advice I just watched my videos & saw how I did look down some...I just need more expirience i think.I hate my arms also:(! My mom loved your lavendar dree btw:cool:it was lovely...you have improved greatly....we all need more experience;)

[DancinDrea19]

it was lovely...you have improved greatly....we all need more experience;)

Thanks once again and i meant to type dress* above whoops

[fascination]

your arms are lovely :)...re; the dress, thanks...it is quite old but dh's favorite

[etp777]

Michael and Joanna were just amazing (no surprise there, of course :) ).

Pro rhythm was interesting int hat it was an all FA final. And not jsut all FA, but all Chicago or Milwaukee region FA couples. Most important result there (to me :) ), was Aleks and Brittney getting second. There's been three couples that they've been just a hair behind all year, to point it was rather frustrating for them at times. To beat not one, but all three of them last night, was a huge accomplishment. I have no doubt those four couples will continue to go back and fourth, but having the result tonight was a great pick-me-up for them. :)

Walking out of ballroom after, buddy teacher comes up to me and says "Did you pay attention to the chacha during the show? that's how I want you to dance." 'You want me to dance like Michael? Is that all?' "Exactly" I wasn't quite sure how to respond to that one. :P It's always trouble to talk or even watch latin around her. ;)

[GJB]

Walking out of ballroom after, buddy teacher comes up to me and says "Did you pay attention to the chacha during the show? that's how I want you to dance." 'You want me to dance like Michael? Is that all?' "Exactly" I wasn't quite sure how to respond to that one. :P It's always trouble to talk or even watch latin around her. ;)

Does she dance dance like Joanna ? : )

[etp777]

hahahah, man, I should have used that as a response. I will if she brings it up again during lesson, thanks!! :)

[DancinDrea19]

your arms are lovely :)...re; the dress, thanks...it is quite old but dh's favorite

Goodness I hate my arms..you seriously thought they were ok? haha and etp im jealous you got to see michael & joanna..parents wouldn't let me stay:mad:

[mad123]

Does she dance dance like Joanna ? : )

Touche! Having had a lesson with Joanna on Friday I can safely say that even if I danced 8 hours a day, seven days a week for the rest of my life my cha cha would not be like theirs! A friend at my table put it all in perspective when she reflected that they make up the "1% of the ballroom world that make world champions." The rest of us need them for inspiration! ;)

[DancinDrea19]

Touche! Having had a lesson with Joanna on Friday I can safely say that even if I danced 8 hours a day, seven days a week for the rest of my life my cha cha would not be like theirs! A friend at my table put it all in perspective when she reflected that they make up the "1% of the ballroom world that make world champions." The rest of us need them for inspiration! ;)

you had a lesson with joanna?at windy city? I am eternally jealous!

[mad123]

you had a lesson with joanna?at windy city? I am eternally jealous!

Yes, it was basically 1.5 hours of me being totally star struck.

[DancinDrea19]

Yes, it was basically 1.5 hours of me being totally star struck.

Lucky! did you compete this weekend?

[mad123]

Lucky! did you compete this weekend?

Yes, Saturday night. It was rather rough.

Sounds like you danced well though - congrats!

[DancinDrea19]

Yes, Saturday night. It was rather rough.

Sounds like you danced well though - congrats!

Thank you-I was just asking in case I saw you, I competed saturday afternoon-I'm sure you did great-don't be too hard on yourself;);) what event did you dance?

[DanceAngel]

Congrats to all who competed over the weekend. It was great watching other DFers dance. Fasc I recognized you from your pics and you looked great on the floor!

[DancinDrea19]

Congrats to all who competed over the weekend. It was great watching other DFers dance. Fasc I recognized you from your pics and you looked great on the floor!

Did you dance at all? Just wanting to know if I saw anyone other than fasc dance:D

btw..anyone know when scoresheets will be up?

[DanceAngel]

Did you dance at all? Just wanting to know if I saw anyone other than fasc dance:D

btw..anyone know when scoresheets will be up?

Yes, I danced on Saturday morning and afternoon. It was my first comp and it was a good learning experience. There were a couple of times I was on the floor at the same time as Fasc, just a different category.

I'm sure I saw you dance, I was there all day, but I have to apologize cause I'm not sure what you looked like.

[DancinDrea19]

Yes, I danced on Saturday morning and afternoon. It was my first comp and it was a good learning experience. There were a couple of times I was on the floor at the same time as Fasc, just a different category.

I'm sure I saw you dance, I was there all day, but I have to apologize cause I'm not sure what you looked like.

I probably saw you too! What does your dress look like? I was in bubblegum pink fringe!:cool:

[DanceAngel]

I probably saw you too! What does your dress look like? I was in bubblegum pink fringe!:cool:

Lol! For smooth I was wearing a bubble gum pink gown with magenta flowers on it and for Latin I was in a crimson two piece.

[DancinDrea19]

Lol! For smooth I was wearing a bubble gum pink gown with magenta flowers on it and for Latin I was in a crimson two piece.

Those costumes sound familiar to me..I'm trying to jog my memory..haha let me think..

[etp777]

DancinDrea, score sheets are already up, look back a few posts, I gave link there.

[DancinDrea19]

DancinDrea, score sheets are already up, look back a few posts, I gave link there.

Thanks etp I will look-I tried links on the site..but never found mine?!

[DancinDrea19]

Thanks etp I will look-I tried links on the site..but never found mine?!

Found them. Thanks!

[etp777]

Ah, as usuaal, I was too slow. :) Glad you found them