Manhattan Dancesport Championship help

[etchuck]

Hi everyone,

It appears I may get a chance to go to the Manhattan Dancesport Championships (http://www.manhattandancesport.com/). But I need some help... I'm trying to find a good hotel close to the Marriott and want to know of a good alternative (read: cheaper) location to stay. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd very much appreciate it.

Also, if any of you ballroomers are going to be there, any suggestions on what events I should attend? I'm definitely going to get a ticket for Saturday evening and probably Saturday morning too, but I wanted recommendations for other sessions?

[mamboqueen]

Enjoy your trip to the big apple! I would recommend trying orbitz or hotels.com if no one comes up with anything that will be helpful to you. I say that just because I asked someone else this same question a couple of weeks ago.

Good luck :)

[Laura]

Hotels in Manhattan are so expensive...if you can't find a good deal on hotels.com or orbitz.com then there probably aren't any. Oh, but you will have such a good time!!! I wish I were going but not this year....

[Sagitta]

I didn't know about this one!! I could have saved up to see if I could have gone. Anyone know of a good website where the various ones are listed? Perhaps with reviews so I know which ones are worth it...I do want to at least go to one and see what these ballroom events are all about.

[mamboqueen]

Here's one:

http://www.ndca.org/events.cfm?showsection=events&cfid=9768528&cftoken=58187475

And Laura, *thanks*

[etchuck]

Thanks for the encouragement. The one time I was living in New York (on someone else's dime), I didn't even think about going to this competition either... or any other dancing come to think of it. (I was not as serious then, and I knew I was there for work, not play.)

Thanks to my brother, we have a pretty good deal on a hotel. I just have to pay him back.

Anyone else going, so we're not completely lost in a sea of strangers?

[mamboqueen]

That was nice of your brother!

I know a very nice couple from my studio are going, but I'm not. I'm doing the Empire State in August in Manhattan (need to stash some cash).

When exactly is the comp?

[etchuck]

Manhattan Dance Championship is July 1-4.

My brother is more experienced with the online search engine thing, and has access to more discounts than I do.

There are a couple of other events I am contemplating observing, depending on money and time of course. For sure, I will attend the Yuletide Ball Championships in DC over New Years Eve weekend (wedding to attend in Baltimore). I'm also trying to see if I can arrange to go to the Cleveland Challenge in late September (since I used to live there, I still have a dance friend living there, and my former instructor organizes that event).

[etchuck]

Thanks also for the NDCA link. Gosh darn it, I wish I could have known... this weekend was also the Northcoast Ballroom Championships in Cleveland, and having lived there for 7 years, no one ever told me about it.