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Largely chairperson discretion, but there are some rules (and exceptions allowed). Largest final allowed is 8. Callbacks must be at...

6 is what they aim for in the final, but it may be larger, or very rarely smaller, for a variety of reasons. Note that the difficulty...

And in single dances when there aren’t usually as many judges, it gets really tricky. I’ve had a semi kind of turn into a quarter...

Some places (or Chairs) also rule that as long as a previous round had the correct number of couples, they can cut more than 50% later...

Also to add one other interesting tidbit, you've possibly seen events where they run a semi final, and then they have to rerun it, with...

I bet the mattress would probably squish if it was within a half-inch, too. Although I don't know whether Cal would want to stress the...

Outfit screams Argentine tango to me.

Being in Canada, I only do standard dances. There was talk here about red dresses being the ones that stand out. This is a dress I...

And commuting distance! ;) ok, not for everyone, but for me!

My partners always used press ons. Do the judgemental students glue theirs on, or do they insist on growing theirs out?

Long nails are torture to me. But for the love of the dance competition, I put on those "no-glue" impress press-on nails that were...

Reminds me of going to a social in the DC area during the Super Bowl when the Redskins were in it. In a normally hour long drive to the...

Social last night! Well attended, which surprised me, as we are in Knicks territory and The Game Was On. Now I know how small is the...

Well, the two boys are different people, and their circumstances are different enough I’ll discuss them separately. I’ll risk putting...