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Who's going this year? Dancing when? DF meetup maybe...???

In honour of a few ranty moments over on the "How are your lessons" going thread, behold the "Things you never want to hear again" thread, aka, the stuff your brain knows, but your body just doesn't want to seem to learn so you are doomed to hear over and over. Our first submission comes from...

Pro threw me a bit of a curveball last night... so naturally, I want to poll DF :) Part of next year's plan (in addition to competing in the US) was to add latin back into my program, with the aim of competing in both the standard and 10-dance events at nationals. We were also planning to...

Those of you that are DF regulars know that I am in a period of transition and have been having some dust-ups with pro as I navigate things... following the latest iteration (described in the pre-comp disorder thread), I've spent some time writing out a letter that I likely will not send. Just...

I have been struggling with an issue lately that pro is at a bit of a loss to help me with, and when I asked his partner (the only pro standard (well, 10-dance) lady at the studio), she looked at me like I was crazy and said "well, that's never happened to me" (so helpful!)... so I'm reaching...

I came across this article today (while I was hard at work, of course), loved it, and immediately thought that I needed to share it with DF. http://bemorewithless.com/unsexy/ I'm decidedly unsexy every day, and would love to hear how you are! My list for today, so far: - I thought about...

All, just wanted to take a second to warn all those using Ballroom Dancers dot com that there is a new scam targetting for sale ads on that site. I haven't heard or seen that it's made it further, but it seems to be picking up steam. The initial e-mail seems to have a couple of variations...

Noticed this today on my local Kijijii site - thought I'd flag it to the DF community. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-women-dresses-skirts/ottawa/ballroom-dance-gowns/1058149356?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true If you're interested and the seller won't ship, I'm local... I'm sure something can be...

Custom fuchsia standard dress for sale. Asking $1100 CDN (approx. $950 USD) + shipping. This dress has a very light full skirt, and was worn twice - both times in Montreal in 2014. Materials are lycra (main body), stretch mesh (body suit), organza and georgette (skirts), chiffon (floats)...

As I ponder possible goals for my next competition, I find myself wondering about the approach taken by others. Do you set specific goals for each competition you attend? How do you decide? What do you do with them? Do you think they help? (Fully intending to share my approach and thoughts...

I was having a conversation at the studio the other day with a pro, where it was mentioned that some of the newer students have stated their goal is to dance like me... super flattering, but then I commented that my 'dance-like' goal is very different, though I do have one. That chat has left...

I came across this article today, and it seems to ring really true... just substitute "dance" for "cross-fit" :)...

Seems like several DF members are going... who will be there what days? Shoudl we try for a group meet-up? I'll be there competing on Saturday, and in town Friday night through Sunday eafternoon, most likely.

In a conversation with pro a few days ago, I mentioned that I was neither overly pleased or incredibly disappointed about my performance at my last competition. This led to a short discussion about why I felt that way. During the course of this discussion, pro made a statement that I've been...

Downside: I'm now envious that his fingers do this better than my feet!

Hi all; I stumbled across this interview this morning, from just after Mirko Gozzoli and Edita Daniute paired up in 2010. I did a quick search and didn't see it on DF, so thought I'd share. Some really interesting points - I really enjoyed the discussion on practicing and how it's different...

So I'm just back from group class... and what-the-___ just happened?. I seem to, at least for tonight, have become teacher's go-to 'demo partner'. Um... what? In an advanced (silver) jive class... where this was my third week of jive ever? How is this logical? I'm the least advanced...

So I've been in a bit of a funk and down on myself all day, and I decided that in order to snap myself out of it, I was going to think of some things that make me awesome. Once I got started, the reasons really started to pop into my head... and a little while later, goodbye bad mood! Since...

Hi all; So, the time has come to cave and buy some standard shoes. I knew I'd only be able to skate by on just practice shoes for so long... My current debate is about heel height. I've spent the last 2 days reading an obscene number of shoe related threads here on DF and still haven't...

Help, I think I'm becoming a YouTube addict! I'm currently partner-less, meaning I'm dancing less than I would like... and to fill the gap, I've apparently selected to use YouTube. Hooray that there are endless dancesport competitions to watch online, but I'm becoming worried that this will...