Competition Costs
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Do you mean collegiate comps caityrosey? I can't think of any adult amateur comps that are so cheap. The adult am-am ones I've been to tend to run anywhere from $75-150 per person. Collegiate comps (where adults also can enter) run from $25-50 per person. That's a flat fee for the competition that includes as many heats as you want/qualify to dance in and entry to the ballroom for the entire competition, including sessions you are not competing in.
Where I live, I can do an amateur collegiate comp as an adult non-student for $20 per person. I can do a USA Dance amateur comp for $15-$25 per person, depending on if it's an unrecognized (i.e., non-point-granting) small "club" competition or if it's a big Regionals. Hotel-based NDCA comps run between $60-$140 per couple, depending on how many events we enter, and how many different sessions they are in.
Back when I was doing Pro/Am, entries ranged from $25-$55 per dance for the single-dance events, and from $75-$125 for the multi-dance events (like the scholarships). We'd get halfway decent money for the scholarships, too, like first place would be $500, and the checks were made out to the students. Ticket prices (because they are pretty much never included in the entry fees out here) ranged from $15-$45, depending on the session. Obviously they put the more prestigious events, like Amateur Championship Standard, in a more prestigious (and expensive) session, like Saturday night. The syllabus and novice dancers usually get scheduled in the afternoon, when tickets are cheaper.
The big question marks in Pro/Am pricing are (1) the fee to dance with your teacher and (2) any studio mark-up over the organizer's prices. When I started with my teacher, he charged $20 or $25 per dance, I can't recall. Six years later, when I stopped, he was charging $40 per dance. Some teachers charge a flat fee. Others charge on a sliding scale (the more you enter, the less they charge per dance). The fee to dance with your teacher is a very individual thing, it varies from teacher to teacher. As for the studio mark-up, my teacher was an independent and so the studio never came into it, so there was never any mark-up. I've heard horror stories of massive studio mark-ups, and I think that those are ludicrous and give Pro/Am a bad name.
Back when I was doing Pro/Am, entries ranged from $25-$55 per dance for the single-dance events, and from $75-$125 for the multi-dance events (like the scholarships). We'd get halfway decent money for the scholarships, too, like first place would be $500, and the checks were made out to the students. Ticket prices (because they are pretty much never included in the entry fees out here) ranged from $15-$45, depending on the session. Obviously they put the more prestigious events, like Amateur Championship Standard, in a more prestigious (and expensive) session, like Saturday night. The syllabus and novice dancers usually get scheduled in the afternoon, when tickets are cheaper.
The big question marks in Pro/Am pricing are (1) the fee to dance with your teacher and (2) any studio mark-up over the organizer's prices. When I started with my teacher, he charged $20 or $25 per dance, I can't recall. Six years later, when I stopped, he was charging $40 per dance. Some teachers charge a flat fee. Others charge on a sliding scale (the more you enter, the less they charge per dance). The fee to dance with your teacher is a very individual thing, it varies from teacher to teacher. As for the studio mark-up, my teacher was an independent and so the studio never came into it, so there was never any mark-up. I've heard horror stories of massive studio mark-ups, and I think that those are ludicrous and give Pro/Am a bad name.
Wow, I didn't realize price varied so much by region. I guess that USABDA comps in the Midwest cost more then the East Coast because we have fewer dancers to cover the organizers' costs?
We'll be going to a non-sanctioned chapter comp next month that is $70 per person. USABDA Regionals in April are $125 per person.
We'll be going to a non-sanctioned chapter comp next month that is $70 per person. USABDA Regionals in April are $125 per person.
Wow. That's in the ballpark of what we'll be charging for a three-day pass to Nationals this year. The Regionals we hosted last Summer was $25 per person, as were the California State DanceSport Championships last November.
Of course, we're not in a large and glamorous facility, but still!!!
(All those people who say they just need a decent floor and some music and affordable prices will be getting their wish this time around.)
Of course, we're not in a large and glamorous facility, but still!!!
(All those people who say they just need a decent floor and some music and affordable prices will be getting their wish this time around.)
