DancingJew
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Are there any kind of annually held Dancesport competitions in California? I have never seen any except on TV, and I would like to go to one sooner or later.
Competitions in California?
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In California we are very fortunate to have lots of annuals Dancesport competitions...
The ones that are left for this year includes:
The Desert Classic July 13th-15th (Palm Springs, CA)
The International Grand Ball July 27 - 29 (San Francisco, CA)
Embassy Ball August 30th - September 2nd (Irvine, CA)
Of the three Embassy will probably have the best showing as far as competing professionals and amateurs making it the best for spectating. Lots of my friends are going to Palm Desert (party!!) so that will be fun for sure.
The ones that are left for this year includes:
The Desert Classic July 13th-15th (Palm Springs, CA)
The International Grand Ball July 27 - 29 (San Francisco, CA)
Embassy Ball August 30th - September 2nd (Irvine, CA)
Of the three Embassy will probably have the best showing as far as competing professionals and amateurs making it the best for spectating. Lots of my friends are going to Palm Desert (party!!) so that will be fun for sure.
DancingJew
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THANKS! 
I will definitly try to make one of those.
I will definitly try to make one of those.DancerForLife
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There are a couple more to add to Evaluck's list:
Nevada Star Ball, August 16-19 (Nevada - not quite SoCal, but close enough)
Golden State Championships, October 10-14 (Newport Beach, CA)
Pacific Dancesport Championships, November 2-4 (Los Angeles, CA)
California Star Ball, November 23-25 (Irvine, CA)
and
Holiday Dancesport Classic, mid-December (Las Vegas) - is fabulous too
Laura
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San Francisco Autumn Dance Classic, October 19-21st.
City Lights Ball, sometime in March in San Francisco
USA Dance Southwest Regional DanceSport Championships, in Anaheim on February 2nd.
Holiday Ball, near SFO airport right before New Year's
San Francisco Open, next April
There are a LOT of competitions in California, you certainly have your pick!
City Lights Ball, sometime in March in San Francisco
USA Dance Southwest Regional DanceSport Championships, in Anaheim on February 2nd.
Holiday Ball, near SFO airport right before New Year's
San Francisco Open, next April
There are a LOT of competitions in California, you certainly have your pick!
chocolatchica
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Embassy! Yay! I'll be there. Buy tickets and book rooms early because they will sell out (learned that they hard way last year). Hopefully I'll see many of you there.
Party at my room!!! No party pooper allowed. Just kidding 
guille_bdancer
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California Star Ball has moved to Los Angeles, at the Radisson Hotel in LAX since last year...
Let us know which one you'll be going, it's fun when you get to meet the other DF'ers...
katandmouse
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City Lights and SF Open changed dates. CLB is now in January, SF Open is in March. Best to check www.ndca.org for a list of all the NDCA comps and their respective dates. Click on Events, then I prefer to see everything on one page by clicking on the year link at the top.
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chocolatchica
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I don't think anyone posted California Open. That's usually my first comp of the year. However I have found that these last two years the comp has been getting smaller and Embassy has been growing bigger. Doubt they have anything to do with each others change in popularity but if I had to choose I would definitely make sure that I made it to Embassy. I never miss that comp.