How do you select your competitions ?

FancyFeet said:
The big ones:
  • Generally taking actions to make it clear am-am is where it's at, and that you only offer pro-am to gather the cash to pay for your competition. (I equate requiring 2 sets of singles with this, and comps that do get dinged heavily in my personal selection ratings.)
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I find that interesting. Maybe Canadian pro/am comps are different.
 
At this point for me scheduling makes a difference in selecting a comp. I don't want to come back for a scholarship. Had my scholarship on a different day at the last comp. going to pay more attention going forward. Judging panel makes some difference. And I most certainly don't want to do most of my single dances uncontested.
This is on top of the usual concerns of accessibility, work schedule etc
 
sbrnsmith said:
And I most certainly don't want to do most of my single dances uncontested.
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It seems to me that even at the biggest competitions most of the single dances are uncontested. I wonder what is the origin of this rule about mandatory single dances for every scholarship entry? And what's the point of the scholarship prize when it barely covers single dance entry fees.
 
That very much depends on your age, category and gender. There are comps with lots of single dance events that are semis. (As a relatively young-ish guy, I've always been terribly jealous.) As for the motivation behind the mandatory single-dance rule, I think you answered your own question. It's a business and the organizers have to make enough to keep the lights on.
 
For us collegiate peeps, it's based on where the team goes, which in turn is based on distance and money. Good judging panels are useful to convince the team to go there once, but a good atmosphere and lack of complaints are typically what keeps a team going back.
 
Mr 4 styles said:
Lai Lai....what age level and style do you compete ?? That helps us know where to suggest competing
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International ballroom. I don't think age and level matters much, as there are no prerequisites or ID's required at the competitions, as far as I know. Only payment, and then I'm allowed to sign up and dance pretty much anything.
 
Lai Lai said:
International ballroom. I don't think age and level matters much, as there are no prerequisites or ID's required at the competitions, as far as I know. Only payment, and then I'm allowed to sign up and dance pretty much anything.
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He is just asking in order to try point you to competitions that may have more competitors in your age/level bracket. Different competitions may have different types of people attending, I assume.
 
Lai Lai said:
International ballroom. I don't think age and level matters much, as there are no prerequisites or ID's required at the competitions, as far as I know. Only payment, and then I'm allowed to sign up and dance pretty much anything.
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Age and level make a big difference actually in terms of choosing competitions with bigger heats. Some are better for bronze vs open, older ages usually have more. Etc. also, what part of the country are you in and how far will you travel for comps? There's more international on the coasts, etc.
 
Do you guys work for organizers, or have programming skills to pull out data from past comp results for analysis?
 
Lai Lai said:
Do you guys work for organizers, or have programming skills to pull out data from past comp results for analysis?
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Well, you can go to pretty much every comp website and get a sense for how big the fields were last year just by poking around. Plus, after a while you just sort of know certain ones.

What age, style, and level are you? What part of the country? Are you able to travel much? We can probably point you in the right direction with that info.
 
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