Recommendations for East Coast Pro-Am competitions?

Check out La Classique de Quebec.... it's coming up in a couple of weeks. I haven't been (and I don't dance pro-am) but i heard it's got a decent pro-am turn out.


Hahah oh i just saw- fancyfeet got you covered! :)
 
I'm now expecting a correspondingly detailed analysis of west-coast comps, so I can decide what might be worth trying to convince a group (because that's the only way I can swing a needs-an-airplane comp) to go to ;)
 
Thanks for the feedback--I am trying to find some bigger comps to attend that are worth the flight, and since the US exchange rate really makes costs insane, that is definitely not happening in the near future.

West Coast comps are a challenge. Most of them are fairly new, but slowly gaining. Am/Am is more the emphasis than pro/am, but the pro/am community is growing. We have a big divide due to politics (DSBC vs NDCC) here that make everything a challenge, and honestly all dancers seem to be losing out because of it. Half the pros will do DSBC comps, the other half NDCC, depending on which organization they are registered with--the result is that only half the students compete at any one comp.

The Vancouver Challenge Cup just took place and it had a decent amount of pro/am for the West Coast, but again mostly in the older age groups, or champ levels. Open latin seems to be a big group. I do sometimes think I am the only person who dances silver pro/am on the West Coast.

Delta Cup is also a newer comp (last year was the first year), and it's going to be two days this fall (Oct 2016), and looks like it is going to be the first West Coast Cdn Comp to host a Pro/Pro Comp. They had a good turn-out for pro/am for a first year, again with Open Latin being the most competed for pro/am.

Pacifica was cancelled last year due to politics, but is back on this year. Pro/am is only 1/2 day and because of the cancellation last year it is hard to say how supported it will be. It will be big for Am/Am and should have a pretty good Pro show included.

All comps tend to have an average of 3 couples in contested heats, where there are more than one competitor. Open levels have the most competitors. Again it's a small community that is growing a little more each year. We are getting some support from West coast US pros that is helping. There are other comps that are Dancesport sanctioned but pros have to have CDS PD membership to compete. Despite the small amount of competitors, the comps are really well run and a lot of effort is put into making them a good experience.
 
Yeah I really dislike this big divide we have between the two associations. And it's true that there isn't much pro-am here at all on the west coast. I try and stay out of the politics as much as possible but sometimes it does feel like that it's the dancers that get the shaft.

Spookisgirl, have you considered going down the coast at all? There are some really big pro-am comps in the states in California... although the US-CAD exchange rate is *NOT* in our favour right now :-(
 
Dancey said:
I'm looking to compete in 1 or 2 larger Pro-Am competitions this year, I'd like to find some that are better attended in my age group (I'm 32, usually 'A' I think? Currently dancing silver). It seems like that is a smaller group in general, but I was wondering if any competitions along the east coast might have a larger pool of competitors in that age range?

I was looking at Manhattan Dance Championships as a possibility, maybe Ohio Star Ball? I live near DC and I'd prefer something within driving distance... but I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks!
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those are both very good choices if you want a larger field
 
I have definitely considered going down in the US--there are quite a few comps in California I would love to go to. But paying 30%+ in exchange rate on already high comp fees eats way too much into my budget. It adds more that $1000 to the overall budget.
 
But we are worth it. Come to beach bash in sunny San Diego in April. You won't be disappointed

I have no financial interest in the above subject matter lol
 
Spookisgirl said:
I have definitely considered going down in the US--there are quite a few comps in California I would love to go to. But paying 30%+ in exchange rate on already high comp fees eats way too much into my budget. It adds more that $1000 to the overall budget.
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ROFL, on the other hand I've been wondering how I could possibly justify La Classique du Quebec....
 
I think for anyone in the US, coming to a Cdn comp would be a steal right now in comp fees. Most of our comp entry fees are exactly the same as comps in the US--except in Cdn dollars.
 
You guys should come! It's a good one and I want to meet you in person... but as it's next weekend (gulp), we're likely looking at next year :cool:
 
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