US National Senior Standard Championship

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David Wright

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"We ask that the National Dance Council of America (NDCA) run a Senior (35+ years of age) Standard event at the 2008 United States National Amateur Dancesport Championships at Brigham Young University."

I would like to send the above request to the NDCA executive committee signed by a list of supporters. If you would like to add your name to the list then please send an email to senior.nationals@gmail.com. Please put your name in the subject line and type (NDCA) after your name if you are a current or former member. If you are not a current or former NDCA member then please list any other dance organizatio/studio (USA Dance, YCN, collegiate Team, Fred Astair Dance Studio, etc.) in which you are a current or former member/student. I will forward the above request to the NDCA executive committee using the list of names and email addresses as signatures.

P.S. Here is my understanding of the motivating situation. The NDCA has traditionally held a championship standard event for competitors of age 35 and over. This year, the registration form for the 2008 United States National Amateur Dancesport Championships hosted by Brigham Young University does not list such an event.
 
Its really strange that the Senior event was discontinued.. Doesn't it make sense to hold Senior chmpionships when BYU holds the youth and younger age divisions. I will definitely let anyone I can think of know of this situation, and I hope your petition push the competition organizers to hold the event again, as in the previous years.
 
What difference does it make? The BYU "Nationals" winner doesn't get to go to Worlds anyway.
 
National title or not, if I were eligible for Senior and going to the time and expense to attend such a competition, I would want the opportunity to enter that category as well.

I would be happy to sign such a petition since I am an NDCA member and in full support of it, but I doubt my signature would count for much since I'm not eligible for the category?
 
FYI, there is only 1 governing body for ballroom dance in the US -- USA Dance. The term 'governing body' is not merely a description of a function. It denotes the legal recognition of an organization by the IOC, and there are certain terms and conditions which such a recognized organization must meet.

The NDCA, which is not democratically organized, has no officers elected directly from a membership which includes competitors, has no open elections whatsoever, and in which athletes are not members but merely registrants, cannot be recognized by the IOC as a governing body.

Functionally, there are two different competitive circuits in the USA, both of which grant a National title. Thankfully, the two entities are cooperative at this point in time. Personally, I welcome this and only hope that the lines between them blur further in the future so that we can functionally have one governing body (but I'm not holding my breath).
 
avab said:
FYI, there is only 1 governing body for ballroom dance in the US -- USA Dance.
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According to USA Dance that is...

It denotes the legal recognition of an organization by the IOC
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Or by somebody who actually cares about dancing. It's not some uninvolved outside organization that gets to nominate the governing bodies, it's the dancers who recognize those bodies by attending the competitions that they govern.

(Not to mention the whole blessed-by-IOC argument falls apart when you consider that the dominant pro and pro/am aspects of "ballroom dance in the US" are somehow forgotten)

Functionally, there are two different competitive circuits in the USA, both of which grant a National title.
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And each of which is a governing body for its circuit.

I welcome this and only hope that the lines between them blur further in the future so that we can functionally have one governing body (but I'm not holding my breath).
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Having enough differences to present real choices is critical to avoiding the kind of stuck-in-the-mud situation that occurs when all power is concentrated in one place.
 
avab said:
FYI, there is only 1 governing body for ballroom dance in the US -- USA Dance. The term 'governing body' is not merely a description of a function. It denotes the legal recognition of an organization by the IOC, and there are certain terms and conditions which such a recognized organization must meet.

The NDCA, which is not democratically organized, has no officers elected directly from a membership which includes competitors, has no open elections whatsoever, and in which athletes are not members but merely registrants, cannot be recognized by the IOC as a governing body.

Functionally, there are two different competitive circuits in the USA, both of which grant a National title. Thankfully, the two entities are cooperative at this point in time. Personally, I welcome this and only hope that the lines between them blur further in the future so that we can functionally have one governing body (but I'm not holding my breath).
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That was really well stated - we're developing an exec summary right now at work - are you available for non-dance authoring?:D
 
skwiggy said:
National title or not, if I were eligible for Senior and going to the time and expense to attend such a competition, I would want the opportunity to enter that category as well.

I would be happy to sign such a petition since I am an NDCA member and in full support of it, but I doubt my signature would count for much since I'm not eligible for the category?
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Hopefully we all get the chance to compete in Senior . . . eventually!
 
Katarzyna said:
Since US has 2 governing bodies, there are 2 national championships and titles.. winners and finalists often overlap
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Yes, but only one of them gets to go to a world championship. Unless, of course, the winners of both are the same, in which case it is irrelevant that they won NDCA Nationals.
 
Joe said:
Yes, but only one of them gets to go to a world championship. Unless, of course, the winners of both are the same, in which case it is irrelevant that they won NDCA Nationals.
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WEll its perhaps irrelevant to you, but not to the people who win etc... If it was irrelevant, there would not be so many people attending.
 
Now that there is no longer the make the final to legally teach issue...the big deal about this competition is the audience. It has the biggest, most appreciative audience (especially for the major events) I've ever seen in the US.
 
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