First year of comp? How was it?
I wanna know what the other fisrt timers think of their first year in comp?
My daughter is 10 ( almost 11) she had 2 numbers this year. We did 4 comps and nationals are comming end of june.
It was a good first year with much more positives than negatives.
We did not have to bring her big bag most of the time cause she never danced more than once a day, so no costume change on site needed.
Some of the venues were amazing, some were chaotic (I mean some dressing rooms are a joke).
I don't understand most of the judging systems, but at least I know in what range the got scored. I would love to see the actual scores not just the emerald, platinum, saphire, gold, diamond placement ( But I understand that for some people it can be triggering).
Would love to see a resumé of the results on the comp website or social media, soon after the comp or even updating live, but only one we did had that ( and not even all the scores just the top 20)
Awards can be fun but soo long also, and it's hard to figure out placement, like they get their score and placement in this segment, sometimes they get placement in their age group and style, sometimes overalls... honestly it got confusing...
The down time are sooo hard with an adhd kid and mom.. i mean if she dances at 8h30 and the first awards are at 11 am, but the overalls are at 3 pm.. it's long, i mean I'm ol sitting in the audience to watch the other numbers, but she gets booooored.
Also why are some awards mixing age categories? I mean munchkins and minis don't really stand a chance against seniors, it just feels unfair to the younger ones.
I'm still trying to figure out the schedule, like why are pre-comp mixed in with comp sometimes, and why is there, sometimes, one group alone in the middle of fifteen solos?
It's also frustrating that some venues don't even have snack or drinks available to buy on site.
Audience ettiquette is also confusing, some places people got wild for their school, others you could almost ear krickets...
And I got really surprised to see so many people with no social manners at all ( Are we all canadian???) Like your kid is not the only one in the space, it's not gonna ruin her chances if you are nice to the other competitors. The individualism attitude really hit me hard! And also dont steal from other dancers, don't move their stuff to put yours there instead, who does that? Also don't hog the practice space, everyone needs to practice, not just your group or school...
What was you first year like?