Ceroc Champs 2004

[ericklondon]

Very well said Stewart and thank you very much for your/my thoughts !!

We are working extremely hard to make the Champs a very good event BUT there's always a minority who will find something to moan about !!

It's about having fun..... !!! So.... chill out a bit and keep dancing !!

Erick

[RobC]

Originally posted by Jayne

That's what we're all hoping! Many people have decided to give the ceroc champs one last chance this year (myself included).

Not me - they had their last chance last year.

Originally posted by stewart38
What ever happen to just having fun

All this moaning ,thats what it about isnt it . fun ?

Yes, but when you are prevented from enjoying the day by the quality of the venue, attitude of the venue staff / management ...... (please note, I am not having a dig at the competition organisers / DJs / Judges or anything else other than issues relating to the venue - you all do a fantastic job given the poor surrounding you have to work with.)

I'm all for having fun - I haven't entered a competition, taking it seriously and 'expecting to win' for some time. But, when you don't enjoy an event consistently, year after year, you have to ask yourself, why am I continuing to pay £25 a time to not have fun ?

Move the competition to another venue and I'll come back and give it another chance. In the mean time, my boycotte stands (even if others have proved too weak willed and relented).

[stewart38]

Originally posted by ericklondon
Very well said Stewart and thank you very much for your/my thoughts !!


Erick

Glad I phrased it correctly look forward to the 'free entry' next time.

[Martin]

Originally posted by stewart38
Ill save your time I'll just go to the front of the queue

Lucky dip competitor

Well confusing -

As the comp goes on into the evening it is obviously a long day.

Queing not a great idea, so intending to get there 11am when the doors are open and the que is being delt with - No point being there before the doors are open surely??? has the world gone mad?

So what is this 10am thing. Are you processing people while standing in the rain outside the venue - or was it a joke (I hope)

You can only hope to start the lucky dip once you have let the people in through the door!!!

Hoping to do lucky (or not so lucky if you get me! ) dip - now if only it was clear as to what is happening with the que stuff.

[There are often penalties associated with my que phobia...]

[Andy McGregor]

Originally posted by Martin
So what is this 10am thing. Are you processing people while standing in the rain outside the venue - or was it a joke (I hope)

You can only hope to start the lucky dip once you have let the people in through the door!!!

That's what you think.

We have to dance the first heat of Lucky Dip outside in the street. If we're good enough we're invited into the Palais to take part in round 2. If we're not good enough we join the back of the queue and are body cavity searched by gorillas wearing latex gloves before we're allowed into the building

I'm rather looking forward to the search process so I'll be dancing particularly badly in round 1

[ericklondon]

Dear Everybody,

Doors will be opening at 1030 as planned as previously mentionned and if we have to start the competion late that is our problem and nothing for anyone else to worry about BUT us.

You do not really think that we would start the lucky dip without ALL the competitors who have registered...???

[There are often penalties associated with my que phobia...]

?????? you can't be going shopping very often then can you ??

Erick

Ps: what rain...?? did it say it was going to rain? if it rains, my advice is.. bring an umbrella !!

[Sheepman]

Originally posted by RobC
(even if others have proved too weak willed and relented).

Thanks for that little dig Rob! (Yeah I know there are others who were equally weak willed.) I'd just like to point out that you haven't even seen half of my temptation and this is only my second time, would my will be equally as weak for a third?

(Oh and did I mention the fact that she is a fab dancer.)

Greg

[Gus]

Originally posted by RobC
I'm all for having fun - I haven't entered a competition, taking it seriously and 'expecting to win' for some time. But, when you don't enjoy an event consistently, year after year, you have to ask yourself, why am I continuing to pay £25 a time to not have fun ?

Came to a similar conclusion ... thats why we're intending to run a 'fun' competition at our (Northwich) July freestyle. Free to enter, just bring a partner. will probably do two rounds of 'tap on the shoulder' then a final of the best 8. Hopefully will encourage more people to consider entering competitions ... but will only work if the cost of entering competitions comes down in price

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
... If we're not good enough we join the back of the queue and are body cavity searched by gorillas wearing latex gloves before we're allowed into the building
...

Oh no you're not! I won't do it I tell you !

[Andy McGregor]

Originally posted by Boomer
Oh no you're not! I won't do it I tell you !

Come on, there's a nice Boomster. They're nice, bannana scented latex gloves..

..and it's only a very small cavity

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
Come on, there's a nice Boomster. They're nice, bannana scented latex gloves..

..and it's only a very small cavity

..avity..avity...ity....ity.....ty........ty...... y......

[Barry Shnikov]

Originally posted by Peter
Looks like an AOL problem .. if I instead access the same webpage via the "not embedded" Internet Explorer, I can see the schedule ...

So I can see two completely different versions of the page, depending on how I choose to look at it! Even more bizarre

I do NOT know why people use AOL and other ISPs that eff about with the browser. I also don't know why AOL think it necessary to eff with the browser. My mum gets something similar occasionally with Tesco.net

...though I see someone else attributes the problems to AOL's proxy server technology. You should be able to switch that off, alternatively with some proxy servers you can press <F5> to refresh the page and it will pop off and retrieve a current copy.

Move on to a decent ISP like Pipex!

[Lory]

GOOD LUCK TO ALL FORUMITES!

[Martin]

Thanks to ericklondon re-confirmation


All good fun, looking forward to catching up with people and cheerng loudly.


Martin

[Minnie M]

Originally posted by Lory
GOOD LUCK TO ALL FORUMITES!

I second that GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL - I'll be there cheering you all on

[Peter]

What a fantastic day - sensational dancing, fantastic tunes, slick arrangements ...

So many stunning performances by forumites including DavidB & Lily, Martin & Lily & Janet, James & Mandy, Sheepman & Andy McG (the old gits), Sheena ....

Congratulations are due to so many for making it all such great fun ...

And massive congratulations to Adam and Mandy, the driving force behind the URBAN METRO team cabaret success. It can't be often that the judges make a unanimous decision. Many thanks to you both for your enormous efforts - the team has totally consumed them for 3 months - Mandy told me that she has not made a hot meal for her daughter since we started practising in January! Watch out Bristol - URBAN METRO will be droppping by in July

[Minnie M]

Nice meeting you tonight Peter look forward to a dance in Torquay

There are going to be so many comment about the champs - I am going to start a new thread - hopefully Franck or one of the moderaters will put your post onto the new thread,

Lynda

[Gareth]

In the end it was just the cleaners who were scrubbed.

I like the notices at the door which said no chewing gum

Explain that to my partner who spent 5 minutes removing the offending material from the bottom of her dance shoes.