Heather,
good points well made. I endured learning to Ceroc in London and gave it up because I couldn't compete with the egos and ceroc snobs that got in the way. Its sad to say that a lot of this still exists. Unfortunately, there are some serious egos in the North West and its a proven fact that this is not neceesarilty beacuse they are good dancers!
To be even handed, the person with the best attitude to his fellow dancer is a certain Viktor. If you don't know who he is ask Scott, he's simply (along with his wonderfull partner Lydia) about the best Jive dancer and teacher in the UK. At the same time he is so modest that you would never think it to talk to him.
2 years ago a beginner from my club was at the Ceroc Nationals and just asked some chap if she could have a dance ... he apolodised profusely but said he was tied up at the time but would dance with her later. My beginner thought this was just an excuse as she was'nt one of the young pretty little things dancing around her. THEN she saw this chap demoing in front of all ... it was Viktor. She was pretty surprised, but not nearly as much when 15 minutes later he saught her out and took her for a dance!
OK ... so I rambled off the suject and digress.../
Back to judges ... spoke to a few of the judges after the event and the point was made that judging is very difficult, especially in the intermediate where indivdual styles are less pronounced. I've heard that Chance2Dance are thinking hard about how they can make the judging more transparaent. for ourselves, a few of the dance organisation are proposing to get together to train competitors in 'competition craft' when we work out exactly what that is for ourselves. does any of this make sense?
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