You sure? That's certainly not my understanding, and looking at the history of the Blackpool Open, for example, you find:Originally Posted by TiggsTours
which seems to support "Open" tying to nationality rather than dance style.From the Blackpool Dance Festival website
As more and more foreign competitors came to Blackpool, it was decided to organise a small Festival for British competitors only and, in November 1975,the first British Closed Dance Festival was held in the Empress Ballroom. The name has now been changed to the British National Championships.
Of course, "open" often refers to professional/amateur status; in the MJ scene, one of the original key differences between the "UK Open Jive Comp" (run by C2D) and the "Ceroc" champs was that the former had an category open to teachers and other professionals.
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