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The following is a revision of a previous post:

During this past week, I competed in BYU’s national Dancesport competition. I primarily competed standard events, such as the tango and foxtrot. I competed these events in the silver and gold level respectively. I also competed a little bit of latin; the rumba. I competed this at the gold level. I made it to the quarter finals in my standard dances and to the semi finals in the rumba.

I also competed an open event: Novice Standard. This competition is particularily difficult because the choreography is not limited by normal steps. In other words, there were some very good dancers competing this event. Needless to say, I didn’t make any callbacks. Irregardless of the outcome, it was still fun.

On Saturday, I watched the beginning classes compete. When the Dance 180 class competed the bronze level cha cha, the Master of Ceremonies announced that there were over two hundred and fifty couples competing. After everybody competed once, all the couples entered the floor at once and danced at the same time. I was amazed at the sheer number of competitors.

Later that Saturday night, I watched the finals of the cabaret competition. I was astonished by this particular genre dance. It involved a single couple on the floor at a time, and the man would lift the lady as they danced and would all sorts of amazing tricks and lifts. At the end of Saturday night, there was an invitational professional competition where four of the top professional couples from the United States competed. These couples danced the five international Latin American dances and were accompanied by a live percussion band, which played along with the music. The energy level of these professional dancers was out of this world.

Filed under: English 150, Writing Technique on March 27th, 2007