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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dance “nationals” isn’t really a national competition. Anyone can sign up,
pay a fee, and go. They can adjust formations.  [/quote]

And make the rest of the girls feel like sh!t because their teammate flaked out on them. Great lesson to teach your daughter and great parenting. Way to make others pay the price for your decisions with nary a thought about them. And so very expected from the Washingtonian crowd: it's all about you.  [/quote]

No, no one will care.  This isn’t the Olympic bobsled team.  The rest of the girls will hardly notice and be fine [/quote]

I totally disagree. It has happened to my daughter and her team. No, they are not Olympic caliber dancers but they adhere to the code of conduct/team handbook they signed: Come on time, respect the coach and the team members, don't half-ass their commitment, and if you decide to dance competitively, YOU COMMIT TO GOING TO ALL PRACTICES AND ALL COMPETITIONS. Everyone knows the commitment they are making upfront.

Having a team mate let them down totally affects them. They care, and are like "we are keeping to the commitment we made, it's crappy of team member XX to blow her commitment/us off."

Tell yourself what you want to to feel better, but it's crappy thing to do to other and a super crappy lesson to teach your child to bail. At the same time, you are teaching a helluva lesson to the kids you are bailing on, one about how they can't take your daughter for her word. [/quote]

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