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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Competitions are a joke and money grab.  Everyone gets first place.

Just find a good dance studio that teaches well, perhaps that puts on very good productions in your own community.  [/quote]

Is the everyone gets first place actually true or only feels true? [/quote]

No it isn’t true.
It only starts to feel true when you realize that by the end of the season, there are very few groups who do not “earn a bid” to the national competition. (For some it happens sooner in the season and for very few it doesn’t happen at all——but the national competition doesn’t work if they don’t have teams to go there! So a LOT of teams are “invited”) Still, they don’t just give first place to everyone. And NOVA has a couple of dominant teams.
You will know if Winning is important if they advertise and emphasize competition and commitment like one of the PPs said.
Don’t try to join a “dance family” with the intention of  half-assing the commitment or you will be miserable because they want ALL of your time. The “two missed rehearsals MAX” is real! And don’t even think about not showing up to competition day. There are no conflicts that are okay to miss for ! Maaaaaybe death if an immediate family member, but not a wedding or a bday event or a vacation! [/quote]

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