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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter did a minor competition dance team from ages 4 to 6 and then moved to just regular dance after that due to cost and time commitment of competition dance once you get to 1st grade. She had zero interest in dancing 4-5 days a week for hours at a time nor did I have any interest in spending $1000 a month.

The studio will tell you it’s two days a week three hours a day and $300. Then you find out everyone on that team also does a separate acrobatics class plus separate privates weekly for acro, technic, and a potential solo.

Then the Studio will require Saturday rehearsals once comp competition seasons about to heat up, but the Saturday rehearsals are an extra $25-$50 per Saturday so that they can pay the instructors.

Then your costumes for each dance may start at about 150 but they’ll have to be crystalled as well - which will be another 150 and if you’re doing a solo you can expect to drop five or 600 on a costume.

Then you’ll get the emails that the upcoming competition is $250-$400 to enter depending on the number of dances. That does not include the $50 a day parent entry fee or the hotel because it’s paid for play and you have to stay at the hotel (even if you have family you could stay with). Or flights (there will be at least in TN or TX). Plus they have team practice gear and jackets and water bottles and even bows you have to buy. The bow is $35-40 by itself.

Then there is the cost of Summit (in Georgia I think) and if they make it - the annual week in Disney for nationals. They could win a paid bid to nationals but it covers their entry fee and maybe the cost of their shared room (so 1/4 the cost of the hotel). So you’ll still be covering flights, hotels and park entry fees and competition entry fees for a week in Disney. Plus if the go to nationals their may be new special costumes/jackets etc that will run another $500 or so.

My friends daughter had two solos this year and each costume was custom made for $800 each. She’s $10. They had to fly to four of the competitions this year because it was too far to drive / they also drove 3-5 hours to attend a few others - all of which required her daughter to miss multiple days of school.

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This sounds like all-star dance.

I’ve never paid more than $250 for a solo costume. I’ve never paid an entry fee to a competition. I’ve never had to pay for extra rehearsals (except solos). I’ve never had to buy a bow??[/quote]

I think this is the Varsity Dance Summit to which you refer: https://www.varsity.com/all-star/competitions/end-of-season-events/fans-the-dance-summit/

It seems similar to All-Star Cheer.[/quote]

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