How a dance competition works

When attending a dance competition, your whole weekend is dedicated to it. They start on Friday afternoon and end Sunday afternoon. People compete their solos on Friday night. Convention classes start Saturday morning at around 7:45. At convention classes, you dance for ten hours a day, being taught by different professional or famous dance teachers of different styles. There are many people in the room, so sometimes it is hard to find space, or to dance without getting kicked in the face.

Convention classes usually end around 2:00, and then its time to get ready to compete all of your dances. You go to the dressing room to do hair, makeup, and put on your costume. Competition starts around 4:00. The order of the competition is minis, juniors, teens, and seniors. Since minis and juniors are younger, they end earlier. After competing all of your dances, all of the dancers are called on stage for awards. There are many categories, age divisions, and styles that the dances are divided into. They announce the winner of each category, then give out specialty awards. When competition ends, its usually almost midnight. Then you have to eat and get ready for bed, so you fall asleep around 1:30. Then at 6:00 am, you have to wake up and go to another long day of convention classes. At the end of those classes, there is a faculty show. After that you travel home and wake up early for school the next five days. And then... theres another competition.