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Date Posted: 12:20:00 10/25/03 Sat
In reply to:
Di
's message, "Re: PS" on 16:32:10 10/21/03 Tue
What does "any level above basic" mean? There is no clear classification of basic in terms of quality. Indeed, it is often at least as high quality as any other event, and normally better than Intermediate.
On the A/BCD distinction, I agree with Robin. Be cannon fodder, and then accept the opposite discipline cannon fodder in your own discipline.
Btw - I don't think it's always clear that BCD team dancers may dance A opens if they want. I never realised this, and so entered BCD once when I would have liked to have entered A (I didn't do all that well in BCD, but was a cocky little s***).
>This was brought up at the IVDA meeting. Apparently
>the rule is that if it was *designed* as a practice
>skirt it's banned, but if it came from a regular shop
>it's fine. The only way of policing it is to look at
>labels. So in theory you could just cut the official
>label out and sew a Top Shop label in and you would be
>OK if challenged....
>Not that I'm suggesting anyone should do that, but I
>do think it's a silly rule. Practice skirts have
>always been allowed in comps until now, certainly in
>every comp I've ever been to in the last 7 years
>(which is almost all of them apart from SUDA and
>Southern Friendly). I know their comp is aimed at not
>intimidating beginners, but my experience is that
>beginners feel *more* comfortable in practice skirts,
>because they know that (a) they're designed for
>dancing and are going to give enough room to move etc,
>and that they know is right for the event, and (b)
>that they're not going to be told it's not suitable
>because it sparkles too much or has too large a
>repeating pattern or whatever the rule happens to be.
>Practice wear just makes life easier for everyone,
>including those policing the dress code.
>
>>How is this to be policed?
>>I have skirts I wear for practice which look like
>>practice skirts but came from regular shops (ballroom
>>& latin).
>>I also have a practise skirt brought abroad so I doubt
>>anyone would recognise the make, is there going to be
>>a list of banned labels?
>>
>>Does anyone remember the backless black dress Fai wore
>>for latin opens (and looked fantastic in) which was
>>NOT a costume or even practise wear and yet was still
>>banned?
>>
>>Potential big can of worms methinks
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