Local comps or distant ones?

[QPO]

Don't like waking up early!
Going to a regional comp tomorrow, the comp starts at 11 and I have to get up at 6. 

That is tuff....but for us to go to that comp we would have to leave now! driving as it will take 7 hours to get there.....

[MrsMoose]

I don't know if my opinion will count or apply.

I was told by several teachers, judges and even one comp organzier that competing in say NYC is much tougher than in say La Classique.

My thoughts on this is not just the judges and maybe this is where I'm wrong because I'm looking at it from "level" i.e., imm bronze vs full bronze, is the level of the dancers in each catagory might be higher.

This is not meant offensively to anyone or any area or locality. 

It's not that NYC has better dancers, but maybe because more people from other regions will travel to NYC, maybe it has more competitors. Maybe some of those competitors have been doing it longer. I guess I'm just seeing it from my lowly Pro/Am low level.

[elisedance]

On the whole I guess he is right - but there is certainly no guarantee.  Some of hte NY comps are quite small - one I went to (Empire Ball) had less competitors than the Classique but there are much larger ones - Manhatten for example.

It really depends on who turns up that day...