Dancesport Competition

Dancesport is a dance comeptition held ever year at BYU in the Marriott center. Students taking ballroom classes can compete in class events and anbody can compete in other harder events called open events. There are events for children who are beginners and for who are quite advanced for their age! The events lasts for 3 nights. On the last night professional dancers come in for their competition. They are amazing to watch. This is a world known event and BYU is known for their very animated audience.
So for the last 3 years I have competed in class and open events and I love it. This year, becuase of my schedule I can only take other evening classes. So I convinced Cole-Mr. never danced before-to take a beginning ballroom couples only class on Fri nights. So after a little persuation he agreed to compete with me in the beginning class event!
255 couples entered our event. There are 6 rounds, a quater final round (last 24 couples), a semi-final round (last 12 couples), and then the final round in which the last 6 couples place 1st through 6th.
I so excited to still be able to compete this year and with none other than my husband!! He was such a good sport! We made it past the first 6 rounds, into the quarter finals, and then into the semi-finals!! We got cut after that because we made a mistake right in front of a judge!! But we made it into the last 12 couples out of 255!! Not too shabby! It was soo much fun!! Here are a few pics from the event. They are kinda blurry cause flash was not allowed.

Here we are waiting for the music to begin. Our dance was the cha cha. I could pass for Latino right? ( and the bun is like a ballroom must-not my choice for hair styles) Cole's dancing debut!!