Wisconsin State
Next week is the Wisconsin State Dancesport Championships – the biggest competition in the Midwest (next to the Ohio Star Ball). It happens April 14-18 (Wed/Sun) at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee.

Sarah and I are recruiting spectators to watch the daytime events on Saturday, 17 April 2010. See Session 6 – Saturday Matinee.

Our Madison delegation will carpool from the Stoughton Road/Beltline park and ride lot, leaving at 9:30am sharp. Please bring gas money for drivers, admission money (keep reading), and cash for eating as well as for shopping at the competition.

Email Darrell so I can keep track of whom to expect!

The Saturday daytime events are exclusively amateur events (dance students dancing with each other) and pro/am events (dance students dancing with their teachers).

You will see multiple skill levels (from new dancer through Open Gold) in International Standard in the morning and International Latin in the Afternoon.

Saturday day is $20/person, and is good from ~8am to ~4pm (when the amateur events are finished). Our Madison delegation will arrive at the competition around 11am. See Tickets for prices for other days.

The ballroom is then emptied so it can be set up for the evening banquet and professional competitive events. Saturday night is almost entirely sold out – standing room only tickets are available for $35/person and go on sale one hour before the doors open Saturday night.

Ballroom dance competitions are a sensory experience that words and pictures cannot do adequate justice. The are very exciting events!