Is it Me???

I have gone onto the USABDA site to review the new rules regarding costumes/ballroom gowns...

When I attempt to download the new rules, I come up with an error on Adobe... I cant get to it...

Looking to compete in Seattle in July...Help, anyone

They changed the rules yet again yesterday. The posted rulebook says the rules are in the process of being rewritten and gives a set of rules that expired on May 2nd, but doesn't say what is in effect thereafter - which is to say at this moment.

This is fustrating....

If we are to comply with the requirements, how can we if this is a moving target....

Perhaps I am the only one that needs to put together a month in advance what I can,cannot wear.... Either it is no costumes, or it is costumes.....

I am more than willing to comply with the standard...but ca'mon, tell me what the standard is... OUCH

the only safe thing to do is dance novice, or pass up on usabda and do ndca comps until they get their act together.

Sure, we could do NDCA comps, and as a matter of fact due participate in quite a few each year....

But as an amatuar couple,dancing at silver and gold level, we are somewhat of a rare entry... There is minimal competition. This is ok, as we kind of just compete against ourselves and compare our performance to the last comp that we competed in...

I love the USABDA comps, because it is the only time we are truly competing... At our level, NDCA is for Pro/AM only. Then of course there is the cost.. NDCA entry fees will cost us well over $1,000.. if we limit our entires, USABDA maybe $200.

I just cannot justify only danicng Novice so I know what to wear... I prefer to err on the side of under dressed/costumed all up, and have the opportunity to compete with other couples at my skillset...

DAMN... did I vent here or what???

Venting is good.

Underdressing is safe.

I should find out the status of all this rule stuff, last I heard (two weeks ago) there were some last-minute negotiations going on about the adult syllabus costume dress code, particularly related to the Senior I and Senior II divisions.

I wish this would get wrapped up already, we're putting on a Regionals in just over a month after all....

Hi Laura,

Great to see you are keeping up with all this confusion!!!

When I go to the USABDA site and attempt to look at the rules, the Adobe file comes back with an error message... I cannot even open it to read, even if it is outdated....

Any suggestions??








USAB

Try saving it to disk and then opening it from there.

Okay, the latest is that the rules are on the web site and that a notice about when everything is going to effect is coming soon.

Janet, your Adobe reader might be crashing because the file is so large. I just downloaded it and didn't have any problem reading it.

I dont want to beat this to death, but after all of the talk and publishing, it seems all is the same.

(Thanks Laura, I got to the rules by saving the file and then opening)

So if I understand this right, there still is no final decision on dress code for adults and each comp is still defining the rules for thier individual comp. I just printed out the rules for the USABDA regional to be held in LA in June. The rules are allowing costunes at all levels except Newcomer.....Works for me!!