I looked online to see my scores for the Indiana challenge............I have no idea what I'm looking at....can someone please explain how to decipher the scoring? Thank You!

I would suggest sitting down with your teacher and having him really go over the sheets with you. That way you know where you need extra practice to improve your scores.

Typically, you are given a "1", "2", "3", etc based on how many people danced in your category. A single heat can have several levels (newcomer, bronze I, bronze II, etc) and several age groups (ladies A, B, etc) dancing at the same time. The different levels are usually separated by a space. You are judged against the others in your age and level category. If you danced Bronze I, you will not be judged against those dancing Silver II, etc.

I looked up score sheets for the comp you're talking about. These score sheets show the heat number. Find your heat number(s) and your partner's number (on his back while you danced). The letters listed to the right of the "No." are the letters assigned to the judges judging that particular heat. The numbers to the right of your partner's number are what each judge scored your dance in that heat. To the far right is your placement in that heat.

Hope that helps. It's a little difficult to explain without using visuals...

dancedance........Thank You for taking the time to look up the scoring for the Indiana challenge. I will be pulling out my program tomorrow and checking out the numbers of the heats. once I look them up and find the scoring, I will probably want to know what each score means. i will take your advise and talk them over with my teacher...........thank you very much for your time and response to my question.

5lisamarie. I don't know what system you are working under. But in a normal small competition. There are five judges on the floor. there are twelve couples in a heat and there are three heats each with five dances. At the end of round one two of the judges have ticked your number in each of the dances. One of the other judges gave you one tick in one of the five dances. So you have eleven ticks. That should be enough to get you into the next round. That's about as far as you will go unless maybe one of the other judges decides to mark you in your remaining dances. And that is providing the other judges continue marking you. In the finals the judges will be marking one down to sixth place. Before the dancing starts you might hear the compare say judges we want six couples or whatever from each heat. It'a hard life and if your face is well known its a bit easier.