Ninth Annual Boston University Terrier Dancesport Competition Results & Video

This past Sunday, Tracey and I competed at the Boston University Terrier Dancesport Competition. Hot on the heels of our performance the weekend prior at the Northeast Collegiate Dancesport Challenge, it was our third time competing in Open Smooth together and we thoroughly enjoyed this out-of-the-box way to spend Valentine’s Day. Read on for full results and video!

Open Smooth

Overall Placement: 2^nd Place

Even though we had competed just a week prior at Brandeis University, Tracey and I had set aside some practice time during the week in between to add in some more choreography to the mix. We really felt that our performance at Boston University was definitely a step up from where we were just a week prior at Brandeis.

Another major point of difference between the two competitions was the fact that we were much better matched on the floor not only in the number of competitors — there was only one other couple competing against us in Open Smooth at Brandeis — but also in the level of competition — said couple easily outclassed us. We definitely felt like there was some mystery as to how the results would go! It was nice to be competing against people more in our league, and solidifying our placement at just below Jason and Kailee and just above the rest, we are more than content with our results.

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Gold Rhythm

As is usual practice, Tracey and I competed in Gold Rhythm alongside Open Smooth even though we never practice or train for it. At this particular competition, it really showed. Perhaps it had something to do with being totally worn out from our Open Smooth dancing earlier on in the day, but we didn’t do very well at all. We took fourth place in Swing and sixth in Mambo (for a combined total of 6th place) after making the final from a semi-final first round, and didn’t make it past the first round semi-final in Cha-Cha and Rumba.

Novice Rhythm

Since Bolero was offered only as a Novice event, Tracey and I decided to jump in and compete it at the last minute. Since there were eight couples competing in the event, it was run as an eight couple final and we took second place. Tracey and I were sufficiently pleased with the placement, especially given that we only ever dance Bolero at competitions and almost never in between.

Gold Latin

It turned out that Latin went even poorer for us even than Gold Rhythm did. We didn’t make it to any final events, or even semi-finals for that matter. This was certainly no surprise as we were competing in Gold — as opposed to our usual Silver level for Latin — due to restrictions on spanning multiple levels between styles at this particular competition. Even if it weren’t for that, we were so readily exhausted by that point that we’d have just as well not competed at all.