Damn those line dance competitions!!!

Argh!!!!! This is going to be my first bitchy complaint online!!!! The line dance competitions are so @#&*ing screwed up!!!!
 
In case you didn't know, let me give a brief overview. In August, there are 3 major line dance competitions... one is a Malaysian Open line dance competition (organised by Hotel Equatorial Bangi), Nestle line dance finals, and the UCWDC Asia Pacific line dance competition.
 
Now, I have already decided NOT to go into the UCWDC comp because to enter, every participant MUST purchase the A* Pass which costs RM498, which includes all the workshops, whether or not we attend them. And on top of that, there is an entry fee per event entered. It costs a bomb... and I'm so not ready for the comp this year which is why I have decided not to go in. And I lack the funds anyway. Many of my teammates are also unwilling to spend that kind of money, so the only ones going in are those who are going for their own individual categories.
 
So for team events, my team had our eyes set on the remaining two... let me talk about Nestle first. In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that my team had entered the finals, and I personally also made it to the individual category finals. Well, guess what I found out... tickets to the event costs RM70 per person, which includes the dinner and line dance party. All very well. But EVERY COMPETITOR has to buy a dinner ticket!
 
It's so ridiculous! It was not something that was made known to us earlier and I only found out because one of my teammates had gone to buy tickets for her friend only to be told that it was compulsory for the participants to buy tickets too. If we don't buy them, we're not allowed to compete. Apparently it was announced during semi-finals but many people I spoke to didn't hear it. Probably because the horrible sound system twisted all the words the emcee was mumbling...
 
At any rate it's really stupid to force the participants to cough up so much money! In the first place we had already paid entry fees when we submitted our registration form... why the hell do we have to pay AGAIN to enter the finals? Shouldn't the dinner + party be an option for us? Sounds to me like they're just trying to fill up seats and make money from us. (No wonder ALL teams made it to the finals....) I argued with the organiser but they kept saying that other organisers do the same thing too. I pointed out that it's different, because in other competitions, they make it CLEAR whether or not participants had to purchase a certain pass (in the example of the abovementioned UCWDC) in the registration form itself. For this one, there is no black-and-white at all! Just some rambling of an incoherent announcer!
 
I don't blame Nestle... it is the event management company at fault. A real pity since it's Nestle's name that's being dragged in mud. The name of the company is Ming KH & Associates if you want to know.... The whole competition was very poorly organised. There was not enough participation (probably due to the lack of A&P) so everyone went straight to semis. And they didn't keep their word in the semis. You see, there's supposed to be a cash prize for the top placings; but what happened was for the teams, since ALL teams made it, they split the cash prize between all the teams. Same happened for the 10 individuals per category that were chosen to enter the finals. And now suddenly they're throwing this compulsory ticket nonsense at us.
 
And the people who were organising it knew very little about line dancing. They had contracted a well-known line dance teacher as an advisor, and yet things were so screwed up. Before the semis, I had asked one of the organisers several relevant questions about the competition but all I got were extremely (and I mean, EXTREMELY!!!!) stupid replies. They had obviously not done their homework and they were basing everything on assumptions. And when grilled to the point of technicalities, they kept saying that had to get back to us as they had to check with the said teacher.
 
And by the way, it was only announced during the semi-finals (after the finalists were announced) some changes; i.e. for the team events, we were recommended to change our song + dance, and for the individual events, we had to dance TWO dances (instead of only ONE as we did in the semis). And it was very obvious that the abovementioned line dance teacher's students had prior access to this information as many of the teams were already in practice for their dance to be used in the finals, as were the individuals for their second dance. I was one of the unfortunate who was not a student of the said teacher and now my team had little more than one month to prepare another team dance, and I have yet to find out what my other dance for the individual category it, which the event management company has yet to mail to us (and refused to disclose over the phone... despite the fact that I know for certain that some of the other individuals already know the dance and are already in practice. And here I am still waiting for the mail.)
 
Screwed up! That's all I can say!!!!!!
 
No, I'm not done. Let me go on about the Bangi comp. This is the major event I have been looking forward to the whole year. This year, they have contracted four popular line dance choreographers and certified judges (who are in a team called Masters In Line) to judge this event. However because of the time (in the same month there are 2 other major comps) and the price of the workshops, the competition has been receiving rather poor response. So the organisers who were initially thinking of changing it from a 3-day event to a 1-day friendly event (with several categories significantly removed) are now planning to CANCEL the event.
 
I was miserable when I got the news! All the practice for nothing! Now I have nothing to look forward to next month (the f***ed-up Nestle comp does NOT count)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no guarantee that the comp will be held again next year, and even if it is, I am not entirely sure that I will be able to participate. Anything can happen in one year. And I'm not only talking about me, I'm talking about my teammates too.
 
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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