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2006 DanceMom.com Reader Survey of Competitions

In the Fall of 2006, DanceMom.com readers were asked to rate competitions that they had attended during the previous dance year. Readers scored the competition on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) in each of the categories shown below. In each category, the five highest scoring competitions are indicated in bold type. There was an overall tie for fifth place, so the six highest scoring competitions overall are indicated with a medaland are designated as 'DanceMom.com Reader Recommended.'

Competition	Location Facilities	Schedule Timeliness	Judging Awards	Professional	Family Friendly	Cost Value	Would You Return?	Overall
Access Broadway	3.33	3.47	3.24	3.35	3.43	2.76	3.34	3.17
Applause Talent	3.75	3.50	2.95	3.90	3.11	3.37	3.51	3.14
DanceXplosion	3.26	2.22	2.74	2.59	2.59	2.70	2.60	2.55
Footloose	3.09	3.24	2.81	2.90	3.20	2.90	2.97	2.91
Hall of Fame	3.57	2.63	2.19	2.07	2.21	2.07	2.17	2.17
Headliners	3.00	2.84	2.11	2.06	2.28	2.56	2.33	2.23
Hollywood Vibe	2.60	2.80	2.67	2.73	2.60	2.60	2.44	2.49
I Love Dance	2.31	2.20	1.80	2.00	2.53	2.67	2.25	2.17
International Dance Challenge	3.04	3.28	2.79	2.92	2.83	2.92	2.96	2.80
JUMP	3.73	3.79	3.48	3.96	3.66	3.43	3.95	3.60
KAR	3.72	3.50	3.90	3.93	3.90	3.48	4.08	3.79
Nexstar	3.56	3.41	3.50	3.83	3.88	3.47	3.91	3.64
Showbiz	3.65	3.44	3.50	4.12	3.88	3.19	3.80	3.60
Showstopper	3.91	3.55	3.43	4.00	3.63	3.05	3.85	3.65
Sophisticated Productions	2.19	2.56	2.31	2.13	2.80	2.88	2.47	2.34
Star Systems	3.20	3.00	3.00	2.82	2.90	2.74	3.22	2.86
Starpower	3.67	3.10	3.26	3.53	3.72	3.10	3.65	3.42
StarQuest	3.50	3.56	3.21	3.71	3.63	2.94	3.52	3.48
Stars of Tomorrow	3.71	3.35	3.57	3.67	3.77	3.24	3.72	3.63
Tremaine Dance	3.77	3.29	2.67	3.24	2.76	2.32	2.89	2.70

Fewer than the required threshold of survey responses was received for the following competitions, making the results for this group less reliable for comparison purposes.
Competition	Location Facilities	Schedule Timeliness	Judging Awards	Professional	Family Friendly	Cost Value	Would You Return?	Overall
All American Talent	3.00	2.89	3.00	2.89	2.78	2.44	2.87	2.94
American Dance Awards	3.27	3.43	3.29	3.21	2.93	2.86	3.19	3.10
Bounce	2.82	3.07	2.52	2.80	2.84	2.56	2.55	2.59
Cathy Roe's Ultimate Dance	3.33	3.08	3.00	2.85	3.00	3.08	2.99	2.91
Co. Dance	3.67	3.75	3.50	3.83	3.69	3.23	3.63	3.41
Encore DCS	3.10	3.11	3.22	3.20	3.75	3.29	3.31	3.09
LA Dance Force	4.00	3.67	3.20	3.78	3.37	3.10	3.56	3.54
NYCDA	3.42	3.50	3.50	3.70	3.33	3.11	3.75	3.36
On Stage America	3.40	3.00	3.22	2.00	2.67	2.63	2.47	2.72
Rainbow Connection	3.62	3.20	3.55	3.55	3.60	2.90	3.68	3.47
Spotlight	3.91	3.90	3.40	3.50	3.33	3.56	3.87	3.49
Starbound	2.36	2.33	2.77	2.92	2.73	2.45	2.80	2.70

The following competitions were also included in the survey, but the number of completed surveys for each was not sufficient to warrant tabulation.
Competition
Bravo	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Dance America	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Dance Educators of America	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Dance Rave	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Dance Showcase USA	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
DanceMakers	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Dancers Spotlight	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Dupree Dance Expo	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Fire and Ice	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Hollywood Connection	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Legacy Dance Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
National Dance Showcase	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Thunderstruck	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Ticket to Broadway	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
U.S. Tournament of Dance	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Urban Jamm	-	-	-	-	-	-		-