Kick It Up Dance Competition testimonials

Thank-you very much for a great weekend! We have received the Video Judge and I wanted to let you know that I thought the judges were great. I am a judge myself (have been for over 7 years…seen a lot) and I thought they were honest, fair and very constructive- all 3 were great.

We look forward to seeing you again in 2012.

Thanks,
Ashley Ball
Director, Studio A Dance Academy Inc

WE HAD A FABULOUS TIME!! Thank you so much for making our first competition of the season a huge success! All of the families of Miss Jennie's really had a great time and were so pleased with every aspect of the competition!

Thanks so much!
Jennie Benson

Thank you so much, John. I appreciate the time you have taken to reply to my emails. It shows what an excellent company you run. I am proud to have my daughter compete once again at one of your competitions this year.

Thanks again.
Candace (Parent)

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for a great weekend at Kick It Up! It was such a great weekend and I was so impressed by the professionalism and great organization of your competition! The awards ceremonies were so much fun for the kids and the atmosphere was so positive. I cannot thank you enough for making it such a positive experience for our students! I will definitely be passing along great comments to other studios about your competition, as it was truly fantastic!

Thank you again for all your hard work!! I wish you the best of luck for the rest of your season and look forward to seeing you next year!

Sincerely,
Nadine Reguidel
" To Dance is to Live -- To Live is to Dance "

I just wanted to send my thanks to you and Kick it Up for our great experience at your competition last weekend! The students really enjoyed the experience. We are very pleased with how smooth the competition ran! Looking forward to coming again next year!
Thank you again,
Sincerely, Coralea Campbell

I would like to thank you for amazing weekend. You have the Best competition I have ever been to.
All students had a lot of FUN. All after competition the talk in our studio was about Rosco. Thank you and see you next year.
- Sergey and Dance Stream studio students.

Thank you so much for a wonderful competition weekend. My students left feeling wonderful about themselves and well recognized for their hard work. The awards ceremonies were fun, the Kick It Up staff was always helpful and having a good time, the schedule ran smoothly and on time, and the abundance of overall awards that were divided into disciplines were great too! You have put together a wonderful competition venue that we thoroughly enjoyed and will definitely be returning to year after year. Thanks again for a wonderful experience that my students and parents could enjoy!
- Taylor De Geer MacKenzie, The Dance Element

Thank you for such a memorable weekend! Our whole team had a blast. Just wondering if you have your dates for next year yet? Just checking since it was made VERY CLEAR by my competitive team and parents that we MUST attend that competition again.
Thanks again,
- Tonya Leduc, Director, Elite Dance Centre

My students and parents all enjoyed the fun friendly atmosphere at Kick it Up. John and the staff all went out of their way to make the competition experience a very friendly and professional one. I appreciate everything you did for the students and I look forward to competing with you again! Have a great summer!
- Jennifer McNeil, Director and Principal Instructor, Extreme Dance Connection

We sure did enjoy your competition! It is very similar to my philosophy that I have built my school around. WOW!!!! We are still celebrating at the studio on how well we did. Parents are coming in and cheering and there is just such a great buzz on how much fun everyone had on the weekend. Thank you to you and your team for making a great weekend for The Edge and a great memory.
- Susan Kasaic, Founder/Director, The Edge Performing Arts Inc.

Thank you so much for an amazing experience. From the early preparations, to the last minute changes due to injury, to the venue, it was just excellent! Your competition was our last of the season, and we certainly went out with a bang! Our girls, whom have danced this season against some of the 'super schools' needed a really great experience to end the season and your competition was it! Thank you so much for all that you did to make it such a great experience for not only our dancers, but their friends and family and my staff as well.
- Wendy McCartney, Competition Director, Performance Dance Academy

Once again you have delivered a wonderful competition. My dancers had a blast!!!!!! Your added bonus of the big screens in the theatre and back stage were muchly enjoyed by students and parents. Rosco ONCE AGAIN was committed to keeping up competition spirit throughout the weekend. The fun games participated at each adjudication were not only fun for the dancers but the parents as well. Once again my dancers came home feeling good about themselves, certainly the highlight of competition season for us. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me at the competition and ask my opinions, you are very smart to do that with all the directors, as that is what will make Kick it up even more popular. It also shows YOU CARE!!!!! It was by far the best competition of the season for us.

Keep up the good work John and please let your wife know that her efforts are most appreciated and let her know she has done a wonderful job.

Talk to you real soon John
Thanks again. See ya next season for sure!!!!!
- Julia, Strictly Dance

Thank you for a terrific weekend. As a studio owner I knew your competition ran smoothly but to see how organized your staff is backstage, the atmosphere of genuine appreciation for all studios and the fantastic organization of the adjudicators binders. You run a tight ship with great staff.
See you soon
- Robyn, Kick It Up Judge

I just wanted to send you a quick message letting you know that my students and I really enjoyed your competition. It was very well organized and Kick It Up did many wonderful things for the dancers, studio directors and parents. It's very refreshing to go to a competition that appreciates all three demographics. Because we are a smaller studio, that is fairly new to the competition scene, we often get lost in the sea of larger studios. We didn't feel this way at Kick It Up.

Adjudication was very fair and the trophies given by Kick It Up are absolutely beautiful....we often don't see too many trophies anymore which is what the dancers enjoy most!

Overall, it was a great weekend. We look forward to seeing you again next year.
Tania Azevedo. Elite Dance Corps

I just wanted to email you to say thank you for having me again this season. I had a great time judging for you and I think you should be very proud of the competition that you run. I was looking around at the kids and how much fun they were having over the course of the weekend and I was amazed because I have been to a lot of competitions in my life and you don't often see that. You really made it about the kids and that is definitely why it has been so successful. I am really proud to work for a company like that who knows what the real value in their work is. Your staff is also amazing and so fun and I really had a great time with them, so you definitely have picked the right people to work for you. I hope the rest of your season is going well and I look forward to working with you again next year. So if you will have me back I will see you in 2010! Have a great summer and stay in touch.
- Sharona, Kick It Up Judge

Thank you for the wonderful time at your competition. It was very well run, all the students/parents and teachers enjoyed themselves immensely. Our students were thrilled to receive the acknowledgment of their achievements.
- Allegro Dance Academy

It was overall a very wonderfully positive experience, the girls and myself loved watching the other dancers and learned so much I am sure. They loved the hotel and all your staff was so helpful, pleasant, and very nice and patient with us. We will defenitly return! All the best to you, your family and faculty with "Kick It Up" and please
give Rosco a big hug from all of us at "Let's Dance"
Sincerely

- Diana Sullivan, Let's Dance

Thank you for the information and a wonderful weekend. We will be back next year for sure, and if you have any 2010 dates available I would appreciate you sending them to me at your convenience. Thanks again and best wishes for a restful summer !
Sincerely,
- Lisa DiMaurizio-Paroyan, Fascination Dance Studio

We just want to thank you again and congratulate you on another successful competition. We were very happy to attend and all of the students had a great time! We will definitely see you next year.
Best regards,
- Hellen Pavlis, Elevation Dance Centre

Based on last year, we went to two of your competition venues this year. We were just as impressed this time around as we were then. It is by far the most organized competition we have been to, and the schedule was either ahead or on time. Your attention to detail and the kid friendly atmosphere was so appreciated. I think it will take my daughter till your next one to get through that giant tube of candy from the limbo contest! You and your staff are very approachable and genuine, and that makes it such a positive experience for everyone. Congratulations on another successful season.

- Christine Wilson, K M C Dance Academy

The kids, parents and I all had a great weekend in Niagara Falls. I want to let you know that in particular your award ceremonies were a big hit with all of us. Also, the "studio overall" is a fantastic idea. It is so nice to invovle the school instead of a few dancers. GREAT JOB! We would love to do your competition again and look forward to seeing you next year.
- Kelly McCaughey, Just Dance

Good Morning,
Just wanted to drop you a line to congratulate you for a successful competition weekend last weekend. Mostly, I would like to acknowledge your trophy and award presentations. We really enjoyed the number of special awards that you gave out, and also, it was great to give them out as often and at each awards ceremony. In addition, it is typically very discouraging for the kids when the same person wins the category, and then the trophy for 1st place and then the jacket and then the big trophy etc. etc. etc.

I think the way that your awards were done was great. You made the 'team' mean alot more where all kids contributed to the overall scoring for the top 5 studios. Have not seen that before and it was great. Great Job.
- Parent from Just Dance in Mississauga

Just a quick note to tell you how much we enjoyed the competition on the weekend. Everything ran like clock work.
Allison Darling, Darling Dancers

Good morning,
I was at your competition at the Rose Theatre this past weekend and I must tell you that your comp. is always my daughter's favourite competition. She really enjoys all the extra little things you do to make it fun. Thank you for providing such a fun environment!
- Dance Parent

Thank you for a wonderful weekend. The dancers and their families felt it was a very well organized competition and very professionally run. All the families got a kick out of Rosco, what a wonderful idea. Many of the dancers were back stage dancing with Rosco before adjudication and had a blast. I felt as a studio director that not only was it well organized and had fun for the dancers and families, but that you and your staff truly CARE about all the details of the competition. Yes we indeed will be back next year, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Blessings to you and your family for a wonderful summer.
- Julia Mounsteven CDTA, PAEC, CLM, Artistic Director, Strictly Dance

Hi John! Thanks again for a fun weekend...the kids had a great time!
- Kim & Kyla, K&K Dance Dreamz

Just wanted to send a quick note to say thank you for a great weekend! Our dancers and parents really enjoyed themselves.
- Ruth-Ann Gray, The Dance Shoppe Ltd.

I would like at this time to say how much Trisha, the teachers, parents and dancers enjoyed your competition and we'll be back next year. It is so important to make is fun. It's not just about winning but about making new friends and if you win that's a bonus. So again, congratulations on a successful weekend.
- Fran, T J's Dance Troop

I would like to send a quick note to thank you for a fantastic weekend. The theatre was beautiful and the kids had a lot of fun.
- Leah Anna Sanguinetti - Director, IN HARMONY DANCE & WELLNESS

Thank you for a wonderful weekend of dance. All of our kids, parents and teachers were treated with kindness and respect! Your awards are beautiful and your competition was ahead of schedule!!!
Keep up the good work, See you Next year!
- Robyn Tedesco, Director- Move with Grace Dance Studio