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The judges should bump dancers who are well advanced but dance in the power level.

Love love loved this competition! The judging was fair. The staff was incredible! Very professional, organized and comp ran on time. Wonderful venue with comfortable seating. My only complaint would be the awards. They gave out metal signs to the top 10. Whatever happened to awarding 1st, 2nd and 3rd with trophies? I’ve seen this trend going on more and more with comps everywhere. In my opinion it’s cheap. Other than that, this is a great competition and hopefully our studio will attend next year as well!

Our studio attends Energy every year. It is a well ran competition with good judges. The problem I have is that they allow so many studios to level down leaving our studio with no one to compete against in the most advanced division. Their rules state they can bump a routine if they feel it was mis-leveled but they never do. However, this is a problem across the board not just with the Energy brand.

By far one of our most favorite competitions ever!!!! Everyone is so friendly and it feels like we get to know the staff over the years:-). Anthony is the best emcee ever and it is always such a fun time with him there. Judging is fair, staff is friendly, love the special awards. It is such a positive vibe at this competition. Loved the new venue for Seattle. Can't wait till next season!!!

Hands down the TACKIEST competition I've ever been to. One of the number one winners was a little girl who was doing exotic dancer moves on a birdcage. Every single outfit was feathers and rhinestone collars. My daughter didn't do her best job here, so I'm not contesting her results - but the entire thing was just.. old school in the very worst way. Very much a costume focused competition. The Emcee spoke to everyone like they were three year olds. Poor communication, bordering on rude, staff running around like chickens with their heads cut off.. just.. a hot mess. You could not PAY ME to go back to this.

Decided to give Energy another chance after our complaints the previous year. I will say WOW! What a difference it made with having more awards after each session. We loved the MC Anthony! He was amazing. Judging fair, ran early. Loved the judges award. Great weekend!

We LOVED this competition! The emcee was AMAZING -- it ran on time or slightly early and the judging overall was fair. We did not love the venue as we constantly had to be running up and down stairs to get back and fourth to the dressing room and stage but it wouldn't deter us from attending again.

Energy National Dance Competitions are excellent!! My DD enjoyed herself very much!!

Always have done this competition each year. Really enjoy this one

This is our favorite competition of the year! Fair judging, always run early and THE best Emcee around, Anthony!

We attended their regional and Midwest nationals. We had a great time at both. Anthony is the BEST emcee out there. My daughter was in the opening number and not only had a blast but learned so much from the amazing choreographer. My only complaint, and this is across all competitions, is the use of 3 levels. You tend to see more blantant leveling down when there are 3 levels to choose from, leaving our teams with no competition in the most advanced level. However, you clearly see routines who should be competing at that level but choose to compete at a lower level, for what I assume is the win. If a routine would have scored a platinum in the level higher, it should be bumped up.

We have been to this competition twice and what we didn't enjoy as much was the location. The Lakeland theater (2017) had tiny dressing room and we were of 65. Then this past year it was actually in a school in Tampa and had one accessable bath room that was for dancers and guest. I think convention Halls are the best way to have everything and space needed. We enjoyed the host and performances. Also I think k microphones on the stage should be set up for tap routines.

Ran well, fair judging.

Enjoyed our Chicago event! Very modern and fun! Will be back

We always love coming to Energy. I liked the short and multiple award ceremonies, fair judging, and so many "extras". My daughter received a scholarship to Broadway Dance Center and an invite to attend a weeklong program in NYC. This comp is one of the only that is truly about the kids. 5 stars!

Pros: Live streaming; ran on time. Cons: EVERYTHING else. I wrote a nice long, thought out review but I guess it's too long. I'll try and summarize. The most questionable scoring/judging I've ever seen in my many many years as a dance parent. Out of 214 dances on Saturday, 174 got high gold. 22 Gold, 17 platinum. The overalls seemed to favor the bad dances - like they were trying to boost up the lower level dancers, with the best routines coming in very low (if at all) in the overalls. This seemed most obvious in the Power Division. Title comp was a joke (and my daughter didn't do title, so this is unbiased) with the senior title winner scoring a high gold behind four other title dancers but somehow taking home the crown. The announcer/backstage manger handed out "stand out" awards while watching from the side stage while also lining up girls, checking them in, and then even being spotted out in the hallway during the competition. Soloists scoring golds when it was obvious to anyone watching they were not gold level dancers - and heck they all got high golds in their groups. Oh and one routine's (not from our studio) music cut out about 15 seconds into the dance and rather than have them go off and start over, they had them dance the entire routine without music. C'mon. This isn't Broadway, let them do it the right way. I hope we never ever return to this competition as it was the biggest joke I've ever seen in my life. The scoring and judging was BEYOND ridiculous.

Disappointed once again in our experience at EnerGy this past weekend in Maumee OHIO. The schedule that you put together was a train wreck before the competition even started. If you don't think scheduling numbers back to back that have the same dancers in them wouldn't cause a problem possibly you need to revisit putting on dance competitions. Will never understand your criteria for judging. It seemed like the fluffy, easy numbers got the high scores, where the more difficult "dance" numbers seemed to struggle to even grab your attention. The solos from Sunday were so far off base on the scoring it was almost comical. You are consistent in one thing and that's promoting the exact same, in-the-box, fluff that you see everywhere. Very disappointing. Please......if costume/appearance/turn-out is even a smidge of what you judge these dancers on, PLEASE start calling these girls out for dancing in a near thong, without tights, with their butt cheeks hanging out. Call the studios out that allow it too. Wrong type of attention you're going for ladies. So gross. Not only is this distracting to look at, it's simply not a trend that you should be promoting as o.k. as a competitive dancer. No more time wasted at EnerGy for this studio thank god.

I didn't like the fact that the competition ran so far ahead of time that people that were coming to see my daughter dance could not make it. Also, the judges were "posing" in front of the live stream-I know this because out of state family was watching and were commenting on our group chat. Also, the scoring is absolute garbage. My daughter was scored much lower than she should have been, her dance instructor was completely dumbfounded (as were her father and me) as to how she earned the score she did. An absolute disappointment.

We just attended Energy Seattle this past weekend. We had a great time! Everyone was very friendly, the event ran smoothly and on time. Judges were fair. The emcee did a great job. Absolutely love all the special awards and scholarships given out. Our studio did extremely well with placings and awards! This was our 4th year doing energy and it did not disappoint, as usual. Can't wait till next year!

Judging fair. I love they actually bump you up if they feel you are in wrong level. Love the special judges awards. What I HATE and surprised not to see more comments is how long it takes for awards! Why can't you have awards after solos/duets/ trios? Both times we have done Energy we have waited hours, 7 or 8 hours for awards!!! I do not want to sit through a million group dances especially if my two girls are not in any of dances. Why can't solos be at one time and not mixed in throughout the day? Awards last 1.5 hours. I would say this is one of worst competitions out there and only for this reason. Two awards seasons at this last competition we attended. 130pm & 1030pm. Way to long of a stretch. Fix that and we will be back.

The emcee for Energy is the best part of this competition. He is hilarious and makes the entire event a lot of fun. The improv contest is my daughter's favorite. The awards seem to be done fairly and I like that they are willing to bump routines up that seems to be in the wrong level. Special awards this last year were more meaningful then in the past years.

Attended their Columbus event a few weeks back. On time and ahead of schedule all weekend. Emcee was the best! Backstage staff was helpful and we LOVED the Improv contest! We're going back next year!

As always, it was a very smooth event! Friendly and professional staff, qualified and constructive judges, and running ahead of schedule all 3 days was a bonus! Looking forward to Nationals!

Huge shout out to the judges Patrick, Karsha, and Briana this past weekend at Waterford. Your undivided attention afforded to our dancers was very apparent once we got our comments. Not only was my kids dance announced as the INCORRECT number, all three of you never bothered to stop yacking about the previous performance until her dance was half over (how do you accurately and in good faith submit an official scoresheet / judge something that you only even half paid attnetion to?) and debated as to who was ACTUALLY on stage - And despite the fact that Energy advertises competitive feedback as one of your "opportunities" for attending this Competition, I don't feel the comment on our tapes "Who the heck did we just judge?" constitutes as constructive feedback. Out of the 2 minutes and 45 seconds she was up there, she got MAYBE a good 30-40 seconds of your undivided attention - which explains her placing of a "High Gold". Heck, I would have given her the same since the number you kept calling her as was a Musical Theater number and her performance was actually a Contemporary piece - You should be ashamed of yourselves. These dancers and their Instructors work ALL YEAR long to present a routine to you so you can "judge" them on their performance. Normally they take those comments back into the studio and work on that routine, pretty sure that cant be done at this point and to be honest we take NOTHING from you as constructive or otherwise. So Gina, thank you for a less than enjoyable experience. Not only were your judges lousy and inept at doing their job, you assured our studio that if we accepted your invitation to compete at one of your new locations free of charge in order to drum up some competition at the new location (Fowlerville in February) that we would not have to worry about being judged by the same 3 judges when we came to compete in Waterford. Disappointing to arrive and find that despite all of your assurances, all three judges were the same as Fowlervilles competition. Thank you for sticking to your word. Needless to say we will not be attending your competition again. Very disappointing to say the least -

This was our first year attending Energy and we loved it. Judging was fair and staff was amazing!

This is our second year of doing Energy. The comp was fun and great, what I didn't care for was that if there is no one in the division age category for title, the person bumps up. I don't think it's fair that for a title award that a child of 7 or 8 competes against a child that is 12 (13 usually at the time). To me that just isn't very fair or evens the playing field. We've been to multiple comps where if they didn't have others in the division, they still make the child go through the hoops of the title portion. Again, just a basis of opinion that I was not impressed with the title portion

We attended energy in seattle last weekend. We love this competition! Very friendly staff. Ran very smoothly . Judging was very fair. Our dances all did really well, receiving mostly platinums, but I will say it was hard to gauge if judges really liked certain dances. They weren't very vocal during critiques and we're very monotone. Awards ceremony was lots of fun for the dancers. I love how they give out lots of awards and scholarships. That was awesome. Great merchandise too! Definitely one of our favorites. Looking forward to next year!

I love this competition!!! I highly recommend it to everyone for their professionalism We went to that\'s entertainment and they were HORRIBLE!!!! Rude and disorganized !! But this competition made us feel welcome and definitely had a better flow with awards and overall event !

I attended the regional events in Maumee and Waterford. This is by far the best competition around. They are so organized and friendly! Not only that, but they ran ahead of schedule! The judging was very fair and I love how they introduce the judges and that they actually present an award. They also have these fantastic studio plaques for your dance studio instead of lugging home 50 trophies for your group dances. Loved the improv contest! Lots of opportunities for the kids and chances to be recognized! Will definitely be going back!

This was one of the most boring competitions we\'ve ever sat through. The majority of the groups were leveling down, and it was obvious. There were barely any routines in the Energy division. Our groups did really well but there wasn\'t anyone to compete against most of the time. The award ceremony took forever and the judges awards were a joke. You\'re wasting everyone\'s time handing out a \"sparkly shoe\" award. I would not want to return to Energy.

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This is our second year at this competition and we enjoyed our experience both years!!! Thank you for another awesome year.

This is our 2nd year at Energy and we love it! Competition ran an hour ahead of schedule which was nice for those who were there all day. Friendly, professional staff and Anthony is the best!

Attended energy in Seattle this weekend. This event was amazing!!! Everything ran smooth from registration through awards. Ran way ahead of schedule. The emcee is amzing. He keeps everyone entertained. Finally a competition where the judges were super fair. Scores were fair and special awards distributed evenly amongst studios instead of just one studio getting everything. Staff was super nice!!! Will be back for sure!!!

Runs smoothly. Don\'t understand while a completely inappropriate routine (a junior dancing to fergilicious is DISGUSTING!) was awarded a top 10. Most inappropriate number I saw in the three days we were there. Always a smut routine getting rewarded. There was also a swim meet going on so parking and space was no where to be found. The timing is great as usual. Everything moved along quickly. The emcee is always a big hit. He\'s funny and quick. The staff was pleasant and helpful.

LOVE this competition. Truly all about the kids. Love all of the specials awards as well.

NOVEMBER 2014

Needed more dressing rooms. Did like how it had anopen area for eating. I also liked their special awards. Some of the judges were pretty harsh in their corrections but I appreciated the honesty. Loved the announcer.

Loved the location but the competition left a lot to be desired. They crammed everyone into 2 rooms because the candy apples were here and had their own room. The lights went off during more than 1 roytine, they sold all their programs by 8am the FIRST DAY of competition. The judging seemed to be based on what studio you were from rather than how you danced and they had no rhyme or reason to who danced and when. They have you a half hour window and even though I know my daughter was checked in and ready they would sit and wait for a certain routine(usually the candy apples) to go first even though technically my daughter\'s routine was earlier in the listing. The awards took forever and the environment was not as friendly as other competitions

I was excited that the competition was in a school. Easy parking and plenty of room or so you would think. They had all the dancers stuffed into 2 rooms. You could not breath. They should have provided more rooms to change. It\'s a school they have hundreds of rooms. The competition went ok. They seemed to have issues with music and lighting. Several performances had to redo because of problems. My daughter being one of them. Her music skipped in the middle. She completed her dance without a missing a beat. She was not asked to dance again like other performances. She was ok with that. She did get recognized with a special award. However one of the judges was extremely rude. I understand it is your job to judge but have you heard of constructive criticism. My child is 9 years old and for you to jab at her left and right with nothing positive after she danced perfectly without music is wrong. The other two judges were great. They need to give pointers to the other judge that was a professional dancer. We understand she knows a lot but keep in mind the ages when judging.

Well run and a lot of fun! Great experience.

Your entire team is one of the most professional, organized and smoothly run competitions. My studio gals look forward to your regionals in Redondo every year! The staff is friendly and knowledgable, the judges are extremely helpful, and the emcee is hilarious! Even the other studios that attend are extremely nice and helpful! Good people, good times! Everyone should attend the Energy Experience! Your a great competition for all levels of dancers.

I love this comp! However, the judges comments come off as a little bit rude, but they are helpful. Overall its a super fun experience and I would recommend it to everyone!!!!

Energy is honestly a very good competition very orginized and all but they bump pretty much everybody up and it is very frustrating because most students do not need to get bumped up and when they do they place much lower and that isn\'t fair because when a teacher places a student in that level they usually are not trying to cheat they are just placing them where they belong and energy wanted to bump almost every soloist and group up but that is wrong. The sad part is they don\'t even ask you or tell you until awards that they did it and you pretty much have to BEG them to tell you and ask your permission it is very frustrating but over all a pretty decent competition

We recently attended Energy Nationals at Sawmill Creek Resort. I definitely give them 5 stars. They offered some different things for the kids to participate in like the opening number of the showcase and the improv contest. How about the pool party, the bonfire and the movie?? Who else does that? What an opportunity for the kids, parents and teachers to mingle and make new friends. I enjoy the fact that they do not start early in the morning. Gives the kids a chance to rest and/or enjoy the pool or other activities for awhile. Anthony Fett!!!! Best emcee I have ever come across in our years of the dance world. He knows how to entertain! I love that awards are fast and yet the kids are given the perfect amount of attention. I\'ve read above that some feel Cathy from CADC was rude in classes. Myself and my daughter were in her junior/senior class and I didn\'t see/hear anything of the like. As far as her teaching I do not blame the competition for asking her to teach. A lot of kids benefited from her instruction no doubt. As far as knowing the judges...I am just a parent and I have met quite a few of the judges and don\'t hesitate to speak with them. So, I am sure the owners of the studio know most of them that them come across and will chat with them here and there. That doesn\'t mean they have a \"judge in their pocket\". Someone is watching too much Dance Moms if they believe that! There was a lot of awesome competition at this Nationals. I enjoyed watching all!! I am proud of each and everyone, no matter the placement. We all need to remember, that it is in the hands of the judges. Not the competition owner, emcee or staff. As I tell my daughter...sometimes it is your day and sometimes it is not. BUT anyway, I LOVE enerGy!!

I am extremely disappointed with this Nationals event. There were so many conflicts of interest and oblivious favoritism that I believe anyone in the Energy division did not have a chance before the event even started. Please explain to me why Cathy from Candy Apples was teaching a master class when her studio was competing? (And she was obnoxious and rude to the kids telling them to \"bow down to the queen?\" They were there to take a serious ballet class, not elevate her TV persona.) They also announced that the owner of the competition had a daughter that danced at Candy Apples and they were walking around talking all week. One of the judges taught classes at Candy Apples weeks before National. How many blatant conflicts of interest could I spot at one event? I wondered why I was seeing so many dances entered in the Power level that seemed strong enough to be in the Energy division. They must have known that the Energy level was already in the bag. I could \"clean house\" how Cathy said if I had all of the staff in my pocket. I could care less that Energy has tues to Dance Moms and any parent with a serious dancer who doesn\'t enjoy watching people being disrespectful and unprofessional would not be impressed that you keep trying to amp up your connection with that show. Our studio had many dances that made the showcase but in the end we never had a chance before they even stepped on stage. Girls noted that a judge was on their phone durging a dance. Kids were seen hanging out in the judges room late into the evening. There should be a clear line drawn between the staff, judges, and studios so there is fair and unbiased judging and parents and children do not waste all the time and money. The only positive part of the event was the opening number participation. My daughter enjoyed being a part of that and meeting kids from other studios, but other than that it was a let down for the Energy Division. I just don\'t understand how all of these blurred lines are fair.

They\'ve really grown alot since we started going to energy and are really happy with our experiences with them. We will keep going back!

Everyone was extremely friendly and they ran on time or ahead all weekend which was great! I wish the judges would have talked more. Our studio will go back next year!

Our studio tried this comp for the first time this season and it\'s already on the schedule for next year! Great comp, fun, professional!

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Competition as a whole was a disappointment. We travel to several comps throughout the year and this was definitely not one of my favorites. Ran out of order which is a problem when families are trying to come and see their children but don\'t want to watch the whole competition. Judging was fine I wasn\'t impressed with anything about the comp so once it got started we treated it as an expensive practice for our next one. Our groups did well but again the children didn\'t see this as anything special so they weren\'t really that excited. they received their \"ribbons\" and the whole thing just made them more excited for the next one!!

Energy is awesome! It seems like some of the negative comments are more about other dancers and not your own. Maybe if you focused more on the experiences of your dancer(s) maybe you would be a bit happier with competitions. Also, I do not think you should judge a competition on letting a young dancer finish her routine (you never know the circumstances) Competition is suppose to be something that makes your dancer grow, not scare them away. Let these dancers grow and accept change and differences. Energy is ALWAYS a positive, professional and fun competition and we look forward to attending Nationals with them. Defiantly recommend this competition!10 stars!

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After seeing these negative comments about the Energy competition in Waterford, MI I just don\'t get it. My studio attends 5 competitions a season (Energy for the past 3) and this is always our favorite one. It\'s organized, and was even ahead of schedule! They truly care about each studio (big or small) and want to make sure everyone is having a good time. We had a concern one year about our dancers getting bumped to a higher level and we asked an employee at the event and they quickly explained their reasoning and fixed the problem before it was even a problem. Maybe some of these negative commenters should address their issues when something can actually be done about it--at the event!I would recommend Energy I\'m sure everyone at my studio would agree.

All I can say is BAD!! the judges seemed as though they were too important to be there, which I find hard to believe.... You have at least 40 other options when choosing a dance competition... this should not be one of them

Our girls were so excited to attend this because they have seen it on tv. What a disappointment. The one judge actually choreographed one of the dancers dances that did a solo. One girl ran off stage during her dance and then was able to redo the dance later. Most competitions if you run off stage you are done. All dancers are nervous if they can\'t handle it and fall apart they should be done. We have several very young girls and they are taught that. The awards were a joke... Never again!

This was our first time at an Energy Dance Competition. What a bad experience. We won some great overall awards but I must say the judging was really questionable. When you can look at scores and they are 8 and 9 points difference between judge #1 and judge #2 & #3 there\'s a problem. No trophies are given to the overall winners. For overall winners in the duo & trio category the children receive one ribbon to share I guess. The owner was there on the first day and you didn\'t see her the remainder of the weekend. She had another event to attend I guess. The one judge looked like he was literally sleeping most of the time. Again we did fairly well and I guess I should just be happy with that but as much money as parents spend at these event\'s I believe just some of it should be given back to the children. There are no scholarships handed out for individuals (which are really free to the competition if they work with convention groups), no trophies for overall winners, no cash awards unless over 10 in a category and they randomly move groups from categories into others. I will mention one more time that the duo and trio\'s received one ribbon between them if they one. There was not straight order whatever group walked up that\'s who went on. I could go on not a good experience.

We just left the Energy Dance Competition in East Haven, Connecticut...Anthony Fett was so entertaining for the audience and so supportive to the dancers. He is an amazing asset to your dance competition!! Full of \"Energy\" and Fun!! Love him!!!

Love this comp. Staff is, friendly and accommodating. The run on time and don\'t ask students to be there at 10pm on a school night and live that there are 3 levels of competition giving our girls a shot. And love that they will call a studio out for ttying to put their group in a lower level just to score higher. My absolute favorite

This was our teams first competition ever last year and it was by far the best choice! It was amazing and we can\'t wait to return to it in a few weeks! It was amazing and there was nothing to complain about!

We\'ve been attending Energy for years, and it is by far the most organized, consistent, fair, and well run competition we\'ve ever been to. And we go to a LOT of competitions. This weekend was smooth, and even ahead of schedule! It\'s always a breath of fresh air to attend a comp knowing your dancers, families and teachers will be treated with respect. Their judging is spot on, and the critiques are encouraging and provide actual feedback the dancers can use and learn from. We will continue to attend Energy as there really is no other competition like it!

By far the WORST competition I have ever been to. You had to dress super, super skimpy, walk off stage before your song was finished, fall, or be 5 yrs old to place overall. Also girl that were in the junior power level were screwed because when overall awards were given out, girls in the junior ENERGY level were given the overall awards in the junior power level!!

Worst competition we have ever been to. Scoring was a joke. They gave a high gold and placed a girl in the top ten who ran off the stage in the middle of her dance and never returned. We will never attend energy again.

Energy was a great competition. The staff was friendly and always on top of things. This was the most organized competition we have ever attended. Our dancers/parents/teachers had a great time.

I have been attending dance competitions for 10 years and Energy Dance Competition in Maumee Ohio has by far been the worst competition we have ever attended. The judges were not fair. Scores were insulting compared to other comps attended. The speakers were annoying. It was obvious that they were friends with a particular studio and everyone else was just not important. We were going to attend their National but I refuse to ever go to another Energy Dance Competition!

Our second Energy competition. Organized and fair. They kept things moving for most of day. The judging was consistent and there was no obvious placing of dancers in a lower level than their skill ability to ensure a win. The emcee is fun and lively without talking too much or being flakey. The only negative comment is that there was a big lull of what seemed like nearly 10 minutes while a studio moved a huge set that involved scaffolding for their production number. Question the safety of allowing something that big in the competition. Will go back in the future. Had a blast.

GOOD COMP

Great competition. A few concerns: tight changing quarters, running ahead of schedule (is nice for parents but not if you have people coming to watch), need to limit the number of dances each studio participates in (although the groups were talented it felt as if we were at their personal recitals).

Attended the comp in Boardman Oh. It was run very well with lots of good dancers. The only complaint we had was the changing area. We were crammed in a curtained room with another studio. There was not enough room for one of is, let alone both! Along with the comp, a basketball game and some type of debate team was at the same venue. Maybe this was part of the changing room problems? Lack of space?

Attended their Nationals in Sandusky. My kids had an AMAZING week. Great classes, opening number auditions and rehearsal ran really smooth. They took care of the studio owners and teachers, too with a classy gala with mimosas, bloody marys and appetizers. Very nice way to feature the teachers! We\'re excited to go back next year!

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We liked this competition. Will attend again!

Great experience! We loved this competition! Consistent scoring and dancers leave with a good feeling.

Loved everything about this competition except the fact that one dancer could hold as many spots in overalls as solo dances they bring instead of the usual only being allowed to have your highest scoring solo eligible for overalls (hoping that rule changes) but we will be back..

Really enjoyed this comp! This was chosen as an optional competition for us! Was glad we attended! Some of the critiques were a little sketchy ! Back stage crew were fun and kept things rolling! Would attend this comp again!!

Energy was a great experience for our studio! Great staff and lots of fun, but the judges video critiques are not the best. The judges seem only knowledgable in their particular genre of dance, but overall would recommend this event!

Good competition... would go back. Questionable Judging though... Owners studio attended the dance moms filming and it seemed that her kids scored well and maybe better than others! Still like the venue and way the comp is all run but would keep an eye on who is attending. Positive experience!

Worst competition my children have ever been to.

LOVE!

Attended Energy again this year, and was once again a great experience! Organized, ran on time, kids loved it and judging was consistent/fair. Will be going back to their Nationals at Kalahari again, too!

I was at the competition in Maumee Ohio, it was a great competition! My girls LOVED, it and they had such a good time. Judging was fair and the competition ran smoothly. We will definitely be returning to Energy NDC!

Like the comp

Great competition. Fair scoring, kept on time, ran smoothly. Very friendly staff and venue was nice. Extra awards and three different levels. Can\'t wait for Nationals and to return to this competition next year!!

Attended Energy National Dance Competition yesterday. Dancer\'s had a great time and met many new friends. Very friendly, professional staff and fair scoring. Looking forward to the Mason event and National\'s.

My daughter loved competing yesterday, ran on time and scoring seemed to be fair. Judges were friendly and gave out numerous awards on stage. They were working the \"kinks\" out on a new software program, we were told, so the awards ran a bit long. But my daughter just had more fun on stage. Hopefully our studio will attend another one of their competitions or maybe their nationals! Exciting.

Took my daughter to Energy yesterday; loved it!! She had a great time; everyone involved with Energy went out of their way to make it great; we\'ll be going to more Energy Competitions!! Thank you!!

My students had a great time at Energy last night! It\'s their favorite competition, family friendly and always fair judging. Can\'t wait for Nationals!

Wonderful my kids love it the awards are amazing!

Great competition! Can\'t wait to come back! Had an amazing time !!

Great competition! Had an amazing time!

This is a great comp. My kids can\'t wait to come back this year!

My daughter loved this competition last year and she can\'t wait for this year\'s Mason, OH event.

Attended a regional last year with my daughter\'s studio, and loved it! Ran on time, fair judging, we are attending again this year!

loved Energy! attended their regional and National in Sandusky and loved it. Lots of great awards and judges were spot on with our studio!We will be going back and cant wait for the Nationals in Sandusky again...it was a blast!

This competition used to be one of my favorites, before it decided to get on the Dance Moms bandwagon. It went down hill quickly from there! Competing against them, is a waste of time. It\'s a staged show that the awards reflect. The competition always runs way over because Abby Lee Dance Company doesn\'t haven\'t to follow the same rules, and gets to skip their time until they are ready (would be nice to have all day to run our numbers too, until we felt like performing them) and then we all wait forever for them to come out and perform. The competition is a chaotic mess that only confuses, frustrates and annoys the dancers and parents. Listening to the staged fights in the halls and trying to get to your dressing room, bathroom, anything becomes a nightmare. Putting the fake show aside, the judging is horrible! The judges themselves are confused and awards are mistakenly given. At the last regional competition - my daughter, in the elite, teen level, small group was beat out by beginner, petite, large group - they weren\'t even competing against each other - oops, judges messed up! That happened more than once at that competition. Wrong ribbons were handed out, multiple times, as well. They really need to be more organized and get back to the art of dance, and not sell out to a Lifetime show.

My daughters studio went to there regional in Maumee, OH and we returned for there nationals in Sandusky, OH. What a great experience for my child. She got to try out for the Opening number and got a part. She was so excited that she got the changed to do this. It was a great event. We will be returning to there competition in 2014!

Attended Energy's Nationals at Kalahari. Loved it! Will be attending again next year!

This is the first year we have gone to Energy and we will be going back

Worst comp we have ever been to. The scoring did not follow the printed rules our small group o f4 lost in their divison to a production of over 25 girls in a higher age group still wondering how this happens. Our kids did not receive their ribbons and were told they were not ordered so they would ship later (still not received). Trophies that were given were not even the place they achieved and once again the girls were told it was because they had not bothered to order them .One of the judges actually said to the audience as she was asked to present her judges award that she hated this award and did not know why she always got stuck with it.The staff was rude and unorganized we will definatly not be going back ever again

A couple girls from our studio competed solos and had a great experience. I can honestly say they got the best judges critiques this season. All three judges commented throughout the routines and paid very close attention to technique. You could tell they knew their stuff. We were at a smaller venue and the level of competition wasn\'t as high as others we attended. The staff and other studios we encountered were very friendly. The competition ran on time in the morning - I can\'t say about the afternoon though.

Went to Energy a couple times over the past few years. Love this comp. Well run and highly recommend!

Being a dance dad of three awesome kids (2 girls and 1 boy) I have been to dozens of comps. My wife, kids and the studio they attend all enjoyed Energy tremendously! The backstage staff was so very friendly to the prop dads, giving us suggestions on where to store props, moving things out of the way, etc. In addition, they recognized us at the awards! The comp moved fast and ON TIME which is rare. The kids loved the special awards and they seemed to be excited about their rankings. The emcee was very entertaining and really interacted with the kids well. We loved the Energy merchandise and the professional photographer and videographer (being the last comp for us we did purchase the video and photo packags). Overall a GREAT experience. Our first time attending and we WILL be back. Next time we will pack food since there wasn\'t concessions. Sometimes the schools offer them sometimes they don\'t (maybe Energy can include that info so we can plan!??!) As the staff said backstage \"WERK\"

liked it. had some pretty cool judges. the one dude from the t.v. show, anthony burrell was fun to meet. the kids got a kick out of that. our studio enjoyed it. started on time, ended on time. the only complaint was no concession stand so had to leave the building to get food and it was hard to park. staff was very friendly and always present and especially liked the way they interacted with crowd before awards, giving out prizes and dancing with the kids on stage. awards went quick too, nice awards and gave out cash prizes that day. photographer printed pics on site and they were really nice quality and affordable. overall a good experience. would do it again.

Enjoyed this competition! Long days/nights is my only gripe. Thanks for treating our studio with respect! Well run, we recommend!

Energy was my daughter\'s favorite competition of the season (and we went to 10!). The staff in the lobby was very helpful, along with the backstage managers. What I really liked about the competition was that it ran on time, and even a bit early both days. All in all, the staff, emcees, photographer and judges were very in point and it was a very positive experience for my daughter and her studio. We\'re looking forward to next year!

I attended the Energy competition in Chicago a few weeks back. My daughter and all the girls from our studio had a blast! There was a lot of studios and a lot of tough competition, but very fair as far as judging goes. The backstage area was kind of small, but it wasn\'t a big deal. The staff backstage were all super nice and very encouraging of the dancers. Lots of \"good lucks\" and \"great jobs\" which made the kids feel good :) There was a no photography rule, due to the fact they had a photographer taking photos which I thought was kind of a bummer. But the photos that were taken were actually really good and very reasonably priced compared to other competitions. We were allowed to take pics during awards however, which was good. Overall, very positive experience! We look forward to coming back next year!

I thoroughly enjoyed the competition in Connecticut. My daughter had a great time. I felt that the competition ran smoothly and the staff was professional and very friendly. Although the gym wasn\'t an ideal location for the dressing rooms, the competition did put signs up so every studio had their designated places. The competition director was very friendly and constantly made herself present. I felt the judging was consistent with what I have been seeing at other competitions this season. The competition ran early on Saturday and on time Sunday. My daughter also loved meeting Anthony Burrell, she was so thrilled and she claims it was the high light of her dance season. I enjoyed Energy NDC and hope to be return with our studio next year.

Didn\'t love it, didn\'t hate it. Nothing special. They actually bumped numbers up that they thought were underplaced, which I have seen in many comp\'s rules, but never seen them follow through on. Not a very good venue. Dressing room space was the gym. Ran over 30 minutes early on the first day, which is usually fine, but my daughter felt rushed for her solo. Nice backstage manager, though. Second day, seemed to score much easier than the first day. What would have been gold was getting high gold, no high silvers at all, very few golds. Some stuff I thought was terrible actually scored platinums, so I felt like the judging was inconsistent. Ran an hour late on the second day. A note to Gina: please don\'t take it so personally that I didn\'t love it. I said I didn\'t love it didn\'t hate it. Just my personal taste, and yes, I felt the scoring changed from day to day. No high silvers were given out the second day we were there. I could go on about what we did like and what we didn\'t. I\'m just a little frustrated that you feel the need to negate my comments. That is my opinion. I am unsure why you feel a need to defend yourselves when most of the reviews of your comp are so good.

Enjoyed Chicago, a little slow though, would def do it again.

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I have been at Energy's regionals and have found them to be professional and organized. I would recommend this comp. to anyone. They run on time and are very friendly. The emcee's are funny at times and their awards ceremony's are very quick, which is very helpful because there is nothing worse than sitting there for hours listening to awards! We have always had a positive experience with them when attending!

We loved Energy Dance competition. The staff was friendly and ran on time and very nice to everyone. Their backstage staff was encouraging to the dancers at all times, even hi fiving them! They run mostly 2 days but they are reasonable days and they get out fairly early so that the families that attend can have down time...something important to me as a mom. I had no problems. I don't know anything about the daughter. The comp has always been fair as far as I can see. We are attending their Nats in Sandusky ohio!

What competition lets the Competition Director's daughter compete her solo in MULTIPLE cities at the competition run by her mother?!.. And consistently places her in the overalls. This one!!! Unprofessional, unethical. The people YOU hire are judging YOUR own kid! How does that even sound right! As if there aren't hundreds of other competitions she can compete in. Will never give my money to them again. Beware.