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First off, the management was not very friendly and seemed unorganized/confused. They didn’t welcome us with anything like mosts comps. I thought I had to check in but they looked at me like I was crazy. Judging was unfair at this competition. The big moneymaker studio won literally everything. I understand that the more numbers you bring, the more likely you are to win but this was just ridiculous. The judges definitely favored tricks and turns more than movement quality. They also said basically NOTHING in the critiques! My dancers don’t know what to improve upon when all you say is “nice” the whole time. If it’s so nice, then why didn’t they win… or even place? We had a few dancers that only got a high gold and I agree that they deserved it but when you don’t say anything in the critiques, they have no idea why they scored that way. Also with that big winning studio, they seemed to win no matter what. They did a number where multiple people fell and messed up to the point where they were all crying DURING the dance and causing a scene backstage after. That dance received a Grand Slam even with multiple mistakes. Our studio parents even said they saw multiple mistakes. Another thing was the backstage management. The guy running everything backstage was not organized at all and sometimes he would just disappear. I had to scramble to find someone else to check us in to perform and they asked ME where the guy was. Shouldn’t you know??? They also didn’t look for anyone who was coming up soon in the program. They just didn’t really care. The dressing room situation wasn’t ideal either. They had us all over the place, it was a free for all. Some people were just changing in the hallways. Other studios were claiming rooms to change in, which apparently was allowed. There were also many kids from that big studio in their National/intermediate level who were very advanced and should’ve been bumped up. They of course dominated. The last thing I didn’t like was the age categories. Their junior is 9-11 and teen is 12-14. I know other comps do this but in what world is a 12 year old a teen? My petites (9) had to compete in junior where they had no chance and my juniors (12) had to compete in teen where they also had no chance and they were AGAINST my elite team who are the oldest at our studio. Side note, the merchandise was hideous and tacky looking! No one seemed to really be buying it. The one plus side was the pictures and video which were great. That was the only thing good about Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame is one of the best in the business. They truly set the standard for a great competition experience. My studio is a smaller studio competing against some of the giants in our area. The judging and placement is fair and honest with great critiques given from the judging staff. The HOF staff itself is fun, engaging, and helpful. These are long weekends for competition staff too but you'd never know at HOF as the staff is on-point all weekend long. Ricci does an incredible award show and it's by far the students favorite. All around a great professionally run competition. Highly recommended.

We have been to Hall of Fame in Worcerster for several years now and always have a pleasant experience. Very welcoming staff and great energy. The award ceremonies are always geared toward the dancers and are clearly designed to make sure they are having fun. The Emcee in Worcester was the best! This competition in addition has some of the nicest merchandise. Only complaint is the collapsible stage. Lots of competitions use them and We have never had issues with them in the past. But at this particular event the tape on the stage made it very difficult to turn.

Studios Just Be Prepared: This competition is very popular so it fills up and a lot of time they end up having 4-5 day events, which is crazy when parents work and students are in school and some of us have to travel hours to attend. I would personally say it is geared towards larger studios in the larger cities as that is how it seemed when we attended. I did feel at our event the judging was all over the place. Dances (including some of our own) were placing that we wouldn't had expected to place and much better routines (from every studio) weren't getting nearly high enough. The staff was nice but I hate when I pay good money for an event and favoritism is shown to studios they already know instead of them taking the time to step out and make the newer studios feel welcomed. I hope they will work on that after seeing my post. The videoing and photography is top notch, so kudos to them on that. I also thought the teacher room was a nice touch and I know so many thought the alcohol provided was great, but lets be more realistic, a dance competition with kids involved is not really the time and place for that.

Hands down, the best competition by far. The competition truly is the best of the best and brings in the highest caliber of competition every year (St. Paul, MN). The scoring is always spot on. The awards ceremony is always fun and upbeat and the announcer is so full of energy and keeps the awards moving. This competition always runs early, which is a perk when you've been there from Wednesday-Sunday. They value all genres of dance, which is often not the case with many competitions. The only thing that I do not necessarily like is that the scoring is lower for platinums in the intermediate and novice categories and that potentially convinces people to level down. I wish they were all 285+ for platinum. I do like, however, that advanced (American) has the opportunity for a grand slam, which are few and far between, but it's exciting and meaningful to receive one.

Our studio went to HOF regional and national regularly. I like their settings, especially the national competition. Judge are fair most of times. But I have two problems with the event. The first problem is that their acoustic quality is very very very bad (we attended Atlanta event)! We have attended many dance competitions and the acoustic quality of this event is much much worse than any other events. We have been to Atlanta for last few years. We have never been able to hear music clearly. I first thought it could be the problem of the hall. However, this year they moved to a new venue. The sound effect is equally bad or even worse. Some times I could not hear what the staff said at all in the award ceremony. I think they need to upgrade or have some one tune their audio system better. The second problem is that their awards are very cheap. They give very tiny plaques for ADJUDICATION awards, even for grand slam. While other competitions give much more attractive awards. Top overall scorers just got a piece of paper (coupon) of $200 discount for one of their summer event. Only first place got a slightly better plaque. My daughter was quite disappointed for that.

best of the best, never has disappointed in my 6 years of attendance

Love this Comp! It\'s always one of our studio favorites, and it\'s always such a fun/professional experience. Awards are fun and they do a great job of making the dancers feel special, but also moving things along. Back stage managers are awesome and helpful, and the judges give great critiques.

We have been attending this competition for years and have always loved it. Very professional, fair judging and always run ahead of schedule!

Could not figure out how they were scoring. There were some routines that deserved a platinum and scored such. There were some routines that were high gold that scored a high gold. But there were many, many platinum awards given out to routines with so many technique issues, and quite a few high golds given out that were better than over half the platinum awards. The comments given at the regional level were non-existent. One judge literally just said \"pretty\" throughout the whole routine, with no corrections, while there were absolutely no comments from the other two judges. The performance got a high gold, why? High Gold at the nationals, the dancers will never know why they got the score they did and what needs improvement. As with the regional competition, the national competition had one studio that had \"elite\" on some of the jackets, but not on all. One girl danced all day from that studio and did her solo at the National level, then danced another day (all day) at the American level. All the routines scored a platinum despite problems. The judges knew the kids and some of the parents by first name. I find that the saddest of sad commentary, right along with lack of constructive comments. Hoping the studio owner never returns to this competition.

Not the best nationals experience, but still very professional.

Not impressed. Many elite dancers dancing many routines, so that you know they are always at the studio, dancing national/secondary. Many even had \"elite\" on their jackets. Was very confused with the scoring as well. Lots of technique issues with routines that still scored high (really high). Dancers on the outsides seemingly could be doing anything they wanted, whose performance wasn\'t included in the overall performance score.

This was a great competition and a ton of fun. My kids really enjoyed themselves. The photos were beautiful! For anyone planning to attend this comp, you should know it runs really far ahead. Many times this weekend we were 1.5 hours ahead. But if you know this going in you can be prepared. An area for improvement would be the venue. Our studio has attended various comps there and it is a difficult place to have a competition. The dressing rooms are tiny, they do not allow you to bring in food for your dancers, and the space is really tight. I can only imagine how great this comp would be at the Minneapolis Convention Center. There is way more space and the opportunity for multiple stages. I know Hall of Fame St. Paul is huge but I bet Minneapolis could be just as large if it were at the convention center Just a thought. Thanks for a great weekend!

It was a fun weekend! Host/announcer made the pre-awards stage time fun for everyone. Kids enjoyed the light sticks that were passed out. Room for improvement on changing rooms - the venue has plenty of space we have been there for other competitions. All studios need an assigned space no matter how big or small. Only studios were assigned space and the rest left to figure it out for themselves. The she show runs smoothly and at times up to 90 minutes AHEAD of schedule. This can make things stressful. The planned schedule could be planned better since this seems like a trend across the board.

All-around a wonderful competition! VERY fair judging and family always appreciates the live stream. Keep up the great work!

Love that they offer food at this one, especially the mini donuts. I wish they would run a bit more on time though, but they tend to do a good job for the most part. Changing rooms could use some help, but we bring a tent and can set up pretty much wherever.

MANY positives! The judging was VERY fair! Many different styles of dance represented in the overalls! That was so nice to see!! The levels of competition are fair and the studios placed their dances really well at this competition! Live stream is amazing! I really would love to give it five stars but there were a couple of issues. The dressing room situation on group day was horrible! You literally could NOT move in the dressing room. Rooms became available later, but once you are all set up for the day it\'s such a huge hassle to move everything. And they ran waaaaay tooooooo early. I think an event that runs over an hour ahead could have been better planned from the start. Being way early stresses everyone out! Getting ready in a shortened amount of time, interferes with other plans for the day and causes people to MISS their kids (grandkids, friends, etc.) dances. There has to be a better formula for planning the day(s)!

Top Notch Competition!

A well-run and fun competition!

Positive-live stream! every competition should have this. Negative-they usually run so late... i wish they would draw the line somewhere.

Our studio attends every year and this is by far the favorite of both dancer and mom. Very well organized from start to finish. As another reviewer noted, I\'ve also found the music low. It\'s obviously fine for the dancers, as they\'ve never complained, so just figured it was my taste for very loud music.

lots of fun

Great competition! Loved Vegas for nationals

Love HOF - Always a professionally run Competition. It\'s a busy time of year, but would like to see things wrap up a little earlier.

Fun competition and love the live stream for family that can\'t attend!

This is always a big competition around here, it does run behind and late into the evening. I love that the routines can be viewed live online.

Mixed feelings Have always loved this competition we would go every year and do the Nationals This last year we were not happy with the head staff felt very unfriendly which is unlike them. Also I don\'t like that all of their judges are teachers/studio owners who compete at the events as well. So one week two teachers are buddy buddy and judging together and then the next week one of those same teachers is judging the other ones students. Seems like a conflict of interest

Did not like it. WE have attended 2 nationals but their local ones were bad. We won\'t be going back.

Their awards are very confusing. They could not explain the scoring, and it does not good not to be able to your students, how far they were from the next level score. Also did not like the staff making \"snide\" remarks about some studios, teachers, students. Not cool.

love love love!!! staff is great and helpful! nothing is better than this competition!!

Love the online streaming and alerts! This was great because timing was not the best. Nice critiques.

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WHENEVER A COMP IS AT A CONVENTION THE VOLUME IS WAY TOO LOW & HARD TO HEAR MUSIC IN AUDIENCE

Always enjoy competing with Hall of Fame. They have it all together when putting this competition together.

This is an OK comp. The techonology aspects are great. Live streaming and text alerts are awesome. However, I don\'t like having two stages as I have 3 daughters and run the risk of having to choose. Also, because they very rarely on \"on-time\" according to the schedule, your group could go very early causing people to miss it... especially if live streaming. The venue itself is not the best as far as amenities, but the stages are fine.

They are always well organized and on time if not early! Love that they have the live stream it makes it nice for family that cannot attend or in my case in particular when there is a younger sibling who doesn\'t want to spend all day and night sitting quietly in an auditorium. Many times when one of her older sisters have dances later in the evening and she was able to be home in bed and dad could hop on the live feed and still watch the other kids perform. It also comes in handy if your out getting something to eat in between routines you can hop on and see where they are in the line up. The texting option is always nice too.

The comp ran well. Did not like the two stages because we could not support some of our dance sisters due to both groups being on stage at the same time.

Love this competition. Very well run.

Great comp! Professional and always accommodating Can\'t wait till next season

Great!!!

AMAZING!!

This competition was very organized and on time. They also lacked the ability to give an equal amount of attention to all levels of the competition.

Having competed with HOF many times, we always had a positive (sometimes amazing) experience until this year. Can we expect judges to move inappropriately placed dances into the correct level (as defined in their own rules)? Should we mind when . . studios underage their dancers? . . that a studio director at regionals is a judge at nationals? . . That a judge (who provided us with critiques of only a few words each) is the director of a studio who competed at another regional and at nationals? It may be difficult to find qualified judges, but that is the responsibility of the competition director. Studio directors should not judge for the circuit they compete with; that is a conflict of interest. Judges should be expected to provide each group with a contructive critique, that is what the dancers (and instructors) seek. To disregard them by providing a series of subpar reviews is shameful.

My daughter\'s studio does this competition every year and we generally love it! It attracts some great competition and its a joy to watch the many dancers perform. I love the live feed! It\'s on 24/7 in my house the week of the competition! Judging in generally fair and accurate, the larger studios are favored but that\'s the way it is with every competition. I wish the venue was different, Rivercenter is so old and small. This comp has gotten so big it should really be at the Mpls Convention Center. I love the option to buy a DVD of all of your studio\'s numbers!

If you have a petite, do not waste your money as HOF does not separate levels. My daughter dances against kids older than her with more years of experience. It\'s not fair they separate all levels except for the little ones. Nationals she is up against 55 solos. That is absurd for the little ones to deal with that when they work just as hard.

Judging was great. Comp was organized. What else can you ask for? Always a super time

Generally speaking, I think HOF is very friendly, organized and communicates well before the event. Everyone working at the competition was nice and overall my dancers had fun. However, the judges had VERY little to say on our critiques, sometimes saying nothing for 1-2 minutes at a time during a 3-minute piece. I realize they are sitting through 500+ routines over 2.5 days, but for what a competition costs and the time/hard work it takes in preparing for competition, I expect more from the critiques. It would be nice if they\'d at least justify the score or recommended adjudication... or if they\'d take the time to comment on the choreography/expression rather than focusing solely on the technique. I had dancers who poured their hearts out on stage and all they got were a couple comments about their feet and shoulders. We\'ve attended the Indianapolis, Chicago and Des Moines HOF competitions in past years and always had great judges. I can only hope this is a one-time issue.

Always a great event! On-time, great critiques and very organized. We LOVE HOF!

Overly large competition that caters to the large studios that bring the most routines. Everyone is crammed in \"fend for yourself\" dressing rooms, it was VERY uncomfortable for our dancers and parents. The judging was WAY off base and not very fair. Judges did not say much during critiques so they were useless to help our dancers improve. Very disappointed and most likely will not be returning. Found that this competition varies by location. The GR competition was much better venue, space, etc. so it\'s difficult to rate.

Love HOF! Always on time, but sometimes gets a LITTLE too far ahead... though they could certainly have worse problems! Love the live stream, it\'s nice to be able to watch our studio\'s other pieces without having to spend my whole weekend at the comp if I don\'t have to. Awards are efficient and I love that they give so many special judge\'s awards!!

As my company director said \"I feel like we are at (another dance studio\'s) recital and we are the opening act. Very confused about the competition- here are my thoughts: Pros: ran early, very well organized. Great text alerts. Love online schedule. Live feed fabulous. Best venue in the area for competitions. Cons: I get it, they are a huge studio- but the pandering to that one particular studio was completely out of hand. Every time the stage was held up- it was that one studio. And the judging- my daughter has been FIRST overall at every single competition she has attended this year. Every single time. And, she scored a platinum this weekend. And she was first in her very big division. So here I am expecting at least some sort of an overall especially when the first announced only scored a high gold. But no. ONLY (that one really big studio)\'s girls swept all overalls. Every single one. We even left that day and competed again at 8 National Talent Competition and not only did she win first overall, she also won the title and was the second highest score of the entire competition. So tell me, how does that even happen? Needless to say, I am not interested in being another studios opening act ever again.

This competition was so well run! It was organized, the awards moved quickly, and the entire staff was super friendly.

great COMPETITION !

We had a great time. I felt judging was very fair, and awards were very efficient. It was really nice to see a comp whose judges know how to score tap. I love the live stream, and was able to watch many of our studio\'s soloists perform on Sunday after we had gotten home. I asked our studio owner if we could come back next year. My only complaint was that they only accept cash or checks for clothing or pictures. The photo person said we could pay with a credit card if we wrote down the info, which we won\'t do. The clothing person only took cash or checks. There weren\'t even any signs which said that they only accept cash or checks. They might sell more items if credit cards were accepted.

Overall, this was a good competition, & I would not be upset if our studio returned next year, but here are what I saw as the pros/cons: Pros: -Ran efficiently & ahead of schedule, which was great. Even awards moved fast, which was a pleasant change -Judging seemed fair and pretty consistent with what we\'ve seen at other area competitions -To the minute scheduling available over a week before the competition(some of us dance parents do have other kids in other activities & having extra time to coordinate & find rides for them is really helpful!!!) -Nice awards. I know some like trophies, but we prefer plaques and the pins are some of the nicest I\'ve seen -Lots of judges\' special awards -Great prices on photos & video! I can\'t speak for the quality of the video as mine is coming in the mail, but the photos were really good! Cons: -Our \"Rookie League\" dancers definitely felt like they were not treated as well as the dancers in the \"American\" and \"National\" leagues. They were relegated to a smaller stage, where the audience sat in uncomfortable folding chairs (vs. more comfortable ballroom chairs at the larger stage). The Rookie League stage had no prop help (the other stage did), and there was no allowing for numbers to go out of order due to costume changes, etc. (whereas there seemed to be a lot more flexibility on the other stage). -While special awards were plentiful, the overalls definitely were not. In the Rookie League Teen Solos, for example, there were 19 dancers, and only 6 were recognized in the overalls -- that\'s not even 1/3 of the dancers. We are used to seeing at least 1/2 of the dancers place, so that seemed pretty stingy to us. -Photos & video could only be purchased with cash/check, & the same with merchandise. I didn\'t see any notice of this on the website beforehand & it would have been nice to have known, as I don\'t carry a checkbook & don\'t always have that much cash on me.

Attended the St. Paul competition last weekend. The scheduling was horrible. There were group dances with 10:45 awards on a school night, not acceptable. Either find a bigger venue with another stage or accept less numbers. The dressing room situation was not good either, the rooms didn\'t open until 5:00 and the dressing area by stage 2 was insufficient for the number of dancers needing to use it.

LOVE Hall Of Fame!! BIG FAN! The staff and directors are VERY personable, accommodating and just there to help you! Quick award ceremony, but not too quick. Usually run ahead of time. Have Live Stream and text updates. Dancers always have a good time and the talent is amazing! GREAT competition! Will go back every year...

We always loved Hall of Fame many years ago. We attended several times as Independent and with only one solo, my dancer always placed and was recognized. Now in my opinion, that is a competition who does not favor anyone!!! So wish they would come to the St. Louis area. Any chance of that Hall of Fame? :)

Ran about hour ahead of schedule, live stream & was able to print out program from home, awesome!

Love Hall of Fame. Runs on time/early (which is amazing considering how big these competitions always are in Michigan), fair judging in levels, lots of exciting opportunities for the kids. The one thing I will say is that routines that I personally would find questionable as far as being age appropriate tend to score really high here...although that\'s more of a reflection on the judges than the competition itself.

Generally like HOF except they run super early and i really don\'t care for the fact that it starts on a thursday night.

We have attended Hall of Fame several times over the years and have always been one of our favorites. Although the pictures cost more here than at other competitions their photographer last year captured some amazing shots of my daughters solo that were worth every penny to purchase. Love the structure of the levels of competition, and the recognition they give to the hard working dancers.

We recently attended Hall of Fame Dance Challenge for the second time. It was very well run, it ran early all weekend which was super nice on those late awards nights. The judges were great, very professional and the backstage crew was fun! I highly reccomend this competition to everyone.

We always really liked Hall Of Fame but I wish they would make studio\'s stick to the rules. Just saw the schedule for a competition coming up and I am wondering how a dancer who is in 10 dances can be dancing in the National League? I know it is the discretion of the studio director, but sometimes that isn\'t fairly done and it is quite obvious. I have seen this happen year after year. Maybe some attention needs to be paid to this problem.

Our absolute favorite comp every year! Runs on time, good categories, friendly staff. Venue is great and dressing room space is fair.

Venue Excellent, Ran on time or ahead of time, well rounded group of competitors, ran smoothly. Live streaming of event is so appreciated.

Great... Great... Comp!... Go there!

My dancers always look forward to Hall of Fame! The awards are a bit confusing at first, but the kids have a great time, they have an excellent photographer, and the staff is great!

LOVE Hall of Fame. Love the live stream they have. Sometimes they run too early but no other complaints! We love it!

LOVE IT! HOF is always a class act. Going twice this season.

HOF used to be a favorite of mine growing up but I attended an event last year as a teacher for the first time and it is nothing like what I remembered. The event was held at a small little school. Upon walking in, we were greeted by a girl eating a burrito and the lobby reeked of Chipotle. Just seems a tad unprofessional... I went to turn in music and the girl instructed me to turn it in at the judge\'s table. Ok... let me walk down in front of the audience, block people\'s view and distract the judges during competition, to turn in my music. Weird. The event we attended was running really early. It\'s nice to run a little early but there is such a thing as TOO early. I could see this being fine and desirable for a huge studio with 100 routines and you\'re camping out there anyways, but we are a small studio with less than 10 routines. We\'re not going to camp out at the event all weekend. My dancers had call times 2 hours early. For the first routine of the weekend, we showed up 2 hours early and the backstage runner was already hunting us down! I was completely caught off guard and shocked. We had JUST arrived! I told them they had to give us at least 30 minutes because my dancers weren\'t even dressed yet. We scrambled to get them dressed and barely warm before throwing them on stage. Call me crazy, but a 2 hour call time should be sufficient right? Not at HOF apparently.... Then, to make matters worse, we left to get dinner because there was a good 5 hours before awards. Keeping in mind that they were running so early, we showed up an hour and a half before awards were scheduled and the award ceremony, no joke, was over. We even signed up for their text service that\'s supposed to keep you updated. It didn\'t work. Oh well. I asked for their awards and a guy handed them to us backstage without a word, as if it was an inconvenience to him. Sorry to inconvenience you. My dancers walked away feeling invisible... I\'m just glad they had a good time performing on stage.

Probably hands down the worse most disorganized one we have ever attended ! So many eraser marks on score cards clearly leaving our company with a bad taste !! Maybe one or two score change but NOT 15 out of 25 numbers entered ? They seem to pick and choose how many spots they will announce which is so sad . Just ridiculous scoring going on there with no emphasis on technique . This company seems to only value how many numbers and money you have them . Listen to several critiques where they praised the girl but then erased and lowered scores after the fact . It interesting they say they were on time when one stage was hours not minutes but hours ahead having us scrambling to get our girls there on time . Also our team had SEVERAL eraser marks and changes on the score cards Not just a few !! Actual complete scores were changed after they were added up ?!? Funny how you can see the scores and each one that was added up and then erased was lowered ?I know of 4 teams not attending this year after last year !! Sorry HOF that you feel the need to lie. Very typical of the HOF compeition circuit . I would avoid LOC also owned by these same people.

We have attended HoF several times in the past, and have always had a great experience. Judging has been consistent, the staff is friendly and helpful, and the stage and other parts of the venue have been well prepared and maintained. We are going back again this year and are looking forward to it! *My only critique is that they often run so far ahead that it\'s hard for spectators to plan when to be there.

Great competition! well organized, especially at nationals. No evidence of favoritism yet. Helpful and good (not necessarily all positive!) feedback from the judges.

Great competition, it ran on time and all of the staff were very helpful! Love the video critiques!

I love that Hall of Fame has live streams of the competition that can be watched online. My sister who lives five hours away got to watch my daughter dance live. We were also able to watch the dances and awards from home for the older girls that danced later in the evening.

Such a great experience. Very organized and fun!

HOF Dance competitions are well organized with friendly staff. The atmosphere is relaxed not stressed. We compete there every year!

Really enjoyed hall of fame. Awards were great, and thought everything ran smooth. The only reason I don\'t give 5 stars is because of the late nights. We will for sure go back because our studio loves them but hope they change that.

Tough judging and really like the live feed. It\'s run really well for being so massive! Can\'t wait to go back.

This is the comp by which all other comps are measured. I cannot say enough good things about this comp - well run and organized, attracts top talent, good and fair judging that understands all dance styles (including tap and ballet), just an all around top notch event. Comp fees are in the high range, but they are worth it.

Really enjoyed this competition. The staff were great to work with, the judging was fair, and the competition appears to attract high caliber dancers. They DO tend to run early (like, 1-1.5 hrs ahead) so that might be an issue. As a dance teacher, I really like that they run early and manage their time well. The only negative thing I have to say about the competition is that they do not use all their award levels; it would be nice to see all 5 or 6 levels being used instead of 3. That being said, I think this has become the norm for most competitions; most dances score in one or two categories with seldom outliers. I have to disagree with the person who said they\'re just in it for the money. My studio isn\'t huge, but it\'s big enough (120 numbers), and I felt we were judged fairly--especially when we did poorly. We\'ve been to competitions where people have scored better than us and we feel it was not deserved, but that wasn\'t the case at HOF. Overall, really enjoyed my experience. 5/5 would do again, would recommend to friend

Love Hall of Fame! They treat you like family and cater to any issue that might come up. We\'ve been attending since 2007 and will continue to return.

Had sooooo much fun! I hope we go back next year

Took one dancer to a regional comp this year and she did very well, so I disagree with the reviewer that said the company was all about money. Love the positive attitudes, and two of the three judges gave helpful commentary. Ran ahead of schedule, adjudication seemed very fair, overall a great experience.

Ran late and I didn\'t understand the levels they have. They need to improve for us to attend again.

Have attended competitions here for 3 years... Very enjoyable experiences. Usually runs ahead of schedule (not a bad deal at all). Very professional -- lots of energy!

This was an ok competition. Unfortunately this is one of the major comps our studio attends. Somewhat overpriced. We arein 3 groups and 2 solos and it was $500 for the nationals. Would never attend on our own. Judging is very different from other comps. Male dancers are judged VERY different from female dancers. Hoping our studio reconsiders ever attending this comp.

Such a fun and amazing competition!! Love it from start to finish :)

really enjoyed this comp. love the levels love the toughness of the judges. loved the venue except for the dressing rooms, that\'s usually my biggest complaint of every single comp is never enough dressing room space. the only thing I didnt\' enjoy is that it\'s 4 days and that was way too long.

A good comp, but runs SUPER early, making it stressful for dancers and parents later in the day. Good awards ceremonies, sticks to the program.

HOF likes money and if you are a big studio with money you will do well at this comp. Otherwise you get lost in size of the comp and the in ability to do simple things like get dressing room space:(

Great experience. Very smoothly run and ran ahead if schedule! Judging seed to be right on.

Ok, but judging didn\'t seem to make sense. Gear being sold was astromical.

Tough competition for our girls but it was well organized and they stayed on time! One problem was they played \"Talk Dirty To Me\" for Petite Awards, as parents we didn\'t feel it was very appropriate for our 6-7 year olds. Other aspects of the competition were great!

Too many numbers entered in Worcester, Ma! Had two stages 2nd stage was way too small!

This is only my studio\'s second year in business and our only competition this season. My Rookie level kids had an awesome time! All of the staff was very helpful and supportive, everything ran on time or even a little early! Loved the levels of experience and training for the dancers, my kids were so inspired by all of the higher level performers! Scoring was very fair and all of my age levels received a special judges award which made them feel SO GOOD! LOVED THAT THE COMPETITION WAS STREAMED OVER THE INTERNET, had lots of grandparents and other family members cheering on my kids from states away! Overall just a wonderful experience!

Overall GREAT competition. Fair judging and scoring. Very big though - start and end times are very early and very late, respectively. I like all the differnt levels - something for everyone.

Reasonably orchestrated but too many entries for one stage. Kids started too early to have to stay so late. Adding another stage would have solved this. Staff was polite and competent. Quality dance schools attended. Judges seemed to get it right and have diversified backgrounds. Wish they had given best in category for all categories. The dancer shouldn\'t be left out because others do not enter that category? The only \"major\" disappointment was the sad, scratched up plaques they gave as awards. Pretty pathetic looking, even for specials and overalls. If trophies are too difficult to deal with medals would be a better option. Overall good experience and would go back.

We have had good years here.... but this was not one of them! They had a judge that scored really low and kept my daughter from earning her rightful award! She has never scored lower than a platinum and because the one judge was scoring a full 3-4 points lower than the other judges, she missed Platinum by .5 points! Very disappointing and disheartening. And they only award a \"best\" in category if there are five or more entries... it\'s not MY fault only four people are in the category... give the kid the award that won the category!! It\'s only fair if they scored best!!! I used to love HofF... but not so sure that I can say that after this year. :-(

Loved it. They did a great job keeping dances on time and girls very happy with the judging.

Love this competition!

HUGE competition. Programs are really expensive. Pretty strict. But awards are fun.

Hall of a Fame is a must do every year for us. We know there will excellent competition and very difficult scoring. It is always run well and scheduled as best they can consider the size of the particular event we go to.

Our studio has been to this competition before... but we\'ve never really had to deal with the poor scheduling. Most competitions look out for the welfare of the dancers, but this one clearly does not! I have a ten-year-old dancing at 10:15pm (awards mandatory for our studio starting an hour after that) and then has to be back at 6:30am the next morning! Most of the competitions we have gone to make sure the dancers are done by 10pm at the very latest, but to have a competition that clearly does not care about the well being of the dancers and schedules them so unfairly is just ridiculous. I can\'t speak to how they judge, but on a scheduling standpoint alone, they need to rethink their priorities and look out for the poor kids in situations like ours.

theres not much to say other than its always a wonderful experience

Great competition! Very organized and well run with a very nice staff. Offers live streaming that is wonderful for out of town friends and relatives. Highly recommend!

Great Competition

I\'ve been a parent and fan of dance for many years. HOF is the first time for streaming video online. The scheduling and adherence to the schedule was very good and so convenient for viewing online. Thank you HOF...! We love it. . . Parents and fans who can\'t make the trip certainly do appreciate the ability to view the entire competition (especially their own studio\'s routines/dancers). . . Absolutely, MOST EXCELLENT. . .! Keep on keepin\' on. . . (grin)

We are attending Hall of Fame Dance in 2 weeks and we don\'t even know where it\'s going to be held at, let alone a schedule. These competitions really don\'t know the event location 2 weeks before or are they withholding the information for some reason? Super inconvenient...

I can\'t ever complain about Hall of Fame. (well maybe a little) but overall I am happy with HOF. They always run like clock work. You can anticipate the schedule even before it comes out. They always run early, so as long as you know that ahead of time then you are ok. The judging seems fair. They do get over booked and hopefully they will keep an eye on this and not get greedy and keep adding more. I love that the photos and video are on display at the venue and you can view and purchase on the spot. The staff are awesome and the awards are usually fun for the kids, I also like that they do awards right after each age group so you can leave it you want to. We have not attending yet this year, so I am hoping all goes good as the years past.

The judging is hard but it makes the Platinums more meaningful. It is a full weekend, dancing late into the night but awards are straightforward and efficient. My only wish is studios would be limited in the number of routines. We saw the same dancers doing multiple routines to the point where we joked it was nice of them to let us perform in their recital. This would probably solve the issue with overly long days of competing. Love the live streaming!

I come from a small studio and still feel like we are treated like a big one. We always have a great time here. Runs on-time, friendly backstage people, well-organized etc. It\'s one of our regulars.

Hall of Fame is awesome. We are a small studio and there are many competitions out there that favor the studios with the bigger checkbook. Hall of Fame is not one of them. They are very fair. The live streaming is great for people at home to watch. I wish we could attend Worcester this year but they sold our early.

Hall of Fame is our big competition. We have been 2 years in a row and are attending in 2014. Upsides : The videography/photography is wonderful (although pricey!), the stage/lighting/sound is top notch, they have really cool swag booths that don\'t feel too pushed in your face to me. They have live streaming which is great for us! I love to get back to the hotel with my junior and watch the senior dancers from our computer! And out of town family can watch. The competition in St. Louis and Kansas City has always been fierce! I think the dances are scored very fairly. I love that there are enough numbers to do a legitimate lineup. I was very excited last year when my daughter placed in her jazz group and won overall for her junior duet! It really feels like an accomplishment with that much talent against her :) Downsides: It\'s not cheap! It\'s huge...last year we had 2 stages and 3 full days starting early at 7 am and ending at 10:30 pm...exhausting! The dressing rooms were crowded, cold, and had bad lighting last year in Kansas City, but they were great in St. Louis, so that\'s a toss up. The comp can run really early/late/out of order...but at least they try to keep everyone in the loop with text messaging.