Gay Games - Cologne; Germany -
Mitch and Misha have competed in their first round of competition with great success. They began this morning with the grading round of Latin competition. In the grading round ALL of the latin men compete in three dances Samba, Cha Cha, and Rumba. It is the job of the adjudicators to seperate the couples into four different skill levels.
Judges grade the couples and decide who should dance in the "A" , "B", "C', and "D" levels. The "A" level is equivalent to the Professional or Open level. "B" is a gold level, "C" Silver, and "D" Bronze.
Mitch & Misha along with another twenty or so couples all scored high enough to qualify for the "A" level of competition. After the grading rounds the judges took 45 couples to the first round of the "A" latin. Mitch & Misha made the cut to the quarter final (24 couples) but did not make the semi-final round. This was some of the stiffest competiton there has been in the Latin ever. So many great couples in the top 24, it was definitley tough for the judges to decide who to take to the next round.
In the Standard the judges graded 65 couples into the "A" division, including Misha & Mitch. After 4 rounds of competition the judges marks came in and Misha & Mitch were one of 6 couples recalled to the final round of competition.
The evenings final was quite exciting with each couple being asked to perform a short honor dance as a solo presentation prior to the final round of competition. After 5 great dances the boys were awarded 6th place overall. Their marks were all over the board with a high number of 2nd place marks being given to the pair in the Waltz. 6th out of 65 couples...Congratulations to Mitch & Misha.
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