Hey f.g I saw your note last night. Thanks for the positive words. Also, if you want to do dance do it nothing is stopping you. Speaking from personal experience it was fun but way to much work for me but I was also like 8 back then so it might not be as bad for someone in your age group. I wouldn't suggest competetive for the first year or so because it's a lot harder than advertised. Also it's like a year of practice depending on the place and if your bad at remembering things I would say it's not the best idea to do dance because theres a lot of steps to it. Me personally I only hated it because my teacher strived to make my life a living hell... cough cough DEBRA (Yes that's her real name) It's also semi-expensive again, depending on the place. If you want to do dance go for it I think it would be great to have something to do! -Astro