Guests - Lauren Alto, Beau Hutchings, Kelsey Lack Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor In Episode 15 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney and Lesley celebrate Valentine’s Day Week by discussing kindness at competition! Special guests Lauren Alto, Beau Hutchings, and Kelsey Lack weigh in on the importance of etiquette and kindness at competition as well as at the studio. Topics Include: Why etiquette is important for dancers to learn and practice Ideas for studio owners and teachers to promote kindness and goodwill in the classroom What judges and competition staff look for from dancers at competition in terms of etiquette   The blog that inspired this episode was released in April 2017, and it’s called “Competition Kindness - Etiquette at the Event”. Read now! CLICK HERE to send in your questions to be answered on a future Q&A episode with Courtney, owner of IDA. You can request to stay anonymous or have Courtney give you a shout out live on the air! Follow your Hosts & Guests! Courtney Ortiz @courtney.ortiz Lesley Mealor @lil_lez36 Lauren Alto @laurenalt0 Beau Hutchings @b4hutchi Kelsey Nelson Lack @kjndance   Check out our IDA Affiliated Competition and Sponsor: Axis dance Competition Follow Impact Dance Adjudicators on social media @impactdanceadjudicators and for a list of affiliated dance competitions, visit our website www.impactdanceadjudicators.comSupport the show (http://www.ko-fi.com/makingtheimpact)