OH, let me add that I've made NEW friends from Canada - my dance partner in the finals is from Ottawa. Woohoo! And I've met a couple from Nova Scotia and a group of 12 folks from Toronto! They are just so nice and friendly and the thing is I didn't go looking for Canadians specifically, out of the over 1000 dancers there - you know what I'm saying? We just kinda got drawn together by happenstance (a very happy one!).