I am enjoying everyone's take on this subject. I agree with most of the comments and I see I am not the only one out there and does what I do as well. I do want to clarify something, I take my students with me because either they have requested to go because they have friends that go there and they want to cheer them on or they have been given the opportunity to come because they used to dance at that particular studio before. I don't take any student to mock others or to cause hardship. My students go to cheer other students on, afterwards my student will approach their friends or even the studio director and tell them thank you for asking them to come as well as "great job." I think its a great opportunity to teach sportsmanship and professionalism. I STRESS to my girls how important it is to be professional, I explain that you may feel like you are on the top but there is always someone out there that is better than you or worse then you.