I was going to say the same thing about the time contraints....if you've got a lot of troups with many members, it's going to drag out the finale.

Personally, I agree with others that say acknoledge the troupes by troupe name and soloists by how-ever they are called.

As an audience member...I personally don't like the individual names for groups. It takes forever, I can't hear over the clapping and music and rustling of audience members, and a lot of times with Belly Dancers, they've selected a stage name. So, if you wanted to follow up with a troupe, say on line, you have to auditorilly sift through all the stuff I mentioned above, try and listen for a name...and if you were looking for a specific troupe member name ... how many Adira, Adrina, Farra, Farrah, Amira, Amirah, Deliah, Delilia, Dehlina, Sadira, Sadirah, etc do you know ... you get my point.

I say performers should be introduced by their advertising name.

Oh, another example...you don't see fliers for "Max, Yvette, Deb, Amber, Teri, Kristen, Andrea, Erin, Dee Dee, Tanja, Sarah, Kristin, Holly, Gina, Lee, Rose, Sami, Debbie, Lisa, Jill, Erica performing at Tribal Con!" ... you see "Ultra Gypsy performing at Tribal Con".

My 2 cents.