The Finnish Olympic Committee’s expert panel has chosen Comets as the Adult Star Club of the Year! 🏆 🎉
The panel explained their decision as follows:
“This club has built a wonderful community where everyone can find their own place. More than 1,300 adults participate in the club’s activities. The club offers free trial lessons for new dancers and summer dance events where the joy of dancing spreads to passers-by. A strong sense of community is ever-present, and everything is run wholeheartedly by volunteers. The club can be proud of the high quality of its adult activities and the wonderful atmosphere that members praise year after year.”
This year, the Adult Star Club of the Year award, granted by the Finnish Olympic Committee, focused on the theme of community, which shines through in many ways at Comets.
In our dance classes, we create a warm and inspiring atmosphere where community spirit grows naturally — through name tags, fun warm-ups, and course-specific WhatsApp groups. In our partner dance classes, dancers exchange high-fives and smiles with every partner rotation, strengthening interaction and togetherness within the group.
We also organize regular social dance parties, where members can meet, connect, and form friendships through dance. In addition, we host beginner-friendly social dances that lower the threshold for new members to join and feel part of the community.
Our operations are entirely volunteer-driven — led and developed purely out of love for dance. Even though we are a large club with over 1,000 members, volunteer commitment has been strong enough to sustain and grow our activities. Many clubs of similar size already employ at least a part-time executive, but at Comets everything is still run by volunteers. Most of our instructors are volunteer club instructors, while the most advanced groups are taught by professional instructors — many of whom started as club instructors and developed into professionals through Comets.
We are especially proud of our commitment to high-quality adult exercise, which sets us apart from many sports clubs that focus mainly on children and youth.
Another great source of pride is the positive feedback we receive from our members. They often praise the clarity of our communication and the inspiring atmosphere, showing that we have succeeded in creating an open and welcoming community. With an average course feedback score of 4.5 out of 5, it’s clear that our members value both the quality of our instruction and our dedication to continuous improvement.
Here are a few anonymous comments from our members:
- “The club has great, inspiring communication, excellent teachers, and a wonderful spirit.”
- “Communication is excellent and transparent — I really like the members’ letter.”
- “Thank you to all the hardworking Comets volunteers!”
- “Communication has been outstanding — thank you! I will definitely continue this hobby.”
- “A warm thank you to all the volunteers keeping the club and classes running!”
- “Great atmosphere at the social dances — and it’s awesome that they’re held so often.”
- “This was my first season at Comets, and I’ll definitely continue! Thank you for all the arrangements!”
- “A great first experience with this club. I’ve done volunteer work myself for 30 years.”
💃🕺 A heartfelt thank you to all our volunteers, instructors, and members!