Competition Information

Age   Categories:  

· Pre-Teen  (PT0)   under 7 

·                   (PT1)   7 - 9 

·                   (PT2)  10-11 

· Junior       (J1)     12-13 

·                   (J2)    14-16 

· Youth         (Y)      16-18 

· Pro/Am Single Dance Events  (A1)   18-30, (A2) 31-40, (A3) 41-50,  (B1) 51-60, (B2) 61-70, (C1) 71-80, (C2)   over 80 

· Pro/Am Scholarship and Multi-Dance   Events  (A) 18-35, (B) 36-50, (C) over 50, (SR) over 60 

· Amateur (A) 18-35, (B) 36-50, (C) over 50 

· No costuming for Pre-Teen competitors, please follow NDCA guidelines. 

Solo Exhibition/Group Exhibition  

· All Solo Exhibition routines are limited to   2-1/2 minutes 

· The music must be given to the D.J. all   cued and ready, 1/2 hour before the Exhibition is scheduled to be danced. 

Pro/Am Categories: 

· Newcomers, (First time competitor or   less than 30 hours of lessons)  

· Pre-Bronze, Bronze I, Bronze II, Open   Bronze 

· Silver I, Silver II, Open Silver 

· Gold I, Gold II, Gold Open, Gold Star    

· Scholarship 

· Pro/Am Juveniles/Juniors will compete in the same session as the corresponding Adult division. 

· All Scholarship contestants must dance the equivalent events in single dance non-scholarship entries 

Amateur Categories: 

· Syllabus Bronze, Silver and Gold 

· Pre-Championship 

· Open Amateur 

· All Amateur American Style (including Juniors) except Open Amateur, will compete in the same session as the corresponding Pro/Am Adult division. 

Syllabus: 

· ISTD syllabus for International Style 

· NDCA Approved syllabus for American Style 

· No continuity style in closed Bronze 

· Silver will be restricted to the Bronze   and Silver syllabus 

· Gold will be restricted to syllabus 

· Pre-Championship and Open categories will be unrestricted except for the use of lifts 

· Those not adhering to syllabus   restrictions will be warned in early rounds and disqualified in finals. 

Dress Code: 

· Costumes are not required in newcomers. 

· Traditional costumes are optional for   Pre-Bronze and Bronze I and encouraged for Bronze II and above. 

· Costumes are allowed in amateur Syllabus divisions.