Breakout Rules

GENERAL RULES OF THE COMPETITION:


All dancers must be from the same school.

All dance teams must have a minimum of 9 dancers. All classes must have a minimum of 15 dancers.

Junior dancers may dance with seniors, but seniors cannot dance in a junior division.

All dance team and class music must be no longer than 3 minutes.

Music must be edited for all profanities and distasteful lyrics. (severe deductions)

 
Music must be brought on a memory stick to the D.J. at the time of warm-up. Coaches can bring an extra copy of their songs on a C.D. for back-up.

All competitors must act with respect and co-operate with all students and officials of the show.

Costumes must be appropriate for every dancer. Costumes that show too much cleavage, thongs, or boys underwear will be deducted.

Remember this is a family show so moves should be respectful of the audience. Judges may deduct for rude gestures or bad taste.

Open category is any type of dance except hip hop.

AWARDS

There will be ribbons given out to 6th place in categories for all dancers. Teams will receive keeper rosettes from 1-6th for their trophy case and the winning teams will take the permanent trophies home for one year and have their school name added to the trophy. These trophies will be returned for next event, 2013.

Please pick up your score sheets at the end of the competition.

BEST STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD


If any of your numbers are choreographed entirely by a student or students attending your school please indicate this on your registration for. Put the choreographers’ name(s) and grade beside the entry. These students will be recognized in the program and there will be an awrd for best junior and senior choreographer at the end of the show.