Who: Junior Hip Hop Team, Senior Hip Hop Team. Break Team, Senior Bhangra Girls
Hosted By: The Surrey Secondary Dance Teacher’s Association along with
Queen Elizabeth Secondary School
Date: Saturday January 20th 2018
Location: Queen Elizabeth Secondary School 9457 King George Blvd. Surrey
Time: Doors open to public at 11:30am / Competition begins at 12:00pm
Registration: Dancer registration for Frank Hurt is 10:30 am. Meet at QE at 10:15 with your Go Card.
** There will be no practice times on the stage**
Tickets: $10. Tickets will be available pre-sale through the dance teachers. We always SELL OUT. Remind students to buy their tickets in advance. Teachers please bring your ticket money & leftover tickets to QE on competition day in a sealed envelope with your school name, tickets sold, and money amount. If there are unsold tickets, they will be sold at the door for $15
Registration Payment
Please send payment by mail or courier to:
Surrey Secondary (SD36) Dance Teachers’ Association
Kwantlen Park Secondary c/o Darcey Flather
10441 132 St, Surrey, BC V3T 3V3
Registration Information:
$125 for first entry in any category
If you have more than one entry in a single category (class or team), the fee is $100
All Fees are due by Dec. 9th 2016. No refunds after December 16th, 2016.
Categories:
Beginner Class Intermediate Class Advanced Class Open Team (jr or sr)
Any style other than
Hip Hop or Bhangra
Break Team Bhangra/Bollywood Team Jr Hip Hop Team Sr Hip Hop Team
All grades All grades 8’s, 9’s & 10’s 10’s, 11’s & 12’s
Juniors may dance on a senior team, but seniors cannot dance on a junior team.
Teams must have a minimum of 10 dancers. Teams of 5-9 should enter the Small Teams competition. Classes need a minimum of 15 dancers.
Maximum 2 entries per category. Maximum of 7 entries per school
ROSTERS:
We need a school roster in alpha order of all your members and coaches for the registration desk. You are allowed one teacher and two coaches per school. Please total the number of students you will bring to the event at the bottom.
We need a # total of how many dancers you have in EACH CATEGORY. This number is used to determine how many ribbons are needed for awards. Please write this on the bottom of your alpha roster.
(ex. Senior Hip Hop: 22)
Please update your roster on the registration spreadsheet (link below):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A99xZ3k6rIQH6r5L84e9JBpqwf5MettAQLLx5PcX7R0/edit?usp=sharing
HOUSE KEEPING
There will be NO in and out privileges due to security and safety concerns. Please make dancers aware that they need to bring food and/or purchase food from our concession: CASH ONLY
Dancers will be held in the small gym as well as allowed to watch in the large gym. They need to sit on the floor on the sides of the stage in the large gym. Dancers should not be sitting in with the audience.
Please remind your kids that there can be NO HAIRSPRAY OR HOT IRONS ON THE GYM FLOORS.
DANCERS MUST COME TO THE COMPETITION READY WITH HAIR AND MAKEUP, only dancers in multiple dances with varying hair and makeup may occupy the bathroom getting ready. Dancers are sharing the bathrooms with the audience, so please help keep them clean.
COMPETITION RULES
1. Competition Etiquette and Expectations: All teachers, students and parents will hold the art of dance in the highest regard. There will be no derogatory statements concerning another school or fellow dancer at any time. Students of all ages, sizes, race gender and ability deserve the right to perform and experience the joy of dance. We hold a no negativity rule and it is strictly enforced. Anyone showing non-compliance to this rule be asked to leave the event and may disqualify the school.
2. Teachers or coaches are not permitted to question judges about their scoring. If you have a miscalculation go speak directly to Darcey Meixner or Amanda Okrainetz, so the error can by adjusted as soon as possible. Any other complaints must be made in writing to the Surrey Secondary Dance Teachers’ association.
3. All numbers must have appropriate content for family viewing. Swearing or vulgar language will result in disqualification.
4. Substances that alter the condition of the stage, (i.e. confetti, water, glass props) are not permitted in any category. No boots or shoes than would mark the gym floor. (runners and bare feet only)
5. All dancers must be from the same school, with the exception of break dance crews.
6. All dance teams must have a minimum of 9 dancers. All classes must have a minimum of 15 dancers.
7. Junior dancers may dance with seniors, but seniors cannot dance in a junior division.
8. All dance team and class music must be no longer than 3 minutes, no shorter than 2 minutes
9. Music must be edited for all profanities and distasteful lyrics. (Severe deductions)
10. Music must be brought on a memory stick to the D.J. at the time of registration. Coaches can bring an extra copy of their songs on a C.D. for back up.
11. All competitors must act with respect and co-operate with all students and officials of the show.
12. Costumes must be appropriate for every dancer. Costumes that show too much cleavage, thongs, or boy’s underwear will be deducted.
13. Remember this is a family show so moves should be respectful of the audience. Judges may deduct for rude gestures or bad taste.
14. Open category is any type of dance except hip-hop.
Awards
There will be ribbons given out to 6th place in categories for teams. 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, 2018. Class are being judged differently this year to follow the new curriculum focus on progress. Classes will be judged solely on their dance, not in comparison to other schools. Classes may win a Gold (100-95), Silver (94-85), or Bronze (84-70). They will receive individual ribbons, but rosettes for classes will be sent in the mail after the competition.
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 the online registration form. Put the choreographer’s name(s) and grade beside the entry. These students will be recognized in the program and there will be an award for best junior and senior choreography.
Judge’s Choice
For dance classes, the judges will vote for one school per category (beginner, intermediate and advanced) that was their favorite performance (doesn’t necessarily mean that it is the highest score). These schools will receive large trophies.
Final Program
