OTB Street Dance Competition May 2024 – King George’s Hall, Blackburn

Date

12 May 2024

Location

KGH
King George's Hall, Northgate, Ewood, Blackburn

Time

All Day

We’re so excited to be back at KGH in Blackburn! A great backdrop for our Street Dance competitions with a wonderful dance floor for competitors to enjoy. Dancers can enter a maximum of 4 events at this competition out of the following

X 2 solo events (1 x set routine & 1 x freestyle solo)
X 1 duo event
X 1 team event
X1 trio or quad event

The day will be split into 4 main sections – 7 years & under/ 8 & 9 years/ 10 & 11 years/ 12 years & over

  • Section 1 (7 years & under)
  • Section 2 (9 years & under)
  • Section 3 (11 years & under)
  • Section 4 (12 years & over)

Please find below all the information you need to plan your time with us.

Please see the event schedule below:

8am – Doors open (teachers access a few minutes before)

8:30am – Section 1 solos (7 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

10.30am – Section 1 duos & trios/quads(7 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

11am – Section 1 teams (7 years & under)
5 years & under beginners (2 teams)
7 years & under beginners (4 teams)

11:30am – Section 2 teams (9 years & under)
9 years & under beginners (4 teams)

11:45am – Section 2 solos (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

1pm – Section 2 duos & trios/quads (9 years & under) & parents solos & parent trio
*awards presented immediately after each final*

SHORT BREAK HERE 

1:45pm – Section 3 teams (11 years & under)
11 years & under beginners (3 teams)
11 years & under intermediates (entries tbc)

2pm – Section 3 solos (11 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

3:15pm – Section 3 duos & trios/quads (11 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

3:45pm – Section 4 teams (12 years & over & parents team)
13 years & under beginners (4 teams)
14 years & over beginners (3 teams)
13 years & under intermediates (entries tbc)
14 years & over intermediates (entries tbc)
Parents teams (1 team)

4:15pm – Section 4 solos (12 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

5:45pm – Section 4 duos & trios/quads (12 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

6:15-6:30pm – Approx finish time

Please see below the age categories for all solos (duos & trios/quads will be as the programme here)

DANCE 1 (MMM YEAH)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 YEARS
6 YEARS ADD NEEDS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS 

DANCE 2 (SOKOTO)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 YEARS
6 YEARS ADD NEEDS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS 

DANCE 3 (COME ON GIRL)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS 

DANCE 4 (THE BOOGIE THAT BE)
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS
ADULT ADD NEEDS

DANCE 5 (WHAT THE FUNK)
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER

DANCE 6 (AM TO PM)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
15 YEARS & OVER 

DANCE 7 (LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD)
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
15 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS 

CLASS MEMBERS FS
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER

BEGINNER FS
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER 

INTER/ADV FS
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & ABOVE 

ADDITIONAL NEEDS FS
PARENTS FS

Speakers

A Body of Persons Approval (BOPA) has been issued for this event by the local Council for this area. Under BOPA conditions, the priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of all event participants, with particular attention to children up to school-leaving age. This should be considered a team effort between:
* Event Organisers
* Event Staff
* Licensed Chaperones
* Dance School Teachers/Leaders
* Parents/Guardians/Responsible Adults

It would be much appreciated if all attendees could take note of the following information.

Photo/ Video Policy-
As this is a private event for event participants and their family/friends, our organisation would like to be able to permit the use of cameras to capture these special memories. We would however like to bring your attention to the following:

Solos & Duos- If you are intending to upload photos/videos of your participant to social media, it is recommended that you consider your privacy settings so that you limit your audience to close friends & family. Our team may also take videos and photos to use on OTB social media pages. If anyone does have any concerns/objections to this or would like us to make adjustments for any particular event, please speak to your dance school lead who will communicate this with our events team.

Team events- One nominated person from the dance school performing their team routine may video the routine from the front. It is strictly prohibited for anyone else in the venue to take a video recording. It is then at the teachers’ discretion where that recording gets shared. This is so that the teacher can decide who has access to their choreography and also for safeguarding reasons which are considered different to a solos/duos type event. Still photographs are permitted but please consider the points highlighted in the solos/pairs sections above.

There will also be an official photographer at this event on the day. Any photos taken at the competition will be available to teachers after the event via a link to a password protected site where attendees can purchase images taken for a small cost. Again if anyone does have any concerns/objections to this or would like us to make adjustments for any particular event, please speak to your dance school lead who will communicate this with our events team.

Child Supervision & Sign in/ Sign Out Procedure-Participants up to school-leaving age are supervised by a responsible adult at all times. Participants of this age will not be permitted to pass our door/security team without a responsible adult accompanying them. On arrival and departure, event participants are asked to inform their teacher/group lead so that they can record attendance times at the event.

Safeguarding info- Our safeguarding policy can be found here

The Designated Safeguarding Lead for OTB is Jessica Porter, she will be in attendance for the duration of the event and will be based on the stage. Alternatively, you can email info@onthebeat.dance

Arrival info- Please make sure your wristbands are securely fastened before entering the building. Access will be via the main entrance to KGH

Please see the venue page for information on travel, parking, changing facilities, emergency procedures and first aid.

Merchandise– Our merchandise stall will be available in the Arena. Payments by cash & card are accepted.

Please have your wristbands on and fastened securely before entering the building. Lost, damaged or forgotten wristbands will not be replaced and will have to be re-purchased.Please see our full wristband policy here.

There will be a limited number of wristbands available on the door priced at £23- priority access will be given to those who have a wristband in advance. Please note that bands are only available to people attending with a dance school and are not on sale to the general public.

Allocated Seating-All seating will be reserved clearly with your dance school name. If you arrive early for your section and there isn’t space to sit with your school, please use the unreserved section on the balcony until dancers from the previous section to yours start to leave.

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