OTB Street Dance Competition July 2022 – Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham

Always great to be in Manchester at one of our favourite venues! This is one of our main events suitable for a mix of levels between Beginner- Advanced.

Dancers of all ages can get involved in the various sections we have at this event including

x 1 Set Routine Solo Event
x 1 Freestyle Solo Event
x 1 Team Event
x 1 Duo Event

Looking forward to welcoming 4 wonderful judges to this competition- Natasha, Yasmin, Jeffrey and Chris!

Please see below the schedule for this event plus some other useful information. Please note that the solo age categories will be posted here by Monday evening/ Tuesday morning.

Schedule

7.55am – Teachers only may enter ballroom (must be wearing a teacher wristband- teachers please see us on the stage as soon as you arrive to collect all dancers numbers)

8.00am– Ballroom doors open for all dancers & spectators

8.35am– Introduce judges & safety announcements

8.40am- All under 10 teams in the following order

– Under 8 beginners teams
– Under 10 beginners teams (to dance at 9am)
– Under 10 intermediate teams
– Presentation of under 10 teams

9.30am- All under 10 set routines
– Presentation of under 10 set routines

11.am– All under 10 solo events
– Presentation of all under 10 solo events

12.30pm– All under 10  duo events
Parents solo events
– Presentation of under 10 duo events & parents solo events

Break

1.30pm– All 10 & over teams in the following order

– Under 12 beginner teams

– Under 12 intermediate teams
– Under 14 beginner teams
– Under 16 beginner teams
– 16 & over beginner teams
– Under 14 intermediate teams (2pm start)
– Under 16 intermediate teams
– 16 & over intermediate teams

-Presentation of all above teams

2.45pm- All 10 years & over set routine events
– Presentation of all  10 years & over set routine events

4.15pm– All 10 years & over advanced solo events
– Presentation of all 10 years & over advanced solo events

4.30pm– All 10 years & over class member, beginner & intermediate solo events
– Elite all stars
– Awards of all 10 years & over class member, beginner, intermediate & elite all stars solo events

5.45pm– All 10 years & over duos
– Awards of all 10 years & over duos

Expected finish time 6.15/6.30pm

Food & drink policy– The venue has a bar serving hot & cold drinks all day. Hot food will also be available (bacon & sausage sandwiches, chips, chip sandwiches,  jumbo hot dogs, cold sandwiches etc). Packed lunches are permitted to be brought inside the ballroom but can we kindly ask everyone to clear away any rubbish before they leave. Please don’t bring hot takeaway food inside.

Wristbands– 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-purhchased.  Please see our full wristband policy on the website. Tickets will be available on the door @ £20

Photo/video policy- A reminder that you are permitted to take photographs and videos of your own dancers whilst they are performing solos & duos. If anyone objects to this, please see us prior to the start of the event. For teams, strictly only 1 nominated person is allowed to record at this time.

Allocated seating- All seating will be reserved clearly with your dance school name.

Parking- The venue has a large pay & display car park. Its free for 3 hours on weekends but you still must display a ticket from when you arrive (even if staying under 3 hours). The machine accepts cash & card. Address for car park is new radcliffe street, oldham, ol1 1nl

Merchandise– Our merchandise stall will be there on the day with brand new lines!