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

Date

10 Nov 2024

Location

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

Time

All Day

Welcome to the Event Competition Page for OTB Sunday 10th November at King George’s Hall, Blackburn

Here, you’ll find all the information you need to plan your time with us. Use the tabs at the bottom of this page to navigate through different sections of information for this event. Please note that final event details are typically posted one week before the event, once entries have been processed.

This competition is one of our main events suitable for all levels.

Dancers may enter a maximum of 4 events out of 5 possible options. This can be a combination of any of the following-

A maximum of 2 solos (this can be either 1 set routine solos & 1 freestyle solo or x 2 set routine solos)
A trio OR a quad event
A duo event
A team event
(they cant enter all 5)

This event will run in 3 main sections

  • All events for dancers age 9 years & under
  • All events for dancers age 10 & 11 years (plus parents)
  • All events for dancers age 12 years & over

More details on the full schedule on the tab below.

8am – Doors open for dancers & spectators (teachers a few minutes before)

8:30am – Section 1 solos (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

10.30am – Section 1 duos (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

11:00am – Section 1 trios/quads (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

11.15am- Section 1 teams (9 years & under)
5 & under beginner teams (1 teams)
7 & under beginner teams (4 teams)
9 & under beginner teams (3 teams)
*awards presented after all teams have danced*

12pm – Section 2 teams (11 years & under)
11 & under beginner teams (3 teams)
11 & under intermediate teams (3 teams)
*awards presented after all teams have danced*

12:30pm – Section 2 solos (11 years & under) & parents solos
*awards presented immediately after each final*

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

2.15pm – Section 2 trios/quads (11 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

2.45pm – Section 3 teams (13 years & under/14 years & over)
13 & under beginner teams (3 teams)
14 & over beginners (2 teams)
13 & under intermediate teams (3 teams)
14 & over intermediate teams (4 teams)
*awards presented after all teams have danced*

3.30pm – Section 3 solos (12 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

5:45pm – Section 3 duos (12 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

6:15pm – Section 3 trios/quads
*awards presented immediately after each final*

6:30pm – Approx finish time

Please refer to the link here for the initial programme for this event. Note that the age categories may be adjusted slightly once all entries have been processed. The finalised age categories for solos are shown below (duos & quads/trios as programme)

DANCE 1 (PARTY ALL NIGHT)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
PARENTS

DANCE 2 (OOH WEE)
5 & 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS

DANCE 3 (BANG DEM STICKS)
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER

DANCE 4 (LET ME)
7 & 8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS

DANCE 5 (CREW)
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER

DANCE 6 (LIGHTS ON)
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 YEARS
16 YEARS
17 YEARS & OVER

DANCE 7 (TAKE IT TO THE FLOOR)
11 YEARS
15 YEARS & OVER

CLASS MEMBERS FS
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 & 6 YEARS
7-9 YEARS
11 YEARS
15 YEARS

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

INTER/ADV FS
6 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 YEARS
17 YEARS & OVER

PARENTS FS

Speakers

A Body of Persons Approval (BOPA) has been issued for this event by the local Council. 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/ Trios & Quads- 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.

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 Leads for OTB is Jessica Porter & Hollie McFadden, they will be in attendance for the duration of the event and will be based on the stage. Alternatively, you can email info@onthebeat.dance

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. Payments by cash & card are accepted.

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

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