OTB Street Dance Competition October 2025 – Accrington Town Hall
Welcome to the Competition Info Page for OTB – Sunday 5th October at Accrington Town Hall.
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.
This is one of our smaller events perfect for new competitors, beginners & intermediate dancers.
Entry Limits:
Each dancer may enter up to 4 events:
- 2 solos (either 1 set routine + 1 freestyle OR 2 set routines)
- 1 duo
- 1 team
Schedule
Please see the competition schedule below.
This event is split into four main sections. We kindly ask that dancers and spectators arrive no earlier than 30 minutes before their section is due to start. This information has already been shared with teachers, so if you are unsure of your start time, please check directly with your teacher.
8:00am – Doors open (teachers access first)
8:30am – Section 1 set routines & freestyle solos (7 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final
9:50am – Section 1 duos (7 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final
10:20am – Section 1 & 2 team events (7 years & under / 9 years & under)
Awards presented after all teams have danced
10:40am – Section 2 set routines & freestyle solos (9 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final
12:00pm – Section 2 duos (9 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final
BREAK 1
12:40pm – Section 3 team events (11 years & under)
Awards presented after all teams have danced
12:50pm – Section 3 set routines & freestyle solos (11 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final
1:50pm – Section 3 duos (11 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final
BREAK 2 (Dancers arriving for Section 4, access from approx. 2:15pm)
2:50pm – Section 4 team events (12 years & over)
Awards presented after all teams have danced
3:15pm – Section 4 set routines & freestyle solos (12 years & over) Plus Parents solo events
Awards presented immediately after each final
5:00pm – Section 4 duos (12 years & over)
Awards presented immediately after each final
5:30pm – Approximate finish time
Age Categories
Age Categories
Please refer to the link here for the initial programme for this event. Note that the age categories have now been adjusted slightly for solos (shown below) now that all entries have been processed. Duo categories will be as the programme.
DANCE 1 (SKIP TO THE GOOD BIT)
4 YEARS
5 YEARS
5 YEARS ADD NEEDS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS
DANCE 2 (BEAUTY & A BEAT)
4 & 5 YEARS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 3 (TILT YA HEAD BACK)
4 YEARS
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13–15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 4 (SHOW ME THE MONEY)
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
15 & 16 YEARS
17 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS
DANCE 5 (JUMP)
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 6 (PON DE REPLAY)
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 & 16 YEARS
17 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 7 (DENIAL IS A RIVER)
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER
CLASS MEMBER FS
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
13 YEARS & OVER
BEGINNER FS
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13–15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER
INTERMEDIATE FS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER
ADDITIONAL NEEDS FS
Judges
Important Information
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- 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
Venue Information
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.
Wristband Information
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 – 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. Door price for wristbands are £24
Payments by cash & card are accepted.