Nottingham Varsity Ball 09-10

This year

This years' competition will be held on Saturday 27th November 2010. More information will be placed here when it is available.

Last year

Date: Saturday 28 November 2009
Venue: Portland Leisure Centre, Muskham St, Nottingham, NG2 2HB
Entry fee: £12 per competitor, £5 per spectator

Please email the CUDT Captain with the following details before Monday 16 November 2009:
1. Names of Leader and Follower
2. Events you wish to enter

Events

Beginners: W,Q, C, J
Novice: WQ, CJ
Intermediate: WTV, RSC
Advanced: WTVQ, RSCJ
Ex-Student: WTVQF, RSCJP
Salsa: Beginners, Open
Rock 'n' Roll: Non-acrobatic, Acrobatic
Team Match

Programme

9.00am Doors open
10.00am Ballroom events
1.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Latin events
5.30pm Salsa and RnR
7.00pm Demonstration: Danny Stowell and Kate Moore, (10-dance amateurs)
7.30pm Dinner
8.00pm Team Match
10.00pm Prize presentation
11.00pm Last waltz

Competition Rules

  1. Beginners must wear lounge dress or practice wear. There are no dress restrictions for any other dancers.
  2. Any clothing that is designed or altered to artificially improve a dancer's chance of being marked through a round is not lounge wear.
  3. Practice wear is limited to practice-skirts and outfits of a similar category.
  4. Beginners are defined as in the IVDA constitution.
  5. An ex-student couple must consist of either two ex-students, or one ex- student and one present student.
  6. The Ex-students event may only be entered by an ex-student couple.
  7. Ex-student couples where neither partner has ever danced pre-champ or above on the open circuit or A team/advanced on the university circuit may dance in the Intermediate or Novice event if they so choose.
  8. An ex-student must be a current member of a university dance society, must have been eligible to dance as a current student at some time previously, and must no longer be eligible to dance as a current student.
  9. Only basic steps (BCD syllabus) may be danced in the beginners and novice events.
  10. An individual or couple may only dance in one of: beginners, novice, intermediate or advanced, for each half of the day-time program.
  11. Only student couples may enter the Team Match.
  12. D-team may consist entirely of beginners, even if higher teams remain unfilled. However, non-beginners may only dance in the D-team if A-C teams are completely filled. D-team may be of unlimited size.
  13. Competitors may enter only one of Beginners and Open Salsa.