OTB Street Dance Competition April 2025 – Accrington Town Hall
Welcome to the Event Competition Page for OTB Sunday, 27th April 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 competition is one of our smaller events ideal for beginners/ intermediate dancers.
Dancers may enter a maximum of 4 events-2 solos (1 set routine solo plus 1 freestyle solo or 2 set routines) , 1 duo and 1 team event.
Schedule
Please see below the schedule for this competition. This event will be split into 4 sections.
- All events for dancers age 7 years & under
- All events for dancers age 8 & 9 years
- All events for dancers age 10 & 11 years (& parents)
- All events for dancers age 12 years & over
Where possible, please arrive no earlier than 30 minutes prior to when you are dancing. If you arrive during a team section, our staff may ask you to wait a few minutes until there is a suitable time to enter the room. If you arrive early there is also a seating area in the foyer and in the cafe.
Schedule for the day
8:00am – Doors open (teachers access just before)
8:30am – Section 1 solos (7 years & under)
awards presented immediately after each final
10:00am – Section 1 duos (7 years & under)
awards presented immediately after each final
10:15am – Section 1 teams (7 years & under)
awards presented after all teams have danced
7 & under beginner teams (1 team)
Break
11:00am – Section 2 solos (9 years & under)
awards presented immediately after each final
12:10pm – Section 2 duos (9 years & under)
awards presented immediately after each final
Break
12:45pm – Section 3 teams (11 years & under) & parents teams
awards presented after all teams have danced
11 & under beginner teams (2 teams)
Parents teams (1 team)
1:00pm – Section 3 solos (11 years & under) & parents solos
awards presented immediately after each final
2:20pm – Section 3 duos (11 years & under)
awards presented immediately after each final
Break
3:00pm – Section 4 teams (12 years & over)
awards presented after all teams have danced
13 & under beginner teams (1 team)
13 & under intermediate teams (1 team)
14 & over intermediate teams (2 teams)
3:20pm – Section 4 solos (12 years & over)
awards presented immediately after each final
4:50pm – Section 4 duos (12 years & over)
awards presented immediately after each final
5:30pm – Approx finish time
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 now that the entries for this competition have been submitted. The finalised age categories are displayed below. The duos categories will be as the original programme on the link.
DANCE 1 (BREAK FREE)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS- SCHOOL YEAR 2
7 YEARS- SCHOOL YEAR 3
8 YEARS- SCHOOL YEAR 3
8 YEARS- SCHOOL YEAR 4
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS
DANCE 2 (BETTER PLACE)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 YEARS
7 YEARS- SCHOOL YEAR 2
7 YEARS- SCHOOL YEAR 3
8 YEARS- SCHOOL YEAR 3
8 YEARS- SCHOOL YEAR 4
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS
DANCE 3 (GOTTA BE YOU)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
22 YEARS
DANCE 4 (MORE)
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
14 YEARS ADD NEEDS
15 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS
DANCE 5 (THE FAVOURITE)
8 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 6 (NIGERIA WHAT)
8 & 9 YEARS
10 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 7 (CRYING IN THE CLUB)
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 YEARS & OVER
CLASS MEMBERS FS
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
13 YEARS
BEGINNER FS
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
INTERMEDIATE FS
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 YEARS
12 YEARS
15 YEARS & OVER
14 YEARS ADD NEEDS FS
Judges
Speakers
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Ian HarrisJudge -
Maisie WilsonJudge -
Matt GreihJudgeMatthew Grieh has been dancing for 20 years.
He moved up to Scotland in 2016 where he has taught at many schools throughout the whole of Scotland and the UK. He has his own events company that runs competitions across Scotland.
His main style is breaking and Hip Hop and he is so excited to judge On The Beat.
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 this event is Emily and she will be in attendance for the duration of the event and will be based on the stage/floor. 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 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.