OTB Street Dance Competition November 2024 – Accrington Town Hall
Welcome to the Event Competition Page for OTB Saturday 30th November 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. 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 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.
Teachers: To check availability for this competition for your school, please email us directly at info@onthebeat.dance.
Entries close 2 weeks before
Schedule
Please see below the schedule for this competition. Where possible dancers attending in Section 2, unless attending with siblings- we suggest arriving no earlier than 5.15pm if dancing in a team and 5.45pm if not in a team (30 mins prior to section starting) as seating may not be available until this point. Please be prepared to wait in the cafe area if arriving sooner.
2:30pm – Doors open (teachers access just before)
3pm – Section 1 solos (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
4:45pm – Section 1 duos (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
5:10pm – Section 1 teams (9 years & under)
*awards presented after all teams have danced*
7 & under beginners (1 team)
9 & under beginners/ inters (2 teams)
5:45pm – Section 2 teams (10 years & over)
*awards presented after all teams have danced*
11 & under beginner teams (2 teams)
13 & under beginner teams (2 teams)
14 & over beg/ inter team (3 teams)
6:15pm – Section 2 duos (10 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
6:45pm – Section 2 solos (10 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
9pm – Approx finish time
Age Categories
Please see below the age categories for this competition for solo events.
DANCE 1 (CAN’T GET ENOUGH)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 2 (OOH WEE)
5 & 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 3 (BANG DEM STICKS)
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 4 (BEGGIN)
8 YEARS & UNDER
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER
ADULT ADD NEEDS
DANCE 5 (CREW)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 6 (BUSTALOGIC)
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
15 YEARS & OVER
DANCE 7 (TAKE IT TO THE FLOOR)
13 YEARS & OVER
CLASS MEMBERS FS
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS & OVER
BEGINNER FS
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10-12 YEARS
INTERMEDIATE FS
9 YEARS & UNDER
10-12 YEARS
13 YEARS & OVER
ADULT ADD NEEDS FS
Judges
Speakers
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Andry Oporia -
Natasha Gooden -
Tomas Simon
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 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.