Jack & Jill Rules
Our Jack and Jill contests will be held monthly . The contest schedule will
be published in our Club Newsletter, and on our Web Site as well as being posted
on the Internet (rec.arts.dance).
Rules:
- Must know and be able to properly execute the 10 basic WCS patterns.
- Must use only WCS timing – 6 or 8 count patterns
- Partnership: lead and follow techniques are expected.
- Staying in time and showing a natural body rhythm is both expected and required.
- Must do lead and follow movements and patterns. No Choreographed routines.
- Variations and extended patterns, phrasing, variety, and degree of difficulty are all judged as plusses unless executed poorly. Poorly executed moves can greatly reduce any contestants score. Projection and Showmanship are both plusses if, and only if, it enhances the partnership. This is a Classic West Coast Swing contest. No lifts; No drops; No side-by-side or completely open except for free spins and recoveries; At least 70% West Coast Swing movements and Patterns; Men as leaders; Women as followers.
- Contestants must be members in good standing of the Orange County West Coast Swing Dance Club. Exception: If the contestant lives 150 miles (or more) from the Clubhouse and wishes to compete, they may do so without becoming a member.
- No contest will be held with fewer than 7 men and 7 women qualified contestants.
- Must sign up to compete by five minutes before the scheduled contest time.
- The couples will dance in heats of fifteen or less and will be judged by five judges.
- The couples will dance to two different pieces of music
- The first 30 men and 30 women to sign up will dance in that contest.
Points:
- Contestants will be awarded points in each contest based on our current Contest method: 1st-6 points, 2nd-5 points, 3rd-4 points, 4th-3 points, and 5th- 2 points. One point will be awarded to those couples placing 6th through 10th. Points will accumulate for one contest year.
- A competitor dancing more than once in a given contest will receive points only for thehighest placement.
- A competitor who accumulates a total of 30 points during that year with at least one win will be able to move up and compete in the next level. A competitor who has qualified to move up to the next level has the option of doing so in the next contest, or of remaining in the lower Division until the end of the contest year. If you move to a different Division during a contest year, your points will start at zero in the new Division. You must have the approval of the Contest Coordinator before making an upward or downward move.
- Points earned in WCS conventions during the same contest year and posted on the World Swing Dance Council website may be added to those points earned at the OCWCSDC monthly contests to determine eligibility to move up to the next level.
- There will be a Final Contest for each Division which will be held in December
(2004) with the top point holders qualifying for those Finals. The Finals
will be danced in a spotlight configuration.
- After the Finals, all points go back to zero.
Jackie Ford,
Contest Coordinator 9/20/03
for questions or comments contact Jackie at jackieford@socal.rr.com
