Our Registrar will not be able to consider entries "received" until he receives full payment. Online registration is available with a credit card at www.O2CM.com. Please register early and use a separate entry form for each partnership.

REGISTER FOR ALL EVENTS IN WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO DANCE. ADDING EVENTS AT THE COMPETITION WILL BE LIMITED.
After the final registration deadline of October 26, 2012, we will not allow competitors to add any event that would necessitate adding a round (Ex. a semi to become a quarter-final). Competitors desiring to add an event at the competition must make their request on a Competition Event Change Request Form (at registration table for forms) and give it to the Registrar no later than two [2] hours prior to the scheduled start time for the event. Competitors: Please notify the registrar of any errors or cancellations/scratches as soon as possible; submit scratches on the form mentioned above.

Each competitor must list his/her USA Dance membership number and expiration date on the entry form. Please attach a photocopy of each partner's membership card and, if applicable, a copy of your student ID. (Note: You may apply for, renew, or upgrade [to Athlete] your membership online at www.USADance.org/membership or by sending a USA Dance membership application and fee payment with your entry form. You can download the form at CDC 2012 Registration Packet or call our registrar to have one mailed to you. Be sure to note the name of your local USA Dance chapter on the application.)

When you arrive, before you compete, one or preferably both members of each partnership must check in with the registrar. Each competitor must show his/her USA Dance membership card (and his/her partner's card) to the Registrar for package pickup.

Competitors and spectators cancelling by October 11 will receive a 75% refund; between October 12 and October 20 a 25% refund; and after October 21 no refund. Please allow thirty [30] days following the competition for us to process and mail any refunds.  

Every competitor must be an amateur. Every adult competitor, with the exception of Newcomers*, must be a currently registered DanceSport Athlete member of USA Dance or other member organization of the IDSF in good standing. Every preteen, junior, and youth competitor must be a registered Student member of USA Dance in good standing.

  *Couples of which neither member has ever danced as an amateur couple in a ballroom competition are eligible to dance in Newcomer events [in which only the first 5 steps in a bronze syllabus are allowed]. Competitors who qualify for Newcomer events may choose to dance in ONLY Newcomer events or in both Newcomer AND Bronze syllabus events. *Competitors who register for only Newcomer events must be registered USA Dance members in good standing of any type [Social member, Ballroom Dancer, or Athlete]. Competitors who sign up for Bronze events must be registered as Athlete members.

Both partners must be eligible for each event they enter and shall not compete in any classification below the minimum proficiency level for which they are eligible [see Rulebook, Rule 4.6]. Competitors are responsible for verifying their proficiency points, so please check your accumulated proficiency points before registering.

Per USA DanceSport rules, rest time will be allowed between rounds of any one event. In the interim, we will run other events, such as the same event for different age categories. Competitors that register for events in more than one age category should consider that the events would probably be run back-to-back.

Each event will consist of one, two, three, four, or five dances danced in succession without leaving the floor. The best-combined score for all dances will determine places in that event. Awards will be presented to the top six couples in each event. We may cancel/combine events with fewer than three [3] entries.

The competition is organized into Syllabus and Open events. Syllabus events are offered in the following proficiency levels: Newcomer [1st five steps of Bronze], Bronze, Silver and Gold. Open events are offered in proficiency levels of Novice, Pre-Championship and Championship. Competitors may enter up to two consecutive proficiency levels in each style or discipline with the same partner at the minimum level for which they are qualified and one higher, [Ex. Newcomer and Bronze, Bronze and Silver, Silver and Gold, Gold and Novice, Novice and Pre-Champ, Pre-Champ and Champ.]

Mixed Proficiency amateur events are offered at all Syllabus levels. Both partners of this team must be current Athlete members of USA Dance. A Mixed Proficiency couple is defined as a couple whereby the partners are either (1) different age levels and/or (2) different proficiency levels. Only the designated partner is judged in Mixed Proficiency partnerships.

Formation Team Events. [Fun, non-sanctioned event]
Formation Teams consist of a minimum of four athletes of any age level, dance style, and proficiency level. Routines are limited to three minutes plus one minute to enter and leave the floor. Music must be in CD format labeled with team name and dance style. This is a non-sanctioned event. No props are allowed and costumes are optional. Music must be given to DJ two heats before your event. All Adult teams will compete against each other for the $300 Scholarship Championship. All Youth teams will compete against each other for the $300 Scholarship Championship.

Competitors, please be in the ballroom, ready to dance, at least thirty [30] minutes prior to the scheduled time for your event(s). You must report to the Deck Captain in the "on-deck area" two heats before each of your event(s). If you do not take the floor when the MC calls an event, you may be disqualified.

Steps

• No lifts are permitted in any division except Freestyle-Showdance. No props are allowed in any division except Cabaret.
• In American Smooth and Rhythm Syllabus events, steps from any recognized published syllabus are acceptable, including NDCA, ISTD, North Am. Dance Society, Arthur Murray, Fred Astaire, and Pan-Am. See USA Dance website for a sample syllabus. In Smooth Newcomer and Bronze events, competitors must use closed footwork; continuity styling will be penalized.
• In International Standard and Latin Syllabus events, only ISTD figures are allowed.
• Open-event competitors are not restricted to syllabus; any syllabus steps and above may be danced.

Costumes are not permitted for the following events: Please refer to the Rulebook for specific costume regulations.

• Dresses have to create the Characteristic shape for each discipline and dresses and make-up have to respect the age and level of dancers.
• Costumes are permitted but not required for the following events [costumes are not a factor in judging]

• Costumes are recommended: Youth, Adult & Senior, Pre-Championship, and Championship
• Dress for spectators at all competition sessions is dressy casual during the day. Dressy or semi-formal in the evening sessions.