Black & White Ball - The traditition continues!

Saturday night we are having the "Black & White Ball". We encourage everyone to come dressed in black and white attire casual to dressy casual. We start dancing early in the evening and enjoy performances from some of the best dancers in the US & Canada scattered throughout the night. Masters competition will be held during the black and white ball. This night is about you enjoying your dancing. Please note we intertwine the perfomances/comp during the evening--so you may enjoy however still be up and dancing throughout the eventing...there will be plenty of general dancing!

Club/Group Challenge - Charity Event

 

Please join us as the entry fees for this event will be donated to charity.

Represent your club, studio, teacher or get a group of friends together and give yourself a name! All you need to do is put a routine together and pick the type of dance and a song.

The challenge will have many different dances competing against each other (for a good cause). We could have country, hustle, line, swing, and ballroom etc. We are looking for creativity, fun and an enjoyable performance in a group format! ! Last year our hallway dancers made the event a huge success!

Just Fun Competitions

We will offer Two Step, Night Club and West Coast Swing in both social/beginner and intermediate/advanced divisions.

We want you to have an absolute blast at the New England Dance Festival! So we are offering several social competitions that are just fun! No rules, no costumes... just pure fun! Start practicing and strut your stuff. Tell all your friends because the more of you the merrier. Fun prizes will be awarded.

Ask your favorite social dance partner to dance or have a different partner for each dance! . Please note that no competitive couples are allowed.

Jack & Jill Competitions

We will offer WSDC jack and jill competitions.

The West Coast Swing Jack & Jill will be run using World Swing Dance Council rules and regulations. We will be offering the following divisions:

• Newcomer
• Novice (10+ Newcomer Points)
• Intermediate (20+ Novice Points)
• Advanced (25+ Intermediate Points)
• All Star

Note - the event will use the online points registry to validate competitors divisions.

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We will offer a Two Step Jack & Jill

The Two Step Jack & Jill will have two divisions, Newcomer/Novice and Intermediate/Advanced. Definetely lots of fun.

 

Line Dance

Line dancers... We welcome you to join us for a great weekend of line dancing. We are offering the social line dancer a weekend of great workshops with some of your favorite instructors. Tina Foster will be our line dance coordinator.The line dance room is large with a 1400 sq foot floor. Ask those who came last year, the line room has a great floor and everyone had fun and felt they were well taken care of.

Pro-Am Swing & Hustle Competition

Come and and strut your stuff with your Instructor in the Pro-Am swing and hustle competition. Lots of fun, start practicing today!

UCWDC Competition

We are offering all the standard UCWDC competitions in both Pro-Am, Couples and Line. If you would like to compete and you are new to dancing see your teacher about the beginner syllabus category. It is easy and is a great way to get acquainted with how fun UCWDC competition can be. If you have been dancing country but have never competed join us in the newcomer division.This division is a great place to start if you have never competed but are passed the brand new dancer stage. Don't forge, competition can also serve as a great way to set goals to improve your dancing. All rules for the UCWDC events can be found on line a www.ucwdc.org.

Already compete in ballroom competitions? Or do you dance ballroom and would like to compete with us? You already know 4 of the dances: waltz, cha cha, east coast swing and west coast swing. These are just danced to country music instead of ballroom music. There are 4 dances which are completely different: Triple Two Step, Two Step, Night Club 2 Step and Polka. These are clearly signature dances of the country. Take advantage of another opportunity to have fun with dances you already know and add a two step!

Pro-Am teachers we will have a top teacher purse of $ 2000.00. Note: If we exceed our entries from last year we will increase this.

Masters Purse & Crown Incentives Avilable.

West Coast Strictly Swing Competition

Find a partner and register for our Strictly Swing competition! We will be offering the following divisions:

• Newcomer
• Novice
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Couples must consist of one man and one woman (WSDC rules)Just grab a partner, come out and dance. Dancers will dance for approximately 2 minutes in a heated format to music selected by the event. No competitive partnerships allowed.

West Coast Swing Room

Come join us in the Swing Room.... US Open Swing Champion Robert Cordoba will be our swing host this year. Plan to attend his workshops.... they are AWESOME! WSDC points and dancing all night long all weekend! Ask your friends, everyone had a blast last year!