All Nations Competition November 2024- Newton Aycliffe Sports Centre

9.45am – Access for teachers
9.50am– Doors open for dancers & spectators

10:20am – All ages Ballroom solos
*awards presented immediately after each final*

12:10pm – All ages Classical solos
*awards presented immediately after each final*

1:30pm – All ages Latin solos
*awards presented immediately after each final*

3pm – Approx finish time

Please see below the age categories for this compeition.

LATIN DANCE 1 (LET’S GET MARRIED)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 & 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8-10 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 2 (JAI HO)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 & 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 3 (SPICY MARGARITA)
7 & 8 YEARS
9-11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14-16 YEARS
27-35 YEARS
57 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 4 (BUMAYE)
8-10 YEARS
11-13 YEARS
14-16 YEARS
17-27 YEARS
33 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 5 (LIL BOO THANG)
10-12 YEARS
13-15 YEARS
16-26 YEARS
57 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 6 (FEEL IT STILL)
10-12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
15-19 YEARS
36 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 7 (LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO)
16-22 YEARS
32 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 8 (ONE DANCE)
13-15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 9 (TOXIC)
13-16 YEARS
32 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 1 (THE ROSE)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 & 6 YEARS
7 & 8 YEARS

BALLROOM DANCE 2 (PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 & 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
10 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 3 (CRY ME OUT)
7 & 8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS
11-13 YEARS
14-16 YEARS
25-38 YEARS
40 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 4 (TEXAS HOLD EM)
7 & 8 YEARS
9-11 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
16-27 YEARS
33-40 YEARS
50 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 5 (BAD GUY)
9-11 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
15-17 YEARS
22-34 YEARS
50 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 6 (LOSE CONTROL)
10-12 YEARS
13-15 YEARS
16-22 YEARS
32 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 7 (YOU PROOF)
10-13 YEARS
14-17 YEARS
18-32 YEARS
36 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 8 (PRETTY YOUNG THING)
15 & 16 YEARS
17 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 1 (PAPER RINGS)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 & 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8-10 YEARS

CLASSICAL DANCE 2 (VOULEZ VOUZ)
5 & 6 YEARS
7 & 8 YEARS
9 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 3 (JESSE HOLD ON)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 & 9 YEARS
10-12 YEARS
13-16 YEARS
25-38 YEARS
40 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 4 (THIS WILL BE)
9 & 10 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
15-17 YEARS
26-38 YEARS
50 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 5 (HOT FUDGE)
10-12 YEARS
14-16 YEARS
17-26 YEARS
50 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 6 (RED RIGHT HAND)
11-13 YEARS
14-18 YEARS
25-36 YEARS
55 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 7 (GIDDY UP)
10-13 YEARS
14-17 YEARS
19 YEARS & OVER

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:

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 All Nations 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.

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 All Nations are Jessica Porter & Jackie Sanderson, who will be in attendance for the duration of the event and will be based on the stage. Alternatively, you can contact us directly here

Changing Facilities- Dancers are strictly not permitted to change in the hall or the corridors unless they are wearing a base layer (leotard, shorts, or crop top). If anyone needs to change during their time with us, both male and female changing rooms will be clearly signposted. Dancers of school age or younger must be accompanied by an adult or a chaperone while changing. Please ask a member of the team if you are unsure where these are located.

It is strictly prohibited to take photos or videos in this area.

Changing in public areas is not permitted at our events and our staff will monitor this throughout the event.

First Aid- Should anyone require medical assistance at any time during their visit, please alert any of our staff or venue staff. There will be multiple first aiders available throughout the event.

Venue Address & Postcode- Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre, Beveridge Arcade, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4EH
Please enter the venue via the main leisure centre entrance. The event hall is located on the first floor.

Parking- There are some council run car parks available in close proximity to the leisure centre.
The venue have provided us with this information…
“Some of the car parks have signage up allowing a certain amount of time allowed in the car parks. This however won’t apply as the shopping centre has agreed to turn the cameras off for large events so attendees wont be charged for parking.”

Food & Drink policy- Event attendees are permitted to bring their own packed lunches into the venue (no hot take-away food to be brought). We respectfully ask that all rubbish is disposed of in the bins provided and not left on the floor under the seats. There will be a tuck shop selling sweets, crisps, chocolate as well as hot/cold drinks. Please note that this is CASH ONLY. There are also a few shops/food outlets nearby.

Emergency Evacuation Procedure-On arrival, please familiarise yourself with the emergency exits in the venue.
Should the fire alarm and/or tannoy announcement sound, please proceed to the nearest emergency exit. The assembly point will be in front of Boots the Chemist.

If you are a responsible adult accompanying an event participant and it is safe to do so, please try to locate your dance school lead person at the assembly point to let them know that you have safely evacuated the building.

Wristbands are available to purchase in advance via your dance teacher only.

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

Wristbands will be available to purchase on the door however these are only available to people attending with a dance school and are not on sale to the general public. They are priced at £23 on the door and payments can be made by cash or card.