Super excited to be back in Manchester for our next event! Firstly, let us introduce our judges for the day! A big welcome to
Victoria
Luke
Rose
Adam
This event is split over two days – Saturday will be all ages 14 & over and Sunday will be split into 9 years & under/10-13 years.
Dancers can enter a maximum of 5 solo events (if not entering pairs) and a maximum of 6 events (if entering pairs). This can be a combination of
A maximum of 2 latin solo events
A maximum of 2 ballroom solo events
A maximum of 2 classical events
A maximum of 1 latin pairs event
A maximum of 1 ballroom pairs event
A maximum of 1 classical pairs event
Please see some other useful information below to help you plan your time with us.
Saturday Schedule-
4:15pm – Doors open for dancers and spectators (teachers access few minutes before)
4:45pm – Ballroom solos & pairs events (14 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
6:45pm – Classical solos & pairs events (14 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
7:45pm – Latin solos & pairs events (14 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
9:45pm – Approx finish time
Sunday Schedule-
8am – Doors open for dancers & spectators (teachers access few minutes before)
8:30am – Section 1 Latin solos & pairs events (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
10:30am – Section 1 Ballroom solos & pairs events (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
12pm – Section 1 Classical solos (9 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
1pm- Section 1 & 2 Classical Pairs (all ages categories up to 13 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
1:20pm – Section 2 Classical solos (10 – 13 years)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
2:30pm – Section 2 Ballroom solos & pairs events (10 – 13 years)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
4:30pm – Section 2 Latin solos & pairs events (10 – 13 years)
*awards presented immediately after each final*
6:45pm – Approx finish time
Odd then even event for each section
The first rounds of each section will run with in the following order by age
Latin- dance 1, dance 3, dance 5, dance 7, dance 9, dance 2, dance 4, dance 6, dance 8
Ballroom- dance 1, dance 3, dance 5, dance 7, dance 2, dance 4, dance 6, dance 8
Classical- dance 1, dance 3, dance 5, dance 7, dance 2, dance 4, dance 6, dance 8
(Subject to there being entries in those dances in each section)
Please see below age categories:
LATIN DANCE 1 (NO EXCUSES)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
8 YEARS ADD NEEDS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS & OVER
LATIN DANCE 2 (SPICE UP YOUR LIFE)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
8 YEARS ADD NEEDS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 – 13 YEARS
15 YEARS
LATIN DANCE 3 (SHIVERS)
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS ADD NEEDS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16-24 YEARS
43 – 46 YEARS
51 YEARS & OVER
LATIN DANCE 4 (DUM DUM)
7 – 9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 – 19 YEARS
22 – 38 YEARS
40 – 49 YEARS
55 YEARS & OVER
LATIN DANCE 5 (RUBY IS RED HOT)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 – 16 YEARS
17 – 26 YEARS
27 – 43 YEARS
45 YEARS & OVER
LATIN DANCE 6 (BACKSTREET BOSSANOVA)
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 – 16 YEARS
17 – 23 YEARS
25 – 38 YEARS
49 YEARS & OVER
LATIN DANCE 7 (NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS)
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 – 18 YEARS
21 – 31 YEARS
35 YEARS & OVER
LATIN DANCE 8 (OWN IT)
11 – 13 YEARS
14 – 16 YEARS
17 YEARS & OVER
LATIN DANCE 9 (PURE HONEY)
11 – 13 YEARS
14 – 19 YEARS
35 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM DANCE 1 (STOP)
4 & 5 YEARS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
8 YEARS ADD NEEDS
10 – 12 YEARS
BALLROOM DANCE 2 (SEE THE DAY)
4 & 5 YEARS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
8 YEARS ADD NEEDS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 – 13 YEARS
15 YEARS
BALLROOM DANCE 3 (YOUR LOVE IS LIFTING ME HIGHER)
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS ADD NEEDS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 – 16 YEARS
18 – 37 YEARS
40 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM DANCE 4 (MOON RIVER)
7 & 8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
11 YEARS ADD NEEDS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 – 20 YEARS
22 – 31 YEARS
35 – 47 YEARS
51 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM DANCE 5 (LOVE YOU I DO)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 – 12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 – 21 YEARS
22 – 33 YEARS
35 – 49 YEARS
51 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM DANCE 6 (EARNED IT)
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 – 18 YEARS
19 – 29 YEARS
36 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM DANCE 7 (NO DIGGITY)
10 – 13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 – 18 YEARS
24 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM DANCE 8 (VIVA LA VIDA)
11 – 13 YEARS
14 – 18 YEARS
24 YEARS & OVER
CLASSICAL DANCE 1 (HOEDOWN THROWDOWN)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
CLASSICAL DANCE 2 (READY FOR THE RIDE)
4 & 5 YEARS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
8 YEARS ADD NEEDS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS & OVER
CLASSICAL DANCE 3 (500 MILES)
4 – 6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS ADD NEEDS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 – 17 YEARS
24 YEARS & OVER
CLASSICAL DANCE 4 (I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 – 17 YEARS
20 – 37 YEARS
41 YEARS & OVER
CLASSICAL DANCE 5 (BREAKAWAY)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 & 11 YEARS
11 YEARS ADD NEEDS
12 & 13 YEARS
14-16 YEARS
17 – 27 YEARS
29 – 49 YEARS
50 YEARS & OVER
CLASSICAL DANCE 6 (A NIGHT LIKE THIS)
10 – 13 YEARS
14 – 17 YEARS
18 – 35 YEARS
36 YEARS & OVER
CLASSICAL DANCE 7 (TOO GOOD)
11 – 13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 – 21 YEARS
24 YEARS & OVER
LATIN PAIRS DANCE 1 (WINGS)
7 YEARS & UNDER
9 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
LATIN PAIRS DANCE 2 (SWEET LIKE COLA)
9 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
15 YEARS & UNDER
29 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER
LATIN PAIRS DANCE 3 (WET)
13 YEARS & UNDER
29 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 1 (CHUCK BERRY)
7 YEARS & UNDER
9 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 2 (HALLELUJAH)
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER
BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 3 (BORN THIS WAY)
15 YEARS & UNDER
CLASSICAL PAIRS DANCE 1 (JUMP)
7 YEARS & UNDER
9 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER
Please see some other useful information below to help you plan your time with us.
Parking– The venue has a large pay & display car park. Its free for 3 hours on weekends but you still must display a ticket from when you arrive (even if staying under 3 hours). If staying for longer than 3 hours, it is roughly £4 for the day. The machine accepts cash & card.
Address of venue- West Street, Oldham, Manchester, OL1 1QJ
Note Car Park Address- New Radcliffe Street, Oldham, Manchester, OL1 1NL
Food & drink policy– There is a great range of food available at the venue (bacon & sausage sandwiches, chips, chip sandwiches, jumbo hot dogs, cold sandwiches etc, ice cream, sweets etc) as well as an open bar serving hot & cold drinks all day. Packed lunches are permitted to be brought inside the ballroom but can we kindly ask everyone to clear away any rubbish before they leave. Please don’t bring hot takeaway food inside. Note Saturday evening will be serving bar snacks only and Sunday full food menu available.
Wristbands– 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 on the door. Please see our full wristband policy here- https://allnations.dance/wristband-policy/
Additional wristbands will be on sale on the door- £23 for single day tickets. 2 day tickets for those attending both days which will be £33.
These are only available to people attending with a dance school that is booked on to the event and not available to the general public (in line with our safeguarding policy)
Awards presentation – We think you will all be familiar now with how we run our awards immediately each final. Please can we ask that other than teachers, there is no more than 1 spectator per dancer who comes onto the floor at this time. Please leave the floor at the sides after having photos and do not walk through the dancers preparing for the next event. We will also have a display at the back of the room for anyone wanting to spend longer having photos.
Allocated seating- All seating will be reserved clearly with your dance school name.
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: 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.
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 Lead for OTB is Jackie Sanderson, she will be in attendance for the duration of the event and will be based on the stage. Alternatively, you can email info@allnations.dance
Emergency Evacuation Procedure- Please note that we are not expecting a fire drill during the event. In the case of a fire alarm sounding, please evacuate the building immediately. The assembly point for this venue is directly outside the front doors. If you are a responsible adult accompanying an event participant, if 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.
Dancers getting changed- Dancers are strictly not permitted to get changed inside the ballroom or on the corridors unless they are wearing a base layer (leotard/ shorts/ crop top). If anyone needs to change during their time with us there are changing areas signposted inside the venue. Dancers who are school age or younger need to be accompanied by their adult or a chaperone whilst changing.
First Aid- Should you need a first aider during your time with us, please see any of our staff who will direct you.
