All Nations Competition February 2026- Accrington Town Hall

Please see below the schedule for this competition.

Event Schedule
4.20pm – Access for teachers
4.30pm – Doors open for dancers and spectators

5.00pm – Latin solo events
Awards presented immediately after each final

6.30pm – Classical solo events
Awards presented immediately after each final

7.40pm – Ballroom solo events
Awards presented immediately after each final

Fun Pairs Event
(From Blackpool – teachers have access, and it is available to all attendees on our Instagram Reels)

9.00pm – Approximate finish time

Please see below the confirmed age categories for this competition.

LATIN DANCE 1 (BURNING LOVE)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 2 (UNCLE JOHN FROM JAMAICA)
6 YEARS & UNDER
7 & 8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 3 (ONE WOMAN ARMY)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14-18 YEARS
32 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 4 (SING)
9 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
16-23 YEARS
32-42 YEARS
44 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 5 (HELL YEAH)
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13-15 YEARS
17 & 18 YEARS
36 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 6 (WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND)
11 & 12 YEARS
13-15 YEARS
17-23 YEARS
37 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 7 (SHE’S A LADY)
11 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
33 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 8 (LOSE MY BREATH)
11 & 12 YEARS
33 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 1 (BETTER PLACE)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS

BALLROOM DANCE 2 (DON’T WAKE ME UP)
7 & 8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS
16 YEARS

BALLROOM DANCE 3 (SHUT UP AND DRIVE)
9-11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13-15 YEARS
16-18 YEARS
32 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 4 (CRAZY IN LOVE)
9 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS
13-16 YEARS
39 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 5 (BEGGIN)
11 & 12 YEARS
15-23 YEARS
36-44 YEARS
56 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 6 (GIRL CRUSH)
11 & 12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
15-17 YEARS
18 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 7 (COME AWAY WITH ME)
11 & 12 YEARS
17-23 YEARS
33 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 8 (WHY DON’T YOU DO RIGHT)
12 YEARS

CLASSICAL DANCE 1 (SODA POP)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS

CLASSICAL DANCE 2 (TRY EVERYTHING)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
16 YEARS

CLASSICAL DANCE 3 (MAN I NEED)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13-15 YEARS
16-18 YEARS
32-42 YEARS
43 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 4 (THE DOOR)
9 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
32 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 5 (BABYLON)
10 & 11 YEARS
13-15 YEARS
17 & 18 YEARS
36-43 YEARS
56 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 6 (JOLENE)
11 & 12 YEARS
13-15 YEARS
23 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:

f 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 AN 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 AN is Jessica Porter, who will be in attendance for the duration of the event and will be based on the stage. Alternatively, you can email info@onthebeat.dance

Event Location

Accrington Town Hall Postcode– BB5 1LA
Parking- As the venue is in the town centre, there is lots of on street parking around the venue, most of which is free on Sundays. If you are joining us on a Saturday, all the streets vary so please check carefully before leaving your car. The tesco close by has free parking for up to 3 hours and the Arndale can park closes at 5pm.

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.

There will be a limited number of wristbands available on the door – priority access will be given to those who have a wristband in advance.
Please note that bands are only available to people attending with a dance school and are not on sale to the general public.
Payments by cash & card are accepted.

Wristbands purchased on the door are priced at £25

Allocated Seating- All seating will be reserved clearly with your dance school name.