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All Nations Competition June 2025- QEH, Oldham

29 June, 2025

Welcome to the Event Competition Page for All Nations- Sunday 29th June at QEH, Oldham, Manchester

Here, you’ll find all the information you need to plan your time with us. Use the tabs at the bottom of this page to navigate through different sections of information for this event.

This competition is one of our main events suitable for all levels.

Dancers can enter a maximum of 5 solo events or 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 solo events
A maximum of 1 latin pairs event
A maximum of 1 ballroom pairs event

This event is split into 3 main sections-
Section 1- 9 years & under
Section 2- 10-13 years
Section 3- 14 years & over
(pairs sections slotted between above- see full schedule below)

Please see below the full schedule for this competition.

7:40am – Doors Open (Teachers access first)

8:15am – Section 1 Latin Solo Events (9 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

9:25am – Section 1 Ballroom Solo Events (9 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

10:35am – Section 1 Classical Solo Events (9 years & under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

11:30am – Sections 1 & 2 Latin Pairs Events (9 years & under / 10–13 years)
We will run all 9 years & under Latin pairs to completion, followed by 11 years & under/ 13 years & under events.
Awards presented immediately after each final

11:50am – Sections 1 & 2 Ballroom Pairs Events (9 years & under / 10–13 years)
We will run all 9 years & under Ballroom pairs to completion, followed by 11 years & under/ 13 years & under events.
Awards presented immediately after each final

12:15pm – Section 2 Classical Solo Events (10–13 years)
Awards presented immediately after each final

1:10pm – Section 2 Ballroom Solo Events (10–13 years)
Awards presented immediately after each final

2:40pm – Section 2 Latin Solo Events (10–13 years)
Awards presented immediately after each final

4:15pm – Section 3 Latin Pairs Events (14 years & over)
Awards presented immediately after each final

4:30pm – Section 3 Ballroom Pairs Events (14 years & over)
Awards presented immediately after each final

4:50pm – Section 3 Classical Solo Events (14 years & over)
Awards presented immediately after each final

5:45pm – Section 3 Ballroom Solo Events (14 years & over)
Awards presented immediately after each final

7:20pm – Section 3 Latin Solo Events (14 years & over)
Awards presented immediately after each final

Approximate Finish Time: 9:00–9:15pm

Please see below the confirmed age categories for this competition.

LATIN DANCE 1 (SOMETHING THAT I WANT)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 2 (SPINNING AROUND)
6 YEARS & UNDER
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
13 YEARS ADD NEEDS
14 YEARS
35 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 3 (MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
13 YEARS ADD NEEDS
14 & 15 YEARS
27–37 YEARS
44–57 YEARS
63 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 4 (DEJA VU)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15–17 YEARS
18–28 YEARS
31–41 YEARS
52 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 5 (RUN AND TELL THAT)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16–18 YEARS
21–28 YEARS
32–46 YEARS
52 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 6 (MAKEBA)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 & 17 YEARS
18–21 YEARS
30–39 YEARS
44 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 7 (CHAINS)
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 & 16 YEARS
17–26 YEARS
33–46 YEARS
48 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 8 (GET ON THE DANCEFLOOR)
10–13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 & 17 YEARS
18–22 YEARS
35 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 9 (WATER)
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14–16 YEARS
17–26 YEARS
33 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 1 (DOUBLE LIFE)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
9 YEARS ADD NEEDS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS

BALLROOM DANCE 2 (JUNK)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
7 YEARS ADD NEEDS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
9 YEARS ADD NEEDS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
13 YEARS ADD NEEDS
14 YEARS
16 & 17 YEARS
57 YEARS

BALLROOM DANCE 3 (UPTIGHT)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
13 YEARS ADD NEEDS
14 & 15 YEARS
31–38 YEARS
45 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 4 (SWEET DREAMS)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 & 16 YEARS
17–27 YEARS
28–38 YEARS
41–46 YEARS
52 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 5 (THIS IS THE LIFE)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16–18 YEARS
19–28 YEARS
31–44 YEARS
45–58 YEARS
60 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 6 (DIE WITH A SMILE)
8 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 YEARS
16 & 17 YEARS
18–26 YEARS
30–48 YEARS
52 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 7 (STRONG ENOUGH)
8 YEARS
10–13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16–26 YEARS
33 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 8 (SKY FULL OF STARS)
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14–16 YEARS
17–26 YEARS
30 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 1 (START WITHOUT ME)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
7 YEARS ADD NEEDS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
9 YEARS ADD NEEDS
10 & 11 YEARS

CLASSICAL DANCE 2 (FRIEND LIKE ME)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
9 YEARS ADD NEEDS
10 & 11 YEARS
12–14 YEARS

CLASSICAL DANCE 3 (MAMA DO)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
13 YEARS ADD NEEDS
14 YEARS
15–18 YEARS
27–38 YEARS
42 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 4 (BREAK FREE)
7 YEARS & UNDER
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
13 YEARS ADD NEEDS
14–17 YEARS
27–37 YEARS
38–46 YEARS
54 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 5 (OH CECILIA)
9 YEARS & UNDER
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14–16 YEARS
17–24 YEARS
25–36 YEARS
54 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 6 (SO YOUNG)
9 YEARS
10–12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14–16 YEARS
17–20 YEARS
30–46 YEARS
51 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 7 (WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME)
10–13 YEARS
14–16 YEARS
17–26 YEARS
30 YEARS & OVER

LATIN PAIRS DANCE 1 (S CLUB PARTY)
7 YEARS & UNDER
9 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER

LATIN PAIRS DANCE 2 (BOASTY)
7 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
15 YEARS & UNDER
29 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER

LATIN PAIRS DANCE 3 (JUMP JIVE & WAIL)
11 YEARS & UNDER
15 YEARS & UNDER
29 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 1 (STOMP)
7 YEARS & UNDER
9 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 2 (SHOW ME HOW YOU BURLESQUE)
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER
15 YEARS & UNDER
29 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 3 (IF I AIN’T GOT YOU)
15 YEARS & UNDER
29 YEARS & UNDER
30 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

Directions & Car Parking

Parking: The venue does have a large onsite car park.

  • On weekends, there is a free 3-hour parking period however a ticket must still be displayed from the machine.
  • Tickets must be displayed at all times.
  • After the free 3-hour period, a valid ticket must be purchased and displayed.
  • The parking machine accepts both cash and card payments

Queen Elizabeth Hall Postcode- OL1 1QJ
Car Park Postcode- OL1 1NL

Emergency Evacuation Procedure

Assembly Point

If exiting directly through the front of the building, assemble immediately outside.

If exiting through the side fire escapes, assemble at the car park located at the front of the building.

Alarm Sound

When the alarm sounders activate, everyone must evacuate the building promptly unless explicitly instructed otherwise.

Please follow any additional instructions provided by fire marshals or emergency personnel.

Do not attempt to re-enter the venue unless instructed by the on-site staff or the attending fire officers. No access will be permitted until the Duty Manager or the attending officers give full site safety clearance.

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.

Changing Facilities

Dancers are strictly not permitted to change in the ballroom 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 in the Ballroom. 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.

Changing facilities are available and signposted at the back of the hall. For safeguarding reasons, participants up to school-leaving age must be accompanied by a responsible adult into the changing area. 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 day.

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.

Food & Drink Policy

The venue allows people to bring their own packed lunches inside. Hot takeaway food is not permitted to be brought inside unless it has been purchased inside the venue.

There is a large selection of hot and cold food & drinks available at the venue.

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 may 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. Door price for tickets is £25.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham

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