All Nations Competition November 2024- Accrington Town Hall

Please see below the schedule for this event

3pm- Doors open (teachers can access a few minutes before)

3:30pm – Section 1 Latin solos (10 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

4:30pm – Section 1 Ballroom solos (10 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

5:15pm – Section 1 Classical solos (10 years & under)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

5:45pm – All ages Classical/Ballroom pairs events
*awards presented immediately after each final*

6pm – All ages Latin pairs events
*awards presented immediately after each final*

6:20pm – Section 2 Classical solo events (11 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

7pm – Section 2 Ballroom solo events (11 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

8pm – Section 2 Latin solo events (11 years & over)
*awards presented immediately after each final*

9pm – Approx finish time

LATIN DANCE 1 (LET’S GET MARRIED)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 2 (JAI HO)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS
11 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 3 (SPICY MARGARITA)
7 & 8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
12 YEARS ADD NEEDS
14 & 15 YEARS
17-32 YEARS
37 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 4 (BUMAYE)
9 & 10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14-16 YEARS
21-35 YEARS
37 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 5 (LIL BOO THANG)
10 YEARS
11 – 13 YEARS
14-17 YEARS
43 YEARS & OVER

LATIN DANCE 6 (FEEL IT STILL)
12 & 13 YEARS
14-16 YEARS

LATIN DANCE 7 (LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO)
14-17 YEARS
55 YEARS

BALLROOM DANCE 1 (THE ROSE)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 – 10 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS

BALLROOM DANCE 2 (PUTTIN ON THE RITZ)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS
11 YEARS
42 YEARS

BALLROOM DANCE 3 (CRY ME OUT)
7 & 8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
15-26 YEARS
32-39 YEARS
42 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 4 (TEXAS HOLD EM)
8 – 10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14-17 YEARS
21 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 5 (BAD GUY)
10 YEARS
11-13 YEARS
14-17 YEARS
35 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM DANCE 6 (LOSE CONTROL)
10 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
15-17 YEARS
35 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 1 (THE ROSE)
5 YEARS & UNDER
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
12 YEARS

CLASSICAL DANCE 2 (VOULEZ VOUZ)
7 & 8 YEARS
9 & 10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS

CLASSICAL DANCE 3 (JESSE HOLD ON)
7 YEARS
8-10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
12 YEARS ADD NEEDS
21 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 4 (THIS WILL BE)
10 YEARS
11 & 12 YEARS
13 & 14 YEARS
15 & 16 YEARS
32-38 YEARS
42 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 5 (HOT FUDGE)
10 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
15 & 16 YEARS
35 YEARS & OVER

CLASSICAL DANCE 6 (RED RIGHT HAND)
14-17 YEARS
55 YEARS

LATIN PAIRS DANCE 1 (WINGS)
5 YEARS & UNDER
7 YEARS & UNDER
9 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER

LATIN PAIRS DANCE 2 (SWEET LIKE COLA)
11 YEARS & UNDER
15 YEARS & UNDER
30 YEARS & OVER

BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 1 (CHUCK BERRY)
9 YEARS & UNDER
11 YEARS & UNDER
13 YEARS & UNDER

BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 2 (HALLELUJAH)
13 YEARS & UNDER

CLASSICAL PAIRS DANCE 1 (JUMP)
11 YEARS & UNDER

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 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. 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.

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.

Food & Drink policy- The venue has a bar serving hot & cold drinks all day. Hot dogs will be available and a tuck shop. 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 or drink inside.

Emergency Evacuation Procedure- In the event of a building evacuation venue staff will take the lead and give directions.
The fire assembly point is on the Broadway Strip outside shops like Poundland.
Accrington Town Hall staff will assist in the opening of all fire exits to ensure a safe exit. Please vacate the building as calmly and quickly as is safe to do so.

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.

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. Door price for wristbands is £22