Welcome to the Event Competition Page for All Nations- Sunday 19th October at Accrington Town Hall
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 smaller events.
Dancers can enter a maximum of 5 solo events or 6 events if entering pairs.
Please see below the schedule for this competition.
8:00am – Doors open (teachers may access just before)
8:30am – Section 1: Latin solos (11 years & under)
Awards presented after each final
10:00am – Section 1: Ballroom solos (11 years & under)
Awards presented after each final
11:20am – Section 1: Classical solos (11 years & under)
Awards presented after each final
Arrival note for older categories
Dancers arriving for older pairs or older solos, access to the room will be at around 12:30pm.
1:00pm – All ages: Ballroom pairs
Awards presented after each final
1:20pm – All ages: Latin pairs
Awards presented after each final
2:00pm – Section 2: Classical solos (12 years & over)
Awards presented after each final
2:45pm – Section 2: Ballroom solos (12 years & over)
Awards presented after each final
4:10pm – Section 2: Latin solos (12 years & over)
Awards presented after each final
5:30pm – Approximate finish time
Please see below the age categories for this competition.
LATIN DANCE 1 (We’re Going to Ibiza)
5 Years & Under
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
9 Years
10 & 11 Years
LATIN DANCE 2 (Reet Petite)
5 Years & Under
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
9 Years
10 & 11 Years
12 & 13 Years
LATIN DANCE 3 (Don’t Jealous Me)
7 Years & Under
8 Years
9 Years
10 Years
11 Years
12 Years
13 & 14 Years
16-22 Years
29-39 Years
43 Years & Over
LATIN DANCE 4 (Rock DJ)
8 & 9 Years
10 Years
11 Years
12 Years
13 & 14 Years
15-18 Years
19-25 Years
33-49 Years
53 Years & Over
LATIN DANCE 5 (The Way You Move)
9-11 Years
12 Years
13 & 14 Years
15-18 Years
23-38 Years
45 Years & Over
LATIN DANCE 6 (Cool Rider)
8 Years
10 & 11 Years
12 & 13 Years
14 & 15 Years
16-19 Years
20-25 Years
44 Years & Over
LATIN DANCE 7 (Unwritten)
10 Years
12-14 Years
15-21 Years
44 Years & Over
BALLROOM DANCE 1 (One More Time)
5 Years & Under
6 & 7 Years
8 Years
9 Years
9 Years Add Needs
10 & 11 Years
BALLROOM DANCE 2 (Say You’ll Be There)
5 Years & Under
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
9 Years
9 Years Add Needs
10 & 11 Years
12 & 13 Years
BALLROOM DANCE 3 (Oops I Did It Again)
7 & 8 Years
9 Years
10 & 11 Years
12 Years
13 & 14 Years
15-18 Years
22-39 Years
43 Years & Over
BALLROOM DANCE 4 (Abracadabra)
8 & 9 Years
8 Years Add Needs
10 Years
11 Years
12 Years
13 Years
14 & 15 Years
16-20 Years
22-39 Years
43 Years & Over
BALLROOM DANCE 5 (Walking on Sunshine)
8 & 9 Years
10 & 11 Years
12 Years
13 Years
14 & 15 Years
16-23 Years
25 Years & Over
BALLROOM DANCE 6 (Disturbia)
10 & 11 Years
12-14 Years
15-25 Years
36 Years & Over
CLASSICAL DANCE 1 (Crazy Chick)
5 Years & Under
6 & 7 Years
8 Years
9 Years
9 Years Add Needs
10 & 11 Years
12 & 13 Years
14 Years & Over
CLASSICAL DANCE 2 (Treat Myself)
5 & 6 Years
7 & 8 Years
9 & 10 Years
9 Years Add Needs
11 Years
CLASSICAL DANCE 3 (When I Look at You)
7 & 8 Years
9 Years
10 & 11 Years
12-14 Years
15-18 Years
33-49 Years
53 Years & Over
CLASSICAL DANCE 4 (Country Girl)
8 & 9 Years
8 Years Add Needs
10 & 11 Years
12 Years
13 & 14 Years
15-19 Years
25-39 Years
43 Years & Over
CLASSICAL DANCE 5 (I’m Your Baby Tonight)
10 Years
12 & 13 Years
14-16 Years
17-29 Years
36-49 Years
56 Years & Over
LATIN PAIRS DANCE 1 (Little Bitty Pretty One)
5 & Under
7 & Under
9 & Under
11 & Under
13 & Under
LATIN PAIRS DANCE 2 (Give Me Everything Tonight)
9 & Under
11 & Under
13 & Under
15 & Under
29 & Under
30 & Over
BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 1 (Kiss the Stars)
11 & Under
30 & Over
BALLROOM PAIRS DANCE 2 (Believe)
11 & Under
13 & Under
15 & Under
29 & Under
30 & 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
Welcome to Accrington Town Hall, a stunning Grade II listed venue in East Lancashire, perfect for a variety of events including our intimate street dance competitions. The beautifully refurbished Ballroom, dating back to 1858, features a unique fully sprung dance floor and modern amenities. The Ballroom combines historical elegance with contemporary comfort, making it an ideal setting for celebrations and gatherings. Join us at this charming venue to experience a piece of history infused with modern day luxury.
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.
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.
Venue 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.
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.
Venue 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.
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 on the ground floor of the venue. 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 day.
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.
The venue has a bar serving hot & cold drinks all day. Hot dogs, chips, pizza etc 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.
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. Tickets on the door are available at £24.
