An Independent Festival 2016 SYLLABUS. Tewkesbury Competitive Dance Festival Tewkesbury High School Ashchurch Road Tewkesbury GL20.8DF.

An Independent Festival 2016 SYLLABUS Tewkesbury Competitive Dance Festival Tewkesbury High School Ashchurch Road Tewkesbury GL20.8DF Adjudicator WENDY GROVE U.T.D.D, F.A.B.D Friday 3 rd to Sunday 5 th June 2016 Admission 3.00/session or 5.00 all day Concession 2.00/session or 3.50 all day Under 5 s FREE Programme 3.00 Free Car Parking

AGE GROUPS Age as on 1 st January 2016 Solos Baby ( 6 Years & Under) Ballet Dance MUST be Classical Ballet Technique Classical - Dance MUST be ONE of the following genres: Character, Greek or National Cabaret - Dance MUST be ONE of the following genres: Lyrical, Modern, Tap or Song & Dance Solos A, B, C, D & E (7-21 Years) Ballet, Character, Lyrical, Modern, Tap, and Song & Dance A - 7 & 8 Years B - 9 & 10 Years C - 11 & 12 Years D - 13 & 14 Years E - 15 to 21 Years Solos Junior, Inter, Senior (7-21 Years) Greek, National, Song & Dance, Contemporary, Acro, Street, Improvisation, Own Choreography, Novice Ballet, Novice Classical & Novice Cabaret Junior 7 to 10 Years Inter 11 to 14 Years Senior 15 to 21 Years Solo - Choreography for Others Inter, Senior (11-21 Years) Choreographic Material can be set as a Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartet or Group depending on the Choreographer visions You can choreograph for Amateur Dancers Up to 21 Years If Choose to Choreography a group piece, minimum of 5 Dancers & a maximum of 12 Dancers Inter - 11 to 14 Years (Age of Choreographer) Senior - 15 to 21 Years (Age of Choreographer) Duets & Trio/Quartets Junior, Inter & Senior (21 Years & Under) Junior - 10 Years & Under {If Entries 15+ = Split Section: Baby (Under 6 Years), Junior (7-10 Years)} Inter - 11 to 14 Years Senior - 15 to 21 Years Groups (21 Years & Under) Junior - 10 Years & Under Inter - 11 to 14 Years Senior - 15 to 21 Years

Dance Must have 5 OR MORE Dancers with a maximum of 25 Dancers in EACH Group. Each Dance School can enter NO MORE than 3 times in a Section Time Limits Solos Ballet, Greek, National, Contemporary, Lyrical, Modern, Tap, Song & Dance, Acro & Street Baby, A, B 1½ Minutes with a ½minute extra with Character, National, Song & Dance C, D & E - 2 Minutes with a ½ minute extra with Character, National, Song & Dance Solo - Choreography Sections Junior 1½ Minutes with a ½ minute extra with Character, National, Song & Dance Inter 1½ Minutes with a ½ minute extra with Character, National, Song & Dance Senior - 2 Minutes with a ½ minute extra with Character, National, Song & Dance Duets Ballet, Classical (Character, Greek, National & Contemporary), Cabaret (Lyrical, Modern, Tap and Song & Dance), Acro & Street Junior 2 Minutes with a ½ minute extra with Character, National, Song & Dance//2 Inter & Senior 2½ Minutes with ½ minute extra for Character,National, Song &Dance Trio/Quartets Junior 2 min Inter & Sen 2½ min Groups Junior Inter & Sen 5 min 6 min ENTRY FEES Solos - 4 Duets - 8 Trio/Quartets - 10 Groups 15 for one group ( 5 for each subsequent group) **ENTERED FOR CHOREOGRAPHY SOLOS** COMPLETE QUESTIONNAIRE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS, THIS MUST BE HANDED IN TO ADMISSIONS (DIANE OR LESLEY) ON THE 1ST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL. FAILURE IN COMPLETING OR RECEIVING QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION. ALSO COSTUMES AND/OR MUSIC CANNOT BE FROM COMPETITOR S SOLOS OR PREVIOUS SOLOS. MUST BE CHILD S INTERPRETATION, NOT IDEAS GIVEN TO THEM AS THIS IS NOT THEIR OWN COMPLETE CHOREOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION. ALL MATERIAL MUST COME FROM THE COMPETITOR, WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT TEACHERS, OLDER STUDENTS OR OTHER INFLUENCES ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. CREATING A FAIR & ENJOYABLE SECTION. AFTER COMPETITOR HAS DANCED, THEY MUST STAND ON STAGE & ANSWER 3 QUESTIONS FROM THE ADJUDICATOR. THESE QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE THE SAME AS YOU HAVE ANSWERED, WHICH THE FESTIVAL DEVISED. ADJUDICATOR WILL DEVISE QUESTIONS FROM QUESTIONNAIRES & PERFORMANCE. (EXAMPLES: MAYBE SOMETHING WHICH THR ADJUDICATOR WANTS YOU TO ELABORATE ON. MAYBE YOU HAVE INVENTED A NEW MOVE OR YOU HAVE A COMPLEX RHYTHM, (CROSS PHRASING, SYNCAPATION, USE OF MISS BEATS, TACIT OF DANCER &/OR MUSIC), IMPRESSIVE, BUT MAKE SURE YOU CAN VALIDATE ANY DIFFICULT OR CLEVER SECTIONS. DANCER S WITH ADVANCED MOVEMENTS OR CREATIVE PATTERNING, LEVELS OR RHYTHM, WILL BE ASKED HOW THEY APPROACHED/INFLUENCED YOU WITH THIS SECTION. COMPETITOR ADVANCED FOR THE SECTION, CHECKING VALIDILATY OF DANCE). THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF QUESTIONS THE ADJUDICATOR COULD ASK YOU, SO IF YOU HAVEN T THOUGHT ABOUT WHY, WHERE, WHEN, WHO YOU ARE, SURROUNDINGS (SCENE PORTRAYED), WHY YOU USED CERTAIN STEPS, ETC.. THEN YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE ADJUDICATOR S QUESTIONS, WHICH WILL EFFECT THE YOUR OUTCOME OVERALL IN THE SECTION. THE WINNING DANCE MAY NOT BE THE BEST PERFORMANCE, BUT COULD STILL BE THE WINNER. THE CHOREOGRAPHY SECTIONS ARE NOT ABOUT TECHNIQUE & PEFORMANCE. IT IS ABOUT THE WHOLE PICTURE. BEST INTERPRETATION OF YOURIDEAS & VISIONS ON YOUR CHOSEN SUBJECT. YOUR PROTRAYAL OF YOUR CHOSEN TOPIC IS UP TO YOU USING DANCE & MOVEMENT EFFECTIVELY.

Section No. Solo Section Class Section No. Solo Section Class SOLOS SOLOS 1 Ballet Baby 38 Novice Classical Junior 2 Ballet A 39 Novice Classical Inter 3 Ballet B 40 Novice Classical Senior 4 Ballet C 5 Ballet D 41 Novice Cabaret Junior 6 Ballet E 42 Novice Cabaret Inter 43 Novice Cabaret Senior 7 Lyrical A 8 Lyrical B 44 Choreography Classical Junior 9 Lyrical C 45 Choreography Classical Inter 10 Lyrical D 46 Choreography Classical Senior 11 Lyrical E 47 Choreography Cabaret Junior 12 Character A 48 Choreography Cabaret Inter 13 Character B 49 Choreography Cabaret Senior 14 Character C 15 Character D 50 Contemporary Junior 16 Character E 51 Contemporary Inter 52 Contemporary Senior 17 Modern A 18 Modern B 53 Acro Junior 19 Modern C 54 Acro Inter 20 Modern D 55 Acro Senior 21 Modern E 56 Street Junior 22 Tap A 57 Street Inter 23 Tap B 58 Street Senior 24 Tap C 25 Tap D 59 Choreography for others Inter 26 Tap E 60 Choreography for others Senior 27 Classical Baby 28 Cabaret Baby 29 Greek Junior 30 Greek Inter 31 Greek Senior 32 National Junior 33 National Inter 34 National Senior 35 Song & Dance Junior 36 Song & Dance Inter 37 Song & Dance Senior

Section No. Section Class Section No. Section Class DUETS GROUPS 61 Classical Junior 91 Classical Junior 62 Classical Inter 92 Classical Inter 63 Classical Senior 93 Classical Senior 64 Cabaret Junior 94 Cabaret Junior 65 Cabaret Inter 95 Cabaret Inter 66 Cabaret Senior 96 Cabaret Senior 67 Contemporary Junior 97 Contemporary Junior 68 Contemporary Inter 98 Contemporary Inter 69 Contemporary Senior 99 Contemporary Senior 70 Acro Junior 100 Acro Junior 71 Acro Inter 101 Acro Inter 72 Acro Senior 102 Acro Senior 73 Street Dance Junior 103 Street Dance Junior 74 Street Dance Inter 104 Street Dance Inter 75 Street Dance Senior 105 Street Dance Senior TRIOS / BURSARIES QUARTETS Adjudicator s Choice Junior 76 Classical Junior Adjudicator s Choice Senior 77 Classical Inter 78 Classical Senior 79 Cabaret Junior 80 Cabaret Inter 81 Cabaret Senior 82 Contemporary Junior 83 Contemporary Inter 84 Contemporary Senior 85 Acro Junior 86 Acro Inter 87 Acro Senior 88 Street Dance Junior 89 Street Dance Inter 90 Street dance Senior

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY implemented from 29th October 2003 updated January 2016 FULL NAME OF ORGANISATION: Tewkesbury Competitive Dance Festival CHAIR PERSON: Mrs Susan Hickman SECRETARY / TREASURER: Mrs Diane Tandy VENUE: Tewkesbury High School, Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, GL20.8DF DATES: Friday 3 rd to Sunday 5 th June 2016 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT: The safety of children and vulnerable adults is paramount and all, without exception, have the right to protection from abuse. All suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately and all the charity s trustees, staff and volunteers have a responsibility to report concerns. 1 PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF ORGANISATION: Our aims are to encourage, promote and develop all aspects of dance in a professional and competitive way using a qualified adjudicator. Our objective is to create an awareness of the joy of dance and to stimulate the public s interest in local talent. 2 THE FESTIVAL ENVIRONMENT: The festival takes place in a County School where all health and safety regulations are implemented by Tewkesbury Borough Council. We as volunteers endeavour to create a safe and caring environment and, in doing so, we make it clear here in our Policy that we expect children under 18 years of age, and vulnerable adults, whether entering the festival individually or in groups, to be accompanied to the festival by parents/guardians/carers, or by adults appointed by them, who may be teachers. 3 TO WHOM DOES THIS POLICY APPLY: This policy relates to children under the age of 18 years and those vulnerable adults of any age who are identified to the organisation prior to their arrival at the festival. This should be done by contacting the address or telephone number at the foot of this document. In recognizing the needs of children from all ethnic groups and children who are disabled, the festival actively seeks to meet needs notified to the festival by parents/guardians/carers and/or teachers. 4 FESTIVAL PERSONNEL: All the festival personnel, including the committee are volunteers. Recruitment of festival personnel is by personal recommendation of those volunteers already involved with the festival. All festival personnel have a copy of this Child Protection Policy and agree to support it. All festival personnel are identified by badges. All festival personnel provide address details that are logged in the festival records. There is a manned administration desk at the venue and, should a problem arise, this should be reported here to those personnel identified by badges. Every problem will be taken seriously and will be documented and dated. 5 PREPARATION FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE FESTIVAL: A copy of this policy is sent out with all entry forms. Where parents/guardians/carers are not personally attending with their children, this Policy requires them to be satisfied that their children will be accompanied to the festival and adequately supervised by responsible adults acting on their behalf. 6 PERFORMANCE AREAS AND CHANGING AREAS: Public, changing and practice areas are unsupervised but will be patrolled from time to time by committee members. Teachers and parents should be vigilant for the safety and welfare of children at all times. 7 PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPES and PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY: Photography, filming, video, taperecording, digital recording or recording by any means is strictly prohibited. Only the professional photographer, whose details have been processed through the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), and has been appointed by the committee, may take photographs. Press photography will only be allowed by written parental consent. 8 THE LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE THAT SUPPORTS THIS POLICY: The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; The Children Act 1989; The Police Act 1997; The Data Protection Act 1998; The Human Rights Act 1998; The Protection of Children Act 1999; The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000; The Children Act 2004. 9 POLICY REVIEW: The organisers will constantly review their policy, revising and enhancing it as necessary. In doing this they will look to other agencies for good practice, most notably the NSPCC and Arts Council of England policy guidelines.

GENERAL RULES & REGULATIONS (2016) Entry is deemed to be acceptance of these rules PLEASE READ CAREFULLY The festival is open to amateurs. An amateur is someone who does not derive his/her livelihood from the branch of performance, defined by the class title, in which s/he seeks to enter the festival. In any group, all members must adhere to that principle. The age of the competitor is taken as on the 1st January 2016. Accuracy in birthdate is essential. Incorrect age may lead to disqualification and in case of doubt a birth certificate may have to be produced. All entries must be submitted on an official entry form and received by the secretary of the Dance Festival no later than 12 noon on the closing date indicated. The correct entry fee must accompany all entries (payable to: Tewkesbury Competitive Dance Festival) or paid direct to the festival bank account. Entry fees will not be refunded in any circumstances. No late entries will be accepted. The organisers reserve the right to: a) Refuse any proposed entry without assigning a reason for doing so. b) Withhold awards in any class in which it is considered that there are insufficient entries. c) May combine/cancel sections or classes when entries are small, or divide a class when entries are large. d) Have the power to make any other regulations or interpret or qualify any of these rules as the occasion may arise without prior notice. e) Decide upon the order in which the classes will be taken. The Festival does not accept liability for the infringement of current copyright recording or performing rights arising out of any competitor s accompaniment or performance. Teachers and choreographers using tapes created from commercial recordings are advised that they should themselves seek permission to re-record from the recording companies concerned, as the Festival cannot take any responsibility for this. All teachers are responsible for their own PPL & PRS licenses. PHOTOGRAPHY, FILMING, VIDEO, TAPE-RECORDING, DIGITAL RECORDING OR RECORDING BY ANY MEANS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. All mobile phones must be switched off before entering the auditorium. You may be requested to leave if your phone rings. The Adjudicator s decision is final and no discussion or correspondence concerning such decisions may ensue. The Adjudicator reserves the right not to award any place where it is considered that the standard of dance is insufficiently high or to individuals who infringe these rules. Trophies will only be awarded to competitors gaining 84 marks or higher. Communication with the adjudicator concerning any matters relating to the Festival by competitors, teachers or other interested parties prior to or during the competition is prohibited. Dancers who are awarded a First, Second or Third place (in any open section except Groups) will receive the appropriate medal and place certificate. For Group Sections, one certificate will be presented to the school. A Gold, Silver or Bronze medal (as appropriate) may be purchased from the front desk by any member of a group which has placed in First, Second or Third place.

Dancers will be awarded certificates as follows: 90 + OUTSTANDING An exceptional performance, both technically and artistically 87-89 DISTINCTION An excellent performance technically and artistically 84-86 COMMENDED A convincing performance technically and artistically 81-83 MERIT A capable performance showing some artistic appreciation and/or technical ability 78-80 MODERATE A performance showing development of technique and/or communication 75-77 FAIR A performance limited in its communication Where trophies are awarded, they are held for the ensuing year only and must be returned to the Trophy Secretary on the last day of April. Winners will be required to keep the trophy safe and return it in a good and clean condition. Any damage caused whilst in your care must be paid for. Competitors must dance in the order stated in the programme, variation of this will only be allowed in exceptional circumstances. Late arrivals or not being available at the time stated will be taken as an indication of a refusal to compete. The times stated in the programme are approximate and all competitors must be available to compete at least 30 minutes beforehand. Music should be handed in at least TWO sections before. Competitors must provide their own accompaniment in the form of a good sound recording on a quality standard cassette tape or CD which will be played for the competitor. All recordings must be clearly marked and have nothing else but a single recording and be set ready for playing. No responsibility will be accepted for incorrect playing of cassettes, CD except in the event of equipment failure. It is advisable to have a back-up recording of all music used. If pre-recorded music is used in any Song and Dance section it must not include any singing or chanting on the recording. Pre-recorded music used in Tap must not include any recorded Tap or similar sound effect. There must not be any lyrics or vocal sounds of any description on any Ballet section or Ballet Championship recording. Competitors may enter once in each solo class and twice in all other classes providing either personnel are changed or the style of dance is changed. Except under extenuating circumstances, personnel in duets & trio/quartets cannot be changed once the programme has been printed. In the case of duets, trio/quartets and groups the age of the eldest competitor determines the class. Groups must have a minimum of 5 competitors. A novice is deemed to be a competitor who has never gained first, second or third place at any other comparable festival in the section in which they are now competing. Novices can enter novice or open sections, but not both. Time limits for dances must not be exceeded. Time will be checked on a random basis, from the first note or word of the accompaniment, or if it should occur first, the first movement of the dancer to the dancer s last movement at the completion of the dance. Overtimed dances will be penalised. A musical exit may be included on the recording providing it falls within the time limit. Spoken or recorded narratives after the steward s announcement will be included within the time limit for the dance. When requested, the steward will announce the title of the dance and when the story is obscure a short synopsis not exceeding 30 words. The Adjudicators take into account the whole performance including the choice and interpretation of the accompaniment, the quality of recordings and suitability of recorded vocals. The quality of reproduction will be critically assessed and bad recordings will be penalised.

Pointe work is only allowed in sections D E, Senior (over 13 years). Fixed tap (single sound) only may be used for tap dancing. The BURSARY AWARD will be presented at the award ceremony. The competitors chosen will be asked to perform one dance only of an ADJUDICATOR S choice. All props must be removed from behind the stage after the section is completed. Any complaint or objection relating to the Festival will only be considered if submitted to the by the end of the session. The Tewkesbury Competitive Dance Festival Committee will not accept any responsibility for loss or damage to property whilst attending the Festival. Separate changing areas are allocated for boys and girls NOT MIXED. ******************************************* Closing Date for entries 12 noon Friday 15th April 2016 Duets and trio/quartets one competitor only to enter details on entry form. Groups to be entered on separate group entry form. E-mail entries will be accepted provided fee has been paid and cleared the festival bank account. Sort Code:- 60 09 02 Account No:- 73620394 For school entries please use school name followed by the number of entry forms submitted as bank reference. For individual entries please use the competitors name as the bank reference. Emails entries to be sent to: Diane.tandy@btinternet.com For postal applications please make cheques payable to:- Tewkesbury Competitive Dance Festival and send to Mrs D. Tandy 217b Stroud Road. Gloucester. GL1 5JL http://www.tewkesburycompetitivedancefestival.co.uk/ ADJUDICATOR WENDY GROVE U.T.D.D, F.A.B.D Wendy is Principal of Kingsbury Academy of Dance in Tamworth where all dance genres are taught. She was born into dance and always had a connection. She trained at the Ann Harris Dance School, Erdington, Birmingham under the guidance of Mrs Valerie Anne Harris. She gained a degree in Physical Education and Dance and went on to teach in schools for many years. She has been an examiner for some 36 years for both technical exams and medal tests. She has been involved in judging at festivals for the past 15years.