EBSDN AT A GLANCE
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HOW DO WE QUALIFY FOR SHOWCASE AT EBSDN ?
You MUST tick on your entry form that you would like to qualify your routines for Showcase Nationals.
All acts that place 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Solos, Duos |Trios or Troupes will qualify for Nationals in January 2023 on the Gold Coast - AS LONG AS YOU HAVE TICKED THE BOX ON ENTERING EBSDN.
What Does Not Qualify for Showcase?
My First year On Stage, Student Choreography and Improvisations DO NOT QUALIFY for Showcase.
Does EBSDN Own Choice Section, qualify for Showcase?
Yes it does, if you enter a routine in this section that routine qualifies for Showcase.
HOW DO WE QUALIFY AT EBSDN for DANCER OF THE YEAR - DOTY.
You MUST tick DOTY qualifier upon entering.
You MUST be an Open or Elite Dancer, as you perform in the ELITE sections at Showcase.
You must enter 3 Open or Elite section at EBSDN and you MUST also enter, either Mr and Miss EBSDN Entertainment or EBSDN Lyrical |Contemporary Title section. Dances can be repeated in our Title Sections and two adjudicators will judge these sections.
AUDIO CRITIQUES AND SCORES
Audio critiques will be available at the end of each day.
Scores will be on our website three days after Troupes or Solos|Duos|Trios have been completed www.ebsdn.com
MUSIC UPLOADS.
EBSDN uses Music Uploads musicuploads.com.au
You will need to create an account and we will email you when it is time to upload music.
This will store all your music for future competitions as well, not just for EBSDN.
Please upload your music before the LOCKOUT date, as we can not play music, another way and if music is not uploaded, we take it that you will NOT be attending.
VIDEOING AND PHOTOGRAPHY RULE
To protect children’s privacy as some children DO have orders in place.
If anyone is found to be recording a performance, EBSDN reserves the right to disqualify the act being recorded and they will automatically be disqualified.
Our staff member will ask you to delete what you have filmed as well.
We are bound by this rule to comply with our code of conduct.
Teachers, please make sure your parents in TROUPES note this rule.
There will also be three points deducted off the act, that was being filmed.
CHANGE AREAS
Change areas are shared and must be kept neat and tidy.
Please clean your area after use. Separate change rooms are available for male and female performers. We will have a media wall in the LARGE change area and PHOTOS are to be taken on that wall only in the dressing area. PLEASE remember it is a dressing space and there will be children in a state of undress……. Our media wall will be in an area that will be ok for photos.
Please be advised that there is no coffee, tea or hot chocolate in change areas due to performers getting changed and spillage. Parents NO staying in the changing space and chatting… it is get in and get out.
ARRIVAL
You will notice we have given you a start time, please note we will commence the day sharply at that time. We try to run to time as much as we can and if your performer or troupes are not there we will continue as per order, please note times can change due to acts not showing up. EBSDN will email you a run sheet the morning or the night before the competition, this is so you can keep a LIVE watch on what act numbers we are up to.
PROMPTING
Prompting or demonstrating during a performance of any item, except for performers aged 6 under, is strictly prohibited. Failure to comply will result in 5 points being deducted.
SOLOS I DUOS I TRIOS SIDE STAGE AND BACKSTAGE
Side Stage and Backstage area is only to be accessed by performers and EBSDN team.
Performers MUST listen to the announcer and backstage manager and be ready to present themselves backstage AT THE START of their section.
EBSDN does make allowances for those quick changes.
Remember, you may not always agree with the critiques, however, on the day it is merely what the adjudicators see and perceive. They do hope you enjoy listening to their reports as much as they enjoy watching the performances.
THE ALMIGHTY PROPS AND SCENERY
Props are allowed, but must be moved on and off the stage by performers.
Props must be built off stage, carried, not dragged onto the stage.
We ask that you supply 2 helpers for large props and 1 helper for small props.
If the floor is littered during a routine from costumes or props, dancers must be prepared to clear the floor immediately after the routine is finished.
NO POWDER. GLITTER. WATER. MIRRORS. ETC ETC is to be USED! (Jen has heart failure)
Damage to the floor by props is the sole responsibility to the Studio!
ALL TAP TROUPES ARE TO WEAR TAP COVERS AT ALL TIMES!!
NO PRACTICING TAPS IN CHANGE AREA AT ALL.
EBSDN TITLE SECTIONS
EBSDN title sections are the sections that have that little more competitive edge!
To qualify for EBSDN Title Sections, performers must have entered and performed in 3 sections. EBSDN Title Sections throughout the year are judged in their age block sections.
Title sections can be a repeat of a routine and YOU MUST upload the music for this.
There are NO voice critiques for these sections.
There is ONE winner and ONE runner up.
SOLO I DUO I TRIO INCOMPLETE ACT
An act that is incomplete will be eligible to return to the stage from Pre Junior and down.
Unless it is the result of a technical issue or costume malfunction.
If the routine is more than half completed, the adjudicators will have already scored the routine. Our adjudicators score from the first moment the performer walks onto stage and finish, as they walk off. Incomplete act will not be able to be placed.
COMPETITION STAGE
ROSIN IS NOT TO BE USED in any part of the venue, dressing room or stage area.
ALL TAP PERFORMERS ARE TO WEAR TAP COVERS AT ALL TIMES!!
Please Do Not Stand In The Wings- It is very distracting for the performer dancing or singing to see people in their eye line, a little hint - Adjudicators can see you as well.
TIME LIMITS
4/U - 8/U Solos - 2 ½ minutes
All My First Year On Stage - 2 ½ minutes
10 Under to Seniors - Solo/Duo/Trio - 3 minutes
Troupes - 4 minutes
HINT - SOLO and DUO every 20 ACTS = 1 Hour
HINT - TROUPES every 15 ACTS = 1 Hour
PRIZES
Trophies for 1st. 2nd. 3rd.
Highly Commended. EBSDN Unique Ribbon.
Troupes Highly Commended - SASH
Special Mentions
Adjudicators Choice.
PROMOTIONAL CONSENT
All performers automatically give consent upon entering EBSDN to use official photographers or media gained during EBSDN events for promotion of current or future EBSDN competitions through websites or other social media sites.