The competition will take place during the day in the pubs of Nottingham city centre where teams will dance and be judged in 4 pubs.
Prizes will be awarded for the following:
- STEVE MARRIS TROPHY
Highest marks overall including character AND musician.
- TYZACK SHIELD
Highest overall buzz factor marks.
- PREMIER – 1st, 2nd AND 3rd
To enter this category you will have scored 75%+ in your previous DERT appearance.
- OPEN – 1st, 2nd AND 3rd
To enter this category you will have scored less than 75% in your previous DERT appearance, or this will be your first entry at DERT.
- BEST MUSICIAN
- BEST CHARACTER
- BEST YOUTH TEAM
At least 4 dancers to be 18 and under.
- BEST TRADITIONAL DANCE
A traditional notated dance collected from the North East of England.
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- HOSTS’ SPECIAL PRIZE
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COMPETITION RULES
- The dance should be a Rapper dance, performed using Rapper swords.
- Dances should not last for more than 7 minutes from the first team member walking into the performance area to the last team member leaving
the area.
- Any teams running over will forfeit 10% of their marks.
- Dancers may not swap between teams during the judged dancing.
- If a side enters more than one team, no more than one of the side’s dancers may dance in both teams. (this must be declared in advance).
- Any side entering more than one team must run these as separate entries into the competition.
- The judges’ decisions are final.
BEST TRADITIONAL DANCE
This year we are re-introducing the
traditional competition to award a
prize for the Best *Traditional Dance.This will be judged separately, after
the main competition.
The difference this year to the traditional category of a few years ago, is that it is to be an
additional prize to enable teams wishing to enter their ‘own’ dance in
the Open or Premier as usual, and their traditional dance for the Traditional Prize.
Teams that usually dance a traditional dance in the Open or Premier can still do so, but also
enter the Traditional Prize with the same dance, if they wish.
*For the purpose of this prize, we have interpreted ‘Traditional Dance’
to be a notated dance collected from the North East of England, such as
Newbiggin, Winlaton, Swalwell,
Murton, High Spen, Amble,
Bedlington, Lemington, Walbottle,
Westerhope, Beadnell, Wylam, Cold
Hesledon.
The dances will be marked according to separate special criteria which we we will forward this
to you if you decide to enter this prize.
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HOSTS' SPECIAL PRIZE
A bit of fun! For this year’s optional Special Prize, start seeking out bizarre
and unusual cat-print paraphernalia in your wardrobes, charity shops, pound
shops....
There will be a prize for the team who utilises (in any way) the most original/creative display of cat-print during
their evening showcase performance.
To be judged by Whip
the Cat.
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