Competitions

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General Lindy Competitions

Lindy Hop Showcase - Register Now!

Routines must be a minimum of two-minutes and a maximum of four-minutes in length. Competitors select their own music. This is a no-holds barred competition. All lifts, drops, aerials, airsteps and acrobatics are allowed.

Entry Fee: $50/couple

Prizes:
1st - $600
2nd - $300
3rd - $100

Lindy Hop Classic (non-showcase) - Register Now!

Competitors will display their choreographed creativity without aerials, air-steps and lifts in this division. Competitors will select their own music. Routines must be a minimum of two-minutes and a maximum of four minutes in length.

Entry Fee: $50/couple

Prizes:
1st - $600
2nd - $300
3rd - $100

Team - Register Now!

This division will be for Lindy Hop routines of 3 or more couples. Competitors will select their own music. Routines must be a minimum of three-minutes and a maximum of four-minutes in length.

Entry Fee: $200/per team

Prizes:
1st - $1000
2nd - $500
3rd - $300

 

Lindy Pro-Am - Register Now!

Pro Leaders will dance with their Amateur follows. Pro Follows will dance with their amateur Leaders. Only the amateur will be judged. Routines must be a minimum of two-minutes and a maximum of four minutes in length. Music to be selected by competitors.

Entry Fee: $50/couple

Prizes:
1st - $300
2nd - $200
3rd - $100

 

Solo Charleston - Register Now!

This is a solo American vernacular jazz dance contest. Dancers must include Charleston variations and may also include black bottom and vernacular jazz movements. Dancers will dance to music selected by ILHC in the preliminary rounds. The finals will be danced in a spotlight format to a live band.

Entry Fee: $20/individual

Prizes:
1st - $250
2nd - $150
3rd - $100

Cabaret -Register Now!

This division is open to all other types of dancing not covered in the other divisions performed by any number of dancers. Routines can have any number of dancers. Routines must be a minimum of two-minutes and a maximum of four-minutes in length.

Entry Fee: $50/1-2 persons or $20 per 3+ members

Prizes
1st - $500
2nd - $250
3rd - $100

Strictlys, Lindy Hop

Strictly Lindy-Open - Register Now!

This will be a social dance competition open to all levels. Dancers register as couples and will dance to music selected by ILHC. The finals will be danced in a jam format to a live band.

Entry Fee: $50/couple

Prizes:
1st - $500
2nd - $250
3rd - $100

Champions Strictly - Register Now!

This will be a social dance competition open to anyone that has placed in the top three at  the following qualifying events

Qualifying Events:
Camp Hollywood, Pro Lindy Division
Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, Lindy Hop Battle
Boston Tea Party, Invitational Lindy Division
Camp Jitterbug, CJ Couples Division

European Swing Dance Championship, Invitational Strictly Lindy

Lindy on the Rocks, Pro Division
Grenoble Swing Dance Festival,Impro Lindy Division


or other competitions determined by the organizers. Dancers register as couples. Invitational championship contestants will be selected and do not have to compete in the preliminaries. Both the prelims and finals will be danced in jam format to a live band.

Entry Fee: $50/couple

Prizes:
1st - $700
2nd - $300
3rd - $150

Juniors - Register Now!

Competitors 17 and under. Competitors will display their choreographed creativity in this division. Although allowed, aerials are NOT required and will be judged on difficulty, execution and timing to the music. Judging focus will be on dancing. Competitors will select their own music. Routines must be a minimum of two-minutes and a maximum of four minutes in length.

No entry fee.

Prizes:
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Jack & Jills - You may compete in only one Level of J&J

J&J Open - Register Now!

This will be a social dance competition open to everyone. Leaders and followers will be randomly drawn to dance together to several songs of varying styles and tempos, but will be judged as individuals in the preliminary rounds. Dancers selected to dance in the finals will be randomly assigned a partner again, but will be judged as a couple as they dance in a spotlight format.

Entry Fee: $20/individual

Prizes:
1st - $500
2nd - $250
3rd - $100

J&J Advanced - Register Now!

This will be a social dance competition open to advanced dancers. Leaders and followers will be randomly drawn to dance together to several songs of varying styles and tempos, but will be judged as individuals in the preliminary rounds. Dancers selected to dance in the finals will be randomly assigned a partner again, but will be judged as a couple as they dance in a spotlight format.

Entry Fee: $20/individual

Prizes:
1st - $500
2nd - $250
3rd - $100

Invitational J&J

This will be an Invitational social dance competition open to dancers determined by the organizers. Leaders and followers will be randomly drawn to dance together to several songs of varying styles and tempos and judged as a couple as they compete in spotlight format.

Competitors are not allowed to dance with “regular” partner (one that they dance and/or have competed with in a choreographed routine in the last 4 years, Team routines do not count) Social dance partners are accepted and will be considered “luck of the draw”.

Entry Fee: $20/individual
All entry fees will be donated to The Lindy Hoppers Fund.

Prizes:
1st - $700
2nd - $300
3rd - $150

Balboa

Strictly Balboa - Register Now!

This will be a social Balboa/Balswing competition open to all levels. Dancers register as couples and will dance to music selected by ILHC. The finals will be danced in a spotlight format.

Entry Fee: $50/couple

Prizes:
1st - $500
2nd - $250
3rd - $100

J&J Balboa - Register Now!

This will be a social dance competition open to anyone. Leaders and followers will be randomly drawn to dance together to several songs of varying styles and tempos, but will be judged as individuals in the preliminary rounds. Dancers selected to dance in the finals will be randomly assigned a partner again, but will be judged as a couple as they dance in a spotlight format.

Entry Fee: $20/individual

Prizes:
1st - $500
2nd - $250
3rd - $100

 
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