RULES CHOREOGRAPHY and HOEDOWN SHOWDOWN Line Dance Definition
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Big Country Hoedown EVENT DIRECTORS PAUL MCQUEEN AND IAN TREMBATH th th EVENT DATE: FRIDAY 27 AND SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 WELCOME TO NARRANDERA, THE HOMETOWN OF THE 2021 BIG COUNTRY HOEDOWN, LOCATED IN THE BEAUTIFUL RIVERINA REGION OF NEW SOUTH WALES A New Year of Line Dancing and a Fourth Year of Competition Under the Big Country Hoedown Banner. Venue We are excited to have been granted another year at the Narrandera Ex-Servicemens Club. The club is located at 39/45 Bolton Street Narrandera, NSW, 2700. If you need to contact the club, the enquiry number is 6959 1266 or if you’re after a lift to the club call the Courtesy Bus on 6959 1266 which is available Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 5pm and Sunday from 11am. We are again grateful for the Narrandera Ex-Servicemens Club to be our Major Sponsors. We send a special thank you to Rick Boller, the Board of Directors and the Staff at the Club who over the past years have treated us with courtesy and respect while we compete in our much-loved sport. It’s so nice to receive this very positive attitude for our sport given that Line Dancing creates a strange connotation in much of the public eye. Many people including a range of Australians think we just do a small number of dances to one or two pieces of music. How wrong is that opinion! The Club has much to offer including a culinary team headed by Corey and Tegan Hammond trading as “The Blue Apron Steakhouse”. Wonderful food, service and yes, it’s always best to book. Payment options are Cash & EFTPOS. How Do I Get to Narrandera? There are several options to get to Narrandera using either bus, train, car, or aeroplane. FLYING: If you are flying to Narrandera, it is serviced daily by Regional Express or REX (13 17 13 or 6922 7545). Alternatively, you can fly to Wagga Wagga or Griffith. These towns 1 Big Country Hoedown EVENT DIRECTORS PAUL MCQUEEN AND IAN TREMBATH th th EVENT DATE: FRIDAY 27 AND SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 are serviced by Quantas Link (13 13 13 or 6922 8987) or Regional Express. These airlines operate direct daily flights to Narrandera from Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne. You may need to hire a car at the airport, it is approximately an hour's drive from Wagga Wagga or Griffith to Narrandera through fabulous western slopes and plains countryside of farms, forest, and river crossings: just beautiful. CAR: For those people traveling by car from major cities then very simple itineraries are: • Sydney - Hume Highway - Yass - Gundagai - Wagga Wagga - Narrandera. • Melbourne – Shepparton – Jerilderie – Narrandera. • Adelaide - Balranald – Narrandera. Most towns can be bypassed for a quicker drive however please remember that a break every 2 hours is suggested by transport authorities. • Competitors from Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory have the choice of inland or coastal routes. Please check your directories. • Tasmanian Dancers choices are either flying to the mainland major cities or Regional Airports and then road travel using appropriate routes. Alternatively, take the Spirit of Tasmania from Devonport across the Bass Straight to Melbourne and then take the Melbourne route to Narrandera. NARRANDERA MAPS: Once you arrive on the outer fringes of Narrandera the town maps below will help you locate Bolton Street and accommodation. 2 Big Country Hoedown EVENT DIRECTORS PAUL MCQUEEN AND IAN TREMBATH th th EVENT DATE: FRIDAY 27 AND SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 Accommodation choices in Narrandera Some of the motel choices available are shown below, we suggest from previous experience that you contact them directly when making a booking. Also, other accommodation choices may be obtained by contacting the staff at the Narrandera Information Centre in Cadell Street, Newell Highway, Narrandera. The staff are very experienced and extremely helpful. The Centre phone number is (02) 6959 5545, and email is [email protected] or visit the website at https//Narrandera.com.au • NEWELL MOTOR INN NARRANDERA • HISTORIC STAR LODGE NARRANDER • FIG TREE NARRANDERA • CAMELLIA MOTEL NARRANDERA • COUNTRY ROADS MOTOR INN NARRANDERA • HISTORIC STAR LODGE NARRANDERA • PARKVIEW HOUSE/APARTMENTS NARRANDERA • ARISTEOS OLIVES HOUSE/APARTMENTS NARRANDERA • DOULTON COTTAGE NARRANDERA • GATEWAY MOTOR INN NARRANDERA • LAKE TALBOT TOURIST PARK NARRANDERA • WATER GUMS RETREAT NARRANDERA • BISHOPS LODGE NARRANDERA • NARRANDERA CLUB MOTOR INN BCH 2021 Line Dance Social Themes • Friday Night: Red the colour of Passion, Strength and Desire 2021 Theme Colour for Choreography and Friday night social. So yes, it’s time to get your hot clothing together for a fun social. • Saturday Night: On Saturday we lose the drama of red and go Blonde, White and Sparkles - purity. Colour Extremes - It’s Going to be Fun. NOTE: Please email your dance requests for both socials to the Event Directors. Email: [email protected] or [email protected] 3 Big Country Hoedown EVENT DIRECTORS PAUL MCQUEEN AND IAN TREMBATH th th EVENT DATE: FRIDAY 27 AND SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 COMPETITION RULES CHOREOGRAPHY AND HOEDOWN SHOWDOWN Line Dance Definition A line dance is a set of step patterns (Vanilla) that are repeated throughout the piece of music with all dancers moving on the same foot, at the same time, in the same direction. The dance is performed to a specific piece of music from any genre e.g. Country, Pop, Rock, Waltz. The time limit for music in the BCH Line Dancing Competition is set at 5 minutes unless specified differently. Bridges, restarts and tags are permitted where the music indicates a need for maintaining the phrasing of the dance. Line Dance Categories As indicated the BCH Line Dance Competition is only divided into two Categories. a. CHOREOGRAPHY b. HOEDOWN SHOWDOWN i. Junior Competition ii. Senior Competition Choreography Competition Choreography Overview The standard of Choreography entries has always been excellent in terms of the created dance and there have had to be count backs to determine first, second and third places. The competitors presenting their dances in-house have been a pleasure to watch and the efforts with prescribed clothing was much appreciated by Event Directors and Judges. This year the theme colour for Choreography is Red. The requirements for video presentations have changed for 2021. Judges have asked for these changes to fine tune entries, so they are all on an equal presentation footing/ground. Please check the rule changes in the appropriate section of the choreography. Please Remember: Video entries are an alternative way to sell your products for those unable to make the journey to Narrandera. You also have a chance to win a particular section. Video presentation of choreographed work was allowed in this competition to give you a voice in a very competitive environment. As stated above the Judges have requested the changes to videoed materials. The final decision of whether you meet these requirements will be up to Event Directors prior to the 4 Big Country Hoedown EVENT DIRECTORS PAUL MCQUEEN AND IAN TREMBATH th th EVENT DATE: FRIDAY 27 AND SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 competition. Ian Trembath and Paul McQueen will be checking the quality of video, so it is important we receive these entries as soon as possible. Submission of entries is now open. Choreography Sections 1. Beginner Line dance 2. Easy Intermediate/Improver Line dance 3. Intermediate Line dance Rules for Choreography Sections 1. Submitted choreography must NOT be any older than 1st March 2021. 2. Please supply music or video on a Memory Stick, CD or You Tube. Clearly marked with Category, Dance Title and Track. A backup copy of music must be available for those presenting Inhouse. Materials to be given to MC John Hughes prior to your section. 3. Non-Country Music and Country music may be used. 4. A minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 dancers are required to demonstrate the Choreographed dance. 5. Dancers are asked to wear Black Jeans/Skirt and in 2021 with a Red short or long sleeve shirt or Polo Shirt. Please ware sensible dance shoes that support your feet. 6. Dancers will not be judged on their performance, if you make an error with the dance, restart it again while the music is still playing. 7. The dance should be performed exactly as choreographed and documented on the dance sheet. Failure to comply incurs point loss on judges score sheet. 8. There are no limits on the number of entries per person. However, the event organiser may limit the time/length of the dance demonstration if necessary. 9. Entry fee of $10.00 per dance must accompany the entry form. 10. Entries close on Sunday 1st August 2021. Dance sheets received after this date may be included in the competition however, they will not be included in the program summary sheets. 11. Medals and Special Awards will be presented at the end of competition on Friday 27th August 2021. 5 Big Country Hoedown EVENT DIRECTORS PAUL MCQUEEN AND IAN TREMBATH th th EVENT DATE: FRIDAY 27 AND SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 12. Dance Sheets Step Descriptions (Dance Sheets) must be signed and accompany each entry if sending by Australia post. If sending Dance Sheet by email a single signed copy attachment is required: BCH Directors will print the additional copies. 13. Upon entering you agree that the BCH organizers can use your dance sheet in our dance booklet that we can sell on the day of the event with proceeds to BCH. 14. Choreographers may nominate dancers to dance on their behalf. 15. Choreographers may enter the competition by submitting a video of their dance/s. Please Note: BCH Event Directors need to be notified if this applies 16.