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Rising to Dance in 2022 We produce events filled with a fun and respectful spirit about performing. UPDATED Rules including accepting your music digitally. th Always CURRENT — Always ORIGINAL. Our 44 Season! Ballet/Lyrical/Modern Jazz/Hip-Hop Tap/Musical Theatre Variety Arts/Acro/Ethnic Special Categories: Costume Teacher Features Forty Plus Student Choreography Production Cash Prizes for Groups at allNumbers 2022 I LOVE DANCE Competitions Plus “Best of Show” & “Best Musicality” Cash Prizes Celebrate the 44th Annivesay of Dependable - organized, on-time, and with marley fooring. Atmosphere that is professional, fair, impartial, fun and classy. Nice Dance Teachers & Nice Dance Moms ONLY. Convenient and Luxurious Hotels that everyone will enjoy. Economical. We keep our entry fees very LOW for YOU! We chose an “ Sweetheat” Encouraging Dancers of at each copetitio all Ages and Ability Levels! (No additioal fee to ty ot) SEE OUR WEBSITE for ALL DETAILS as well as © 2021 Kim McKimmie ONLINE REGISTRATION: See reverse side www.ilovedance.com for 2022 schedule! “The Quality Shos” Kim McKimmie International Director 503-253-2020 2022 - RISING to DANCE for our 44th Season! Reservations Dates City Competition Location Dates at a glance BY STATE CA Los Angeles 4/2 & 3 Saturday & Sunday Hyatt Regency on the Hudson March 19 & 20 JERSEY CITY, NJ 2 Exchange Place Jersey City, NJ 07302 201-469-1234 IA Des Moines 4/30 & 5/1 IL Chicago 4/23 & 24 Sunday DoubleTree by Hilton - Pittsburgh Cranberry PITTSBURGH, PA 724-776-6900 March 27 910 Sheraton Drive Mars, PA 16046 KS Wichita 4/9 MA Boston area 5/7 Saturday & Sunday Hilton Irvine / Orange County Airport April 2 & 3 LOS ANGELES, CA 18800 MacArthur Blvd Irvine, CA 92612 949-833-9999 MI Bay City 5/1 MT Billings 5/ 14 & 15 Saturday HOUSTON, TX Marriott Houston South - Hobby Airport 713-943-7979 April 9 9100 Gulf Freeway Houston, TX 77017 NJ Jersey City 3/19 & 20 NY Buffalo 5/21 & 22 Saturday WICHITA, KS Hyatt Regency Wichita 316-293-1234 April 9 400 West Waterman Wichita, KS 67202 PA Pittsburgh 3/27 TX Houston 4/9 Saturday & Sunday Chicago Marriott Oak Brook April 23 & 24 CHICAGO, IL 1401 West 22nd Street Oak Brook, IL 60523 630-573-8555 WA Seattle 5/14 Saturday & Sunday Des Moines Marriott Downtown April 30 & May 1 DES MOINES, IA 700 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50309 515-245-5500 Sunday DoubleTree by Hilton - Bay City Riverfront May 1 BAY CITY, MI One Wenonah Park Place Bay City, MI 48708 989-891-6000 Saturday DoubleTree by Hilton - Boston North Shore May 7 BOSTON area, MA 50 Ferncroft Road Danvers, MA 01923 978-777-2500 If any Host Hotel is ‘sold-out’ you need to contact our office Saturday SEATTLE, WA Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center 206-244-4800 for the Official Over-Flow Hotel May 14 17620 International Blvd Seattle, WA 98188 Saturday & Sunday BILLINGS, MT DoubleTree by Hilton - Billings 406-252-7400 May 14 & 15 27 North 27th Street Billings, MT 59101 Kim McKimmie International Director Saturday & Sunday The Buffalo Grand Hotel 7507 SE Main Street May 21 & 22 BUFFALO, NY 120 Church Street Buffalo, NY 14202 716-845-5100 Portland, OR 97215 USA 503-253-2020 On our website, you'll find Hotel details and many of our Host Hotels have online reservation links. www.ilovedance.com Please make your Hotel reservation ASAP - no later than the day you submit your ILD entries via physical mail or using our easy ONLINE REGISTRATION. If calling the Hotel Reservation Department directly, please identify yourself as being an attendee with I LOVE DANCE to book under our block for our special discounted Hotel group rate. Those requiring overnight accommodations must be registered guests at our Host Hotel as a condition of Participation. 7507 SE Main Street Portland, Oregon 97215-2955 USA (503) 253-2021 2022 INFORMATION, RULES & REGULATIONS You may enter using our convenient online registration: www.ilovedance.com Please read BOTH the Rules and Entry Form information before entering online, to ensure your routines (Age, Ability Level and Dance Category) will be correct in our program. OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM If completing physical entry forms (two-sided) please have one entry form per routine. Please PRINT the name(s) of Participants on the back with the signature of the Parent or Guardian next to the Dancer's name for all Dancers under age 18. Those 18 and up must sign their own. (A Master waiver/ signature form may turned in at the show.) We do ask that you mail all entries together in one large envelope so that we know we have all entries coming from your Studio. Entry fees are to be sent in U.S. Funds and sent overnight mail with return receipt to assure you that we have received them. Fees are due the following day after online registration has been submitted and fees must accompany any physical entry forms that are mailed. Entries (online or mailed) need to reach our office 30 days prior to event date to avoid a late fee. Cashier's Check or Money Order only - we cannot accept business, personal or certified checks for entry fees. Enter as early as possible — many cities fill up quickly. Once entries have reached our office by mail, online registration, or by phone, all fees are due and payable. No refunds will be made due to cancellation by Participants, Teachers, Parents, or Studio Staff. DANCE CATEGORIES The following rules apply to step ingredients. If you have any questions, please ask us! Routines that are entered in the wrong Category are subject to a deduction of 25 points in that number’s final score. Again, PLEASE KNOW THESE RULES. It is the Teacher's responsibility to enter correctly. With the exception of Teacher Features, we do not allow any Dance Teacher on the dance floor during any performance. Teachers may assist the little ones (3-5 Age Division only) backstage, but may not “prompt” any of their Dancers during performances. Teachers may “warm up” Dancers in the dressing areas, however, there is no rehearsing at the Hotel. GENERAL CATEGORIES BALLET / JAZZ / TAP / VARIETY ARTS / LYRICAL / MODERN HIP-HOP MUSICAL THEATRE ACRO / ETHNIC This Category is for all TAP routines Routines that are Ballet, All Jazz Styles - from “Show Jazz” to This is the Category for ANY dance Lyrical or Modern - Classical or Hip-Hop. We will allow “tumbling- - however, “Clogging” should enter the Ethnic Category. All styles routines with Acrobatic Tricks or Contemporary. Flat slippers or type” moves such as Cartwheels, Somersaults, Handstands, of “Song & Dance” and Musical Contortionist work. All Ethnic Pointe. Props are permitted. Lifts Walkovers, along with Jazz floor Theatre routines that includes performances including but not are permitted as well as floor work work and Lifts that may have a singing, mouthing of words or limited to National Folkloric and “tumbling-type” moves are “head over heels” coming in or out lip sync. Props are allowed (in all Cultural routines (for example: allowed. No vocalization of any of the Lift. Categories now.) Routines with Chinese, Irish, Mexican, Spanish, kind. Routines with BacK or Front “Acro” may also enter here. Armenian, etc.). Handsprings, Aerials, Acro passes ReMeMber that this Category Lyrical routines with Acrobatics Props are perMitted and you and Contortionist worK enter either and the Variety Arts/Acro/Ethnic (Handsprings, Aerials, Acro passes) Tap/Musical Theatre OR Variety Arts/ Category are the TWO Categories May now vocalize in this Variety enter either Tap/Musical Theatre OR Acro/Ethnic. Props are perMitted. that allow both vocalization and Category as well as in the Tap/ Variety Arts/Acro/Ethnic Categories. No vocalization of any kind. Acro. Musical Theatre Category. SPECIALTY CATEGORIES STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY COSTUME PRODUCTION NUMBERS - Routines Age divisions: “9-11”, “12-14”, “15-17” and All Ages, Categories, Ability Levels and Sections may be up to 7 minutes in length. (Extended time “18 & Up” are the only divisions eligible. This are eligible to enter. The Judges will critique option available.) Minimum of 12 participants. must be “Student Choreography” with no the costume while you are posing. They look (This does not mean that all Dancers must be on the dance floor at all times, but it does need Teacher assistance allowed. We must trust the at the construction, uniqueness, stage appeal to be a “group effort”.) This is a completely honesty of all entries in this Category. There and appropriateness of the costume(s). You Open Category. There are no Age or Ability can be no repetition of musical selections from then perform the number (repeated for this Levels, so that Dancers of all ages and abilities other routines entered from your Studio and Category). This is an additional chance to may participate together (NO Teachers.) May no repetition of major dance combinations. Any perform, and is especially economical for Duo/ be Ballet/Lyrical/Modern, Jazz/Hip-Hop, Tap/ Trio and Group performances. This is the only dance style is permitted. You may perform a Musical Theatre, and Variety Arts/Acro/Ethnic Category in which costumes are judged. Solo, Duo/Trio, or Group number. Enter by the - or better yet, a combination. May include oldest performer in the number. Props, Costume changes, Singing. ANYTHING GOES! Teachers may want to consider using FORTY PLUS TEACHER FEATURES their Dance Studio recital finale number or This is an Open Category for Student Dancers A chance for the Teacher to perform! As in other staging a number that will get all students (NOT TEACHERS) where at least one Dancer Special Categories, anything goes and Teachers from the studio involved. This is an excellent in the routine is over 39 years of age.