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Ottawa Highland Dancing Association

OHDA Event Information & Entry Forms

ScotDance Canada, the registration agent for Canadian dancers and competition organizers, maintains lists of events in Canada, and the Federation of United States Teachers and Adjudicators (FUSTA) maintains a list of events in the United States.

The following OHDA competitions are sanctioned by the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (SOBHD) of Scotland.

Date Type Location Time Entry Form
Saturday
October 23, 2010
Canada's Capital City Championship
TBC TBC TBC
Sunday
October 24, 2010
Open Competition
TBC TBC TBC

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Notes

(1) Any Dancer not presenting a valid Scotdance Registration Card, or proof that one has been requested will not be allowed to dance according to SOBHD rules.
(2) The O.H.D.A. will not be responsible for loss of property or injury no matter how caused.

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Dancers

Dancers must dance in own category and age group. Age as of day of competition. Age groups formed at the discretion of the Games committee according to entries. Age groups of fewer than 8 dancers will be avoided where possible. Premier 16 may be combined with Premier 17 and over depending on age distribution of dancers entered. Swords will be placed for all competitors. Intermediate will use 1 regulation hilt and a scabbard, Premier will use two regulation hilts... Competitors will dance in reverse order of receipt of entries. "First to enter, last to dance."

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Judging

Technique and steps to be judged under SOBHD regulations. Judges decision is final. Steps as indicated by numbers in boxes in the entry portion of this form. Steps may be cut should time constraints or other circumstances dictate.

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Awards

All dances will, where possible, be scrutineered to 6th place with appropriate dance points (88, 56, 38, 25, 16 & 10). Awards will be to a maximum of 6 placings. Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd with ribbons thereafter for Primary, Beginner and Novice. Medals for all places for Intermediate & Premier, except the most senior Premier class, which will receive cash awards as follows:
Regular competition: 1st - $30, 2nd - $25, 3rd - $20, 4th - $15, 5th - $10, 6th - $7.50;
Championship: 1st - $50, 2nd - $35, 3rd - $25, 4th - $20, 5th - $15, 6th - $10.

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Trophies

Pre-Premier Trophies; Aggregate Age Group Trophies will be awarded for all categories per age groups with the exception of Primary as per SOBHD rules. Overall perpetual category and Premier class trophies and keepers based on highest total points over all events per category with the exception of Primary. Premier Dancer of the Day/Overall trophy will be determined by dance points. Any resulting tie may be broken by a dance-off. Games chair to decide process and dance to be selected by Judge(s). All trophies must be signed for prior to leaving the competition. (See registration forms for trophy information unique to the date of competition).

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The entry forms are available as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The form will open in a new browser window. To view and print the document, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software, installed. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can install the software after downloading it from the following link:

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