Championships 2011
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December 11, 2010	Brazoswood High	Clute, TX- Holiday Classic
January 22, 2011	South Sioux City High	S. Sioux City, NE, Midwest Regional
January 23, 2011	Westerville High	Westerville, OH, Ohio Classic 2
January 29, 2011	SE Polk High	Pleasant Hill, IA, Midwest Regional 2
February 5, 2011	Texas State Solo, Officer, and Ensemble Classic- Bowie High	Austin, TX (state championship & letter jackets- solo, ensemble, & officer contest)
February 12, 2011	Sam Rayburn High	Pasadena, TX- Houston Regional 1
February 12, 2011	Grapevine High	Grapevine, TX- North Texas Regional 1
February 18-19, 2011	Klein Oak High	Houston, TX- Houston Regional 2
February 26, 2011	Chapel Hill High	Tyler, TX- East Texas Regional
February 26, 2011	Champion High	Boerne, TX - San Antonio Regional
March 5, 2011	Liberty High	Frisco, TX - North Texas Regional 2
March 5, 2011	Seminole High	Orlando,. FL- Southeast Regional
March 12, 2011	Grace King High	New Orleans, LA- Gulf Coast Regional
March 12, 2011	Carroll High	Corpus Christi, TX
March 25-26, 2011	National Competition Spring Fling- Ft. Worth Convention Center	Ft. Worth, TX

REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AUXILIARY AWARDS: Superior Trophies for all Division I Rated Team 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Trophies for Color Guard and Majorette Ensembles and Solos. Medals for Superior Rated Ensembles Members and Soloist. Best in Class Plaques for Highest Scoring Flags, Majorettes, and Winter Guards. Choreography Awards for most innovative Majorette, Flag, Rifle, and Winter Guard performances. Outstanding Color Guard and Majorette Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners. Each Superior rated Soloist will receive a medal. Special National Championship First through Tenth Place Trophies National Championship Jackets for the Winning Senior Solo Champions Marching Auxiliaries promises to utilize some of the most outstanding WGI, DCI, NBTA, and USTA affiliated experts in the industry. Judges will provide three cassette critique tapes for all team, ensemble, and solo performances. JUDGING CRITERIA: A panel of (3) professional judges will provide digital audio critiques on all Team, Officer Line, Ensemble, and Solo Performances at all M.A. Regional Contests. Score sheets will accompany all critique tapes. NOTE: At all M.A. Dance Competitions, judges will be encouraged to deduct points in the appearance and choreography captions if appropriate costuming, movement, and/or music is not utilized in all routine performances

New Team Classifications

In an effort to promote male dancers in public schools and maintain fairness in competition,
the following 4 team classifications have been established:

1. Public High School All Male
2. Public Jr. High/Middle School All Male
   
3. Public High School COED
4. Public Jr. High/Middle School COED
   

COED will only apply to public schools that contain 25% or more male performers who are school certified
full-time members of the dance team. All other public school teams containing less than 25% male certified
members should register as a regular jr. high school/middle school or (by team size) as a small, medium, large, or super team for high school. COED and ALL MALE public junior high/middle school and high school teams will not be subject to team size guidelines.

New Categories of Dance

In addition to Jazz, Prop, High Kick, Military, Novelty, Lyrical, Modern, Pom, Hip Hop and Show Production, two (2)
more categories have been added for competition: Open Routines and Specialty Routines. Since COED has become a team classification, no longer will COED be a dance category.

To enter the Open Dance Category, a routine must meet the following conditions: (1) it includes only full-time
certified team members and (2) it is either a tap, ballet, light, or multi-cultural routine, or it incorporates at
least two or more distinct styles of dance (such as half jazz, half high kick, or 1/3 prop, 1/3 military, and 1/3
high kick). Open Routines may be counted toward Sweepstakes Awards for Regional Competitions and toward the Jacket Competition at Nationals.

To enter the Specialty Routine Category, a routine must include performers that are not full-time certified
members of the team such as dads, moms, males from a dance class or the school at large. First, Second, and
Third place Trophies will be presented for Specialty Routines at all of our contests. Specialty Routines may not
be counted toward Sweepstakes Awards at Regional Competitions or toward the Jacket Competition at Nationals. If you have any questions, please contact the MA Office by telephone at 800-977-7933.

Team Size and Performance Rule
Varsity Public High School Dance Teams are classified as Small, Medium, Large, and Super according to the actual number of members on their team, and not by the number of members competing. Varsity Public HS teams must perform a minimum of 70% of their actual membership on all team routine events. The Penalty will be a 5 point total deduction for each performance not adhering to this rule.

Props and Backdrops Usage
Curtains, staging, and other props for routines should be constructed to fit through a 7 foot tall double door found in most hs gymnasiums. Props and staging may be assembled on the floor but setup & breakdown
time will be added to the actual routine performance time length to produce total floor time. Total floor time should not exceed 5 minutes for all dance categories except: Prop (6 Minutes) And Show Production (12 Minutes).

Including set up/entrances/breakdown/exits, teams have a total of 5 minutes of floor time per routine in Jazz, Hip Hop, Military, High Kick, Pom, Lyrical, Modern, Novelty, Specialty, and Open. Prop routines will be given 6 total minutes and Show Production will be allotted 12 total minutes. Entrances and exits are not judged. You may petition for additional time if needed, but only in ONE category per team! A one point penalty per judge per minute will be assessed for exceeding routine time limits.

Late Entry Penalties
Entries received after the registration deadline (14 days prior to contest) will be charged a late fee of $25 for each team, officer, ensemble, & solo routine entered.

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