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Dance Competition Awards
Award Ceremonies
At each Dance Competition, Thunderstruck Canada's will host a number of Award ceremonies. Typically, we will host two per day, sometime three depending the entries in a division (divisions may be combined based on number of entries). We make every effort to ensure that award ceremonies for Petite's and Junior's occur earlier in the day so they can return home (or hotel) at a respectable hour.
Award ceremonies will include both performance (adjudications) and overall awards. Each adjudicator will also make a Judge's Choice selection. The Eye of the Storm presentations will be made after the final awards ceremony.
Performance Awards
Each performance will receive a plaque recognizing their achievement based on the appropriate scoring scale.
Scoring Scales
The scoring scale has been updated for 2013. The changes are very incremental but have been done to better recognize top performances and tighten the range between awards. For more detailed understanding, please visit our Blog post. The new level is going to be called either Platinum Star or Platinum Thunder. For your chance to have a say, please goto our Facebook page and vote.
| Future Star Division | Shining Star Division | Rock Star Division |
|---|---|---|
| 284.00-300.00 = Platinum Thunder | 287.00-300.00 = Platinum Thunder | 290.00-300.00 = Platinum Thunder |
| 277.00-283.99 = Lightning Gold | 280.00-286.99 = Lightning Gold | 283.00-289.99 = Lightning Gold |
| 267.00-276.99 = High Gold | 270.00-279.99 = High Gold | 273.00-282.99 = High Gold |
| 255.00-266.99 = Gold | 258.00-269.99 = Gold | 261.00-272.99 = Gold |
| 240.00-254.99 = High Silver | 243.00-257.99 = High Silver | 246.00-260.99 = High Silver |
| 225.00-239.99 = Silver | 228.00-242.99 = Silver | 231.00-245.99 = Silver |
| 210.00-224.99 = Bronze | 213.00-227.99 = Bronze | 216.00-230.99 = Bronze |
Overall Awards
The Top 10 performances will be recognized for solo's, duo/trio's, small group, large groups, and lines. First place and runner may be eligible for cash awards and/or gift certificates. If there are 10 performances in a division, there is a cash award, if there are 20, there is a runner-up cash award.
Overall Awards will be presented based on the following:
There must be minimum of 3 routines for overalls to be presented in a division.
- If there are 3 routines in a division - 1st place is presented.
- If there are 4 routines in a division - 1st & 2nd place are presented.
- If there are 5 routines in a division - 1st to 3rd place is presented.
- If there are 6 routines in a division - 1st to 4th place is presented.
- If there are 7 routines in a division - 1st to 5th place is presented.
- If there are 8 routines in a division - 1st to 6th place is presented.
- If there are 9 routines in a division - 1st to 7th place is presented.
- If there are 10 routines in a division - 1st to 8th place is presented.
- If there are 11 routines in a division - 1st to 9th place is presented.
- If there are 12 routines in a division - 1st to 10th place is presented.
Please Note
For Lines that have 5 or more entries, the top performance will be eligible for a cash prize.
We will always announce all top placements for Lines.
Judges score sheets and mp3 audio critiques from each judge will be provided on a CD and provided to the studio director at the end of the competition.
