ALL COUPLES MUST REGISTER BY E-MAILING US AT RUMBAZTECA@YAHOO.COM

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS (3 WEEKS OF PRELIMINARY ROUNDS)

January 14th, 28th, Feb 4th 2010

•3-5 couples will be competing each week.

•You are allowed to compete in the preliminary rounds until you pass to the final.

•2 couples will pass each week to the final round.

•There will be an ALL couple warm up for 1 minute.

•Couples will be dancing to DJs pre-selected music for 1.5 minutes.  (One couple at a time)

•The 2 passing couples will be determined by audience response.

•Contestants are encouraged to wear costumes or matching outfits.

FINAL ROUND

February 18th 2010

•There will be local and out of state professional dancers/instructors to judge for the final round.

•Each couple will perform a routine no longer than two minutes that they have choreographed to their own music.

•If routine is longer than two minutes the couple will be deducted percentage points for
each second over two minutes.

•All dancers are required to bring their own
two-minute or less pre-recorded music on a CD format. Only music of
performance is allowed on each CD.

•No changing of partners can occur after you have entered the
final round.

•Music must be at least 80% salsa. You are allowed to
mix no more than 3 different songs or 3 mixes in one routine. The 20%
of your routine that you are allowed to have other music besides salsa
can be any music of your choice.

•Please protect your CD's by having covers for each one and be sure to put your names on it!

•Contestants are encouraged to wear costumes or matching outfits. We
strongly suggest that jeans are not used as costumes and ladies
wearing dresses or skirts must wear nylons or fishnets.

JUDGING CRITERIA

•Timing

•Technique

•Difficulty

•Connection / Partnering Skills / Synchronization

•Appearance/Stage Presence