How to enter Weymouth Dance Festival
There are a few changes to entry procedures this year as a result of COVID-19.
We appreciate teachers will be unable to sign forms prior to entry so we have added a box for the student to declare who their teacher is and that they give permission for us to contact their teacher.
When we have all entries we will contact the appropriate teachers with the names of students we have received entries from for them to give us their written permission for those students.
Secondly, we will only accept cheques and postal orders (P/Os) as payment this year. This is so that if the festival is unable to run we can securely destroy the cheques to avoid having to process refunds. If you wish to pay by P/O please include a stamped addressed envelope with your entry. If the Festival does not take place we will send you your P/O back so you can return it to the Post Office for a refund.
Please do keep an eye on our Facebook page and this website for updates relating to COVID 19 and any potential cancellation.
In addition to the above we will not be an All England Dance qualifier as was expected this year. This is due to All England postponing the competition by a year. We will now be a qualifier in 2021.
Safeguarding
Teachers must sign and return the Safeguarding Policy Declaration if they expect any of their students to enter. A teacher's signature will be confirmation that they have made the policy available to parents/guardians/carers of all children under 18 and members of vulnerable groups.
Changes to rules
Some of the rules have changed or been modified this year, so as always please read the rules carefully.
Due to the popularity of the Dance Festival please note that in the event that the Festival is over-subscribed entries will be taken on a first come, first served basis. Entries will only be accepted from dance schools within a 75 mile radius.
Group entries
We are accepting group entries without the individual group members' names.
Please send all entry forms to Mrs Jane Jeffries (address on entry form).
We appreciate teachers will be unable to sign forms prior to entry so we have added a box for the student to declare who their teacher is and that they give permission for us to contact their teacher.
When we have all entries we will contact the appropriate teachers with the names of students we have received entries from for them to give us their written permission for those students.
Secondly, we will only accept cheques and postal orders (P/Os) as payment this year. This is so that if the festival is unable to run we can securely destroy the cheques to avoid having to process refunds. If you wish to pay by P/O please include a stamped addressed envelope with your entry. If the Festival does not take place we will send you your P/O back so you can return it to the Post Office for a refund.
Please do keep an eye on our Facebook page and this website for updates relating to COVID 19 and any potential cancellation.
In addition to the above we will not be an All England Dance qualifier as was expected this year. This is due to All England postponing the competition by a year. We will now be a qualifier in 2021.
Safeguarding
Teachers must sign and return the Safeguarding Policy Declaration if they expect any of their students to enter. A teacher's signature will be confirmation that they have made the policy available to parents/guardians/carers of all children under 18 and members of vulnerable groups.
Changes to rules
Some of the rules have changed or been modified this year, so as always please read the rules carefully.
- In particular please pay attention to the change to the process in applying for teachers' passes. This year we require teachers to submit a passport style photo to print on the pass at the same time as applying for the pass. Without this no teachers' pass will be issued.
- Please also note that this year, following the change in the All England Dance rules, we have also made the change to combine the Lyrical Modern and the Modern section into just one Modern section. Entrants may dance either a Lyrical or a traditional Modern dance in the Modern section but they may only dance once.
Due to the popularity of the Dance Festival please note that in the event that the Festival is over-subscribed entries will be taken on a first come, first served basis. Entries will only be accepted from dance schools within a 75 mile radius.
Group entries
We are accepting group entries without the individual group members' names.
Please send all entry forms to Mrs Jane Jeffries (address on entry form).
