Entry Information is now available!       Please carefully read our Information and Entry Schedule document available via the link over on the right.  We cannot take responsibility for errors in entries because you think we’re doing things in the same way as other Comps you may enter.  A summary of some changes appears below, but the attached document has all the information needed.

• Age grouping for Troupes have been altered to be more in keeping with our neighbouring Comps.  We hope this assists the dance schools intending to enter troupes for our first Troupe Weekend on 9/10 October.
• Entries will open on 3rd May (not earlier) and will close on 21st May – or earlier if all our available time is allocated.
• Free Entry and a Registration Fee – This year we are asking a $10.00 per competitor Registration Fee and a $10.00 per Troupe student Registration Fee (paid through teachers upon completing their entry).  These fees are “one off”, no matter how many sections the dancer may be involved in and are being implemented to off-set our decision to allow free entry into the auditorium for audience members.
• Entry Fees    There have been some changes since 2019 (for those who can remember) and they are detailed in our Information document.   Entries are only to be made through ‘Stardom’ and payment of all fees at the time are a condition of entry.  Please do not submit an entry expecting to pay later.  Unpaid entries will be promptly deleted and no late entries can be accepted.
• Adjudicators  Brian Nolan will be our adjudicator on Weekends 1 & 3.  Kerri Morrison is our adjudicator for Weekends 2 &4.  Nichole Davis is our special adjudicator for the $500.00 Scholarship on our final night (31st. October).

The following arrangements (decided in 2020) have been confirmed at the AGM in 2021.

• Dates for 2021    October 9/10, 16/17, 23/24, 30/31.  Age blocking as in previous years may be impacted upon by the holding of a Troupe Weekend (see below).  More details later.
• Entries for 2021 Opening May 3rd.
• Entry Fees for 2021  Regular Solos: $16.00.  Duos/Trios:  $7.50 per Competitor   Entertainment Item:  $11.00.  Championships:  $30.00   Troupes:  $40.00 per Troupe.   ‘Stardom’ Administration Fee:  $10.00
• Troupes Weekend    We will be trialling a dedicated Troupes Weekend on October 9/10.  This will impact upon our age-blocking and timing for Championship qualifying, but this strategy seems to have become popular with other comps, enabling more efficient planning for dance schools.  We are prepared to give this a “go”.  Additional change space may be available at Cranbourne with access to the adjacent gym.
• Troupe Age Groupings   To assist our participating dance schools, a decision has been made to align our troupe age groupings and styles with those offered by other local Phoenix and Southern competitions.  The Committee reserves the right to combine any sections or styles due to insufficient entries.
• Dates Change to another time of year   We continue to investigate commencing one week earlier to avoid running into the Melbourne Cup Weekend, but have discovered one week earlier may overlap with senior sections of South Street Comps in Ballarat and this would disadvantage our participants.

Operating Loss for 2019   Unfortunately, our event made a loss of approx. $6,700 in 2019.  We have a reasonable balance in our operating account, as well as some in Term Deposits (not much interest in the current environment!) and so the loss is not of immediate concern, but we cannot allow this to happen again.  The loss was mostly due to the decision to not charge admission and the increased entry fees did not do enough to balance out the lost income.  However, we feel the “free” admission was received positively by all and we’d like to continue that as it also had practical spin-offs for the Committee in not needing an additional volunteer at the entry table to take admission money and not having to organise, collate and issue Competitors’ Passes and Season Passes.  Consequently, there will need to be a (slight) increase again in solo entries, a larger increase in Championship entry (not increased for 2019) and an increased administration charge.  We will review this again after the 2021 event.

Time of Year for 2021 “Casey Comps”  Since the meeting reported here, we have been in touch with the Theatre Management at Cranbourne Community Theatre and the move “back” one weekend to avoid using the Cup Day “Long” weekend is not possible without pushing out another group providing performance opportunities for young people.  We did not feel comfortable doing so.  A suggestion to move our event back to May in 2021 was unable to be taken up in the light of other established comps already operating elsewhere at that time, some involving competitors who support us in October.

Donation to Breast Cancer Network Australia   We honoured our commitment to BCNA with a $2,000 Committee donation, plus $553.50 from the two collection tins, $35.00 proceeds from the silent auction of Sheila’s art work and a $50.00 donation on behalf of our penciller, Lanii Douglas.  The BCNA have already thankfully acknowledged receipt of our total donation.  Thanks everybody!!!

Section organisation, Definitions and Rules  It was agreed to continue with the same arrangement of sections and dance styles as in 2019.  We will also ensure clear descriptions for “Best All-Rounder” Awards, the “Entertainment” Section and add to our Rules for 2020 a statement to do with expectations of respectful behaviours from competitors and others in attendance.  The fee for registering an official protest is to increase to $50.00.