Competition Rules | Wild Wild Westie

General rules for all competitions:

Eligibility requirements –

To compete at Wild Wild Westie, you must:

Have a full weekend pass
Register for each competition by the official entry deadline with any required entry fees
Sign a legal waiver

Wild Wild Westie 2024 Competition Rules

Wild Wild Westie J&Js follow WSDC Rules effective Jan 1st 2025

For current WSDC rules - see wsdcrules.pdf

Champions Division – WSDC Champion Jack and Jill contest eligibility will be defined as follows:

• Any dancer that has 150+ All Star points or 1+ Champion points is eligible to dance in a WSDC Champion Jack and Jill contest.

• Any dancer that has 225+ All Star points is required to dance in the WSDC Champion division if it is offered and they wish to compete. They may not enter All Star.

• Any dancer that has 1 Champion point is eligible to dance in the WSDC Champion Division. Any dancer with10+ Champion points is required to dance in the WSDC Champion division if it is offered and they wish to compete.

Petitions to move up:

All petitions to “dance up” at events that take place after July 1, 2024 must be submitted to the WSDC Chief Judges Committee (CJC) using this link: www.worldsdc.com/level-up-petition/. The CJC will review the competitor’s Points Registry record and submitted videos, and reach out to the competitor for any additional information they need to make a decision. Please note that this new process takes time to complete. The CJC will notify the competitor of their decision to approve or deny the petition within three (3) weeks from the date of submission. Petitions that are approved will allow the dancer to enter that higher-level division for six (6) months at any WSDC event anywhere in the world. Competitors will need to earn at least one point in that higher division in order to keep dancing at that level after the six months have passed.

Petitions to move down:

must be submitted and accepted by a Petition panel – separate petitions are required to move up a division or move down a division. To move down a division, petitions must be filled out and sent to: wwwpetitionsubmission@gmail.com. A separate petition audition may be required by the request of the HJ (Estelle Bonnaire).

Moving down petitions will be due by Friday, July 5th at 10pm CST to the HJ.

Wild Wild J&J

Matched up at random with any level
Exception is for those Allstar & Above – those that are All Star and above may not be matched together
Anyone who Qualifies for All Star, even if they have opted to dance down to Advanced, shall be considered as All-Stars for the purpose of classification in the Wild Wild Jack & Jill only.
Couples are paired up for the duration of the event and will be judged as a couple.

Wild Wild Jack & Jill All-Star/Champion eligibility for free entry requires All-Star or higher J&J contest participation.

Wild Wild J&J will be limited to 100 leaders and 100 followers.

Strictly Swing

Strictly Swing Summary (adapted by BBB 2024)

Our Strictly Swing competitions are designed to highlight skills in spontaneous swing dancing (any rec

ognized style) with a chosen partner. Competitors enter as couples and dance to music selected by the appointed competition DJ.

You may enter an age (for 2025, we only offer Masters) and skill level Strictly Swing competitions.

There is no limit on the total number of entries in each division.

You may choose to enter Strictly Swing as either a leader or a follower. Your level (Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All-Stars, or Champions) is determined by your Jack & Jill level in that role. However, if your chosen partner qualifies for a higher level Jack & Jill, then you and your partner should enter the higher level Strictly Swing. (Note: Competing or placing in a higher level Strictly Swing doesn’t qualify you to compete at that level in a Jack & Jill competition.

If you qualify for a different Jack & Jill level in your other role, you also may enter Strictly Swing a second time (with a different partner) in that role. For example, if you qualify as an Intermediate Jack & Jill follower and a Novice Jack & Jill leader, you could enter both the equivalent Strictly Swing divisions in those roles, as long as your partner in each division also qualifies at that level (or below) in their role.

If you are at least 50 years old, you also may enter our Masters Strictly Swing division (with a partner who also is at least 50 years old). You and your partner are allowed to switch roles briefly during your dances, but if you choose to switch, you and your partner will be judged not only on your performance in each role, but how well you execute switches together

Strictly Swing skill level divisions
- 1. Novice Strictly Swing. This division is intended for dancers with limited competition experience. You may enter this division if you or your partner qualify for our Novice Jack & Jill division in your chosen roles (and neither partner qualifies for our Intermediate, Advanced, All-Stars, or Champions Jack & Jill division in your chosen roles).
- Intermediate Strictly Swing. This division is intended for dancers with some previous competition experience and success. ou may enter this division if you or your partner qualify for our Intermediate Jack & Jill division in your chosen roles (and neither partner qualifies for our Advanced, All-Stars, or Champions Jack & Jill division in your chosen roles). Note: If one dancer in the partnership qualifies for Intermediate, the other dancer in the partnership is eligible if their Jack & Jill division is at Intermediate or below.
- 3. Advanced Strictly Swing. This division is intended for dancers with significant competition experience and success. You may enter this division if you or your partner qualifies for our Advanced Jack & Jill division in your chosen roles (and neither partner qualifies for our All-Stars or Champions Jack & Jill division in your chosen roles). Note: If one dancer in the partnership qualifies for Advanced the other dancer in the partnership is eligible if their Jack & Jill division is at Advanced or below.

4. All-Stars/Champions Strictly Swing.This division is intended for dancers with significant competition experience and success at the Advanced level and above. Note this is a combined division intended for partnerships to have at the most, one partner at the champion level. You may enter this division if you or your partner qualifies for our All-Stars Jack & Jill division in your chosen roles and at MOST one partner to quality at the champions level (i.e. All-Star/All-Star or All-Star/Champion partnerships allowed, Champion/Champion partnerships are not allowed). Note: If one dancer in the partnership qualifies forAll-Star the other dancer in the partnership is also eligible if their Jack & Jill division is at All-Star or below.

Pro Ams

Please see Pro Am Rules

Rising Star

Please see Rising Star Rules