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 2025 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:

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 (applicable only to primary role):

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: estelle.bonnaire@gmail.com. A separate petition audition may be required by the request of the HJ (Estelle Bonnaire).

Moving down petitions will be due by Thursday, July 3rd 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 (Known as 'QUALIFICATION' - Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All-Stars/Champions) is limited by your WSDC J&J eligibility for the lowest level you qualify for. (e.g. You qualify to dance in intermediate (min 16 novice points), but you are eligible to still dance in novice, you may dance in the novice SS as a novice dancer. Note that if you had 30 novice points, but no intermediate points, you MUST dance intermediate SS).

If you qualify for a different Jack & Jill level in your secondary role, you also may enter Strictly Swing a second time (with a different partner) in your secondary 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. Note you cannot enter SS in the same level as your primary and secondary role.

If you are at least 50 years old, you also may enter our Masters' Choice Strictly Swing division (with a partner of your choice with the exception of Champions with 10+ WSDC points or 225+ All-Star WSDC points).

Strictly Swing skill level divisions - Please use QUALIFICATION ABOVE
- 1. Novice Strictly Swing. 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. You 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. 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. Note this is a combined division intended for partnerships to have at most, one partner at the champion level. You may enter this division if at least one person in the partnership qualifies for All-Stars (QUALIFICATION defined above). For example, if one partner has less than 225 All-Star WSDC points, but less than 10 Champion points, they are All-Star eligible. Dancers in the Most Wanted Strictly are not eligible.
  - Note the 1st placement for the All-Stars/Champions Strictly Swing will be invited to dance in the Most Wanted Strictly. The 2nd placement will serve as alts.

Pro Ams

Please see Pro Am Rules

Rising Star

Please see Rising Star Rules