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Invitation to Dancers

Would you like to be famous? Do you think that you have what it takes to be the next Big Stars of the Salsa Scene? Then why not compete in this years UK Salsa Open Championships.

Win this and then take part in the World Salsa Open in Puerto Rico.

This year, due to the short notice, the heats, eliminator and semi-finals will all be roled up into one event on Easter Sunday 12 April at the Easter Extravaganza scalalatina Bank Holiday All-Nighter SCALA and will lead up to the finals at The London Latin MiniFest All-Dayer (24 May).

General Rules and Guidelines

1. The World Salsa Open is an international salsa dance competition open to all nationalities, cultures and countries

2. The UK Salsa Open is the Official UK Qualifier for The World Salsa Open in Puerto Rico.

3. The competition is open. (not divided in professionals and amateurs)

4. At least one of the dancers in the couple has to be national of the country where the Open is held.

5. If there is a Salsa Open in a country, a couple from such country would not be able to participate in the Puerto Rico salsa open unless they qualified in their country.

6. It is responsibility of the participants to obtain the necessary visas to enter Puerto Rico.

7. Minimum age to enter: 18 years old.

8. In a national championship, the couples can compete in any of the heats and in more than one heat unless they came 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd in any of the heats.

9. The competitors will accept the final decision of the judges.

10. At the National Salsa opens, the voting forms will be available after the competitions to those couples who wish to  see their marks only if they ask the competition director.

11. At the World Salsa Open the dancers will not have access to the voting forms.

12. Once the participants sign the entry form they accept the general rules and authorise the event organisers to use pictures and video of their competition dance for promotional purposes.

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Participation & Representation

13. All prospective UK Salsa Open entrants must participate in the Elimination/Semi-Final event on Easter Sunday 12 April @ Scala.

14. Only 6 couples will go through to the finals.

15. The couples who place 1º, 2º & 3 º places in the national final go straight to the national semi-final the following year.

16. The 8 couples who reach the national final can represent that country at the World Salsa open in Puerto Rico.

17. The winners of the 1^st place in a national final will go straight into the national winner’s heat at the World Salsa Open which is the second round of the World Salsa Open.

18. The couples who won 2^nd to 8^th place at a national competition will have to participate in the first round of the World Salsa Open.

19. The winners of the World Salsa Open (World Salsa champions) will go straight to the World Salsa Open semi-final the following year. The same is true for the 2º & 3º place of the World Salsa Open

20.  Couples from a country where there is no Salsa Open can represent their country directly in Puerto Rico event at the first round of the competition.

21. If there is a Salsa Open in a country, no couples can compete in Puerto Rico unless they have classified in their respective country.

22. Couples who came 4º to 12º at the World Salsa open can go straight to the second round the following year.

23. The benefits mentioned above only apply to the couples for as long as they are still dancing together.

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Format & Judges

24. The Salsa Open director must do a random choice of order of appearance for the couples in all heats.

25. For the final, the order will be given by the points obtained at the semi-finals. The couples who got fewer points will dance first and the ones with the most points last.

26. In the national heats the competitors will be judged by 3 Official Salsa Open judges.

27. In the final of all the regional, national and world championships the minimum number of judges will be 5 and it can go up to 7, 9 or 11 according to the Organising committee.

List of Events in the UK - 2009

ELIMINATOR/SEMI-FINALS
Easter Sunday 12 April  - 9.30pm-6am
EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA scalalatina Bank Holiday All-Nighter @ SCALA 275 Pentonville Rd, King’s Cross, London N1

GRAND FINALS
Sunday 24 May  - 9.30pm-6am
as part of the THE LONDON LATIN MINIFEST All-Dayer @ SCALA 275 Pentonville Rd, King’s Cross, London N1

To Enter the Competition at any of the above heats, please contact the promoter directly.

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