VIRTUAL TEAM CATEGORIES
TEAM HALFTIME
Got a video of your team performing a meant-for-halftime routine from the fall? See how your team’s halftime skills stack up against the competition. Open to any style (pom, hip hop, kick, jazz) or a combination of styles.
TEAM SKILLZ
You’ve spent November and December showing off your tilts, turns, leaps, flexibility, and acro from home. Maybe it’s from a TikTok challenge, or a team zoom meeting. Edit together your team’s best skills on carpets, hardwood floors, cold driveways…wherever!
HOLIDAY VIBE
If you thought the last two categories are vague and wide-open, then this one takes it up a notch. Basically combine any sort of dance element with a holiday theme to show off your team’s creativity, love of dance, and editing skills! We’re looking for something with a dance framework and a holiday vibe…but how you fill that framework is totally up to you.
VIRTUAL INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY
For anyone who just can’t stop coming up with combos in her living room. Throw down :45-1:15 of your own choreo in any style.
TURNS SEQUENCE
Easily the #1 skill shared on social media. Put together a clip of your best turns sequence(s), whether it’s a single run or a compilation of runs. All styles welcome!
SKILLS / FLEXIBILITY SEQUENCE
Show off what you’ve been working on at home besides turns! Edit a sequence of your non-turning skills, whether it’s one continuous idea or a compilation of different recordings. All styles welcome!
(OVERLY) EMOTIONAL DELIVERY
Take that angst, heartache, and self-affirmation to the highest possible level on your home carpet or basement floor. You’ll want to stretch your facial muscles before attempting this category. Looking for 4-8 eight counts of intense, hopefully over-the-top emotional dancing.
HOUSEHOLD PROP
So back in the day, Illinois used to have a prop category (think gigantic dice, huge playing cards, that kind of thing). Obviously you don’t have oversized items around the house, so grab that Roomba, elf on the shelf, hair straightener, or nerf football and create something dancy and fun!
DIVISIONS
Teams that performed on Day 2 at Bloomington and / or placed in the top 3 of any category at Springfield in the 2019-20 season
Teams not in the Blue Division that qualified for either state competition at Bloomington or Springfield in the 2019-20 season
Teams that attempted but did not qualify for either the Bloomington or Springfield state competition in the 2019-20 season
Novice teams with little or no competition experience
Non-varsity teams
DISCLAIMER
Any physical activity involves risk of injury. 8 Count Audio assumes no liability for injuries or damage to property. If you participate in this activity, you do so at your own risk. No prizes with any monetary value are awarded. Results are final and cannot be appealed.
Be sensible, be creative, be safe, and have fun!