Nationals Events Updated

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - National Events Announcement

March 10, 2021

Delaware - In response to the current COVID-19 Public Health restrictions around travel, lodging, dining, and gathering limitations and the likelihood that they will not be dramatically altered caused the Board of Directors for USA Dance to announce last month that the 2021 USA Dance National DanceSport Championships will take place at four separate events in the fall. Today the Board is announcing the following events will be held at each of the competitions:

OKC Dreamcatcher DanceSport Championships

Junior 2 & Youth Pre-Champ and Championship
July 23rd to 24th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma https://dreamcatcherdancesport.com

Due to the competition schedule in advance of the OKC Championships, Junior 2 & Youth couples do not need to qualify at a National Qualifying Event to compete at the National Championships. This earlier date is to accommodate the expected World Championship events as currently planned by the WDSF. The Board previously announced the following National Championship events: 

Carolina Fall Classic DanceSport Championships

Preteen & Junior 1 (all events), Junior 2 & Youth (excluding pre-champ and champ)

October 1^st to the 3^rd
Charlotte, North Carolina
https://carolinafallclassic.com/

American DanceSport Festival

Under 21, Adult events, Professional (all events), Showdance, Theatrical Ballroom, and Cabaret
October 8^th to the 10^th
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
https://www.americandsf.org/

Chicago DanceSport Challenge

Senior 1 (all events including Cabaret), Senior 2 through Senior V
November 5^th to the 7^th
Chicago, Illinois
http://chicagodancesportchallenge.org/

More information concerning the location of the Junior 2 & Youth Pre-Champ and Championship events will be announced soon. We strongly encourage all DanceSport and Social Dance members to take part in these great events as competitors and spectators. The first in-person NQE, Charlotte Star Ball, is scheduled for April 16^th through 18^th in Atlanta, Georgia. Registration and information available at charlottestarball.com along with the Junior National DanceSport Training Camp.

For more information about USA Dance and the National DanceSport Championships, please contact President Ken Richards at president@usadance.org and Communications Chair Ruslan Wilder at marketingcommunications-chair@usadance.org.

About the organization: USA Dance, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) as a Recognized Sports Organization and is the national member body of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognized International Governing Body for Dance with the mission to improve the quality and quantity of dance in the United States.

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