2025 BATTLE IN BTOWN GENERAL RULES AND INFORMATION

VENUE: Monroe County Fairgrounds Auditorium

5700 W Airport Road

Bloomington, IN 47403

HOTELS:

Candlewood Suites (2.4 miles from venue)

1935 S Basswood Drive

Bloomington, IN 47403

Rate: $114 - 1 King or 2 Queens

Booking Link

Home2Suites (7 miles from venue)

1410 N Walnut St.

Bloomington, IN 47404

Rate:$149 - 1 King or 2 Queens

Booking Link

COMPETITION WEBSITE: Find competition info and updates here!

https://indianadanceco.com/hoosier-classic/

ENTRIES & REGISTRATION: All registrations should be done through the CCA registration system. Entries will be accepted in the order received. Programming and order of dance for all team and duo/duet dances will be in reverse order of payment (first to pay will dance last). The registration deadline is July 5th, 2025.There will be NO registration at the door.

REGISTRATION FEES:

Team Dancers: $20.00 per dancer per category
Solo Dancers (Contemporary, Traditional, and Acapella): $20 per dancer
Choreographed Solos: $50.00 per dancer
Duo/Duets: $20.00 per dancer
Spectators: Free
T-shirts: $24

Please Make Checks Payable to:

Indiana Dance Company
c/o Stephanie McGovern
713 Abigail Lane

Ellettsville, IN 47429

Paypal: indianadancecompany@gmail.com

Venmo: @indiana-dance-co

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Stephanie McGovern- 812-322-2225
Maddie Walls – 812-320-5365

JUDGING: Five judges will be used. The high and low scores will be dropped throughout the day and the three middle scores will be averaged. During dance-offs all scores will count towards the final score. 

STAGE CALL & ORDER OF DANCE: A Schedule of Events will be provided in advance. It is the director and dancer's responsibility to be prepared to dance in the order that is listed. There will be two calls for entrants to line-up. If you anticipate a delay due to costume changes ONLY, please notify the competition Emcee ASAP so that modifications can be made.

DRESSING AREAS: Dancers will be provided with designated areas to dress and store costumes in adjacent buildings. All garment bags and costumes should be stored in the designated areas provided. Please do NOT use the seating to store costumes. 

AWARDS: Awards will be presented to all Solos, Team and Duo/Duet Age Division winners placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The highest scoring Amateur, Challenge Junior and Senior Team in each category will receive a Grand Champion award.

OVERALL TEAM AWARDS: Overall category winners will compete in a dance-off, except for Starz teams. There will be 9 Overall team titles: 

• Starz Team (Awarded by high score)
• Amateur Jr Contemporary 
• Amateur Jr Traditional (awarded by high score)
• Amateur Sr Contemporary
• Amateur Sr Traditional (awarded by high score)
• Challenge Jr Contemporary
• Challenge Jr Traditional (awarded by high score)
• Challenge Sr Contemporary
• Challenge Sr Traditional (awarded by high score)

OVERALL DUO/DUET AWARDS: 

A top 3 will be recognized for overall duo/duet and short duo/duet.

• Contemporary Short Duo
• Traditional Short Duo
• Contemporary Duo
• Traditional Duo
• Show Duo
• Accapella Duo
• Overall Duo/Duet (Contemporary, Traditional, Show)
• Overall Short Duo/Duet (Contemporary, Traditional)

The highest scoring duo/duets of each category (Contemporary, Traditional, Show) will dance-off for overall duo/duet. 

1st place short duos in each age division (Traditional AND Contemporary) will dance-off for overall short duo.

OVERALL SOLO AWARDS: 

A top 5 will be recognized in the following categories: 

• Overall Choreographed Solo will be determined by high score 
• Overall Starz solo will be determined by high score
• Amateur Solos will dance-off for overall for overall male and female
• Challenge Solos will dance-off for overall male and female
• Amateur Traditional Solos will dance-off for overall
• Challenge Traditional Solos will dance-off for overall
• Acapella Solos will dance-off for overall

OVERALL TEAM AWARDS: 

• Overall Starz Team
• Overall Amateur Junior Contemporary Team
• Overall Amateur Junior Traditional Team
• Overall Amateur Senior Contemporary Team
• Overall Amateur Senior Traditional Team 
• Overall Challenge Junior Contemporary Team
• Overall Challenge Junior Traditional Team
• Overall Challenge Senior Contemporary Team
• Overall Challenge Senior Traditional Team

SCHEDULE:

Saturday, July 26th, 2025

8:30am Dancer Check-In Opens

9:00am Directors Meeting

9:15am Competition begins 

• Choreographed Solos
• Starz Solos
• Choreographed Solo Awards
• Starz Solos
• Starz Teams
• Starz Solo Awards
• Starz Team Awards
• Amateur & Challenge Teams
• Amateur Awards
• Challenge Awards
• Amateur Dance-Off
• Challenge Dance-Off
• Amateur & Challenge Solos
• Overall Team Awards
• Solo Callbacks (if applicable)
• Short Duos
• Amateur Solo Awards
• Challenge Solo Awards
• Solo Dance-offs
• Short Duo Awards & Dance-offs
• Solo Overall Awards
• Contemporary, Traditional & Show Duos
• Duo Awards & Dance-offs
• Overall Duo Awards