The legendary Salsafestival Switzerland in Zurich has the honour to present the first Qualifications for the 5th Annual World Salsa Championships in December 2009. The Qualifications take place in the Kongresshaus Zürich on Sunday, the 22nd of February 2009.
The winning couple in this qualifying event is entitled to compete directly at semi-finals during the World Salsa Championships at Disneyworld in Orlando /Florida to be held in December. This includes the return flights offered by the Salsafestival Switzerland (certain restrictions apply - please check the content of the pdf below carefully) and hotel accomodation offered by Salsa Seven.
Only participants of the Salsafestival Switzerland can register for this qualifying event. This means that you need to buy tickets that allow you to enter the location on Sunday, 22nd February 2009. Normally this is a Full Pass for each participant, but also a "Sunday Workshops" ticket is sufficient to enter the Qualifications. On the other side, no special participation fee is required.
Categories
The Salsafestival Switzerland is organizing only Qualifications for the on2division.
Prizes
The winning couple in this qualifying event is entitled to compete directly at semi-finalsduring the World Salsa Championshipsat Disneyworld in Orlando /Florida to be held in December 2009. This includes the return flights offered by the Salsafestival Switzerland (please note that we only pay the money needed for two return flights from Zurich to Orlando booked in February 2009, which maybe less thanthe actual ticket price from another airport and at a later stage) and hotel accomodation offered by Salsa Seven.
Participation Fee
Only participants of the Salsafestival Switzerlandcan register for this qualifying event. This means that you need to buy tickets that allow you to enter the locationon Sunday, 22ndFebruary 2009. Normally this is a Full Pass for each participant, but also a "Sunday Workshops" ticket is sufficient to enter the Competition. On the other side, no special participation fee is requiered.
Timeline
08thFebruary: Every Qualifications registration without valid festival ticket will be deleted from our records.
15thFebruary: Registration is limited to a certain number of couples with valid festival tickets and will be closed definitely on Sunday 15thFebruary 2009 at midnight.
16thFebruary: You will receive a short confirmation notice via email.
22ndFebruary:
10:30: The location "Kongresshaus Zürich"opens it's doors.
10:45: Check-in in the briefing room "Seezimmer 2". You will hand out your CDs with your 2-minute routine to the Competition DJ.
11:00: Briefing about the details of the Qualifications. Missing the briefing or being late leadsto immediate disqualification. In this case no refund will be made.
13:15: 15 minutes for dance floor testing. Missing the testing phase leads to immediate disqualification.
13:30: Begin of the preliminary round of the Qualification event.
-2 minutes of free style dancing (6 couples at the same time)
-Presentation of all 2-minute routines (1 couple at a time)
-2 minutes of free style dancing (6 couples at the same time)
14:30: End of the preliminary round of the Qualification event
17:00: Publication of the ranking list at the festival info desk. The first 3 couples move on to finals on Sunday night.
19:00: Rehearsals for the finals of the Qualification event.
22:30: Finals for the Qualification event.
-2 minutes of free style dancing (3 couples at the same time)
-Presentation of the routines of 3 finalist couples (1 couple at a time)
22:45: Night Shows
23:30: Presentation of the results of the finals. Awards.
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