CHEERDANCE MECHANICS & GUIDELINES

1. The competition will be held on November 19, 2011, at Notre Dame of Midsayap College
Gymnasium. Call time for the participants is at 5pm. The team captains/managers from the
participating schools shall draw lots to determine the sequence of rehearsal and actual
performance. Late teams shall automatically be scheduled first in the order of rehearsals
and performances.
2. Each participating school is entitled to enter a maximum of two (2) official group
composed of male and female cheer-dancers not less than fifteen (15) and not more than
twenty-five (25) in number. A maximum of five (5) additional members may be included who
shall serve only as spotters and/or props men for the team. The spotters and/or props men
must wear black uniform (t-shirt, pants and shoes).
The spotters and/or props men are not subject to the foregoing eligibility requirements.
3. The entire duration of the performance must not exceed six (6) minutes, exclusive of 30
seconds pre-setting and 30 seconds exit/pack-up and clean-up.
4. The routine parameters:
The routines are cheers or yells, creative dance or gimmickry and the cheer-dance routine
piece. The evaluation of the cheering will not be judged as a stands-alone element rather as
part of the Overall Impression Category.
The order of the performance is:
1. First, the cheers or yells for not more than ONE (1) MINUTE
2. Second, the creative dance or gimmickry for not more than TWO (2) MINUTES
3. Last, the cheer-dance routine piece must not exceed FIVE (3) MINUTES
A minimum of 4 minutes and a maximum of 6 minutes excluding the preparation, entrance
and exit are given to each performing team. Timing starts at the first obvious moment or
sound and ends when the end of the routine is obvious to the official timer.
5. * Cheers/chants must be yelled by the dancers live (not pre-recorded).
* Creative dance is any dance performance accompanied by pre-recorded music geared
towards entertaining the audience
* All routines must be appropriate for family viewing. Any vulgar or suggestive movements,
words, or music may result in disqualification. Uniforms must also be decent.
* All props must be registered and cleared with the Organizer prior to the performance.
Pyrotechnics and other similar dangerous or hazardous props are strictly prohibited. There is
a limit of only two (2) hand-held safe props to be used by the performers (ex: pompoms,
flaglets, placards), plus one banner/streamer to be provided by the organizers sponsor.
6. Criteria for judging:
1. TECHNICAL SKILLS
a. Degree of difficulty 10 POINTS.
b. Dance technique 5 POINTS.
c. Gymnastic skills 5 POINTS.
d. Pyramids 5 POINTS. (maximum of 3 levels)
e. Jumps 3 POINTS.
f. Tosses 2 POINTS.
2. ROUTINE
a. Synchronization 10 POINTS.
b. Safety 5 POINTS.
c. Choreography 10 POINTS.
d. Energy and Projection 10 POINTS.
3. CHEER AND YELLS
a. Audibility and Volume 10 POINTS.
b. Content 5 POINTS

4. OVER-ALL IMPRESSION
a. Audience Impact 5 POINTS.
b. Showmanship 5 POINTS
5. TEXTERS CHOICE 10 POINTS
TOTAL 100 POINTS
7. A panel of judges shall determine the winners based on the foregoing criteria. Any
violation of the foregoing rules may be used as a ground for disqualification or otherwise
cause the appropriate point deduction on the final score. The decision of the panel shall be
final.
8. Prizes per category:
CHAMPION ------------------------------- 25,000.00 W/ TROPHY
FIRST RUNNER-UP ------------------------------- 15,000.00 W/ TROPHY
SECOND RUNNER-UP ------------------------------- 10,000.00 W/ TROPHY
THIRD RUNNER-UP ------------------------------- 5,000.00 W/ TROPHY
CONSOLATION ------------------------------- 1,500.00
9. Special awards
BEST TRAINER ------------------------------- 3,000.00
BEST COSTUME ------------------------------- 3,000.00
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