Monday, March 1, 2010

Lockdown Battle Night 2010!

Lion City Lockers present:

Lockdown Battle Night 2010!!!
Yes that's right, the highly anticipated Lockdown is back!



This time round we have something special in store for everyone, especially since it's LION CITY LOCKERS' 2ND ANNIVERSARY!!!

Guest Judge: AGA & BOUI, both from SWIFT LOCKERS (Taiwan)!!!

Alongside Aga and Boui will be our very own judges, KS & Jin (Lock Out Loud, The Basic Fives)!!!

Not to forget our DJ who has been spinning mad funky tracks for our last 2 lockdown events - DJ SMOKE!

And our 2 funky, humourous (and maybe even nonsensical) emcees - Chunky & Prince Jack!

Battle format: 1 V 1!
**Audition will be held at 630pm sharp to choose the Top 16! **


Date: 13th March (Saturday)
Venue: Studio Wu (SMU Branch)
Time: 630pm - 10pm

Doors open at 6.30pm!

Admission fee: $15 (participants), $18 (audience)

Aga will also be holding a locking workshop on 14th March.
Details to be confirmed!

REGISTER FOR BATTLE ON OUR EVENT PAGE ON FACEBOOK:

Battle Details:

BATTLE FORMAT

Audition Round – Dance Freestyle/Showcase

- Please state if you are joining the battle when paying admission fee at the door.
- Proceed to the Battle Registration Counter to register your entry for the battle.
- Participants will receive a participation number, to be issued at the registration counter.
- Participants will be called out in sequence according to their balloted numbers.
- Depending on the turnout, dancers might be called out individually or as a pair to perform their freestyle piece.
- Each dancer will be given 30 seconds to freestyle to the given music.
- Failure to respond to your turn when the emcee summons your number, your turn will be forfeited and no points will be awarded.
- Judges will then deliberate to choose the top scorers to proceed to the battle rounds.
- A Best 16 Battles for the next round will commence, comprising of the top 16 scorers from the auditions.

Battle Rounds – Best 16

- Dancers will be paired randomly in no order to do battle with each other.
- 1 round battles. Each dancer comes out once.
- Emcee will do a ‘bottle spin’ to decide which dancer goes first.
- The winner will be decided by a panel of 4 judges. No point system.
- In the event of a draw, an extra round will be given to both dancers till a winner is decided.


Battle Rounds – Best 8 & Best 4 (Semi Finals)

- Dancers will be paired randomly in no order to do battle with each other.
- 2 round battles. Each dancer comes out twice.
- 2 sets of music will be played. 1 for each round
- 50 seconds time limit each round per dancer.
- Emcee will do a ‘bottle spin’ to decide which dancer goes first.
- A panel of 4 judges will decide the winner. No point system.
- In the event of a draw, an extra round will be given to both dancers till a winner is decided.
- Winner of each battle will face of in the next final rounds.

Battle Rounds – Finals

- 3 round battles. Each dancer comes out thrice.
- In case of a lack of time, the battle will only be for 2 rounds.
- 3 sets of music will be played. 1 for each round
- 50 Seconds time limit each round per dancer.
- Emcee will do a ‘bottle spin’ to decide which dancer goes first.
- A panel of 4 judges will decide the winner. No point system.
- In the event of a draw, an extra round will be given to both dancers till a winner is decided.

Judging Criteria

There are no specific judging score sheet criteria. However, judges may look out for the following:
- Foundation
- Rhythm
- Technicality
- Musicality
- Character/Projection
- Flow

BATTLE RULES

1. No act of rowdiness throughout the event
2. Do not obstruct your opponent’s dancing space when it is not your turn.
3. The judges decisions are final
4. No substitution will be entertained unless instructed by judges
5. Have fun. Or else.
6. Look at point 5.



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http://lioncitylockers.blogspot.com/

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See you guys on 13th March!!!

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