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CHEER BID DISTRIBUTION PROCESS 

Worlds Bid Distribution Info

JAMZ is pleased to announce that at its 2011 JAMZ All Star National Championship on the weekend of February 18 -20^th we will be awarding 2 Fully Paid Bids to the Cheerleading Worlds. Therefore teams in Level 5 and Level 6 (Senior and International) will compete for 8 Bids to the Cheerleading Worlds.

 Bid Distribution as follows:

 1 Paid Bid guaranteed to the Senior Level 5 divisions (excluding Senior Open). The Senior Level 5 Divisions will be guaranteed to be awarded at least 3 Bids to the Cheerleading Worlds.

 International Level 5 will be eligible to compete to receive 1 Paid Bid to the Cheerleading Worlds. 2 Bids will be guaranteed to be awarded from the International Level 5 divisions.  

 1 At-Large Bid will be guaranteed to the International Level 6 Division.
 * Provided at least 5 teams register for this division.

 2 Bids will be awarded from the Worlds Judges Panel to go to eligible teams in all the Level 5 and Level 6 (Senior and International) by majority vote from the Panel.
* All teams that are eligible for a Paid bid must bring at least 2 teams to JAMZ Nationals to prevent spoilage of the bid. 

Each division will be judged by WORLDS caliber panel of judges.  Each team will compete twice over two days. 

40% of the first day’s score and 60% of the second days score will be totaled to create each team’s final ranking score. 

 Specific details regarding ‘Worlds’ are available on the USASF website at www.usasf.net.  This info will include specifics on airfare, hotel, substitution policies, offer limitations, and more.  This information will also be distributed to bid winners.  JAMZ RECOMMENDS TEAMS REVIEW THE COMPLETE WORLDS INFO PACKET ON THE USASF WEBSITE PRIOR TO COMING TO JAMZ NATIONALS.  Bid winners will be required to fill out time-sensitive info including a written form of acceptance or declination of the Worlds Bid.  Bid winners will be expected to comply with all deadlines to avoid forfeiture of their Worlds Bid.  Thus, decisions about whether or not to attend Worlds will need to be decided prior to attending JAMZ Nationals.

JAMZ reserves the right to all final decisions and selection of teams who will represent them at Worlds.  

 

DANCE BID DISTRIBUTION PROCESS

Worlds Bid Distribution Info 

All teams in the following divisions will be given the opportunity to compete for TWO PARTIAL PAID Bids and two AT-LARGE Bids to the Dance Worlds.

     • Senior Jazz

     • Senior Pom

     • Senior Hip-Hop/Funk (teams may elect to enter the senior coed Hip-Hop Division if they receive a bid to The Dance Worlds and meet all qualifications)

All teams in the following divisions will be given the opportunity to compete for two AT-LARGE Bids to the Dance Worlds.

     • (International) Open Jazz 

     • (International) Open  Pom

     • (International) Open Funk / Hip-Hop

Each division will be judged by WORLDS caliber panel of judges.    

Performance times will be posted on www.jamz.com at least one week prior to the event.  JAMZ reserves the right to all final decisions.

The 2 Partial PAID BID ($3,500 max) Will be distributed as follows:

     • 1st and 2nd Highest Scores of all qualifying Divisions

What is a partial paid bid? The All Star Dance teams that are awarded the Partial Paid Bids will be invited to represent JAMZ at the 2010 Dance Worlds with $3500 of expenses paid for squad members and coaches who attended the JAMZ National Championship.   One team could earn both partial paid bids if they perform two routines, and their two routines were the highest average scores from the qualifying divisions - that’s up to $7000 for the Worlds Dance Titles.  Partial paid bids are the only option offered by USASF at this time for dance teams. 
 

At-Large BIDS will be distributed as follows:

     • 2nd & 3rd Highest Combined Scores of all three Senior Divisions not already holding an At-Large Bid.

     • 1st & 2nd Highest Combined Score of all three International Open Divisions not already holding an At-Large Bid.

AT-LARGE BID EXCEPTION:  Per new USASF restrictions, JAMZ will no longer hand-down AT-LARGE BIDS to the next team in line more than 72 hours after JAMZ Nationals.  If an AT-LARGE BID is turned down by a team, it will no longer be in play after the 72 Hour period.  Also, if a team has already accepted an “At Large” bid from another company and opts to compete for another bid, they will be eligible only for a “Partially Paid” bid at JAMZ. 

Specific details on the event and accommodations are available on the USASF website at www.usasf.net.  This info will include specifics on airfare, hotel, substitution policies, offer limitations, and more.  This information will also be distributed to bid winners upon the announcement of winners, BUT JAMZ RECOMMENDS TEAMS REVIEW THE COMPLETE WORLDS INFO PACKET ON THE USASF WEBSITE PRIOR TO COMING TO JAMZ NATIONALS.  Bid winners will be required to fill out time-sensitive info including a written form of acceptance or declination of the Worlds Bid.  Bid winners will be expected to comply with all deadlines to avoid forfeiture of their Worlds Bid.  Thus, decisions about whether or not to attend Worlds will need to be decided prior to attending JAMZ Nationals.

Based on scores, there is a chance that the same division may receive multiple awards or bids.
JAMZ reserves the right to all final decisions and selection of teams who will represent them at Worlds.