14th Annual
Purdue Ballroom Classic
Friday Welcome Dance - Saturday Competition and Burlesque Party - Sunday Workshops
Purdue
Memorial Union North and South Ballrooms
101 N. Grant St. West Lafayette, IN 47906
Friday and Sunday activities are in the Stewart Center, room 302
(same parking lot)
Online Registration closed on Oct 28, 5:00PM.
Email now if you have questions.
$35 Students $40 Non-Students $3/$5 Spectators
Payment must go through campus mail and be received by Thursday
Nov 3rd. If your payment has not arrived, you will be asked to pay again at the door.
The late payment will then be returned upon receipt.
Parking
Grant Street Garage,
120 N. Grant Street, West
Lafayette, IN 47906
Just East of the Purdue Memorial Union.
The Garage is free on weekends, beginning
at 5PM Friday.
In case of weather, there is a tunnel to the union from the SW corner of the garage.
Friday
Check-In, Packet Pick Up, and Welcome Dance
Friday Night from 8PM to 10PM
Stewart Center, RM 302
If it is absolutely not possible
to pick up your packet by Fri night, registration will be open Saturday MORNING ONLY from 7:00AM to 10AM on the West entrance
of the South Ballroom, but you may miss the early events while getting checked in.
Saturday Competition and Burlesque Costume
Dance Party
Purdue Memorial Union North and South
Ballrooms (same parking)
All Day Saturday. You are invited to change into
Burlesque costumes during the dinner break.
See the Schedule page for details.
Wristbands - Your ticket to the room
Wristbands will be required at all times for entry into the ballroom,
even for our staff.
These items should be found in your packet.
Programs: Please
download a copy at the link at the top of this page, and view it online.
Printed programs will be available for purchase
at cost.
How To Compete.
Please read our online guide if this is your first time competing with the O2CM PDA judging system.
Competitor Staging Area - North Ballroom
Once again this year we have opened
up the North Ballroom for competitors. Please share this space for all of your competition belongings.
There will
be space to practice, tables to sit at, and vendors.
Please help us to keep space available in the South
Ballroom for spectators. Although our ballrooms will be restricted to paid participants and spectators only, please
do not bring valuables to the competition if you cannot attend to them.
Accommodations:
See the Hotels Page
Saturday Evening - Don't Forget Your Costumes!
An Evening of Intercollegiate Fun Dances,
all in Burlesque Costumes after the comp is over.
The theme for 2011 is
Burlesque
So search online for burlesque
makeup and hair tips.
Find a corset, and some boa feathers or be a variety act with any other Halloween costume for
a chance to dance and make friends with dancers from all of our visiting schools.
Fun dances may include:
Line Dances, Inter-collegiate, Reverse Lead, Jack and Jill, Night Club dances, Hustle, West Coast Swing,
and
other partner dances.
And you can count on
the Same Sex Rumba
which has become a very competitive annual tradition.
