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Sewa Dance Idol Competition 2025 - Rules and FAQs
Competition Rules
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FAQs
1] Why is Solo entry charges so high as compared to Duet?
Great question, here are few reasons:
2] Can we put up a stall (jewellery etc.) at the venue?
3] Would food be available at the venue for snacks and lunch?
3] What are the judging criteria for the competition?
4] Can I know my exact timeslot with that session?
We will not be revealing the lineup. You would want others to watch your performance and also vote for you, isn't it? that's why. We don't want people to come only for their performance and go.. we would have kept competition on zoom only if that's what was the expectation.
5] How much would be the total time spend on the event day?
For any contestant, session time would be approx. 3 hours plus time it takes to decide and announce winners. It's quite reasonable.
6] What are Madison Contest Schedule and timings:
10:30 AM to 1:30 PM Classical and Semi Classical. (includes prize distribution at the end), Check in 10AM. Competition begins sharp 10:30 AM.
2:00 PM to 4:30 PM : Bollywood and folk (includes prize distribution at the end), Check in 1:30 PM.
In standard festival performances neither sequence matters nor it involves any fundraiser information sharing to the audience. Hence exact sequence within these slots unfortunately cannot be given. Please don't mind.
We will make event fun with exceptional performance, food, entertainment, shopping. Please have your kids bring their tablet so they don't get bored waiting till prize distribution.
These timings approx. since this is the 1st time we are doing Dance Idol. Timings might very 30 min here and there based on how it goes. Please plan to arrive in your session timeslot.
7] How do I edit my presubmitted final details and audio file form?
If you have already submitted the entry and want to change something, please look for confirmation email from google when you submitted that entry, choose edit response and then edit the response you had submitted earlier.
Please do not submit a form again and it will create duplicates and trip the system.
8] Will I automatically win if I am the only contestant in that category?
We will have to combine some combinations into we call them Prize Categories if that is the case. Here is the methodology:
We had 80 combinations of dance style, age group and group sizes whereas we will have lesser no. of contestants; it means we had few combination with only 1 contestants. This is not general cultural performances but a competition means everyone has to compete. Hence team made logical combination of the closest match. Judges have years of experience and professional training to decide the winners amongst such categories.
At the same time, we made sure that they get trophies if they are in different category, just a different place based on performance.
Here is an example.
For Milwaukee Folk, we had 1 entry in kids, 1 in teens solo and 1 in teens group. team just combined them and made sure each one gets a trophy because they were in different combination but they also got to compete and got their respective trophies.
Only place a contestant or a group did not get a trophy is when we have multiple participants in that exact combination and that contestant didn't make it in top tier.
Event Day Guidelines
We want to make sure that everyone (Participants as well as Organizers) have a very pleasant experience. From that perspective, given below are some other important guidelines:
Late submissions would have penalty in terms of points as it will create a lot of planning problems for us. Please submit proactively. It is extremely important to have correct naming standards followed while submitting the audio file to avoid rejection of submissions. Please follow the instructions given in the form and help provide a very good experience for you and audience.
Please make sure to be available in the hall during the timeslot provided. When your group's name is called and the group is not available to compete, Group's entry will be forfeited.Food:
Competitions run multiple hours but we got you. We will have snacks and lunch items available for purchase at the venues.
Milwaukee location: We will have snacks available thorughout the day whereas HTW would have awesome Lunch menu.
Madison Location: Sewa would have snacks as well as lunch available for purchase as a part of Cafe Annapoorna. Given below are a few pictures of our previous Annapoorna concession stands.
Cafe Annapoorna photos:
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