Are you ready for a trek to a magical land 300 miles to the northwest? Yes, the UNLV Desert Challenge is right around the corner!

The 2016 Desert Challenge Intercollegiate Dancesport Championships will be held at the MPE North Gym in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on April 22 and 23. Devil DanceSport is going, and we want you to join us.

As in previous years, the Desert Challenge travel package will cover hotel and registration costs for you. As is also our custom, we will charter a bus that will take you between Tempe and Las Vegas, as well as provide you transportation between the hotel and the competition on both Friday and Saturday. The base cost of our packet this year is $150.

However, UNLV receives the most aggressive travel subsidies we offer, and this year is no exception. Members who have satisfied all of our travel subsidy requirements (i.e. who have reached 100 points in the Devil DanceSport travel subsidy system during the Spring semester) will receive a $50 subsidy. Any additional points over the 100-point threshold will yield a subsidy of 50¢ per point. As a result, members who max out at 200 points will receive a whopping $100 off the UNLV travel package! As usual, we have pre-calculated subsidies for all of you, and you can check how much you would pay at our travel subsidies page.

But wait… THAT’S NOT ALL!

If you are planning to compete for the very first time ever, Devil DanceSport is offering a special one-time-only $50 discount off the base price! This means that you will be able to travel, stay and compete with the team for only $100! Full details on this special discount are available in the FAQ section of the registration packet, but in a nutshell, all you have to do is:

1. Register as a club member
2. Attend the ASU Ballroom Beginners’ Competition
3. Turn in your packet (linked below)

In order to travel with the team or claim any travel subsidies, you must be cleared as a Devil DanceSport member before Thursday, March 26; for more information about how to become a member, check out our membership page.

But wait… THERE’S MORE!

Newcomer competitors are also eligible for up to $50 off Vegas travel in addition to the travel subsidy and newcomer discounts by participating in the ASU Ballroom Beginner Competition‘s Scholarship Multi-Dance event. The top three couples get money off from Vegas, so if you are a newcomer, we strongly encourage you to sign up for that heat!

Just call in the next 20 minutes…

While calling in the next 20 minutes will not be necessary, if you want to take advantage of this offer, you must return your Vegas packets to a DDS officer by Thursday, March 31, 2016.

Note for Newcomer and Bronze dancers

If you signed up to compete in Newcomer or Bronze at the UNLV Desert Challenge competition in Las Vegas, we will require you to attend the ASU Ballroom Beginners’ Competition. (You don’t want to have the deer-in-the-headlights look when going against students from other schools, and we don’t want that either.) We will ask you to register in the Beginners’ Competition for at least the same heats and level you signed up for in your UNLV entry form. You may sign up for more heats in the Beginners’ Competition if you want (up to two consecutive levels).

Forms

• Full competitor packet (includes FAQ and all the forms we need from you)
• Information and rules packet (for all -e^iπ who are interested in such minor details). Note: UNLV now allows you to sign up for two consecutive closed syllabus levels.
• Extra registration form (for those of you with a bajillion partners. You need one per partnership.)

The annual Orange Blossom Ball hosted by Dancesport at UCR will be held on April 16, and Devil DanceSport is planning on attending again this year!

The Orange Blossom Ball registration packet will cover your registration fee and hotel. For this competition, we will use our point-based travel subsidy system. We will take the point total from the spring semester to compute your travel subsidy.

In order to receive travel subsidies, you must be cleared as a Devil DanceSport member for the spring semester by Tuesday, March 22; for more information about how to become a member, check out our membership page.

The base unsubsidized cost for the UCR package is $70; if you met all of the travel subsidy requirements, you will receive between $15 and $30 off your travel package! We have pre-calculated subsidies for all of you, and you can check how much you would pay at our travel subsidies page.

If you do not have a way of getting to Riverside yet, don’t worry! We will coordinate rides to make sure that you can make it there.

If you want to take advantage of this offer, you must return your UCR packets to a DDS officer by Thursday, March 24, 2015!

Forms

• Orange Blossom Ball registration packet — Includes all the forms you need to fill out to attend
• Orange Blossom Ball entry form — you need one per partnership, so print out extras if you need them
• Orange Blossom Ball waiver — you need one per person; extras available here if you need them

Join USA Dance Phoenix Chapter #4033 and Devil DanceSport for the annual Phoenix DanceSport Challenge All-Amateur competition!

The competition will be held at the Sun Devil Fitness Complex in the ASU West Campus on Saturday, March 19, 2016.

The competition will feature closed and open categories in all traditional dancesport styles—Standard, Latin, Smooth and Rhythm. We are also pleased to announce that we will once again provide several “social / club” dance categories which will be open to all competitors. Similar to last year, multi-dance scholarship heats will also be offered.

All participants must hold an active USA Dance competitive or social membership to compete. See the competition’s registration form for details or contact the Phoenix USA Dance chapter for more information on how to join.

Competitors may register using the paper registration form or by entering online through O2CM.

Deadline for Entries: Saturday, February 27th, 2016

Mark your calendars! UCSD’s 21st annual Latin and Ballroom competition, Dance By the Shores, is right around the corner (March 5 to be exact)! We invite you to join Devil DanceSport and Left Shark for a super fun, day-long dance event on the shores of the Pacific.

The UCSD registration packet (linked below) will cover your registration fee and hotel. For this competition, we will use our point-based travel subsidy system. We will take the point total from either the fall or spring semester (whichever works best for you) to compute your travel subsidy.

The base unsubsidized cost for the Dance by the Shores package is $100; if you met all of the travel subsidy requirements, you will receive between $25 and $50 off your travel package! We have pre-calculated subsidies for all of you, and you can check how much you would pay at our travel subsidies page. If you want to take advantage of this offer, you must return your UCSD packets to a DDS officer by Saturday, February 13, 2016!

In order to be able to travel, you must be cleared as a Devil DanceSport member for the spring semester by the packet deadline (Saturday, February 13); for more information about how to become a member, check out our membership page.

If you do not have a way of getting to San Diego yet, don’t worry! We will coordinate rides to make sure that you can make it there.

Full competitor packet – includes FAQ and all the forms we need from you. Includes two roster forms, one for you, and one for your partner.
DBTS rules and information – for all 1.4 of you who actually read them
Extra registration form – for those of you with a bajillion partners. You need one per partnership.