ASU DevilDancesport

It’s that time of the year again… it’s time to go to Las Vegas!

The Desert Challenge Intercollegiate Dancesport Championships will be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on April 25–26. Devil DanceSport’s mission is to dominate the UNLV competition. If you accept this mission, Devil DanceSport will cover hotel, transportation, and registration for you! All you have to do is to fill out the registration packet (linked below).

DDS members will only need to pay $125 for two nights of hotel, a spot on the bus, as well as your Desert Challenge entry fee.

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. We have pre-calculated subsidies for all of you, and you can check how much you would pay at our travel subsidies page.

In order to travel with the team or claim any travel subsidies, you must be cleared as a Devil DanceSport member before Tuesday, March 25; for more information about how to become a member, check out our membership page.

If you want to take advantage of this offer, you must return your Vegas packets to a DDS officer by Thursday, March 27, 2014.

• Full competitor packet (includes FAQ and all the forms we need from you)
• UNLV information and rules packet (for all the rules of the competition)
• 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 12, and Devil DanceSport is going 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 18; for more information about how to become a member, check out our membership page.

The base unsubsidized cost for the UCR package is $80; 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 20, 2014!

The annual Intercollegiate Showdown hosted by the Claremont Colleges Ballroom Dance Company will be held on March 15, and Devil DanceSport is going!

The CCBDC registration packet (pdf | docx) 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.

In order to receive travel subsidies, you must be cleared as a Devil DanceSport member for the spring semester by Friday, February 28; for more information about how to become a member, check out our membership page.

The base unsubsidized cost for the Intercollegiate Showdown package is $80; 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 Claremont 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 Claremont packets to a DDS officer by Tuesday, March 4, 2013!

Mark your calendars! UCSD’s 19th annual Latin Ballroom competition, Dance By the Shores, is right around the corner (March 1 to be exact), and you bet Devil DanceSport is going!

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.

In order to receive travel subsidies, you must be cleared as a Devil DanceSport member for the spring semester by Friday, February 7; for more information about how to become a member, check out our membership page.

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 $20 and $40 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 San Diego 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 UCSD packets to a DDS officer by Thursday, February 13, 2013!

Full competitor packet (includes FAQ and all the forms we need from you)
DBTS rules and information (for all 1.4 of you who care about such minutiae)
Extra registration form (for those of you with a bajillion partners. You need one per partnership.)

We noticed that the mentorship request form was giving some people some permission issues; this should now be addressed. For more details on our mentorship and tutoring program, click on Mentorship in the sidebar!

It’s competition season, everybody, and we are starting our year in central California!

The Seventh Annual Mustang Ball DanceSport Competition  will be held at Cal Poly’s Chumash Auditorium in San Luis Obispo, CA, on February 8, 2014. For those of you who are planning on attending, Devil DanceSport will cover two nights of hotel and your registration fee for the competition. All you have to do is fill out the registration packet (linked below).

For this competition, we will use our point-based travel subsidy system. (Since the registration deadline falls early in the Spring semester, we will utilize Fall-semester subsidy points to calculate how large your discounts will be.) The base unsubsidized cost for the Mustang Ball package is $90; if you met all of the travel subsidy requirements, you will receive between $20 and $40 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 Mustang Ball packets to a DDS officer by January 23, 2014. Do keep in mind that Mustang Ball uses the O2CM registration system (same one as DDSI), and they have enabled online registration (unlike DDSI), so you also need to head over to the Mustang Ball Entry Form webpage to finish your registration.

• Full competitor packet (includes FAQ and all the forms we need from you)
• Mustang Ball rules and information webpage (for the few of you that actually wonder about the rules of the competition)
• Mustang Ball registration site (note that DDS will still handle your payment, so you don’t have to worry about mailing checks to Cal Poly)

Number of midterm photos: 3726
Number of midterm videos: 87
Total size: 21630 MB (22 GB)
Number of tacos: Divide by zero.

For comparison purposes, here’s last semester’s stats:

> Number of midterm photos: 2243
> Number of midterm vids: 89
> Total size: 15337 MB (15 GB)
> Number of tacos: 2

One year ago:

> Number of midterm photos: 2469
> Number of midterm vids: 34
> Total size: 13028 MB (13 GB)
> Number of tacos: 0

3 semesters ago:

> Number of midterm photos: 3359
> Number of midterm vids: 44
> Total size: 16923 MB (17 GB)
> Number of tacos: 5

Hello!

At the start of the semester, we announced that Devil DanceSport had implemented a travel subsidy point system in order to reward those who participate in club activities, as well as to comply with new requirements from Sun Devil Sports. Since our main travel period is about to start next semester, we want to ensure that you are aware of the requirements for obtaining travel subsidies.

In order to qualify for travel subsidies next semester, you must complete the following requirements:

• Get cleared as a DDS member by SDFC via DoSportsEasy each semester
• Attend a minimum of five (5) weekend practices or workshops per semester
• Attend one (1) DDS-sponsored ASU event per semester
• Attend one (1) DDS-sponsored Sport Club event per semester
• Participate in at least one (1) DDS-sponsored community service event per semester

The following upcoming events are sponsored by Devil DanceSport, and count towards a travel subsidy requirement:

• ASU Event: ASU Men’s Basketball vs. Marquette:
  Monday, November 25
  Wells Fargo Arena, 7:00 pm
• Sport Club Event: Women’s Lacrosse vs. U of A
  Sunday, November 17th
  ASU Band Field, 10 am
• Community Service Event: SWU Dancing with the Devils
  Saturday, November 16
  Paragon Dance Center, 7:00 pm

Note that we do not anticipate having any more club-sponsored events this semester, so these are the last chances you have to satisfy each criteria!

Points that you earn during the fall semester will be redeemable for the USC and UCSD competitions at the start of the year. Points are reset at the beginning of each new semester, and travel subsidies for subsequent competitions (with the exception of the ones mentioned above) will be calculated using point totals from the spring semester. You can check how many points you have earned at http://www.devildancesport.com/point-system/database/.

A more detailed summary of the point system and membership requirements can be found on our website. If you have any further questions, you can send an email to info@devildancesport.com or speak with one of the club officers in person.

Thank you!

Results for the 2013 Devil DanceSport Invitational are now online! Simply go to DDSI’s results page on O2CM and peruse the score sheets at your convenience.

Full-resolution pictures will be available within a few days, so stay tuned!

The Devil DanceSport Invitational is less than a week away! Here are some important reminders / updates:

1. Heat list: A heat list with your entries is now available online! Visit http://www.o2cm.com/forms/entrylist.asp?event=DDS and verify that your entries were entered correctly. If there are any corrections that need to be made, email info@devildancesport.com ASAP!
2. Schedule: Here is the tentative final schedule. While we are fairly certain that the schedule won’t change too much, please plan to be at the Arizona Ballroom (located within the Memorial Union:http://www.asu.edu/map/interactive/?campus=tempe&building=MU) at least 30 minutes before the start time of your heats:
   • 8:00 am: Doors open, competitor check-in begins
   • 9:00 am: American Smooth single-dance events
   • 10:30 am: International Standard single-dance events
   • 11:30 am: Lunch break
   • 12:15 pm: American Rhythm single-dance events
   • 2:15 pm: International Latin single-dance events
   • 3:30 pm: Nightclub (fun) dances
   • 4:30 pm: Dinner break
   • 5:15 pm: American Smooth and International Standard multi-dance; Nine-Dance Smooth, Ten-Dance Standard sections
   • 7:00 pm: American Rhythm and International Latin multi-dance; Nine-dance Rhythm, Ten-Dance Latin sections
   • 8:30 pm: Team matches
   • 9:00 pm: End of competition
3. Drop/Add: If you need to drop or add any events, you must do so before the start of the session containing the heats you are planning to add.
4. Parking: Since the competition is on a Saturday, you will be able to use the Apache Boulevard parking structure free of charge. The structure is at the intersection of Apache Boulevard and Normal Avenue, with entrances on both Normal Avenue and Lemon Street (map: http://www.asu.edu/parking/maps/tempe-current.pdf). The Memorial Union is directly north of the parking lot, past the W.P. Carey School of Business’s buildings. As there is a performance at the Gammage Auditorium later in the day, take note that you can park both in the visitor’s section and the decal parking section of the parking structure. Additional parking options can be found at https://cfo.asu.edu/pts-parking-holiday.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email info@devildancesport.com. Also, feel free to visit the DDSI Facebook event page!

See you on Saturday!