10/10/23 – 2023 KHSAA Dance Regional Information & Instructions Available

October 10, 2023 Dance Blog Updates

Information pertaining to the KHSAA Dance Regional competitions for 2023-24 has been posted to the KHSAA website. There are several items for participating schools to review prior to the competition on the Dance page of the KHSAA website. This includes regional instructions for managers, participating teams, and fans as well as a detailed time schedule for each regional competition. The KHSAA has also totaled the declarations for Dance. Competitions will remain intra-region at each site.

INSTRUCTIONS/DECLARATIONS

• A link to the regional instructions are provided here: REGION INSTRUCTIONS
• Declaration numbers have been compiled for 2023-24. Links to that information are below:
  
  • DECLARATIONS BY SCHOOL
  • TOTAL DECLARATIONS BY REGION

COACHES BOX

• Each regional site will have a “coaching box” of a maximum of 6 seats.
• Each participating school can decide who will occupy these seats during the school’s performance, as long as it doesn’t exceed six (6) total (i.e. 2 alternates, 4 coaches or 3 alternates, 3 coaches, etc.).
• As a reminder, in accordance with the Universal Dance Association’s (UDA) Championship Rules, it is required that each team has a responsible adult at the music station who knows the routine and music (no alternates or team members allowed) and is not in the coaching box.
• This representative is responsible for pressing “play” and should not be one (1) of the six (6) individuals occupying the coaching box.
• No other participants from other squads or individuals will be permitted on the floor.

REGIONAL SCHEDULES

• The current dance alignment of teams can be found here: ALIGNMENT
• Detailed time schedules for each semi-state have also been posted:
  
  • Regions 1-2 Time Schedule (at Henderson County)
  • Regions 3-4 Time Schedule (at Madison Central) 

REGIONAL MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION

• The contact information for each regional manager at each site has also been posted and can be viewed here: REGIONAL MANAGERS 

KHSAA STATE DANCE COMPETITION

• Prior to the first regional competition, the chart detailing the number of qualifiers for each region in each division will be posted and sent to participating schools.
• The 2023 KHSAA State Dance Championships will be held on December 10 at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester.
• In the coming weeks, a finalized detailed time schedule will be developed for the state championships.

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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.