RULES AND REGULATIONS

  1. Each contingent must comprise either
    a. 36 dancers + 1 LED board carrier
    b. 42 dancers + 1 LED board carrier
    The LED board will be provided by the PA bearing the contingent's official name and assigned sequence number.
  2. Contingent must have sufficient reserve members to ensure that the number of participants does not differ from their registered number. Contingent may be penalized if the number of participants falls short of the registered number.
  3. Competition is open to any local groups and overseas contingents accepted by Chingay Parade 2012 EXCO. Your group may be registered under a GRC/constituency, Council, Community Club, Residents Committee, organization, school, country location or a dance group name. Unless specially approved, no advocacy/campaign messages should be displayed during the presentation.
  4. All contingents have to use Chingay song "Let's celebrate, We are One" to be provided by the PA as the common music. As the contingents travel down from the starting point to the end point (800 metres) along the entire parade route, they will execute a performance routine as follows: Moving forward dance of 2 minute with standard dance steps choreographed by the PA, to be followed by another 1.5 minute static dance steps and creative movements to be choreographed by their respective dance trainers/choreographers. The contingent will need to repeat the 3.5 minute sequence as they move down the parade route.
  5. Workshops will be conducted for all trainers/leaders to learn the standard 2 minute dance steps of moving forward choreographed by the PA free of charge. Based on the common dance steps which cannot be altered, variation in expression and style by your contingent is strongly encouraged.
  6. There will be an 8-cm deep waterway along the first 360 metres of the parade route. Contingent must take this into consideration in their choreography, costumes and props.
  7. Each contingent will bear their own cost including costumes, hand props, meals, transport and other expenses for participating in the competition and the rehearsals. They may acknowledge their sponsors/supporters in their own creative way through the presentation. The PA will provide a token subsidy for each of the final 18 groups to help defray the cost for transportation and meals. The subsidy is $800 for groups consisting 43 participants and $500 for groups consisting 37 participants.
  8. Participants in the contingent must be in their costume for the competition and full dress rehearsal. As Chingay is an international show and for excellent parade standard, no ordinary clothes (such as T shirt or casual attire) is allowed. Extra points will be given for those contingents wearing very interesting or unique costumes. Chingay EXCO reserves the right not to accept the participation of any contingents if their costumes are not up to standard.
  9. Each contingent will be judged based on their creative presentation, costumes, props, synchronisation, energy level, interesting presentation of group branding and identity and the special X factor.
  10. Each contingent will have to commit all the combined rehearsals before the parade. Absence from the rehearsals might result in disqualification for the competition. Please refer to the attached Rehearsal Schedule for the dates of the rehearsals, parades and briefing.
  11. Judging will be done on both parade nights on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 February 2012 at Pit Building (based on the average scores of the two nights), by an independent panel of judges to be appointed by the PA. Decision of the Judges is final and no correspondences and enquiries on Judges' decision shall be entertained.
  12. Announcement of the Winners and presentation of the prizes and certificates will be during the Chingay Awards of the Year Presentation Ceremony to be organised within three weeks after the parade.
  13. The Organiser reserves the right not to accept the participation of any groups without citing any reasons. It also has the right to disqualify any contingent if the group does not abide by the rules and regulations of the competition eg. absent from any rehearsal.
  14. The Organiser will not be liable for any injuries sustained, death or loss/damage to personal properties during the course of the competition, including the rehearsals.
  15. The Organiser reserves the right to amend, correct and change information, rules and regulations pertaining to the competition and the "Moves! Community, We are One" Chingay Travelling Dance Segment.
  16. Audience of the competition includes at least 70,000 onsite audience, 350,000 internet viewers, and more than one million TV home viewers.