Dear Friends of Dance World Cup
Another exciting year is planned for DWC and I am delighted to announce that for our2013 Season we will be hosting qualifying competitions in South Africa and Spain andwe are currently in negotiation with Bulgaria, Japan and Slovenia for future qualifyingevents. It is just fantastic that the DWC family is continuing to grow and we arepotentially looking at 2,500 participants for DWC 2013.
For countries where there is no official DWC qualifier you will now have to apply toparticipate at the Dance World Cup finals but submitting an application via our newVideo Entry System. This online application will be available from 1 December 2012.
We will correspond with anyone that needs to apply via this new system to explain howit will all work but we can confirm now that all online videos will need to be submitted by1 February 2013 to be eligible for application for Dance World Cup 2013.
The Dance World Cup competition is an expensive event to put on each year and we dorequire some financial assistance, it is important that the company has a secure cashflow position in order to hire the spectacular theatres and meet the venue costs so thatwe can put on the best events for you the Dance World Cup participants.
Therefore the Directors have decided to introduce a Dance World Cup membershipsystem which will take effect from the end of this calendar year and run until 30September 2013. Thereafter annual membership will run from 1 October to 30September each year.
We know that our events are most certainly memorable and we do wish for them tocontinue to grow with the successes of opening ceremonies and other events alongsideour competition. Therefore, in order to maintain our increasingly high standard, thiscash flow is needed.
Also these new DWC membership cards will be used going forward as identity cards forall of the participants as many theatres now require a sign in/sign out system for entryto the backstage and dressing room areas, this system will be in place for DWC 2013and will be used at subsequent Dance World Cup Finals.
DWC have prepared a Frequently Asked Questions sheet in addition to this statementwhich will give you all the information you need on the new DWC membership.
If you have any questions please can you make direct contact with me by email and Iwill respond to you, my contact email address is
Thank you and I wish you all luck in qualifying for our 2013 finals which I know will bememorable.
With kind regards
John Grimshaw
Chairman
DWC Limited