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Canadian Traditional Red River Jigging Championships
Rules & Regulations
John Arcand Fiddle Fest
August 7th - 10th, 2008

Traditional Rules and Regulations

  1. NO CLICKERS allowed
  2. Only steps considered traditional are counted.
  3. If a step is done on the right foot - it must also be done on the left foot
  4. All slides that are done with the feet must be followed by a tap of the foot
  5. Shaking of the feet and legs will not be counted.
  6. No steps can be duplicated unless they are danced as part of another step
  7. The person with the most qualifying will win.

Challenges

Those awarded second place in their category, can challenge the first place contestant.

Rules 1 through 6 (as above) apply to challenges as well.

  • As the "challenger" you must follow the winner until he/she runs out of steps.
  • The two dancers will dance in a circle and face each other in the steps
    If the challenger breaks the step being done by the leader - the competition is over.
  • If the challenger follows all the steps and the leader runs out - he/she is the new leader and must dance one more step to win.

Since we added the Canadian Red River Jigging Championships to our programming, we have made many changes to our prize board and through this have been able to attract dancers from across Canada and further our desire to promote and preserve the Traditional form of this dance. Along the way we added the Pairs Competition to the Category Roster.  While this (Pairs) was a very traditional form of competition in the old days - we have now come to realize that our efforts to preserve the Traditional Steps must be lead by the Elders that know them and can pass them on to future generations.  We have therefore modified our prize board, deleted the Pairs Category and are honoring our Elders with a Seniors Category.  It is from the Elders that we will witness the Traditional forms, learn the traditional steps and be able to preserve the Traditional Art of Red River Jigging for generations to come.