March 5 - 7, 2026
Grandover Resort & Spa

Breaking News

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Hotel Announcement
Posted by Joy Hillary
11/17/2024
1:15 PM
This year, we welcome you to our new home: The Grandover Resort & Spa —- a newly renovated, AAA Four Diamond destination. Enjoy 36 holes of championship golf, a luxurious day spa, tennis courts, three bars, two restaurants, an art gallery, live entertainment, an outdoor pool, and exceptional event spaces
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New Partnership
Posted by Joy Hillary
11/17/2024
1:23 PM
Peter & Cassandra Schneider have proudly taken the helm, while Joy Hillary continues with us as our esteemed Organizer Emeritus.
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NDCA Premier Circuit
Posted by Joy Hilary
1/3/2023
5:10 PM

Organizers of NDCA sanctioned events will have the opportunity to offer NDCA Premier National Ranking events, provided they use the NDCA Premier Competition Software for their competition.Multi-Day Competitions and Championships may offer 24 National Ranking Events, and Local One-Day Events may offer 20 National Ranking Events.The ranking events that may be offered are:

  • Professional Open Ballroom, Latin, Rhythm, and Smooth (Multi-Day Competitions and Championships only)
  • Amateur Open Ballroom, Latin, Rhythm, and Smooth
  • Pro/Am Open A Ballroom, Latin, Rhythm, and Smooth
  • Pro/Am Open B Ballroom, Latin, Rhythm, and Smooth
  • Pro/Am Open C Ballroom, Latin, Rhythm, and Smooth
  • Pro/Am Open Senior I Ballroom, Latin, Rhythm, and Smooth
  • Pro/Am Open Senior II Ballroom, Latin, Rhythm, and Smooth

Four points are awarded for entering a national ranking event, and then an additional four points are earned from there for each couple in that ranking event that you beat. The ranking events should be the “top” event for each category, such as Pro/Am Open A Ballroom National Ranking Scholarship.Each participating Competition Organizer determines which events are to be their NDCA National Ranking events. It is important for Pro/Am events for the organizer to put the textNational Rankingin the title of each ranking event.

No points are earned unless both members of the partnership are currently licensed with NDCA, points are not retroactively available.Points are determined per calendar year, beginning with 2023.Multi-Day Competitions and Championships will award full points earned. Local One-Day Events will award .8 of points earned.Competitors may find out which events are part of the NDCA Premier National Ranking System soon by clicking on the calendar “Options” button on the home page of the NDCA website, then selecting “NDCA Premier Ranking Events”. Points will be uploaded automatically through NDCA Premier to NDCAPremier.com at the same time as when the competition results are uploaded.

The top 52 ranking recipients at the end of the first inaugural circuit will be recognized in early 2024 at the first NDCA Premier Awards Gala. This gala will be rotated annually among the Championships and Multi-Day Competitions that participate in the NDCA Premier National Ranking System. Additionally, the top five ranked couples, teachers and students in each award category at the end of each circuit will receive complimentary NDCA registrations for their competitor licenses for the next calendar year. This will make a total of 290 individuals who will receive complimentary registrations at the end of each circuit time period.

In January of 2024 the hosting event will be one of the Multi-Day sanctioned events that use NDCA Premier and are held in that month. In 2025 the hosting event will be one of the Multi-Day sanctioned events that are held in February, and likewise for each consecutive year. Sanctioned Multi-Day events will be given the opportunity to apply to host the awards gala each year, and the selection will be determined by draw. Because the month for the gala will be a month later each year the circuits will be thirteen-months long. This will allow for at least a four-week time period between the end of the circuit and the gala event for that circuit.AWARDS FOR 2026 – based upon rankings at the end of the 2025 calendar year.

Top Professional Ballroom Couple Rankings
-- Top-ranked couple in this category: $1,000.00 ($500.00 per person), plus recognition and award at annual NDCA Premier Awards Gala
-- Top-five ranked couples in this category: complimentary annual NDCA registrations for 2026

Top Professional Latin Couple Rankings
-- Top-ranked couple in this category: $1,000.00 ($500.00 per person), plus recognition and award at annual NDCA Premier Awards Gala
-– Top-five ranked couples in this category: complimentary annual NDCA registrations for 2026

Top Professional Rhythm Couple Rankings
-– Top-ranked couple in this category: $1,000.00 ($500.00 per person), plus recognition and award at annual NDCA Premier Awards Gala
–- Top-five ranked couples in this category: complimentary annual NDCA registrations for 2026

Top Professional Smooth Couple Rankings
-– Top-ranked couple in this category: $1,000.00 ($500.00 per person), plus recognition and award at annual NDCA Premier Awards Gala
–- Top-five ranked couples in this category: complimentary annual NDCA registrations for 2026

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Entry Forms
Posted by Jonathan Atkinson
10/22/2021
10:42 PM