Top Awards

Hawai’i Star Ball Top Teacher, Top Students and Top Studio awards are based on both entries and placements.  Teachers and students must dance the events to earn points. 

• Teachers that dance Pro/Am and also have student couples dancing in separate single dance adult student/student single dance events will be awarded “coaching” points and will accumulate 1/2 points per couple. Coach MUST be identified at the time of registration. 
• There will be no points awarded for any scratched or missed entries for any reason.
• Each entry, whether for single dance, multi-dance challenge or scholarship event is considered a single entry point.
• Placement points will be awarded according to the following schedule:

Youth events will be award 50% points. 

Placement points will be awarded according to the following schedule:

Proficiency

1 pt per entry, no extra points for placements (1/2 pt per entry youth)

1-2 Dance events

1^st= 8pts   2^nd=7pts   3^rd=6pts   4^th=5pts   5^th=4pts   6^th=3pts   7^th=2pts   8^th=1pt   plus 4pts/recall (youth events at 50% i.e., 4 pts, 3.5 pts, 3 pts, etc.)

3-5 Dance events

1^st=20pts   2^nd=15pts   3^rd=10pts   4^th=8pts   5^th=6pts  6^th=4pts  7^th=2pts  8^th=2pts   plus 5pts/recall (youth events at 50% i.e., 10 pts, 7.5 pts, 5 pts, etc.)