Couple Division - single performance per couple. Winner will be awarded a medal and prize money.
 
Group Division - single performance per group. Winner will be awarded a medal and prize money.
 
Qualified to participate in celebrated salsa event abroad including congress and festival.
(accommodation, pocket money, VIP pass, etc. can be discussed)

The 1st place winner must perform an encore on Sun, 3 Aug.

 
Total prize of 20 million won
Couple division
1st place 3 million won
2nd place 2 million won
3rd place 1 million won
Mayan award Premium dance shoes Mayan \300,000 gift certificate
Overseas Award
1 million won (awarded among overseas competitors in good standing. If an overseas competitor wins another prize, the 4th placer from Korea will be awarded.)
 
Group division
1st place
7 million won
2nd place
3 million won
3rd place
2 million won
Mayan award
Premium dance shoes Mayan \700,000 gift certificate
 
Korean
- Couple division: 2 people as a team
- Group division: 6-20 amateurs as a team
 
Overseas
- Invited by the organizing committee, or recommended by cooperative organizations overseas.
 
Length : 2-3 min Salsa music (music past 3 min will be cut off, and points will
  be deducted)
Editing : Inserting sound effects is allowed.
Percentage : More than 70% of the soundtrack should be Salsa.
Deadline : See application deadline.
Format : Burn it onto two CDs with different brands.
Configuration : Burn only one song that you are going use as a soundtrack on the
 CDs (CDs with more than two songs will not be accepted)
 
Label : Write your division, the name of the team and the leader, and contact
 information on the front side of the CDs. (The submitted CDs will be
 not returned.)
 
Rehearsa : TBA
* Korea Salsa Congress will be broadcasted via MBC ESPN. Please submit your music
  with high sound quality.
 
Total points : maximum 320 points
Judges
- Lineup: 8 judges
- Qualification: Invited dancers overseas and senior members of the organizing
              committee
- An additional judge will be assigned to check rules violation.
- To examine the creativity of choreography, judges will be given a briefing about 2006
  and 2007 Championship entries.
Points Allocation
- Rhythm: Accordance with music and basic tempo of genre
- Creativity: Technical points on the creativity of choreography and movement.
- Expression: Artistic points on aesthetic expression, performance, costume and
              appearance
Audience reaction: Audience reaction and popularity.
Scoring
- Maximum 10 points and minimum 1 points on each item
In case of tie
¨ç Couple division: team with more points on audience reaction will win.
¨è Group division: team with more points on audience reaction and more members will win.
 
Winning couples and groups are qualified to participate in both domestic and overseas
   Salsa events. (Accommodation, pocket money, VIP pass, etc. can be discussed)
 
Three-day full package can be purchased with additional \50,000 to the entry fee of
   \30,000 (accommodation is not included)
 
Deadline
- 1 May - 5 July, 2008 (-20 June for international participants)
How to Apply
Email application and two 800*600 photos to ALF@wect.co.kr
Send the entry fee of \50,000 to WECT, Inc., Shinhan Bank, account no. 140-007-100464
¡Ø Contact Asia Latin Culture Festival Organizing Committee at 82-2-541-3175
 
Winning teams will be liable for taxes on the prize money.
The images and videos of the participants can be used later by the organizing committee
   to promote the event.
Group reservations will be accepted until Sun, 27 July. First come, first served.
  Block allocation is only available for those who made payment. Anyone who makes
  payment later than the group will be considered as an individual reservation.
Thousands of participants and spectators are expected, so please maintain order.