Emerald Ball
Pro/Am Top Teacher Prizes

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Total Top Teacher Cash Purse: $25,000

Proficiency entries count towards top teacher points, but will receive points for entries only (i.e. no placements). Student/Student entries do not count toward top teacher placements.

Uncontested entries count at 1/2 point value.

Place	Prize	Bonus	Min. Entries	Total
1st	$3,500	$3,500	275*	$7,000
2nd	$3,000	$3,000	250*	$6,000
3rd	$2,250	$2,250	200*	$4,500
4th	$1,500	$1,500	150*	$3,000
5th	$1,250	$1,250	125*	$2,500
6th	$1,000	$1,000	100*	$2,000

Teacher must have at least 50 pro/am entries to qualify for any top teacher prize money.

* Bonus Cash Prize: to qualify for the bonus, the teachers must meet the mnimum number of pro/am entries.

Placement Points for Teachers for each Pro/Am Entry: See Placement points chart.

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Top Female Teacher Prizes

The Top Female Teacher at the Emerald Ball will receive a custom Emerald Ring.

Emerald Ball Pro/Am Scholarship Prizes

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Total Pro/Am Scholarship Cash Prize Money: $48,600 (Open $21,600 & Closed $27,000)

*Pro/Am Scholarships are per event

**In addition to prize money, a trophy will be awarded to all first places

Closed Bronze, Silver & Gold Scholarship Prize Money per event for American Rhythm, Smooth, International Standard and Latin in divisions for: A (18-35), B (36-50), C (51-60), S1 (61+), S2 (71+) Prizes: 1st – $200, 2nd – $150, 3rd – $100

Open Scholarship Championships Prize Money per event for American Rhythm, Smooth, International Standard and Latin in divisions for: A (18-35), B (36-50), C (51-60), S1 (61-70), S2 (71-75) & S3 (76+). Prizes: 1st – $400, 2nd – $300, 3rd – $200

To qualify for all scholarship events, a student must enter a minimum of 4 (Smooth) and 5 (Rhythm, Ballroom, Latin) Pro/Am single dances per scholarship event entered. All scholarships are unisex competitions for adults. Closed scholarships are restricted to Bronze, Silver & Gold students. Please remember that the closed scholarships are restricted to closed syllabus figures (Bronze restricted to Bronze Syllabus and Silver restricted to Bronze & Silver Syllabus, etc). Open scholarships are not restricted to any figures. In any scholarship event with fewer than three entries, the organizer reserves the right to eliminate the age and sex divisions & merge competitors into one division and reserves the right to cut the prize money amount in half.

• Students may NOT enter both Bronze & Silver scholarship levels in the same style.
• Students MAY enter both the Silver & the Open scholarships in the same style.
• Students MUST enter the scholarship level of the highest single dance entry level in a style.

For example: If a student enters single dance entries in Full Bronze and Pre Silver they would be eligible for the Silver Scholarship NOT the Bronze Scholarship in that style.