The Christchurch Modern Jive Championships (or Chch Champs) is one of the most popular Modern Jive competitions in Australasia with over 200 competitors regularly attending.
- Friendly, welcoming atmosphere.
- Great variety of music.
- Fanatical attention to detail.
We're looking forward to welcoming you back to the Central YMCA with our 3 day format (there's no need to attend all three days in order to attend or compete).
Friday Party and Showcases
The opening ceremony of the Champs! Here's where we welcome everyone to the Champs with dance party. We'll also reveal Lucky Dip partnerships so you can meet your partner and start dancing together.
- Large dance floor
- Second themed room
- Casual seating
- Meet your lucky dip partners
- Showcases from 9pm
- Entry: $20.00
We will also have dedicated rooms with music for practising Music Mashup and Aerials.
This is the larger day. There will be dancers who have never competed before who'll be going out onto the floor for the first time and there'll be seasoned competitors looking to perform their best and perhaps take away one of our unique trophies.
- We'll start around 9:30 a.m.
- Dancing until midnight (clocks go back 1 hour!)
There'll be plenty of social dancing including during the dinner break when we play a more laid back mix of music.
Spectator tickets are only $10.00 and are available on the door (cash and EFTPOS available - sorry no credit cards).
Sunday has a different vibe and the new format introduced in 2018 proving to be very popular.
We have categories open to all competitors as well as some dedicated to Masters dancers (age 40 and over). There will be plenty of opportunity for social dancing during the day
Spectator tickets are only $10.00 and are available on the door (cash and EFTPOS available - sorry no credit cards).
Visiting Christchurch
If you're aiming to survive the whole weekend, give yourself a day off on Monday. Take time to recover and see how our new city is taking shape or visit some of the many attractions we have here.
Some of us dancers have start a trend of fitting in a Parkrun before a competition (Christchurch and Melbourne so far), Hagley Parkrun starts and finishes only 400 metres from the YMCA - just sayin'.