British Dance Council Committees

The British Dance Council is made up of a number of different committees, each looking at one area of the dance industry.

Board of Directors
Chairman, Len Armstrong
Vice Chairman, Keith Jones

The Board is made up from delegates nominated from each Corporate Member of the Council at the March meeting of the Council; at present there are sixteen corporate member associations of the Council. Minutes of all the Council’s standing Committees are put forward to these meetings for ratification

Board meetings are held three times a year.

Committees
All standing Committee members are nominated at the October meeting of the Board of Directors, the Everyone is Born to Dance and the Sequence advisory Committee also include independent members that have been permitted to attend.

Disco Freestyle Rock’n’Roll Committee
Chairman - Len Armstrong
Its function is to consider, debate and report to the Board of Directors all matters relating to Disco/freestyle/Rock’n’Roll, delegates consider rule changes submitted by the Council’s corporate members.

BDC Disco Freestyle rule changes are considered annually. Meetings are arranged when necessary during the year following the procedure laid down by the Council.

Everyone is Born to Dance Committee
Current Chairman - Philip Perry
Its function is to consider, debate and report to the Board of Directors items relating to how to support and encourage young people into dance.
More information   and free download Caroline Peters School Sports Coordinator report

Finance and General Purposes Committee
Chairman, Len Armstrong
Its function is to consider, debate and report to the Board of Directors all financial matters and items of a general nature.
The British Dance Council is a non-profit making organisation, Limited by Guarentee

International Professional Affairs Committee
Chairman, Len Armstrong
Its function is to consider, debate and report to the Board of Directors matters relating to International affairs
Including:

• Proposed changes to WDC Statutes and Rules
• Selection of Adjudicators for WDC events

Rules Committee
Chairman, Len Armstrong
Its function is to consider, debate and report to the Board of Directors all rule changes submitted by its corporate members every three years for re-issuing of the BDC Rulebook.

Rule changes except in exceptional circumstances, revisions will only be considered under normal procedure every three years.
Current Rulebook - 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2008.

Sequence Advisory Committee
Current Chairman, Roy Sharpe
relating to issues of sequence dancing especially technical issues More information


Teachers Committee
Current Chairman, Freddie Boultwood
Honorary Secretary, Jan Williams
Consists of appointed nominees by the Corporate Members, which are examining teacher associations, these members are not elected by the Board of Directors.More information