Banner Stealing Rules
- In order to steal a banner, a visiting club must attend your club dance
with at least two squares or one third of their club membership, whichever is
the lesser number.
- In order to retrieve your club banner, only one square of your registered
club members is required.
- In cases where two or more clubs come to steal the banner, the first club
to have the required number of members registered in the visitors book shall
be awarded the banner.
- A club may either steal a banner or retrieve a banner on a visit , but it
takes a separate visit for each. Only the host club's banner may be taken.
- A declaration of intent to steal shall be made before 9:00 pm to the
president (or his / her representative) of the host club.
- No banner stealing shall take place after April 15 of each year so that
clubs will have their banner available for summer promotions.
- A banner may be taken only once by any club during the dance year season.
- A banner may be stolen or retrieved on a party night, provided the host
club is dancing on their regular club night and in their usual hall.
- Banner stealing is intended to be a friendly exchange between clubs. If
the host club's banner is in the possession of another club, then it is
recommended that some other token of appreciation be presented to the visiting
club which has the required number of dancers as outlined in #1 above.
- In the event that two or more clubs come on the same
night to steal the host club's banner, the decision providing a token of
appreciation to the unsuccessful club would be at the discretion of the host
club.
When applying the banner stealing rules, please remember that there are no
hard & fast rules when we are out for fun. Common sense & friendliness should
take precedence.
This has been copied from the Cross Trail news
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