***Over $13,000 in Cash Prizes***
$3K Team Best Dressed
$2K Legendary Realness w/understudy
$1K Legendary Performance
$1K OTA Face
$1K OTA Performance No Old way
$1K OTA Runway
$1K OTA All American
$500 Urban SW w/creative sneaker
$500 MF Sex Siren
$500 FF Sex Siren
$500 OTA Old Way vs. New Way
$300 FF Realness
$300 MF Realness
$250 Transman Realness
$250 Legendary Kiki performance
- SE Awards Approved
- Ballroom Awards Approved
- Ballroom Throwbacks Approved
- Carolina Awards Approved
THE BLACK & WHITE BALL
Categories
*All categories must bring it in Black, White or a combination of both unless stated otherwise. Please read all categories in their entirety. (Grand Prize categories have their own requirements!)
Face
$1K OTA Face (7 Trophies – Women’s, BQ, FQ, Drags, GNC, Big Girl, Legendary) THE SHADE OF IT ALL! Tonight the shade is thick and your prop will do the talking. Bring it in all white with an oversized fan or all black with a mirror. Who will survive the shade?
OTA New Face
Performance
$1K OTA Performance *No Old way, No Legends (5 Trophies) – BQ, FQ, Drags, Women’s, Twist) the deadly assassin – All Black TOTALLY concealed vs. The Heavenly Angel – All white totally concealed. Winners of each category will battle for the cash, no house affiliations.
1K Legendary Performance - In Black and/or White with a shady prop! Prop doesn’t have to be black or white! (Sponsored by Icon Founding Godfather Fred Del Core!)
$500 OTA Old Way vs. New Way (2 Trophies) – The Icon Jovan Del Core has been known for his sharp crisp popping style and often has brought it as a mime, tonight bring it in honor of him in a black and white mime effect, don’t forget your face paint!
$250 Legendary Kiki performance – Must be Legendary or and Icon of performance in the Kiki scene. No matter your mainstream house, tonight show us why you have mastered performance!
OTA New Performance
OTA Hand Performance
Runway
$1K OTA Runway (NO ALL AMERICAN) - THE MODEL (8 Trophies - Small, Tall, Big, Women’s, Drags, FQ, GNC, Legendary) THE CHALLENGE – This category has been known for setting the boundaries when it comes to presentation, creativity and uniqueness. Tonight the challenge is simple, Part one get your tens in black jeans and a white t-shirt. Part 2 Come back with an effect created out of non conventional and unique, creative materials! (entire look doesn’t have to be out of non-conventional, however majority should)
$1K OTA All American Runway – Keeping with tonight’s theme of Black and White, Tonight your alter ego is in full effect! Part 1 Bring it in a couture black, white or combination look for your 10’s. Part 2 Come back with a colorful look for your battles. Let creativity be your guide (* Sponsored by Carolina Father Mehki Del Core)
OTA New Runway
Realness
$2K Legendary Realness with and understudy THE DUO (2 Trophies to the winning team) – Legendary Andray Ebony has been known for his duo's. History has produced some of the most notorious rivals, couples and duo’s! Tonight whether you’re Barrack & Michelle, Biggie & Tupac, Cardi & Nicki etc. etc. etc. Bring a duo and look that we can easily recognize. *Note* Can be any combination (MF MF -FF FF - MF FF)
$300 FF Realness (3 Trophies FQ, JR FQ, Drags - *No Legends)
$300 MF Realness (6 Trophies SB, Thug, PB, Executive, Everyday, Butch - *No Legends)
$250 Transman Realness - Sponsored by Seven King of the Eden Garden Project!
Fashion
$3K Team Best Dressed – (2 Trophies to the winning team) Tonight your presence has been requested at the Black and White Ball! Ballroom has a way of crossing boundaries! For years Realness has been asked to come fashionably done. Well tonight the stakes just got a lot more interesting. In honor of the jetsetters Icon Jovan Del Core & Legendary Andray Ebony bring forth a duo ready to slay!
- Requirement: One must be known for or have walked best dressed; one must be known for or have walked realness.
- Requirement: One must be in all white, the other in all black
- Any combo will do (MF, FF, GNC)
$500 Urban Street wear with a creative sneaker – Leave the high end labels at home, tonight the assignment is creativity!!! We don’t care about the name of what you have on; we just care about how good it looks! Just make sure you have a little black and white, after all this is the Black and White Ball!
New Best Dressed - 2 years and under of walking the category, not when you entered ballroom!
Sex Siren
Judging whose sexy shouldn’t be this hard, when you got it you got it. Tonight get your 10’s selling sex in your fully clothed black attire, and for the battle strip down to your sexy white undergarments…Don’t be humbled!
$500 MF Sex Siren (5 Trophies – Catboy, Jr, Sr, Transman, Legendary)
$500 FF Sex Siren (3 Trophies – Women’s, FQ, Legendary)
OTA
Bazaar - Black & White is commonly used in fashion but tonight you’ll use the two to create a unique effect! Bring it to the runway!
Body (6 Trophies)
Models, Muscular, Transman, Women, FQ, Legendary
Commentator vs. Commentator - Must include the word BLACK, WHITE or both in our chant! Let’s make it hot!!!
Event Venue
2600 W Trade St charlotte, 2600 W Trade St, Charlotte, NC 28208-3245, United States,Charlotte, North Carolina