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Paper + digital
The physical card follows you in your pocket — stamps, stickers, signatures. The digital version shows your map in real time (classes taken, rooms visited, actions done).
— System · Passport
The Passport, your weekend logbook.
Paper in your pocket, digital on your phone. You collect stickers across the weekend to see where you stand in your West Coast Swing exploration — and where you still want to go. It's a game if you see it that way, a training tool if you prefer. Both work.
— The concept
One logbook, two formats.
A paper version handed out at registration. A synced digital version. You collect stickers across the weekend to see, in black and white, where you stand in your West Coast Swing exploration. And where you still feel like going.
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Collect your stickers
Every action leaves a mark. A class taken = a sticker. A new room tried = a sticker. A competition attempted = a sticker. By the end of the weekend, you see your journey at a glance.
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Games or tools — it's YOUR choice
Seen as a game: you collect, you unlock, you have fun. Seen as a training tool: you map your weak spots and choose what to dig into at the next edition. The two uses don't exclude each other.
— The system · SIP
An open scale. A hidden scale.
This is the game side of the Passport. Each action drops SIPs (Swing In Paris points) onto your logbook. Part of the scale is public — you know exactly what earns points. The other part is hidden — that's what keeps things balanced without turning the event into a points race.
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The open scale
Posted, transparent, the same for everyone. You decide what to aim for.
- 1 SIP · per class taken
- 1 SIP · per type of competition attempted
- 1 SIP · per theme social room tried
- 1 SIP · for staying until the end of the night
Surprise
The hidden scale
Known only to the organisers. Rewards the gestures we notice, the good energy, the moments that build the community.
- ? SIP · for inviting someone who's been sitting a while
- ? SIP · for crossing every Way at least once
- ? SIP · for helping a newcomer during the weekend
- ? SIP · …and many more, kept for the day itself
— The rewards
Not for the most points. For the most involved.
At the end of the weekend, the dancers who left the biggest mark on the event go home with surprises. Not necessarily those with the most SIPs. Not a ranking, not a podium — just a nod from the organisers to those who made the event what it is: their presence, their energy, their generosity on the floor, their curiosity across the rooms.
The Passport is included in all main passes. The full mechanics (detailed official scale, visual tiers) will be published as the evnt approches.
— Before registration
Your Passport starts with your pass.
The Passport is included in all main passes. On 18 June you book your spot, in January you play.