2025 Aloha Ball
Prize Money and Awards
Top Teacher:*
1st ............................. $2500 (min 200 entries)
2nd ............................ $1500 (min 150 entries)
3rd ............................. $1000 (min 100 entries)
4th ............................. $500 (min 75 entries)
5th ............................. $300 (min 50 entries)
*Only points accumulated during Pro/Am events will count towards Top Teacher prize. Discounted Junior and/or Youth Pro/Am entries will count as half points. Five Places will be awarded; however only the amount of money qualified for will be given out.
Pro/Am Closed Scholarships
1st - $100 2nd - $75 3rd - $50
Pro/Am Open Scholarships
1st - $200 2nd - $100 3rd - $50
Open Amateur Adult Scholarships
1st - $200 2nd - $100 3rd - $50
NOTE: If Scholarships are uncontested, the organizer has the right to refuse the prize money. See “General Rules” for more details and requirements
Following Top Awards will be presented:
Top Studio
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Top Pro/Am Student
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Top Amateur and Mixed Amateur Couple
Top Student/Student Couple
Top Junior/Youth Student
Akiyoshi Sugino Memorial Scholarship
We are pleased to announce the Akiyoshi Sugino Memorial scholarship awards at the 2024 Aloha Ball competition. Like last year, cash awards will be presented to the top three Adult Amateur competitors in the Pre-Novice American Smooth division.
Sensei Sugino laid the seeds of ballroom dance for many of Hawaii’s top amateur dancers. He was a Blackpool finalist and moved to Hawaii in the 1970s. He taught ballroom dance on the islands for almost 50 years. Mr. Sugino was instrumental in creating several of the amateur ballroom dance clubs in Hawaii including IBDI, Pan Pacific and Hawaii Gardenia Circle. He retired from teaching in 2020. He passed away in September 2022 at the age of 80.
Mr. Akiyoshi Sugino was very interested in bringing ballroom dance to the next generation of dancers in Hawaii. In his honor, this year, we will present 1st , 2nd and 3rd place awards in the pre-Novice Adult Amateur Smooth division. This award was established in memory of Mr. Akiyoshi Sugino by Ravi Narayan and Synthia Sumukti.
