NDADD Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Civic Center is set to host the North Dakota Association of Dance & Drill State Dance Competition Friday and Saturday,

Over 500 North Dakota high school girls are expected to participate in the competition.

Forty North Dakota dance and drill teams, including Class A varsity, junior varsity and middle school and Class B varsity, will ompete in five categories, pom, jazz, hip-hop, high kick and novelty.

Jamestown’s Sophistikix dance team of of 14 will compete in the pom category at about on Friday at 5:30 p.m. and the jazz category at about 8:30 p.m. then in the high kick category at about noon on Saturday.

Jamestown last hosted the event since 2001. as the competition typically rotates between Grand Forks and Minot.

Jamestown also hosted the event in 2000, and in February 1987, at Jamestown High School.

The Civic Center doors open at 4 p.m. Friday with competition beginning at 5 p.m.

On Saturday the doors open at 8 a.m. Saturday as competition begins at at 9 a.m.

Awards will be handed out at about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Tickets will be available at the door.

Weekend passes are $31.50 for adults and $26.25 for students and seniors. Tickets for Saturday are $26.25 for adults and $21 for student and seniors. No single-day tickets are available for Friday.