Dr. Kay Teer Crawford eventually started the world's first national precision dance-drill team competition in 1967: Miss Dance Drill Team USA (aka U.S. Nationals & Pageant, MDDTUSA). In 1981, Crawford also created the world's first international dance competition: Miss Dance Drill Team International. The U.S. National dance competition and world championships are now held annually in Southern California. But there are now numerous drill team & dance team competition circuits in California (i.e. Miss Dance Drill Team USA, Varsity/USA/UDA, CADTD, Sharp International, NRG etc.). And while most current school-affiliated teams do not compete on the festival level, those that do are consistently adjudicated in the following areas as developed by Dr. Kay Teer Crawford (Different competition circuits place different point/percentage weight on the importance of each of the following three areas in determining a final score): Routine choreography Technical execution Showmanship There are also quite a variety of categories in which a team can compete. Examples are as follows: Jazz Lyrical Contemporary Military Kick Hip Hop Pom/songleader Character Novelty Prop Dance-drill Co-ed dance Show production Unlike other states where schools are placed in separate divisions based on their school attendance size (as associated with state-organized athletic organizations), no such affiliation currently exists in California because dance is not considered an athletic sport. As a result, competition divisions are sub-divided into size of the performance group in a given routine, with teams allowed to compete in as many sizes as they wish: Small Medium Intermediate Large All teams are adjudicated on a point system, with total points deciding ordinal rankings in determining winners. Washington In Washington state, the phrase "drill team" usually refers to high school performance/spirit teams that compete in the "drill" and/or "military" category at local, regional and statewide "dance/drill" competitions. Drill routines (sometimes referred to as "drills") typically entail (indeed some argue should entail): highly regimented procedures for entering and exiting the stage; precise symmetry and/or spacing in the team's formations (a.k.a. line straightness); precise transitions between formations that do not compromise line straightness; perfect or near-perfect synchronization and sharpness in the teams' marching and other bodily movements; and interesting music selection. (Many drill teams incorporate kicklines into their routines; many other successful drill routines have been accomplished without them.) Judging is currently known as ordinal judging and ratings categorized by superior, exceptional, excellent, and good. The WIAA Dance/Drill competition is the annual championship event for qualified dance