NDA ALL-STAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Gaylord Texan Resort Grapevine, TX January 25-27, 2019

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1 INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION Commemorative Gift Two routines included with registration (additional routines are $55 per person) Admission into all performances FLOOR DIMENSIONS Competition will take place on a stage in the new Tate Ballroom at the. The marley dance floor is approximately 39 deep x 49 wide; each strip is 4 11 wide and there will be 10 strips running front to back. ITINERARY FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 CHAMPIONSHIP CHECK-IN Make your way to Grapevine! Event Check-in and Practice will take place at the. COACHES MEETING NDA will offer a coaches meeting to wrap up any last minute championship questions you may have on check-in day. ONE COACH PER GYM/STUDIO IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND! INDIVIDUAL DIVISIONS Solos (Mini, Youth, Junior, Senior only) will be offered on Friday afernoon. Exact times TBD. See separate Soloist Registration Form for more information. Space is limited and registrations will be first come, first served. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 GAYLORD TEXAN RESORT Preliminary Competition for all divisions will take place on February 10. Doors are tentatively scheduled to open one hour prior to the first performance. NOTE: Division times will not be available until 2½ weeks prior to the championship. SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 Final Competition for all divisions. NOTE: Due to enrollments, all times are subject to change. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS A & I Travel is a team of dedicated travel consultants that will help you arrange your group s travel. A & I Travel will negotiate group pricing on your preferred airline and provide fare comparisons for up to five airlines. Questions regarding airline tickets OR travel specifics: A & I Travel, at varsity@aitvl.com or phone at You may also visit our website for travel requests at nda.varsity.com. The championship registration is separate from your team s travel arrangements and cannot be paid for with one check. Separate payment arrangements must be made with A & I Travel.

2 NDA TEAM PLACEMENT PROGRAM This program was put in place for all traveling teams utilizing hotel rooms while attending the NDA All-Star National Championship. Connections Housing is the official, and only, housing company for NDA Championship housing. Teams that attend the 2019 NDA All- Star National Championship are required to book rooms through Connections Housing in order to participate. NDA has authorized no other company to book housing for groups attending Nationals. Numerous hotels around Grapevine have been blocked for your ease and convenience in booking. There are three convenient ways to contact Connections Housing for information on blocking your team and spectator rooms: nda.varsity.com WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU IN DALLAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!

3 INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW CONTACT NUMBERS For questions regarding event schedules, legalities, or championship registration: NDA, P.O. Box , Dallas, Texas NDA.2WIN ( ) Fax Rules at nda.varsity.com NOW YOU RE READY TO REGISTER Complete and mail in all registration forms and deposit with registration to: Via USPS: NDA Championship Registration P.O. Box Dallas, Texas Via UPS or FedEx Overnight: NDA Championship Registration 640 Shiloh Road Building 2, Suite 200 Plano, Texas INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW REGARDING PAYMENTS CHECKS/MONEY ORDERS/CASHIER S CHECKS (see next page for credit card payment option) When mailing in payment(s) please include: 1. Name of team 2. Customer Number (with final balance) 3. Contact phone number Note: Teams must submit one check, money order, cashier s check or credit card with their registration. If one payment is to be applied to more than one team, please indicate the amount to be credited to each team. Checks should be made payable to NDA. You may pay by money order, cashier s check or credit card. Do not send cash or personal checks. Incomplete registrations will not be processed. Please be sure to complete all required forms prior to registration. For your convenience, you can now register online. Please confirm your division at nda.varsity.com. Within two weeks of receipt of your completed form(s) and payment(s), you will receive an invoice and general information regarding the championship. A nonrefundable deposit is due at the time of registration. Payments not received at this time will result in the Team not being added to this event. Note: A $50 returned check fee will be charged for each insufficient funds check. Any payments received after December 19th MUST be in the form of a cashier s check, money order, or credit card. Personal or organization checks will not be accepted after December 19th and will be returned.

4 INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW CREDIT CARD PAYMENT OPTION Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express may be used for full payment. The FULL BALANCE will be charged to your credit card. Credit card payments may be made by calling 877.NDA.2WIN ( ). LATE REGISTRATIONS If space is available, late registrations will be accepted after the designated deadlines by sending in the FULL BALANCE due with your registration. If you are registering late, the full payment must be submitted in the form of a cashier s check, money order or credit card. The standard cancellation policy will apply to all late registrations. CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS Notification of cancellations and request for refund must be made in writing, and ed or faxed to NDA. No cancellations will be accepted by phone. Cancellations may be faxed to NDA at NDA is not responsible for faxes not received. All cancellations must be received during business hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm CST. If cancellation is not received during these hours, it will be dated the next business day. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS If you are booking flights to Dallas, we recommend you contact A & I Travel; their team of highly experienced group travel specialists provide: Personalized service to your team s travel needs to ensure a successful experience One-stop shopping to include all your event transportation arrangements Consultative air travel schedules and price options Expert group discounted airfare negotiations Negotiated ground transportation (NOT included with airfare) A & I Travel is happy to provide you with a no-obligation quote. Contact the dedicated Varsity team at or by at varsity@aitvl.com.

5 COMMUTER PACKAGES (for hotel information, see page 2) COMMUTER PARTICIPANT Total per person if postmarked on or before Nov. 5 $169 Total per person if postmarked between Nov. 6 and Dec. 10 $174 Total per person if postmarked on or after Dec. 11 $179 COMMUTER PREP PARTICIPANT $119 $124 $129 COMMUTER COACH $84 $89 $94 ADDITIONAL ROUTINES* $55* $55* $55* NOTE: 2 FREE Commuter Coaches per registered team. *$55 per participant, per routine (two routines included in registration) DIVISION CHANGE DEADLINES Teams making Division changes between January 2nd and January 13th will be charged $100. No division changes will be accepted after January 13th. SPECTATOR ADMISSION Friday, January 25th $10 Saturday, January 26th $25 Sunday, January 27th $25 Weekend Pass $55 PAYMENT Deposit due with registration. Final balance due December 19th. LATE REGISTRATIONS All payments made after December 19, 2018, must be in the form of a cashier s check, credit card or money order. CANCELLATION On or before Dec. 19 Dec Jan. 19 On or after Jan. 20 FEE PER PERSON $50 per person $100 per person All fees are non-refundable ADDITIONAL ROUTINES Two (2) included with registration $55 per participant/per routine

6 A registration form must be completed for each squad/team participating. Please make additional copies as necessary. This application will not be processed unless all information below is accurate, completed in full and returned with full payment per person. Make one check payable to NDA. Please do not staple payments to this form. Please print all information clearly in black/blue ink or type directly into this PDF. Please send a separate registration form for each squad/team registering. NAME OF TEAM AS IT SHOULD APPEAR ON THE PERFORMANCE ORDER STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE TELEPHONE NUMBER FAX NUMBER COACH (all correspondence will be forwarded to the address of the coach) STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE COACH DAY TELEPHONE NUMBER COACH CELL PHONE NUMBER COACH ADDRESS PERSONAL ADDRESS* *NOTE: We only ask for your personal address in the event your firewall and/or filter prevents/blocks our communications. PAYMENT INFORMATION Number of Participants x $ Balance = $ Number of Coaches* x $ Balance = $ Number of Crossovers x $ Balance = $ Number of Add l Routines x $55** Balance = $ (per person) *2 FREE Commuter Coaches per registered team. **$55 per participant, per routine Total = $ Select form of payment: Check/Money Order Visa MasterCard American Express Discover Amount: $ IF PAYING BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER, MAIL CHECK TO: NDA All-Star Nationals 640 Shiloh Road, Building 2, Suite 200, Plano, Texas NOTE: Please include NDA All-Star Nationals on your check. IF PAYING BY CREDIT CARD, PLEASE CALL 877.NDA.2WIN.

7 ALL-STAR/STUDIO DIVISIONS Please check Division and indicate number of Participants in each Category. The following Divisions will follow USASF Safety Rules. AGE NUMBER COMPETING AND DIVISIONS REQUIREMENTS CATEGORIES OFFERED MEMBERS GENDER Tiny (Competitive) 4 Years - 6 Years 4 or more Dancers N/A Mini Prep* 5 Years - 9 Years N/A Mini Small 5 Years - 9 Years Mini Large 5 Years - 9 Years Mini Coed 5 Years - 9 Years Mini Male 5 Years - 9 Years Hip Hop 0 Females Youth Prep* 7 Years - 12 Years N/A Youth Small 7 Years - 12 Years Youth Large 7 Years - 12 Years Youth Coed 7 Years - 12 Years Youth Male 7 Years - 12 Years Hip Hop 0 Females Junior Prep* 9 Years - 15 Years N/A Junior Small 9 Years - 15 Years C/L Junior Large 9 Years - 15 Years C/L Junior Coed 9 Years - 15 Years C/L Junior Male 9 Years - 15 Years Hip Hop 0 Females Senior Small 11 Years - 18 Years C/L Senior Large 11 Years - 18 Years C/L Senior Small Coed 11 Years - 18 Years C/L Senior Large Coed 11 Years - 18 Years C/L Senior Male 11 Years - 18 Years Hip Hop 0 Females Open Small 14 Years & Older C/L Kick Open Large 14 Years & Older C/L Kick Open Small Coed Open Large Coed Open Male 14 Years & Older 14 Years & Older 14 Years & Older C/L C/L Hip Hop 0 Females *Prep division have different awards from all other divisions. National Champions in prep divisions will receive a team banner and team award and each individual and up to 2 coaches will receive a National Champion Hoodie. C/L : Contemporary/Lyrical

8 COMBINING AND SPLITTING GUIDELINES The USASF provides guidelines for COMBINING and/or SPLITTING divisions in the best interest of providing a competitive environment. Whenever possible, there should be at least 3 teams in any given division category. There will be instances, however, where there are not permissible combinations thus having a division that may only have one or two teams. The guidelines listed herein will provide the basis for how this will be accomplished. Event Producers may not further combine or split All-Star categories and/or divisions by style, level, skill, age or ability, other than outlined without prior written approval from USASF. DEFINITIONS: May means that an event producer is permitted to combine or split but is not required. Anything that reads may is left to the discretion of the event producer. Must means that an event producer is required to combine or split if the division meets the criteria set forth in the guidelines. May not means that the event producer is prohibited to combine or split the division. I. SPLITTING ALL STAR ELITE: 1. Event Producer s must first split by program. Teams from same program location will not be forced to compete against each other unless: i. The coach creates two teams in same div/cat: (Ex: 2 small junior jazz teams) ii. The coach may choose to have their teams compete against each other. 2. Event Producer s must then split by size and/or gender dependent upon which split will create the deepest competition for all teams entered in a particular division category while still ensuring no less than 3 teams remain in a particular division category. PROGRAM NAME DIVISION CATEGORY TOTAL # OF ATHLETES FEMALE MALE Program A* Youth Small Hip Hop Program B Youth Small Hip Hop Program C Youth Small Hip Hop Program A* Youth Large Hip Hop Program D Youth Small Coed Hip Hop Program E Youth Large Coed Hip Hop Program F Youth Large Coed Hip Hop Program G Youth Large Coed Hip Hop Program H Youth Large Coed Hip Hop Program I Youth Large Coed Hip Hop Example: 10 Teams are registered in Youth Hip Hop (3 YSHH, 1, YLHH, 1 YSCHH, 5 YLCHH). Program A* has entered an all-girl team in both Small and Large Youth Hip Hop. These teams will not be forced to compete against each, thus splitting by size is ideal placing 6 teams in YLHH and 4 teams in YSHH regardless of gender.

9 II. SPLITTING PREP: All performances, regardless of style, in these division categories will be judged against each other unless one of the splitting rules applies. Event Producers must split Prep routines into separate Categories (Prep Jazz, Prep Pom, Prep Hip Hop, Prep Contemporary/Lyrical, Prep Kick or Prep Variety) by Age Division if: a. There are two teams from the same program registered in the same Age Division. (Example: Junior Prep Jazz and Junior Prep Pom teams from the same program will not compete against each other. However, if a program chooses to register two teams in the same Age, Team Size and Category, the teams will compete against each other.) b. There are three or more teams in the same category style, and at least two remaining performances in any of the other category styles. (Example: 3 Junior Prep Hip Hop, 1 Junior Prep Pom, and 1 Junior Prep Kick will be split into Junior Prep Hip Hop (with 3 teams) and Junior Prep All Styles (with 2 teams: Prep Pom and Prep Kick) III. SPLITTING TINY: All performances, regardless of style, in these division categories will be judged against each other unless one of the splitting rules applies. Then, Event Producers will split Tiny into separate Categories (Jazz, Pom, Hip Hop, etc.), if: a. There are two teams from the same program registered in the same Age Division. (Example: Tiny Jazz and Tiny Pom teams from the same program will not compete against each other. However, if a program chooses to register two teams in the same Age, Team Size and Category, the teams will compete against each other.) b. Event Producers must split Tiny Divisions within the same category into Small and Large (as outlined in grid) if there are 10 or more teams in the division before the split occurs. There must be at least 3 teams in each division once the split occurs c. There are three or more teams in the same category style, and at least two remaining performances in any of the other category styles IV. COMBINING TO CREATE A ALL STYLES CATEGORY: Event Producer s may create an All Styles category to combine routines of different styles within the same age division when fewer than three teams are registered in a particular category. If combined, all Category styles (Jazz, Pom, Hip Hop, Contemporary/Lyrical, Kick or Variety), in each Division, (Tiny, Mini, Youth, Junior, Senior or Open), may compete together in this category. (Example: When one team is registered in Junior Jazz and two teams are registered in Junior Pom, the event producer may combine Junior Jazz and Junior Pom to create Junior All Styles) EXCEPTIONS: a. Categories with 3 or more teams registered in a particular age division will not combined with other categories into an All Styles category. Example: If there are 3 teams in Junior Jazz, 2 in Junior Pom, 2 in Junior Hip Hop and 1 in Junior Kick, the event producer could combine the Pom, Hip Hop and Kick teams into the Junior All Styles Division/Category and leave Junior Jazz as a separate Division/Category. Note: There should always be more than one team in the All Styles category. b. Categories will not combined into an All Styles category if it means that a program will compete against itself. (Example: Junior Jazz and Junior Pom teams from the same program will not be combined into the All Styles category if that would cause them to compete against themselves, unless the program is agreeable to such a combination. If a program chooses to register two teams in the same Age, Team Size and Category, the teams will compete against each other.) c. The All Styles category is not a Primary USASF or Worlds Bid category.

10 AGE REQUIREMENTS: The USASF recognizes the concern with fielding teams of a broad age range and highly recommends that individual programs be vigilant in monitoring participants of various ages on the same team and that, whenever possible, a team s composition is made up of participants of similar ages. The age of the competitor as of August 31, 2018 will be the club age used for competition purposes throughout the season for Tiny, Mini, Youth, Junior* and Senior Age Divisions. For Open (International) Divisions, the eligible age for the athletes will be determined by the calendar year of the competition (Dec. 31 of the same year that the competition occurs) for its age cut-off date. Athletes that are not 14 on or before December 31, 2018 may not compete with an Open team before November 1, A calendar year is considered January 1st December 31st. All USASF member athletes must be 3 years of age in order to participate. Any team, from any country, may enter any USASF Division as long as they abide by the age requirements of that Division. Junior teams that compete for a bid to The Junior Dance Worlds will follow the age requirements outlined in the application process posted on USASF.net Age Requirements, Divisions and Categories for the 2019 Dance Worlds can be found at usasf.net and in The Dance Worlds Bid Packet. CROSSOVERS 1. Dancer(s) may compete in more than one division and/or category as long as they abide by the age requirements in all divisions in which they compete. 2. Prep a. Dancer(s) may compete in both Prep and Non-Prep categories with the following limitations: i. They may not compete in routines in the same category. (i.e. Dancer(s) may not compete in Youth Hip Hop and Youth Prep Hip Hop) ii. They may not compete in routines in the same category in a different age division. (i.e. Dancer(s) may not compete in Youth Prep Pom and Junior Pom) iii. Jazz & Contemporary/Lyrical ONLY: Dancer(s) may not crossover and compete in Prep and Non-Prep performances in the Jazz & Contemporary/Lyrical categories. (i.e. Dancer(s) may not compete in Youth Prep Cont/Lyrical and Youth Jazz) b. Dancer(s) may progress from a Prep to a Non-Prep Team in the same category style over time, but may not first compete on a Non-Prep team and later compete on a Prep team in the same style. (Clarification: dancers may only move forward in levels of progression, not backward). (Exception: When only one team is registered in a Prep Division Category at an event the team may move to the Non-Prep category at that event without breaking Crossover Rule 2b at future events.)

11 STUDIO NAME ALL-STAR CROSSOVER FORM COMPLETE ONE FOR EACH CROSSOVER PHONE NUMBER SAMPLE SENIOR JAZZ CINDY HERKIMER JUNIOR HIP HOP IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL CROSSOVERS, PLEASE PRINT THIS FORM AS MANY TIMES AS NEEDED. Age Eligibility Requirements - The age of the competitor as of August 31, 2018 will be the age used for competition purposes throughout the season for all divisions. NDA always attempts to ensure teams from the same program do not have overlapping performances during the preliminary schedule. However, NDA cannot guarantee that a performance and practice overlap will not occur during the final schedule.

12 ALL-STAR DANCE ATHLETE ID FORM Dear All-Star Gym/Studio Owner, In lieu of the Team Eligibility Roster that was previously required by NDA, all cheer and dance participants must now be registered in the USASF Athlete ID program. Registration is required prior to your first competition of the championship season. If you haven t already registered, please see the quick process below. ATHLETE ID PROCESS STEP 1 Prior to attending your first event in the season, register all cheer and dance athletes by entering information in member profiles at USASF.net. Athlete birth certificates will be uploaded to USASF secure servers for birthdate verification by USASF staff. Once birthdates are verified, birth certificate files are digitally destroyed and not stored on any server. STEP 2 Create and print USASF Official Event Rosters for each team prior to each event and submit at check-in. Please attach the Roster to this form. I certify that all the listed athletes on my USASF Official Event Roster are current active members of and meet the eligibility requirements of the specified division to be a member of the team participating. MUST BE SIGNED BY GYM/STUDIO OWNER. SIGNATURE DATE PRINT NAME DAYTIME PHONE TITLE

13 TEAM BIO FORM Please take the time to completely fill out this form - a separate one for each team in the competition. The information you share will be used to produce Championship related content for varsity.com, and Varsity TV. Make sure your team gets the recognition they deserve! Turn in completed form during event registration or at least 1 week prior to Jenni Parrish at jparrish@varsity.com. Gym/Studio Name Team Name Division(s) Number of athletes competing on floor Breakdown of athletes by age or grade City & State Team Nickname (if any) Team Colors Captain s Name(s) Head Coach s Name Additional Coaches Name(s) Team Traditions Team Goals How many years have you attended NDA All-Star Nationals? Last year s placement List all NDA titles won Coach s contact number at event Any additional information you d like to share about your team Coach s Team Twitter Handle Team Facebook Page Official Team Hashtag Team Instagram