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Team Directors Info
On behalf of The Canada Salsa Congress, thank you for being part of this Annual event.
General Information for directors:
Maximum time for routines: 5 minutes for teams, 4 minutes for student groups and amateur teams, 3 minutes for couples.
Time restrictions will be enforced, please respect these time limits and choreograph accordingly. Please remember that your costumes, music and choreography should be appropriate for all ages as there will be young performers attending this event.
Again this year we will be using our online registration system for all performers and instructors. A new page has been created on our congress website where performers and team directors can log in and upload their photo badges, list their performer’s names and pay for performer passes with a credit card. Please note that ALL teams, instructors, performers and student performers MUST register through this system. The online performer registration is easy to use, secure and will automatically sync up with our registration database and photo badge system so that everything is quicker and easier for both you and us!
Instructions: To register yourself or your team, go to the congress site and click on Artists/Performer Registration. All teams have been sent their user name and password. Follow the instructions. Please note that performers must be prepared with their headshot photo, contact info and credit card info when they log in. You cannot register without submitting a photo badge or without paying for your pass with a credit card. Team directors are welcome to submit all the info for themselves and their team or they may delegate the online registration process to one of their performers or they may have each performer input their own info.
Please note that our staff will be verifying all of the performer names that are submitted. Only team members that are actually performing at the Canada Salsa Congress are eligible for the performer discounts.
Deadlines:
Team Directors must email a list of all performers’ first and last names to registration@canadasalsacongress.com no later than July 30th, 2010.
All teams, instructors & performers must register online no later than Tuesday, Sept. 7th 2010 to ensure that their performance spot is reserved and that no dancer has to wear a wristband on stage. No performers will be allowed to register or pay at the event. There will be an early bird price for performer passes for performers who register online and pay no later than Sept. 7th.
All performers and instructors will receive a photo badge at the event. Print out your performer registration confirmation and bring it with you to the registration booth at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. Each person must pick up their own badge – you cannot pick up badges for your teammates.
Headshot Photos:
Please note that all photos should be a clear headshot image of the person performing only. Please do not upload photos that include people other than the attendee. Photos should be no larger than 300 pixels wide by 400 pixels high and file size no larger than 500 kilobytes. If you need to resize or adjust a photo, try using www.picnik.com to resize your headshot before logging into the performer registration. Picnik is free and easy to use.
Book your team’s hotel rooms online (go to Venue/Hotel). Book early as rooms will sell out! Discounted congress rate only available if room is booked before Sept. 20th and you mention the Canada Salsa Congress at the time of booking.
Teams must be available to perform on any of the 4 nights.
Performance schedule will not be posted until 3 weeks before the event. If a team is not available on a particular night due to flight times, they must inform Jennifer no later than Sept. 1st.
Tech rehearsal info: All performers MUST attend a technical rehearsal at the performance venue (Metro Ballroom, Westin Harbour Castle Hotel) from 5-7pm on the day of their performance. There will not be a formal tech rehearsal for the Opening Night Gala on Thurs. Oct. 7th. Competitors will be allowed to quickly test out the stage (mostly for size of stage, positions on stage and “speed” of floor) from 6:00pm-7:00pm before attendees arrive. The Opening Night Gala will be held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. The Opening Night Gala is an all ages event.
The order of the performances will be determined and posted at the end of each day’s technical rehearsal by the stage manager.
