THIS EVENT IS OVER FOR 2009

DANCER/WORKSHOP APPLICATION INFORMATION PAGE for  2009 - Please read before sending applications

Dancing on the Main stage area (fairgrounds) is to CD unless live music hours are requested  -- Live music hours:

• Sat 8-9:00 Amercanistan Band
• Sun 12-1:00 RaqsBand

Time limits: Short Solo 5 min, Solo/Duet 7 min, Short Troupe 7 min, Troupe 10 min.

Dancing on the Main stage is from Noon to 9pm Saturday, Noon to 7pm Sunday. Signups accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, but cancellations and time shifts are common so don't hesitate to check the schedule and request a spot up to the time of the event. Only the first spot for one soloist or one troupe will be honored. Any multiple requests for one soloist or troupe will go on the waiting list.

No dance confirmations are usually sent to the dancer. Please see the official schedule for your time:   Check out the current DANCER LIST

WHO IS WELCOME TO DANCE?     YOU!!

Every year someone asks me what you have to do to be allowed to dance at the event. If they are new, are they too new? If they are professional and dance regularly should they not take up the spaces that others might use? My answer: SHOW UP BREATHING! This is a community event and there are dancers from all over at all levels.

• Newbies! Come try your wings! (That is ESPECIALLY why the 5 min solo is available)
• Professionals! Come promote your fabulousness!
• Instructors! Dance your best and make 'em want to come to your classes! (and consider getting a nice ad in the program)
• Turkish belly dance? Egyptian Bellydance? Tribal? Fusion? IRISH? POLKA? ALL welcome!!!

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT DANCE SPOT FEE:

• The rate is the same for ANY dance spot solo, duet or troupe. $6 per spot
• You will not be checked in or registered for a spot without receipt of your fee.  If you are mailing in your fee please note that you only have a 10 day hold on your spot for us to receive your fee. With non-payment your spot is released to be filled by someone else.
• Your fee will not be refunded if you cancel your spot or do not show for your spot.
• If you need to try and change your time later please email saqra@saqra.net and we will explore the available alternative times, but in the event that no acceptable times are available your dance spot fee will be forfeited to Showcase.
• People signing up for workshops and paying by Paypal will be given a slight time advantage to make up for making those important workshop decisions when other dancers may be just whizzing in their registration for a dance spot, so take a little time and consider taking a workshop or two! It is you workshop takers that keep this event rolling and we don't want you penalized for thinking time!

VIDEO POLICY

All performers will be required to sign a loss & injury release and will be videotaped for the Showcase archives (not for public use). An additional release may be available for those willing to release their performance for the promotion and support of the Showcase, but is not required as a condition of participation in the Showcase.

Our non-professional video recording of your performance will be available for free on your own VHS tape as in past years. We will no longer have VHS tapes for sale so you must bring your own. We are trying to phase out VHS.

We WILL be producing a DVD of your performance for $10. If you have pre-paid, one master copy of your performance on DVD will be produced and available for you to take following your performance.  Master DVDs of Troupe Dance Spots will only be released to the named Director of the Troupe due to past problems. If you wish additional copies made at the time of the event they will be available directly from the video booth for $10 per copy. Please bring back the master DVD and allow an extra 30-60min for the duplication, or pre-order during dancer check-in.

No one will be allowed to video any of this event without the permission of the participant involved and /or the express consent of Saqra because of past problems AND DANCER REQUEST. If you are caught taping without the permission of our videographer (even on a cell phone) you will be required to leave the site at his discretion.

Additional VIDEO POLICY INFORMATION is available in the Performer's Letter at the bottom of this page.

LAST MINUTE REGISTRATION FOR WORKSHOPS

Meant to get around to it and still want the pre-registered prices? Pay for your workshops by using www.Paypal.com! Pre-registered prices are available until 1 day before your workshop, but only if your payment is received.

Paypal Thursday for Friday-Sunday classes
Paypal or Walk-in on site after 4:30 on Friday for Sat & Sun classes
Paypal or Walk-in on site Sat for Sun classes

SHOWING UP TO PAY THE DAY OF YOUR WORKSHOP MEANS AT-DOOR PRICES... EVEN IF YOU HAVE SENT IN THE FORM SAYING YOU WANT TO ATTEND.

We want to keep the pre-reg prices available as long as possible for YOU so it gets a little complex. Thanks for your understanding!

Having trouble with Paypal? Please email saqra@saqra.net and request a bill be sent! Bills will probably be sent at the end of each day (barring internet issues) and the time of your request is considered the time of your payment, so if we can't get it out before the workshop you will be considered paid by our volunteers and can finish the transaction when you receive the bill.

PERFORMER'S LETTER for 2009 - IF YOU ARE PERFORMING WE THINK YOU READ THIS

Topics are as follows:

• STAGE SPECS,
• DRESSING ROOM INFO,
• MUSIC PERSON MESSAGE,
• DANCER CHECK-IN MUSTS,
• VIDEOTAPING,
• BUILDING ENTRANCE TIMES,
• CANCELING DANCE SPOTS

STAGE: The stage is 16'x20' and an 18" rise.  Usual entrance is probably now from the left hand side, looking at the stage (stage right). Backdrop is very simple and lovely, supplied by the wonderful Ms Gaile Thorsted/Taheyya. Lighting is supplemented room lighting as usual -- this is a daytime festival and the lights have to be on full in the room for the vending.

DRESSING ROOM: Dressing room space should be plenty large this year -- men may ned to dress in the restroom, but the restroom at the fairgrounds is spacious. Remember you are responsible for your own things when left in the dressing room. There will be a few mirrors available, too.

MUSIC: Please be kind to our sound guy! Check your CDs on a regular CD player before bringing them for the show! You must choose to "close" a home burned CD when you are burning it or it will not be readable by anything but a computer. Please have ALL your show with the songs IN ORDER on ONE CD marked with your act name. If you ask us to skip around through multiple cuts on a CD, ONLY THE FIRST CUT WILL BE PLAYED.. or worse yet who KNOWS what will actually be played... and do not give the music people dirty looks if you didn't follow this request and something goes very wrong. SOLOS  HAVE A MAX TIME OF 7 MIN. TROUPES HAVE A MAX TIME OF 10 MIN. The camera shows real time and the sound man WILL fade you.

CHECK-IN: Please check in at the Dancer Check-In table at least 1 hour before your performance time. At the 1 hour mark we start getting nervous and looking at the waiting list and at 45 minutes we give a last call for you and a call for the first dancer on the backup list. Also be aware that if you choose to dress elsewhere you may still want to check in in the dressing room, as there will be a dressing room dancer-wrangler looking for you about 3 dancers before your performance to let you know how the schedule is progressing (in other words, to tell you when you are on).

VIDEO: We will once again offer free videotaping of your performance. We do not zoom in on body parts or do special effects. NO OTHER VIDEOTAPING IS ALLOWED WITHOUT PERMISSION. If you want to videotape something on your own, you MUST check in with the video booth to get permission and an escort. If you are caught videotaping ANYTHING without permission during the event you will be told to leave. [Note: this video policy is in place because of DANCER request, not because we like being control freaks.] All recordings will be to DVD and only one copy of your performance will be available on site. We seems to have eliminated all technical issues. NOTE: If you do not stay fairly near the stage you may dance out of the view of the camera.

ENTRANCE TIMES:

FRIDAY 4:30 Vendors; 5:15 Workshop participants

SATURDAY 8:50am Workshop participants and Vendors, 11:00am Noon hour dancers & bands; 11:30am general public

SUNDAY 8:50am Workshop participants and Vendors, 11:00am Noon hour dancers & bands; 11:30am general public

CANCELING your dance spot? Please let us know immediately since we always have a waiting list.

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