Costa Mesa, CA

Health & Safety Guidelines

Costa Mesa #1 Event Protocols and Restrictions For Attending Studios
Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa - Catalina Ballroom

GENERAL REMINDERS:
- Our competition’s number ONE priority and ability to host an event for your dancers is solely based on the health and safety of all attendees. Masks are required at all times by any person who enters the venue area. Any guest violating this requirement will be escorted off the premises. Please inform your families of the importance of complying with this rule!
- DANCERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR MASK WHILE PERFORMING ON STAGE.
- Live stream feed of all performances will be provided for your families’ viewing pleasure. The stream can be found on the city event page.
- Once your schedule has been set as final, it cannot be changed at the event.
- If any dancers, studio owners, teachers or chaperones are over temp (100.3F or higher) during check in, they will be given several opportunities to cool off. However, if continually tested over temp the venue will not permit admittance into the venue and will escort the individual off the premises.

TEACHER WALKTHROUGH & CHECK-IN:
- Studio owners and all teachers please arrive 1 hour before the first performance for a walkthrough of the venue explaining the layout of the area, direction of traffic, dressing rooms, and to pick up the studios wristbands for dancers, staff and approved number of guests that will be in the attendance.
- Please inform your dancers and parents to arrive no earlier than 30 minutes before their scheduled performance time.
- Limited Venue Capacity: The Venue Capacity is based upon the number of available chairs in the Catalina Ballroom. There are a maximum of 50 seats available, therefore please email me with the number of teachers and number of guests not to exceed 50 that you plan on having in attendance for occupancy approval so we can prepare your participation wristbands. Please email to cierra@dancekar.com no later than March 15th.
- Teachers & Parents can share wristbands passing them back and forth as they enter and exit the ballroom. They can hold them in their hand and not secure them.
- It will be the studio’s responsibility to disperse wristbands for each approved guest/teacher/dancer upon arrival. EACH GUEST/DANCER/TEACHER ENTERING THE BALLROOM MUST HAVE A WRISTBAND.
- Teachers & Parents can wait in the Fountain Terrace between performances while waiting to enter the ballroom.
- DANCERS MAY NOT REHEARSE IN ANY COMMON AREAS OF THE HOTEL, this includes in the lobby, restaurant, outdoor tent and space in front of the dressing rooms.

AFTER PERFORMANCE:
- You will receive all of your general awards at the conclusion of your segment.
We ask that all awards be distributed in the parking lot or off the premises.
- All High Point, Photogenic and Title/Dancer of the Year awards will be shipped to your studio.
- The announcement of High Point awards will be on Sunday, March 21st approximately 1.5 hours after the last performances via Virtual LiveStream. https://dancekar.com/virtual-competition/theater
- Score sheets and judges commentary will be available upon the conclusion of the on Wednesday following the event in your Studio Center.

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