Day-Of Details

• • Competitions can quickly become unpredictable with time. 

  • Students should arrive 2 hours before their first competition time

  • They need to arrive in their first costume, full-face makeup, and hair ready

  • Students are to cover up costumes throughout the competition when not performing

Dressing Rooms:

• • Dressing room spaces are required to be kept tidy and maneuverable. This is a direct reflection on our studio. Keep your space clean.

  • There can be NO photos or videos taken in the dressing rooms.

  • TOP and SDA will not be held responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged items. 

Award Presentation:

• • Dancers are required to attend any awards ceremony that includes their routines

  • Black leggings with Press Play Company tanks with tennis shoes or bare feet (SDA Jackets or Wind Jackets may be worn as well)

  • No jeans, gum, food, or cell phones are allowed on stage during the awards

  • Dancers should be engaged and aware of the announcer during the awards

  • Team captains are given out by each routine teacher. The team captain receives their award from the announcer. If an overall or special award is given for a routine, the team captain will stand up to receive this award at the front of the stage. They are expected to stand in the fifth position, facing outward, and smiling

  • Team captains are NOT to pass out pins on stage. All awards and pins need to be brought to the studio during rehearsals. Teachers will pass out pins.

  • We expect our dancers to always maintain a grateful attitude during competition and for the duration of awards ceremonies. This includes clapping/cheering for everyone on their team and the other teams on the stage. Any negative remarks, disappointed faces, or fit-throwing of any sort will NOT be tolerated.

Team Conduct Expectations:

• • Our dancers and their families are role models of our SDA culture.

  • Our expectations as a team include good sportsmanship with other studios, competition faculty, and all team members. 

  • Family members are prohibited from entering the backstage area. 

  • Dancers are prohibited from checking themselves in with the backstage crew.

    • Your competition supervisor or choreographer will ALWAYS check the routine in with the backstage crew.