General
Child Protection
15. Photography, film, video or tape recording is prohibited in the performance hall. We have an official photographer & organisers taking videos. Please advise the festival organiser asap if you do not wish any entries to not be photographed. By entry to this competition competitors and their guardians agree to perform before the cameras of the media or any agent of the competition.
16. All staff and volunteers have been DBS checked and will also adhere to Southern Dance Class Awards Child Protection Policy.
17. Acknowledgement of reading and complying to safeguarding policies, rules of the festivals must be entered on the entrance form.
Audience
18. The Audience must not enter during a class competition or adjudication and at the discretion of the stewards.
19. The Audience is encouraged to show their appreciation of performance through clapping NOT cheering or chanting.
Changing rooms plus additional classrooms provided
20. Competitors and parents are responsible for leaving the premises, especially the changing rooms, clean and tidy at the end of each day. The competition is charged a penalty per half hour for overstaying our agreed time. Please help us to keep our costs down by leaving promptly at the end of each day. Any accidents/spillages must be reported to the organisers to minimise the cost and effort involved in cleaning them up.
Please be aware that due to the current Covid situation as we all know things can change very fast. If needed updates on covid policies will be advised prior to the event.
Should Covid cancel our event everyone will be refunded. However, we cannot refund for individual isolations but can offer a place at a future event.
Your final timetable plus location & specific venue information will be sent 4 weeks prior to the event.
We look forward to welcoming you to our event, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions which haven’t been answered above.
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