CELEBRITY DANCE CONVENTIONS

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1 CELEBRITY DANCE CONVENTIONS

2 CELEBRITY Celebrity Dance Conventions has created a vision that involves the participant, the studio owner, teachers & parents. Celebrity Conventions will provide a personal convention where everyone feels like a Celebrity. This includes personal service, lower entry costs, lower travel costs, trophies, scholarships and cash prizes, lunch for dancers, marley in all rooms, attention to all participants, a positive environment, t-shirts for all dancers, plus much more. Come Be A Celebrity! CELEBRITY STATUS Celebrity would like to say Thank You to our studio owners, with special incentives just for you. Register as a studio and you can receive rebates, special offers, access to Celebrity Club and can cruise for free. Welcome to the Celebrity Treatment! REBATES Use rebates toward your future registration fees, travel expenses, competition parties, Celebrity Nationals at Sea, as a gift to your staff or as you wish. Register with a credit card and your rebate is instant, register with a check and you will receive a rebate check at your event. $10 REBATE: Register as a studio and have full payment in the Celebrity Offices 30 days prior to your Celebrity Event and earn $10 back for every paid dancer. TEACHER PASS: Register as a studio and have full payment in the Celebrity Offices 30 days prior to your Celebrity Event and earn 1 free teacher pass for every 10 paid dancers. CRUISE FOR FREE CRUISE FOR FREE: As a gift to studio owners, Celebrity offers the Cruising for Free Incentive for Nationals at Sea. This is a gift from Celebrity to use as you wish or as a gift for your staff. Register and pay as a studio for Celebrity Conventions, with dancers, and earn 1 complimentary cabin for 2 passengers on board Nationals at Sea Register and pay as a studio for Celebrity Conventions, with 89 or more dancers, and earn 2 complimentary cabins for 2 passengers in each cabin on board Nationals at Sea Welcome Aboard! CELEBRITY CLUB CELEBRITY CLUB: Celebrity offers Celebrity Club, a private oasis for you and your staff. Stop by to enjoy drinks and snacks, relax and meet other studio owners over the course of convention weekend. Ask a Celebrity Staff Member at your event for Celebrity Club information and times. CONVENTIONS16 Seattle, WA Sept Great Wolf Lodge Phoenix, AZ Sept 30 - Oct 2 Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel Denver, CO Oct The Westin Westminster SF Bay Area, CA Oct Hyatt Regency Santa Clara Des Moines, IA Nov 4-6 Iowa Convention Events Center Dallas, TX Nov Hilton Anatole WHAT YOU GET Amazing Faculty Educational Master Classes Teen & Senior Solo Competition CREATE Choreography Competition Free Catered Lunch Celebrity Tank Gift for each Dancer The Celebrity DanceDown Autograph Sessions Celebrity & Company The Send Off Dance Party & More CELEBRITY ONLINE Stay up to speed on everything Celebrity! Lights! Camera! CELEBRITY!

3 GIFTSEvery Dancer is a Celebrity! To help make every dancer feel like the Celebrity they are, each will be greeted with a Celebrity Gift. This is a gift from Celebrity & our Sponsors that changes every dance season. Be sure to join us at a 2016 Celebrity Event to pick up your complimentary Celebrity Souvenir. GO GREEN! GO PINK! Making the world a pinker and greener place! Celebrity strives to be as eco-friendly as possible by taking several environmental initiatives. For the past nine years, Celebrity will be ing brochures instead of printing & mailing out information. This helps to save over 150,000 pieces of paper annually. Additionally, Celebrity encourages all studio owners & directors to upload all competition music to the Celebrity Website to save over 20,000 compact disks a year. Thank you in advance for assisting Celebrity in our hope to become a 100% Green Company. Please contact the Celebrity Offices at for further information on the Go Green! Go Pink! Go Celebrity! initiative. CELEBRITY CARES PEACE! LOVE! CELEBRITY! The Celebrity Cares Foundation, founded in 2007, is Celebrity s way of giving back to those less fortunate and who wish to experience the enrichment of dance. Every year the Celebrity Cares Foundation Team chooses ways to reach out to the dance community through: Love, Celebrity. This can be with scholarships, donations and awards. On top of these actions, Celebrity Cares works with an orphanage in Haiti to expand dance to the community. Tappin For Haiti will collect tap & jazz shoes at Celebrity Events for Haitian children. Since there is very little dance education in Haiti, your tap & jazz shoe donations will help increase opportunities for dance education for the children at this orphanage. For more detailed information on Tappin For Haiti, and the Love, Celebrity Project, please visit Everyone at Celebrity would like to extend a Thank You to all our Love, Celebrity Donators for their effort to make the world a better place for dancers of all ages, across the world. Love, Celebrity! SPONSORS The best names in dance! CONTACT CELEBRITYWe love hearing from you! main toll free fax CELEBRITY 2645 N. 7th Avenue Phoenix, AZ celebrity@dancecelebrity.com

4 MEET THE TEAM Only the best! Celebrity Faculty! Director CHELSEA ADE CAT TONY ELIANA DREW Fees You can register for Celebrity Conventions through your dance studio and online at anytime after June 1, $139 for mini dancers, Saturday only* *includes 2 observer passes for access to the mini room only $235 if you attended a Celebrity 2016 Regional Event $255 if registered and paid more than 50 days prior to your event $275 if registered and paid more than 30 days prior to your event $288 if registered less than 30 days prior to your event or at your event $40 for an observer pass, lunch is not included for observers Studios earn a $10 rebate for each paid dancer! All participants must check in Friday evening or Saturday morning at Celebrity & Company. During this time dancers will receive their Celebrity Access Pass, that is needed to attend the event. Levels There are 5 levels for Celebrity Convention. The ages below are a guideline, attending dancers levels should be decided by a teacher or director of their studio. You may only take classes in the level you are registered in. The Mini Level will be on Saturday only. Teachers may attend any classes and will have private classes on Sunday. Mini Division 3-6 Junior Division 7-10 Teen Division Senior Division 15 & Up Teacher Division Level changes can be made within the first two classes of the first day of your event. Please notify any Celebrity Conventions Staff Member and they will exchange your Celebrity Access Pass, if necessary. Lunch Lunch is included in the Celebrity Convention cost for dancers and will be served during a scheduled lunch break. Please note that NO food will be allowed in the ballrooms. There will be a designated space for lunch to take place. The Celebrity DanceDown The Celebrity DanceDown at Convention gives dancers the opportunity to win scholarships and prizes from Celebrity and our Celebrity Sponsors. During the exciting audition process on Sunday afternoon, dancers will gain valuable auditioning experience and knowledge. Participants will be given short phases to demonstrate across the floor, JOSH SARAH JENNA MARCUS CELEBRITY DETAILS How to be a Celebrity! EMILY TEACHING FACULTY asked to perform various combinations taught throughout the Convention weekend and will be given improvisational time to showcase their unique abilities. The Celebrity DanceDown is included in the Convention pricing and all dancers are encouraged to participate. Winners will be picked during the DanceDown and will be awarded prizes at that time. Get your DanceDown number at Celebrity & Company when you check in for Celebrity Convention. Celebrity CREATE The Celebrity CREATE Competition is a choreography competition where choreographers submit their work and their dancers perform live in front of our panel of judges. From here, judges will critique each routine and a winner will be chosen. You can join us in the live audience for this show on Saturday evening at 8pm. You will get to see the Celebrity CREATE Finalists, along with your Celebrity Convention Staff and Teachers perform in this amazing show! You can enter Celebrity CREATE by video submission via , as a video file, to celebrity@dancecelebrity.com. Be sure to include your contact details. Please note, you are still able to compete in the CREATE competition even if you are not involved in the Convention weekend. During the Celebrity CREATE Live Show, the top selected choreographers will showcase their work for the audience and Celebrity Judges. Each piece will perform and be critiqued by the judges. The winner of the CREATE Competition will be decided by our Celebrity Judges after all routines have taken the stage. All groups must have a minimum of 4 dancers. All pieces must be appropriate for family viewing, including: choreography, music and costume choice. Any piece Celebrity feels is inappropriate will not be considered to compete. Pieces are expected to perform in the order they are scheduled. Small props are allowed. No sets or scenery allowed. Choreographers have the option to change or adjust their piece for the performance. The choreographer must be present for The Celebrity CREATE Live Show. Entry is open to any company, studio, crew or choreographer in the United States. The event does not cover any expense, including travel. Celebrity Dance Competitions may change rules, policies, guidelines and dates at anytime. NO VIDEOGRAPHY or PHOTOGRAPHY is permitted. Teen & Senior Solo Competition Join us for The Celebrity Solo Competition at Convention. This is designed to give teen & senior soloists a chance to earn cash prizes for continued dance education! As they go head to head, they will battle for cash prizes and other awards from Celebrity Sponsors. Please refer to the solo entry form for more details and rules. Pose! Snap! Werk! CELEBRITY!

5 What To Bring Celebrity Conventions consists of classes in a variety of styles including: Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz Funk and Musical Theatre. The faculty prefers that you are dressed properly for each class, be sure to bring all of your appropriate shoes and attire. For example, bring ballet shoes and form-fitting dancewear for ballet, but also bring sweatpants and sneakers for hip-hop and jazz funk. Essential items you want to be sure to have with you: all dance shoes, dance tops, dance shorts, sweatpants, socks, tights and hair accessories. You will have 5-6 classes per day with one break for lunch, which is included in your Celebrity Convention cost. There will be a short break between every class so you can change clothes, grab a snack or get a drink of water. Celebrity Access Each Celebrity Convention participant will receive a Celebrity Access Pass according to workshop level. Workshop levels will be selected upon registration. A Celebrity Access Pass needs to be presented before entering each workshop class for each dancer. If participants do not present their Celebrity Access Pass, they will not be permitted into the workshop rooms. Level Changes Level changes can be made within the first two classes of the first day of your Celebrity Convention. Please notify any Celebrity Conventions Staff Member and they will exchange your Celebrity Access Pass, if necessary. Studio Owners & Directors Registered Studio Directors and Teachers have reserved seating for both the solo competition and the Celebrity CREATE Show. Reserved seating will be in the front rows for both the CREATE Show and solo competition. All Studio Directors & Teachers are invited to join Drew Phillip and the faculty for Celebrity Club. Contact Celebrity & Company for dates and times. Celebrity Club is a great, fun and casual opportunity to share your thoughts and meet some other teachers. We hope to see you there! Photo & Video Videotaping and photography during convention classes is permitted. Be sure to share your photos and videos and tag Celebrity on social media so we can see the fun you are having. Videotaping and photography during competition, however, is strictly prohibited. If this policy is not followed, your Celebrity Observer Pass will be revoked without a refund. Photo and video policies may change if requested by a Celebrity Faculty or Staff Member. Please contact a Celebrity Staff Member with questions about this policy. Family Friendly Celebrity is proud to present a convention where teachers and students can express themselves through the many styles of dance. While we promote all styles of dance, we strive to keep our events family friendly. At Celebrity, we believe routines containing inappropriate material should be penalized. We realize there are many different ways to define what is inappropriate, therefore we have selected to have our Celebrity Judges determine what they believe to be family friendly. We hope we can all work together to keep Celebrity Events appropriate for our family viewers. Everyone at Celebrity Worldwide would like to thank you in advance for your hard work and dedication to dance and the Celebrity Experience. Fans We want parents to experience Celebrity along with their dancers at Celebrity Conventions. Observer Passes are sold and registered separate from studio registration. To avoid lines when you arrive your event, guests have the option to purchase a Celebrity Observer Pass online now at under the Shop Tab. If you wish to purchase a Celebrity Observer Pass onsite, they will be available at Celebrity & Company when you arrive. Please note, Celebrity Observer Passes do not include lunch. All guests are required to register for security purposes. Guests without a Celebrity Observer Pass will not be permitted into the event. Celebrity & Company Get all of your Celebrity essentials at the Celebrity & Company store. Do not miss out on these wonderful trends, they will go fast! The Tour Celebrity Dance Conventions has the right to adjust the tour, faculty and staff as we see fit. Details By registering, attending, viewing or participating in a Celebrity Event or entering the venue, you acknowledge full responsibility and forever release and discharge Celebrity Competitions, Celebrity Dance Competitions, Celebrity Nationals at Sea, Celebrity Travel, Celebrity Conventions, Celebrity Dance Conventions, Celebrity Europe, its faculty, staff members, associates, and all venues, hotels and theatres from any and all contracts, claims, suits, actions, and liabilities arising from or relating to injuries, accidents or damages from participating in or viewing this event. If injury occurs, you understand that Celebrity Competitions, Celebrity Dance Competitions, Celebrity Nationals at Sea, Celebrity Travel, Celebrity Conventions, Celebrity Dance Conventions, Celebrity Europe, all venues, hotels and theatres and the staff of Celebrity Dance Competitions are NOT financially responsible and will NOT offer any reimbursement. By registering, attending, viewing or participating in a Celebrity Event or entering the venue, you release all liability and agree with all policies set by Celebrity Dance Competitions, Celebrity Dance Conventions and CREATE. By registering, attending, viewing or participating in a Celebrity Event, it is agreed that your own insurance policy will be the only source of any reimbursement in the event of injury or any other instance. You acknowledge Celebrity, Celebrity Competitions, Celebrity Dance Competitions, Celebrity Nationals at Sea, Celebrity Travel, Celebrity Conventions, Celebrity Dance Conventions, Celebrity Europe and its partners have the indefinite right to use any forms of media, including but not limited to photographs and video in any and all promotional related materials. By registering, attending, viewing or participating in a Celebrity Event, you acknowledge you have read and agree to abide by all rules and regulations set by Celebrity Competitions. If it is believed by Celebrity Competitions or a Celebrity Staff member that you are in violation of any policies set by Celebrity Competitions, you will be asked to vacate the premises and will leave without hesitation. Celebrity may change its rules and policies at any time. All rules, policies and laws will be those of Arizona only and no other state laws will apply. Celebrity Competition Policies can be obtained from any Celebrity Staff Member, at or by calling the Celebrity Offices at and requesting a copy. You Are A CELEBRITY!

6 CELEBRITY REGISTRATIONGet ready to be a Celebrity! Two Ways to Register Online at or by mail. 1: Please register early to secure your place at Celebrity Conventions. 2: Duplicate this form as needed. Feel free to attach additional sheets if necessary. 3: Print or type the name and date of birth of each dancer. 4: Select levels when registering. 5: Observer Passes are sold seperate from the studio, online, in advance. Convention Location Convention Date Studio Name Studio Owner s Name Contact Name (if not same as studio owner) Address City Name 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: Date of Birth State Phone Fax T-Shirt Information Each attending dancer will receive 1 free tank top. These will be waiting for you at Celebrity & Company when you check in. Complimentary Teacher Passes Register as a studio, have full payment to the Celebrity Offices 30 days prior to your event and earn 1 free teacher pass for every 10 dancers you bring you. Zip The undersigned acknowledges full responsibility and forever releases and discharges Celebrity Competitions, Celebrity Dance Competitions, Celebrity Nationals at Sea, Celebrity Travel, Celebrity Conventions, its faculty, staff members, and associates from any and all contracts, claims, suits, actions, and liabilities arising from or relating to injuries, accidents or damages from participating or viewing for themselves and the names listed. The undersigned also acknowledges it is his/her responsibility to alert parents and/or guardians to this release of liability, and acknowledges he/she has notified parents/guardians to this clause, and that parents/ guardians, by undersigned placing his/her signature below, have agreed with these policies. The undersigned acknowledges Celebrity Competitions and Celebrity Dance Competitions has the right to use any forms of media including but not limited to photographs and video in any and all promotional related materials indefinitely. I understand that all rules, policies and laws will be those of Arizona only and no other states laws will apply. The undersigned has read and agrees to abide by all rules and regulations pertaining to Celebrity Competitions. Authorized Legal Representative Authorized Representative s Full Name (PRINT) Authorized Representative s Signature Date Convention Number of Dancers Price Total Mini, Saturday Only X $139 per Mini = Celebrity 2016 Returning Studio $235 per Dancer Register 50 Days Prior to Event $255 per Dancer Register 30 Days Prior to Event $275 per Dancer Registering less than 30 Days $285 per Dancer Complimentary Teacher Passes 1 Free for Every 10 Dancers GRAND TOTAL Credit Card Information Name on Card Credit Card # Expiration Security Code Signature Celebrity Dance Competitions, LLC 2645 North 7th Avenue - Phoenix, AZ P: F: Celebrity@DanceCelebrity.com -

7 CELEBRITY COMPETITIONSTeen & Senior Solos Solo Competition Rules The Celebrity Solo Competition at Convention is designed to give our teen & senior soloists an opportunity to earn cash prizes for continued dance education! As your teen & senior dancers go head to head, they will battle for cash prizes and other awards from Celebrity Sponsors. Please read the rules carefully, as failure to comply may result in loss of points or disqualification. Each studio can enter a maximum of 6 soloists. Dancers are limited to competing 1 solo only. The solo competition will take place on Friday or Saturday evening of your event. The number of spaces available in the Celebrity Solo Competition are limited and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. If there are additional spaces available at the close of registration, we will open those spaces to studios who wish to enter more than 6 soloists. All soloists must be registered for the full Celebrity Convention in order to compete. Age divisions for the Celebrity Solo Competition are limited to Teen ( ) and Senior ( ). Soloists may compete in 6 general categories: Ballet Jazz Hip Hop Lyrical/Contemporary Tap Open The top 10 soloists in both the teen & senior age divisions will be awarded with Celebrity Trophies during the Award Ceremony. The top 3 finalists for both the teen & senior age divisions will move on to perform again in the Celebrity CREATE Live Show on Saturday night. 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners will be announced and receive cash prizes as well as a Celebrity Trophy. All routines must be appropriate for family viewing. Inappropriate routines will have a deduction of points. No tap sounds on recordings. No use of dangerous props such as fire, glass, swords, etc. No use of live animals. No scenery, helium balloons, loose feathers or loose glitter. General props are permitted. The stage must be left clean by the performers. No coaching from the audience. Competing dancers must perform in their scheduled order, unless permission is given otherwise. Online Registration In an initiative to go green, Celebrity recommends using the Celebrity Online Registration System to enter competition and convention. Enjoy all the benefits of Celebrity Online Registration and help the world go green. Log on to the Celebrity Website to try these features today. Payment can be made by credit card or check. Please call the Celebrity Offices with any questions: Division Teen Senior Routine Name Dancer s Name Dancer s Birthday Competition Location Studio Name Studio Owner s Name Contact Name (if not same as studio owner) Address City State Phone Category Ballet Jazz Hip Hop Lyrical/Contemporary Tap Open The undersigned acknowledges full responsibility and forever releases and discharges Celebrity Competitions, Celebrity Dance Competitions, Celebrity Nationals at Sea, Celebrity Travel, Celebrity Conventions, its faculty, staff members, and associates from any and all contracts, claims, suits, actions, and liabilities arising from or relating to injuries, accidents or damages from participating or viewing for themselves and the names listed. The undersigned also acknowledges it is his/her responsibility to alert parents and/or guardians to this release of liability, and acknowledges he/she has notified parents/guardians to this clause, and that parents/ guardians, by undersigned placing his/her signature below, have agreed with these policies. The undersigned acknowledges Celebrity Competitions and Celebrity Dance Competitions has the right to use any forms of media including but not limited to photographs and video in any and all promotional related materials indefinitely. I understand that all rules, policies and laws will be those of Arizona only and no other states laws will apply. The undersigned has read and agrees to abide by all rules and regulations pertaining to Celebrity Competitions. Authorized Legal Representative Authorized Representative s Full Name (PRINT) Authorized Representative s Signature Zip Date GRAND TOTAL $140 Credit Card Information Name on Card Credit Card # Expiration Security Code Signature Celebrity Dance Competitions, LLC 2645 North 7th Avenue - Phoenix, AZ P: F: Celebrity@DanceCelebrity.com -