February 12, 2011

*Contest fees due 7 days prior to contest date. Schools will be taken off the schedule if payment is not received! Fees will not be accepted at the door.

1. Solo, Ensemble, Officer and Team competition will be held on Saturday, February 12.    Doors will open at 7:50 am. (not before) for registration and floor practice.  The contest will begin by 9:00 am.  All events will compete in the Gymnasiums.  The Commons area will be available for warm-up and rehearsal and will be marked the size of a regulation basketball court. (The Upstairs Gym may be available as a warm-up area in the afternoon.)  Have your soloists & ensembles prepared to perform in any location. Enclosed in the information packet is a diagram of the Klein Forest gyms/teams on deck/entrance & exit.  We would prefer for you to FOLLOW OUR DIRECTIONS ON ENTRANCE & EXIT, HOWEVER, IF IT DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU, PLEASE ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM OUR CONTEST WORKERS FLOOR LEVEL.

2. Important:  The lower level bleachers will be pulled out for seating.  Seating will be available in the lower and upper level.  We ask that your routines be choreographed according to the boundary lines on a regulation size basketball court.  There will not be gym overflow.  Seating will be tight for spectators.  The gym seating on the judges side is reserved for those spectators paying admission.  As a courtesy to performers, judges, and the viewing audience, we ask that you sit during each performance and do not walk or stand while a performance is in action.

PLEASE ALSO READ OUR GENERAL CONTEST INFORMATION FOR ADDITIONAL RULES & REGULATIONS!

*ABSOLUTELY NO OUTSIDE FOOD/DRINKS / ICE CHEST WILL BE ALLOWED! NO EXCEPTIONS!

• Be aware that inexpensive and large chain store recordable CD’s are less reliable (ex. Office Depot, Best Buy, Memorex).
• Make sure when burning audio tracks that the entire disc is finalized and not just the individual session/track.  This ensures the track number and audio time displayed.
• If recording in mixed media mode (data & audio) it could cause the CD player to have difficulty in reading the disc and display an error message during playback.
• Be aware that the audio sessions burned/recorded on a personal computer using a program that is selected to playback only on a personal computer, could cause the CD player to have difficulty in reading the disc and will display an error message.
• Please have a copy of your music placed on tape cassette as a back-up.  Make sure the tape is with you at the sound table during the performance.

• Houston Spectacular Specific Information (with floor layout and scoresheets)
• Houston Hotels

All registered teams need to read our contest packet (online for your convenience) for helpful information and rules.

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