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NEW UPDATES!!! Summer Performance – Tri-City Dust Devils pre-game Funtainment
Performance details:
This is a full costume show. Bring your dance shoes. Wear mostly white shoes you can dance in to/from the show in case something happens to your dance shoes or we need to wear them due to inclement weather. Dress appropriately for outdoor changes with minimal privacy.
Before you leave the house –
- Have hair & makeup done.
- Eat a good, healthy meal.
- Apply sunscreen.
- Use the restroom.
- Bring WATER.
- Allow extra time to travel and park at GESA stadium.
- Enter through the small gate to the RIGHT of the main gate.
Dancers receive a free ticket to the game when they arrive as scheduled below. ALL parents/siblings must have a PRE-PURCHASED electronic ticket to enter. Only immediate family is allowed to enter with the dancer. Other family and friends PRE-PURCHASE a discounted electronic ticket using the link below. If you do not pre-purchase your ticket, you will have to wait for the gate to open at 6:00 pm to enter and may miss your dancer’s routine.
Our discount should automatically load through the link, but the coupon code is KDANCE if needed. You will need to pay for parking if you arrive after 5:15. Parking is $5 online or at the stadium and is CARD only. The stadium and vendors only accept card payment and do NOT take cash.
PRIVATE PARTY – There is a large corporate party in the stadium while we are setting up and preparing for our show. They rented the entire stadium so please stay out of their way and do not interfere with their event. DO NOT eat their buffet, play the games, or use any of the items they may have set up such as bounce houses, etc.
NEW THIS YEAR! Enter through the small gate to the RIGHT of the main gate toward 1st base. Anyone not helping with set up at 4:30 will need to wait to enter at 5:15 pm. Bring all of your costumes, water, lipstick, etc with you as you cannot leave and re-enter once inside the stadium.
STAGGERED ARRIVAL TIMES
4:30 pm – Set floor, sound system, and dressing area/tent. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THIS; please reply if you will help. We need at least 8-10 people to help set & tear down the floor, canopy, and sound system. It takes two people to carry & set each floor board, 4-6 people to tape the floor, and 4 people to set the changing canopy.
Check in with the Attendance Taker as you enter to be sure we know you arrived and are ready for the show.
5:15 – ALL DANCERS AGE 9 AND UP, Hip Hop Minis who are in other routines, and CLOGGERS ready to enter at the gate to the RIGHT of the main gate. This is a change from previous information.
5:20 – CLOGGERS reset routines. Change shoes AFTER reset. Dancers age 9 & up warming up.
5:30 – HIP HOP MINIS, TODDLERS and TWINKLE STARS ready to enter at the gate to the RIGHT of the main gate. This is a change from previous information.
5:45 – TEAM PHOTO – Everyone ready to dance
5:55 – Show Briefing for dancers and parents
6:05 pm – Gates open. Show Time! Actual duration depends on number of routines. Our first routine is ‘A Little Party Never Killed Nobody.’ Check your email for a practice video if your dancer performed this song at recital.
6:55 ish – Tear down floor, sound system & changing canopy. Be sure to put things away carefully so they are ready for the next show. Please help with this. The adult cloggers & Miss Wendy VERY MUCH APPRECIATE help with this.
7:00 – National Anthem – Everyone please stop whatever you are doing and stand for the National Anthem.
7:05 – Game time! Please wear your blue studio t-shirt or clogging shirt for the game. People love to recognize you after the show. You can also run across the field during the 7th inning stretch and of course dance to everything! Our seating is in General Admission along the 3rd base line.
Bring ALL costumes. Wear tights, leotard or biketard, black leggings/shorts/pants, blue studio t-shirts or clogging shirts if you have them to/from venue. Wear your recital costume for the show and studio t-shirts for the game.
DANCERS – hair in neat bun if you dance ballet. Non- ballet dancers wear hair the same as cloggers.
CLOGGERS – hair side-parted low ponytail; secured away from the face with a BLACK hair band. No fly aways
Makeup for all – Light makeup, berry lipstick (not chapstick). Remember water, sunscreen, cooling scarf if it’s hot and blankets to sit on in the backstage area.
PARENTS – You may want to pack light, healthy, CLEAN snacks as this is a mid evening performance. Be sure your dancer eats a healthy meal and has plenty of water; SMART WATER is recommended as it has electrolytes.
DANCERS – REMAIN IN THE STAGING AREA. Do not run around the audience during the show unless you are handing out fliers. Be ‘backstage’ and ready for bows at the end.
POST -SHOW – ALL HANDS ON DECK to help tear down the floor and dressing areas and check for water bottles, garbage, etc. We really appreciate EVERYONE’S help!!
Floor set instructions – adjust as needed based on how the event is laid out this year. Dancers are okay to dance off the stage if needed for larger routines.
Set the floor facing East on the largest section between the shade pillars and in as much shade as possible. This is typically a 24′ W x 16′ D floor. The boards are 4 x 8, so this will be 12 boards total. Try to place boards with worn corners on the outer edges and boards that appear the least slick in the center/front of the stage.
Connect the boards with the white duct tape. Use ONE piece of tape for the entire seam and run the tape a few inches off the ends of the boards to attach the tape to the side walk. Do not stretch the tape too tight. Have dancers walk the tape to fully secure it to the boards.