Participant Waiver

I.   CODE OF CONDUCT
A standard of excellence is the core of the Elevate Youth Dance Festival experience. All Festival participants will demonstrate respect and kindness towards other participants, festival staff and guest instructors, and the property of the Church of the Open Door.

• Dancers must wear shoes upon entering and exiting the building
• Costumes & dance attire must cover the midriff
• Participants will respect the property of the venue
• Participants will follow directions from Festival staff
• No running in the hallways
• No eating in the sanctuary or classrooms
• We hope participants will thank the Festival instructors and staff

II.  MEDICAL RELEASE
In the event of an emergency the Festival staff will seek contact with the parent/guardian/emergency contact. If we are unable to reach the designated contact, your signature below authorizes owners, directors, and/or Elevate Youth Dance Festival staff to seek medical treatment for your child. The parent or guardian signing below authorizes the festival to take these measures and accepts full responsibility for the care your child receives and acknowledges that the Festival shall not be responsible for the costs of any medical care provided.

III. LIABILITY RELEASE
I, the undersigned, hereby waive for mysef, my child, heirs, issue and assigns all claims of liability against owners, directors, Elevate Youth Dance Festival, their staff, heirs and assigns.

IV. MEDIA RELEASE
In the interests of 1) protecting the anonymity of child participants and 2) upholding the integrity of the business practices of each participating dance school, the following stipulations regarding the usage of photography and video must be understood and observed by dance school participants including their directors, staff, teachers, families, and affiliates, and by the Festival owners, directors, staff, teachers, and affiliates.

1. The Elevate Youth Dance Festival and photo/videography crew reserve the right to use any photography and video taken by our staff for the purpose of marketing and promotion in print, on the website elevatedancefestival.com, and on Elevate Youth Dance Festival social media platforms. Any students that appear in these materials will not be acknowledged by name or studio in any captioning, and these students will not contacted by the Festival owners, directors, staff, teachers, or affiliates.

2. The Festival is not responsible for any media that participants, including studio directors, staff, teachers, families, students or affiliates post on their personal or business social media platforms. This includes media in which the Festival is tagged and media that include the Festival hashtag.

3. Dance school directors, staff, teachers and professional affiliates are prohibited from posting photography or video on their professional website(s) or social media platforms taken at the Festival that include dancers from studios other than their own clientele. Dance school directors, staff, teachers and professional affiliates are also prohibited from using images that include dancers from studios other than their own clientele for the promotion of their studio. Media taken at the Festival used for these purposes must only picture dancers, clients, and staff of that studio. While this measure serves to protect the integrity of each studio, it is primarily designed to protect families who prefer to limit their children’s presence on social media.