Convention 2020-21

Registration and payment must be received before attending event’s cutoff date to avoid late fees. cutoff dates for all events are available on your event’s details page. If registration is received after the cutoff date, there will be a $20 late fee applied to each attendee. If payment is received after the cutoff date, there will be a flat $100 late fee applied to the registration.

Checks are accepted for payments made by cutoff date and made payable to DanceMakers Inc., PO BOX 1586, Laguna Beach, CA 92652. All payments post the cutoff date (pre-event or on site) must be done by cash, credit card, cashier’s check or money order.

There are no refunds. Studio credits are available at the discretion of DanceMakers Inc.

There is a $30 credit for each paid student toward teacher registration at each attending city, which equals 1 FREE teacher for every 10 paid students.

All teachers are welcome to attend the VIP events of the weekend such as the meet and greet in the teacher’s ballroom on Saturday AM as well as the private teacher’s luncheon on Sunday. Both of these events will have Directors and Faculty in attendance and we all look forward to meeting you!

All registered teachers will received a complimentary DanceMakers coffee mug! This coffee mug will get you coffee on us all weekend at the venue’s coffee shop! Simply present this mug to have a refill of regular or decaf coffee and/or hot tea.

All teacher benefits are for Teachers only, not Assistant Teachers and/or Observers.

NEW All paid dancers attending a second Regional city receive a 50% discount on DM Digital convention fees.

Due to Covid-19, no observers will be allowed in the convention ballrooms in order to limit the amount of people in each room. To read more about our Covid-19 policies, please click here.

Host Hotel Room Block Promo – DanceMakers has made arrangements with the host hotel to give one free $50.00 observer wristband for each room that is reserved in the DanceMakers room block. In order to be eligible for this promotion, the room reservation must be under the official DanceMakers room block. This does not include rooms booked through other promotions or discounts such as AAA, military, Priceline, hotel loyal points, etc.

Our host hotel room blocks do sell out. Be sure to book your room early to ensure the complimentary wristband. The promotion does not extend to suggested or overflow hotels. It is solely valid for our host hotel room block.

Free wristbands are picked up on site at registration and/or the designated observer wristband table during the designated hours. Please be prepared to show your hotel confirmation that has your confirmation number and room rate.

Camp Dance Complimentary Observer Band – Each Camp Dance dancer registered for the event will receive one complimentary Camp Dance observer band. This will be included in the studio packet picked up on site. This band gives access to only the Camp Dance classroom.

In order to participate and/or watch DanceMakers convention classes all attendees must have a wristband (teacher/dancer/observer). Competition is open to anyone who would like to watch! No wristband required.

Wristbands for entry into ballroom must be worn throughout the convention and competition. Please do not remove wristband. If replacement wristband is needed, the old wristband must be presented at registration.

During the convention setting there are no oversized dance bags or luggage allowed in the ballroom. Keep all belongings as far back against the walls as possible. This is to ensure that all the dancers have plenty of space.

All dancers must wear cover-up and shoes when outside the ballroom area. No tap shoes or bare feet outside ballrooms.

Please be respectful of other guests in hotel and public spaces.

Choreographers and all attendees automatically give their permission to DanceMakers to use all photos and videos from convention and/or competition for advertising, publicity, and professional use.

Photo and video during convention are allowed. Please remember to be respectful of the class.

Teachers are more than welcome to observe and/or participate in all ballrooms. When dancing in student classrooms, we ask you dance to the side or in the back of the room behind the student dancers.

Teachers are not eligible to participate in competition.

Assistant Teachers are more than welcome to observe and/or participate in all ballrooms. When dancing in the younger student classrooms, we ask you dance to the side or in the back of the room behind the student dancers. This is not applied in the Senior classroom.

Assistant Teachers are more than welcome to participate in competition as well as the Senior Audition Class.

Due to Covid-19, no observers will be allowed in the convention ballrooms in order to limit the amount of people in each room. To read more about our Covid-19 policies, please click here.

Observer may register if attending with a convention/competition participant. They will have access to watch all classes (including audition classes) except the teacher’s classes.

Please remember to be respectful to the dancers taking class as well as the choreographers and take all discussions and phones outside the ballroom. Any disruptive observer may be asked to leave the ballroom upon the discretion of DanceMakers.

Camp Dance Observers – Only have access to the Camp Dance classroom.