Social Digest:
The Chapter Chatter
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Welcome to Chapter Chatter - February 2023. Happy Valentine's Day from USA Dance to you! |
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Return of the Annual Social Dance Leadership Conference |
The Social Dance Council is proud to announce the return of the Social Dance Division Chapter Leadership Conference. The Leadership Conference will be held in conjunction with the 2023 USA Dance National Ballroom DanceSport Championships, March 17th through 19th in St. Louis, MO at the Arch.
The conference will kick off with a Friday Night with a Meet and Greet and Social Dance. Saturday and Sunday will feature Chapter Leadership Seminars and a Roundtable Q & A session with National leadership. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to attend dance workshops and enjoy the country’s top competitive dancers as they compete to be crowned National Champions.
In order to encourage attendance and invest in and strengthen our Social Dance Chapter leadership, the Board of Directors has committed to providing a $300.00 rebate per attendee. Information on how to qualify for the rebate is included on the event page Social Dance Division Chapter Leadership Conference
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Volunteers Needed for Nationals |
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The 2023 USA Dance National Ballroom DanceSport Championships will be held March 17-19, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch in St. Louis, MO. We are soliciting volunteers to help with the event. If you are interested in helping with this event, please fill out this form and return it to: Anna Kovalyova at nationals-volunteers@usadance.org. We welcome your support!
Why become a volunteer for this event?
- First, you will be part of a prestigious national dance event and see incredible dancing by the competitors.
- Part Time Volunteers (those who work 3 or more hours in a session) get free admission to that session.
- Full Time Volunteers (those who work 8 or more hours in a day and agree to be available to do any job as needed when asked) get admission to the ballroom for the entire day and meal vouchers of $75 per day.
- If you are a full-time volunteer for the entire weekend, you also receive an invitation to the Celebration Party Saturday Evening.
- All volunteers have free admission to the Friday Social Dance from 5:00-7:00 PM.
- Volunteers who work 4 or more hours during the weekend can buy workshop tickets (excluding the Emanuel Valeri Standard workshop) at the discounted rate of $10 per workshop.
- You can relax between shifts in the dedicated Volunteer Room, which is stocked with drinks and snacks.
- All volunteers receive the undying gratitude of the entire Nationals Team!
Volunteer Positions Available:
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Anti-Doping Chaperones: Escort selected athletes (one chaperone per competitor) from the ballroom to the drug testing suite for drug testing (several at the end of each evening session depending on the number of individuals tested)
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Main Doors Monitor: Control entry to the ballroom (one per shift, per session)
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Competitors Door Monitor: Allow only competitors to enter the ballroom (one per shift, per session)
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Officials Door Monitor: Allow only officials to enter through this door (one per shift, per session)
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VIP Area Monitor: Control access to the VIP area allowing only people with the correct credentials to enter (one per shift, evening sessions only)
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Workshop Monitor: Control access to the Workshops held throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday (one per Workshop)
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Officials Meals Monitor: Control access to the Officials’ Meals area ensuring only those with appropriate credentials are admitted
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Floor monitors: Manage spectators and competitors to ensure that they comply with the rules while in the ballroom (four per shift, per session)
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Registration: Assist with competitor Check-In (2 Thursday 4-10 PM; 2 Friday and Saturday mornings, 1 needed at other times)
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Ticket Sales: Help with ticket sales (2 per shift, per session)
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Deck Area: Assist Deck Captain to properly line up competitors (1-2 per shift, per session)
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Consignment: Assist in the running of our USA Dance Consignment Store (2 per shift, per session)
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Volunteer & Chapter of the Year Applications Due March 1 |
It is that time of year again to recognize our outstanding chapters and volunteers. Chapter leaders are strongly encouraged to submit applications for both their Chapter as well as their top Volunteer. https://usadance.org/page/BoardManagementTools
With the negative effects of COVID, 2022 was the first year that many of our chapters began operations so we look forward to reading all the great applications. Remember you need to be logged into your account to access these parts of the website. Any questions please contact Chapter Relations Director Phil Sisk at chapterrelations-dir@usadance.org
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In the meantime we would appreciate chapters filing the following reports:
Chapter Board Member Listing DUE 12/31 - Please remember that all members of Chapter Boards must be members in good standing. Having Board members that are NOT up to date with their membership will cause you to be out of compliance. If you have any questions please contact Margot at membership-dir@usadance.org
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Membership Benefits! Get Your Monies Worth...
Take Advantage of the Membership Benefits As Part Of Our Agreement With Dance Vision and Our Own Free Library of Online Workshops Perfect for Social Dancers!
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Launching last month, USA Dance’s introduced our new affinity program with Perkspot. Perkspot will offer our members exclusive discounts, negotiated by their team of experts, from top brands and local businesses. Members will be able to access discounts through our Discount Portal and browse deals, search by brand or category, discover curated and personalized discounts relevant to their interests, and enjoy savings on a variety of products and services. PerkSpot’s program has a proven history of driving financial wellness for their members, putting money back into their pockets, and we look forward to offering these benefits to our members in 2023.
For more information go to https://usadance.perkspot.com/ and enter your email address that is tied to your account. It will then send you a link to log in assuming that your email address is in their system. You can also email the Customer Service Team at cs@perkspot.com if you have any additional questions.
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Thanks to the support of a private donor, USA Dance’s Collegiate Network was able to provide a semester's worth of online syllabus and social dance video instruction to collegiate clubs.
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Insurance Certificates and Music Reporting Forms |
As chapters begin hosting events we have received an increase in requests for insurance liability policies to cover the event locations. Our National Liability Insurance policy covers our chapter events and facilities that host these events. Requests for coverage certificates can be made by completing the “Blank Request for Certificate of Insurance Form” available at https://usadance.org/page/Insurance in the Chapter Admin section of our website. Just a reminder that you must be logged in to access this part of the website.
Similarly, the National organization maintains membership licenses with the three largest music copyright holders - ASCAP, BMI, SESAC - to allow chapters to play music without violating copyright laws. An important part of this is keeping track of the level of music played at events to ensure we are not overcharged. Therefore we require that chapters submit the “Quarterly Event Attendance Reporting Form” available in the Chapter Admin section of our website. The form includes instructions on how to submit the form. Just a reminder that you must be logged in to access this part of the website.
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National Calendar for Upcoming Events |
The National Organization continues to try to inspire America to get back to social dancing and part of this is to promote chapter based dance events throughout the country via our calendar so that when people begin traveling and want to social dance they have a single place to look OR to inspire other chapters to begin holding events as public health restrictions allow it. The calendar is available at https://usadance.org/events/event_list.asp
To ensure your event is listed you can either:
please create the event within your chapter’s SocialLink group, complete this form, and then National Officers will be able to add it to the National calendar; OR
Email the relevant info (date, time, chapter, theme or event name, contact info, flyer, etc.) to chapter-announcements@usadance.org and the Marketing & Communications Committee will add it for you.
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Did you miss a previous digest OR want to find something that was contained in them without searching your email history? Search no more - our National website now has all social dance digests at your fingertips https://usadance.org/page/SocialDigest
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