21st Annual

March 20-21, 2021 Oakleaf High School

4035 Plantation Oaks Blvd., Orange Park, Florida 32065

NBTA Sanction Contest #2090

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Travel InformationDRIVING DIRECTIONS

From I-95 South (traveling North) From I-95 driving north, merge onto I-295 N (on left) towards Orange Park/I-10. In 10 miles, take Collins Rd. In 4 miles, turn left on Old Middleburg Rd (which becomes Oakleaf Village Parkway). Turn right on Plantation Oaks Blvd and school is on the left after you go over the bridge.

From I-95 North (traveling South) Near Jacksonville Airport, take I-295 south. In 21 miles, take Collins Rd. In 4 miles, turn left on Old Middleburg Rd (which becomes Oakleaf Village Parkway). Turn right on Plantation Oaks Blvd and school is on the left after you go over the bridge.

From I-10 West (traveling East) From I-10 west, exit #350 onto FL-23/Cecil Commerce Center Pkwy/Branan Field Road. In 9 miles, turn right onto Oakleaf Plantation Parkway. In 2 miles, take 3rd exit in roundabout onto Plantation Oaks Blvd. School is 1 mile up on the right.

From I-75 South (traveling North) Start out going north on I-75 North. Take the FL-121/FL-331 exit, EXIT 382, toward Gainesville. FL-331 becomes NE Waldo Rd/FL-24. Turn slight right onto US Highway 301 S/US-301 N/FL-200. In Starke, turn right onto W Brownlee St/FL-16. Turn left onto Blanding Blvd/FL-21 just past the entrance to Camp Blanding. Turn right onto Branan Field Rd/FL-23. And then stay straight to go onto Oakleaf Plantation Pkwy. At 2nd roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Plantation Oaks Blvd. School is 1 mile up on the right.

LOCAL FOOD, HOTELS AND SHOPS Less than 3 miles from the Gym is the Oakleaf Town Center. This shopping center is home to many stores and restaurants, including, but not limited to

Chick-fil-a Panda Express

Chili’s Panera Beard

Domino’s Papa John’s

Dunkin Donuts Pizza Hut

Firehouse Subs Publix

Fuji Sushi Starbucks

Gator’s Dockside Tropical Smoothie

McDonalds Zaxby’s

Moe’s Super Target

EAST OF SCHOOL The busy intersection of Blanding Blvd (SE 21) and I-295 is 8 miles from the school. In this area there are six hotels, including Country Inn & Suites, Motel 6, Baymont Inn and Suites, Super 8, Quality Inn and Red Roof Inn

Restaurants and shops including Buffalo Wild Wings Longhorn Steakhouse

Carino’s Italian Grill Olive Garden

Carrabba’s Italian Sweet Tomatoes

Chuck E. Cheese Ted’s Montana Grill

Dick’s Wing & Grill TGIF Friday

Mission BBQ Five Guys

(Shopping) Orange Park Mall, Best Buy, Champs Sports, Costco, Super Walmart, Sam’s Club

NORTH OF SCHOOL The intersection of Chaffee Rd and I-10 is 16 miles from the school and has several newer hotels and a few restaurants.

1. Western Plus Cecil Field 2. Holiday Inn Express Chafee 3. Hampton Inn Jax I-10 West

4. Fairfield Inn & Suites Jax West

Restaurants including Cinco DeMayo McDonald’s

Cracker Barrel Wendy’s

SOUTH OF SCHOOL 1. Hampton Inn 904-406-6424.

General Information ENTRY DEADLINE Friday, March 5th, 2021 - All entries must be postmarked by this date. Any entries not submitted before this date will be subject to a late fee. No new entries will be taken after Monday, March 15th due to the set system.

COVID SAFETY Due to Covid protocols, we are changing our normal schedule and we are limiting the number of twirlers in the gym at any one time. This includes limiting the number of individual twirlers in each age group to 45 as well as limits to the number of guests per twirler. Please refer to the one page of Covid Protocols in this brochure for more details and required waiver.

LOCATION & TIMES Oakleaf High School 4035 Plantation Oaks Blvd., Orange Park, FL 32065

SATURDAY, MARCH 20TH Doors open at 9am (not before)

10am – All age 10-12 individual events & awards

1pm – All age 13-15 individual events & awards

3:30pm – All show twirl/Rhythmic twirls

SUNDAY, MARCH 21ST Doors open at 7am (not before)

8am – All age 0-9 individual events & awards

10:30am – All age 16+ individual events & awards

1:30pm – All teams (assigned in groups to limit numbers in gym)

CONTEST DIRECTORS June and Michael Stoeber - (352) 514-1362 2795 Seminole Village Dr, Middleburg, FL 32068 Email - jjbug@hotmail.com

CONFIRMATIONS We will email out confirmations (both individual and group) a few days before the contest so please include your email on the entry form. We will not mail any confirmations.

INDIVIDUAL EVENT AGES Age groups based on your age as of 9/1/20 and will be divided into the following divisions

0-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, 16+. Each age division will also be divided into skill levels. See the NBTA rules for more information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION * No flash photos allowed in the gymnasium * Videotaping is limited to your child’s routines

only. No taping of others without permission. This includes group competition.

* NBTA rules, judges and score sheets will be used. * Score sheets and awards will be available during

the contest except for the Pageant events. * Due to Covid, there will be no rules regarding

costumes. We are encouraging no costume change during the event. All modeling, including advanced pageants, will be done in costume only (no dress modeling).You may use changing tents outside.

* Contest directors and Oakleaf HS are not responsible for accidents, property loss or injury.

CONTEST T-SHIRT We will have an official contest T-shirt this year. They are $18 each and range from child’s small to adult extra-large. The shirts can be pre-ordered and be picked up when you arrive. There will also be a few on sale during the event as well.

2021 ALL-STAR CLASSIC COVID PROTOCOLS GENERAL RULES

Two guests allowed per twirler - no exceptions. Please feel free to videotape your twirler’s routines to share with other friends and family members.

All in attendance will be required to check in at front door to sign a waiver and a pledge to follow the safety protocols. This applies for all twirlers. Guests will be issued a wrist band to identify completion of this step.

Masks will be required inside at all times except when competing. This includes masks being required for the inside warm-up area. There is also an outside basketball court available for warmup where masks are optional but recommended.

We will have multiple hand sanitizer stations throughout the gym and will request twirlers and guests to frequently wash their hands/use hand sanitizer throughout the day

We are paying extra for special custodian staff which will include a deep COVID cleaning prior to and immediately following each of our day’s activities. They will also be at the event during the event to wipe down frequently touched surfaces and service the restrooms

The concession stand will consist only of pre-packaged single serve food and drink items. There will not be any food preparation onsite. There are a number of local restaurants near the school for lunch break, but please do not bring outside food into the gymnasium.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS We will group individual twirlers by age level into groups. This means all 10-12 twirlers will compete together,

followed by awards. We will then clean the gym before beginning with all 13-15 twirlers, etc.

Each age group will be capped in terms of number of twirlers to limit the overall number of people inside the gym at one time. The 10-12 and 13-15 groups will be limited to 50 twirlers each. The 0-9 and 16+ groups will be limited to 45 twirlers each (190 possible twirlers slot available)

Awards and placements will only be posted online so as to not have a congested area of results posting within the gym. The website will be updated as soon as the results are calculated.

The award ceremony for each skill level will be for the pageant event only. Masks will be required at awards

All events, including modeling and marching, will be on the set system to ensure twirlers will not be gathering and lining up at the lanes to hold their place.

As of now, we are limiting the types of events to ensure completion of each skill level within the scheduled gym time. That means we are currently not going to offer dress modeling, open marching, or parade majorette. We might be able to add these events later depending on attendance.

We will be recommending that no costume changes take place for the different solo events. We ask that all twirlers arrive to the gym in costume ahead of time to avoid locker room congestion. We suggest having a changing tent outside if you desire a costume change.

TEAM EVENTS Teams will be done by set system with pre-defined times. Teams will be grouped together with a break in-

between to ensure capacity levels are kept small inside the gymnasium.

We will not announce results for any team events. Trophies, scoresheets, and division recaps will be given to the team coach. Results from all divisions will be posted on the website once that age group is completed.

Team members will only be allowed in the gym during the team’s group and then will be asked to leave upon completion. This is to ensure social distancing in the stands.

REFUND POLICY If we need to cancel the event, we will issue a full refund. If a twirler needs to cancel for any reason, (cancellations must be done in writing/email),

3 weeks or more before the event, we will issue a full refund

Between 3 weeks and 2 days prior, we will refund your entry minus a $50 cancellation fee

Less than 2 days prior, we will refund your entry minus a $100 cancellation fee