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Dates:	April 4 - 6, 2008
Site:	Silver Spurs Arena 1875 Silver Spur Lane Kissimmee, Florida 34744 Silver Spurs Arena
Time:	6:00 PM Friday, April 4 (Percussion) 9:00 AM Saturday, April 5 (Novice/Cadet/B/AAA/AA) 11:00 AM Sunday, April 6 (A/Open/World)

If your guard will be unable to participate in this event, please contact the Contest Coordinator (George Gulliford) by 11:59 PM on 03/26/08 to avoid loss of your surety bond. Units that are unable to participate are reminded that they still must provide volunteers to work at the event per FFCC Policy.

Unit check-in will be located at the North Entrance at the rear of the arena. Units may begin checking in at:
     5:00 PM Friday
     9:00 AM Saturday
   10:00 AM Sunday

Up to 30 performing members will be admitted free per color guard and 40 per percussion unit. A performing member must be visible on the competition floor and must be in a recognizable uniform. Seven wristbands will be issued to each unit to be used at their discretion (staff, bus drivers, parents, volunteers, floor crew, etc.). Every unit must check in to receive their wristbands, final information for the day and senior/age-out metals (if applicable). Anyone without a wristband or badge must pay admission to enter the arena, even if only to view one performance.

DIRECTORS: Please ensure that all involved with your unit are aware of these guidelines. Do not expect the volunteers at check-in or at the entrance doors to bend the rules for your unit. Penalties will be assessed to units which misrepresent the number of performers in their unit. We appreciate your assistance with this matter.

The arena will open at 5:30 PM on Friday, 9:30 AM on Saturday and 10:30 AM on Sunday for general admission.

**Admission Prices**
Friday Only	$15.00 for ALL DAY
Saturday Only	$18.00 for ALL DAY
Sunday Only	$18.00 for ALL DAY
Children (6-under)	FREE for all events

Spectator and Handicapped parking is available in the South Parking Lot (closest to Highway 192). The cost is $5 per auto.
No general spectator parking is allowed anywhere else in the complex or you may be towed.

All spectators, staff and performers will need to enter through the South Entrance to enter stands and must have a ticket or wristband. Unit directors can obtain a wristband from unit check-in when showing your Director's badge.

Silver Spurs Area Map

The concession stands will be operated by the Silver Spurs Arena and will be open for all events.

A complete schedule can be found by selecting schedules at the top of the page. Daily schedules can be found below.

The order of performance for Circuit Championships will be determined as described in the Performance Order Procedure section of ”Contest Policy”. For classes of nine or more units, the class will be divided into thirds based on scores received at FFCC contests using the WGI Seeding Formula. Each third of units based on the seeding process will compete within their block utilizing the random draw and priority blocks to determine their order.

For classes with 16 or more entrants, separate divisions will be created for the Circuit Championships Contest. Units will be assigned divisions based on their ranking in the final championships seeding order with an alternating assignment pattern (i.e. odd number rankings in one division, even number rankings in the other).

Saturday Morning - 9:15 - 9:45 AM.
Saturday Afternoon - 3:15 - 3:45 PM
Sunday - 10:15 - 10:45 AM

Any sound checks outside these times are at the discretion of the FFCC Contest Coordinator.

A specific warm-up area for percussion units will not be provided. Percussion units may warm-up anywhere on north and east sides of the arena. No playing is allowed on the south or west side of the arena.

Percussion units will report to the north lobby entrance at your staging time and them moved into holding. Percussion units will also exit through the north lobby.

Color guards will report to the west arena entrance at their staging time. It is very important that you report at this time because movement into the body warm-up area must be accomplished between unit performances. If you are late, you may not be allowed to enter body warm-up and will be moved directly into equipment warm-up. The body warm-up area is open to the competition area, so a quiet warm-up is required in fairness to the units competing at the time. Absolutely NO MUSIC, gock-blocks or clapping will be allowed. Penalties may be assessed for violations of this requirement. Soft music or clapping will be allowed in equipment. Please follow the directions of the warm-up monitor as they will be monitor sound levels. The holding area will be a quite zone and no noise will be permitted while a unit is performing.

You may choose to do all your warm-up outside (weather permitting), but will be required to be at the west arena entrance four minutes prior to your assigned holding time to be moved to the holding area. If the contest experiences a delay, do not assume that we won't be able to make up the time. Have someone checking the progress of the show if you are going to skip rotation.

After your performance you will have the option to fold your floor behind the curtain but must be done very quietly or you can carry your floor out the east tunnel and fold the floor in the parking lot. All movement through the east tunnel will be accomplished between unit performances.

A warm-up schedule will be posted when the performance order schedule is finalized.

Dressing rooms will be available on the North side of the Arena by Unit Check-In.

There will four separate retreat ceremonies. On Friday night there will be a retreat for the percussion units, on Saturday there is a retreat for Novice, Cadet and B Classes immediately after the completion of the Class B performances. The second retreat on Saturday will be for Scholastic AAA and Scholastic AA Class. On Sunday a single retreat for all A, Open and World color guards will be held at the conclusion of the contest.

All retreats will be "Full Unit", meaning all performing members will participate. During the announcement of scores in each retreat, the gold, silver and bronze medalists will be brought to the front for presentation of medals. Please advise performers and parents in the stands not to interfere with the medal presentation.

Access to the competition area from spectator seating is very limited. During retreat unit directors and staff should sit in section 221/220 as the only access to the competition area is one set of stairs at the bottom of these sections.

Senior/age-out medals will be given to directors at unit check-in. Please have your seniors/age-outs performers directly behind the commanding officers so that they have easy access to move to the front of the units to be recognized.

Alliance Media 1 will be videoing the championships contest. Visit their website for pre-show order info.

Absolutely no video taping will be allowed by spectators. Each unit will be provided with one video pass to record your unit. There will be a designed location at the top of the stands and the video will be required.

Jolesch Photography will be taking both action shots and unit pictures. Unit pictures will be taking immediately after their performance outside of the east entrance.

"All Member Units are required to volunteer two (2) adults to work at a post position assigned to them by the Contest Coordinator. Failure to do so will result in a fine of $250.00 per volunteer. If the fine is not paid, the FFCC reserves the right to seize the Member Unit’s Surety Bond as partial compensation. Member Units will not perform in future seasons until the remainder of the fine is paid. Only the Board of Officers can waive any fees or fines."

Even if a unit is not participating in Championships, they must still provide volunteers.

Please arrange for two adults to work as volunteers. Do not forget about it and just offer to pay the fine at the show. We don't need your money, we need the people to work. The Silver Spurs Arean is not the host of the contest. The circuit hosts and operates this contest, and you as a circuit member must do your part to help make the contest operate as best as possible.

Volunteers need to check in with the Volunteer Coordinator located at the north arena entrance at least 30 minutes prior to their assigned shift. At that time, they will receive a badge identifying themselves as a volunteer for your guard. These badges are for identification only and are NOT passes into the show.

The FFCC is offering Yearbook ads and Vendor opportunities for interested Business Sponsors as well as FFCC Member units.

PREMIUM PACKAGE $1000
Booth at Championships
Full Page Ad in Yearbook
Link on Home Page of Web Site until August of 2009.
3 VIP Credentials at Championships

Full Page Yearbook Ad Only
$500 (business or non-member)
$200 (FFCC member unit)

Full Page Yearbook Ad Inside Cover
$650

Booth at Championships (all 3 days)
$300 (for non-member)
$75 (for members)

The Kevin Paulus Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy recognizes the unit which best displays the ideals of good sportsmanship during the season. Directors nominate units and the FFCC Board will select a slate from those units nominated. Directors will vote for the award during the week prior to the FFCC Championships Contest.

Unit directors may use the online form below to vote for the Kevin Paulus Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy.

The Silver Spurs Arena is located on Highway 192 & 441 (E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway) east of downtown Kissimmee in the Osceola Heritage park complex. Busses and trucks must use Bill Beck Blvd (east side of Osceola Heritage Park complex) to enter parking area. There is a traffic light at this intersection.

If you are using the Florida Turnpike southbound, do not miss exit Exit #242 (Kissimmee-St. Cloud) as the next next is 51 miles.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding championships, please feel free to contact George Gulliford or Bette Brown.

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