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* 1. Name, W#, and Phone Number

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* 2. Pronouns

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* 3. Emergency Contact: Name, Phone Number, relationship(parent/friend)

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* 4. Initial Below that you have read and understand the following:
ACDA Overview: What is the American College Dance Association Festival? The festival is a 4 day event that brings together college Dance Departments for classes and performances.
This year we will attend the regional festival in Long Beach, CA February 4-8, 2026. This is Week 5 of Winter Quarter.

Travel Information: Students will be responsible for all travel costs associated with attending the festival, flight from Seattle to Long Beach, CA, Uber or shuttle costs. LGB is the airport in Long Beach. You will find flights to LAX, Burbank, or Orange County airports but these will require a longer uber or shuttle.

Dance Classes: There are classes offered during the daytime. Classes may start as early as 8:30am and run until 5:30pm. Classes are taught by the college faculty from around the region. It is encouraged to participate as much as possible, keeping your health and wellness in mind.
Students will be granted access to class registration about two weeks before the festival using the WHOVA App. Instructions will be provided for using WHOVA once it goes live for registration.
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Performances: Each college brings a piece to be performed in an evening concert. Performances start time varies each year, from 6:30pm-7:30pm with an average run time of 1.5 hours. This year we are taking a piece choreographed by BFA candidate Megan Turner.
These performances are watched by a panel of 3 adjudicators taking notes on each dance. The adjudicators will hold an open feedback session the following day for anyone who is interested in hearing their notes and ideas about the dances. This feedback is all anonymous, they do not know what school each piece came from or who the choreographer is.
At certain festivals, the adjudicators will select 8-10 pieces for a “Gala” performance on Saturday night. At other festivals, the Saturday night is a closing event with a dance party.
ACDA Culture: The festival is a way to bring college dancers together to make new connections and honor the plethora of dance programs in our region. Classes are designed to be fun and support a collegial attitude, not one of competition. It is common to see groups applauding each other, cheering each other on in classes, not competing with each other. You will see a wide variety of dance programs attending the festival, some HUGE programs like U of Utah, Brigham Young University, and UC Boulder, and some small programs like Snow College, Westminster College, and some in between!
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Student Participation: Attendees should take full advantage of all chances to take class and watch the performances. There have been a few students who chose to watch movies at the hotel the whole time instead of taking classes. Obviously, this is not why we are going to ACDA. Each student needs to decide what level of participation is right for them—if 3 classes a day will be too tiring then take 1-2 classes. If you are 100% exhausted and know that attending the show will push you too far into extreme exhaustion, then making the wellness choice to rest is the right choice.
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Student Resources and Emergency Planning:
Attendees should be prepared for the trip with adequate resources in place for the mental/physical requirements of the trip, travel and food costs, and any other incidental costs incurred during the trip.
Examples of resources are: access to a counselor or physician, access to financial assistance, or access to a caregiver during travel.

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* 5. Please initial below that you have read and understand the hotel planning and room share and if needed, will book your own hotel room.

AND that you understand that you are responsible for your own travel costs (flight from Seattle to Long Beach, CA) travel from Bellingham to Seattle and return trip, airport shuttle or parking, on site trains/bus/uber, etc.)

Hotel is TBD.
WWU Travel Funding covers the cost of the hotel with shared rooms and the conference registration ($150) for each student.
Students will be assigned a group for each hotel room 4 to a room, sharing a double or queen bed. Students cast in the performance piece will have hotel rooms covered by WWU, 4 students to a room.
The hotel will have your name assigned to your shared room so you can check in when you arrive, even if you arrive before or after the faculty representative.

If you require a different hotel experience for your mental and physical well-being, you are invited to make a separate hotel reservation that will meet your needs. WWU is unable to accommodate requests for single rooms. Sharing hotel rooms does require that all participants work together to keep the room neat and be respectful of others in terms of sharing space, maintaining an appropriate noise level, and cleanliness.

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* 6. Travel and Disability Accommodations:
While travel can be challenging, the experience can help you learn more about yourself and your capabilities.
Potential challenges of the festival include but are not limited to: travel (flights, shuttles, trains, buses, ride shares) and potential travel delays, fast paced schedule with very little “down time”, physical and mental intensity of new dance classes, stress and social capacity needed to stay in a shared hotel room, late nights with performances and gatherings, separation from WWU resources, and time away from WWU classes that may result in additional make-up work.
Please answer below if you have access needs for this trip and would like to work with DAC to identify the best preparation and planning. Students will work with Disability Access Center (DAC) and the Office of Student Life to identify preparation needs for travel.
If you are in need of accommodations that are not available on the trip, you may be advised to reconsider participating or postpone participation to another year.

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* 7. Current GPA and year at WWU (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior)

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* 8. Please list two WWU faculty references who can offer a recommendation for you regarding conduct and behavior during potentially stressful situations that may arise during the ACDA festival trip related to : travel, changes to your living environment, and physical/mental exhaustion due to long days of classes and performances. Note that WWU students with Conduct Violations and disruptive behavior per the WWU Student Code of Conduct will not be invited to travel as part of the WWU trip. This does not mean that you can't attend ACDA, ALL WWU students have the option to register as Individuals and attend any of the ACDA regional festivals of their choosing as a personal trip not affiliated with WWU.

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* 9. Please initial that you have read and understand the following:
If I am cast in the ACDA piece for adjudication, I am available for rehearsals on Mondays at 7:30pm-9:00pm and Saturday 10:00am-11:30am, available for the tech rehearsals and performances of Winter Dances 2026 January 17th-21st and performances January 22nd-23rd, and matinee performance on January 24th, as well as the ACDA trip February 4-7, 2026.
Attending ACDA requires missing classes and rehearsals during Week 5 of Winter Qtr 2026. Your professors will be told that this is a university affiliated event but they are not required to grant you an excused absence or guarantee that you can make up any missed work. Your absence may affect your grade in your courses.

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* 10. If you are not cast in the ACDA piece, but want to submit this application for a non-performer slot with the possibility of partial funding for conference registration and hotel, please Check the YES box below.

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