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LEGAL
INFO
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Corporate
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South Florida Winter Guard Association is a membership organization
chartered as a Not-for-Profit Corporation under the laws of the
State of Florida. The principle address is 2220 NW 70th Lane, Margate
FL |
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Intellectual
Property Rights
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SFWGA.org website and all pages, graphics, designs, artwork, and
photographs appearing therein are the intellectual property of the
South Florida Winter Guard Association Inc, unless otherwise noted.
No portion of this website, in part or in whole, may be reproduced
or distributed in any manner without express prior permission. "SFWGA"
and the red box logo are trademarks of the South Florida Winter
Guard Association Inc. |
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Event
Promoter
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SFWGA is the Event Promoter of color guard, percussion, and winds
contests, and as such, manages the marketing, administration, and
adjudication of contests for its membership. The SFWGA does not
own, lease, or manage the venues in which contests occur, and is
not involved in the production, design, or performance of any participating
ensemble. The SFWGA is not a business partner of any organization
or company which may also be present at contest sites. The SFWGA
makes no claim as to the suitabililty of any performance for a particular
age or demographic group, nor the merchantability of any product
or service sold at a contest site for any particular purpose. |
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Contest
Admission
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contest admissions are sold as general admission without regard
to any particular performance. The SFWGA makes no guarantee or claim
that any particular ensemble(s) will appear at a contest, nor that
any ticket holder will witness a particular performance. Performance
schedules are posted on this website as a convenience to participants
and spectators. The SFWGA retains full rights to modify any schedule
it has posted, at any time, and without prior notice. In accordance
with Florida Statute FS 548.037, the SFWGA may order the discontinuance
of ticket sales when no further seating is available, and may resume
ticket sales if seating becomes available. The SFWGA may cancel
or discontinue any contest at its sole descretion, if it deems the
safety of performers, staff, or spectators is in jeopardy, the hosting
school or organization fails to comply with any term of their host
agreement, there are not enough participants to make the contest
economically feasible. or for any other reason it deems to be in
the best interests of the organization and its membership. |
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Music
Permissions
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Copyright laws guarantee that music composers, artists, and publishers
have the exclusive rights to control when and how their creations
are used and performed. Typically, these rights are administered
by one of two licensing organizations: ASCAP and BMI. The SFWGA
holds competition and performance licenses from both organizations
that encompass all musical works in their respective repertoires,
and pays royalties to both organizations for the use of their music
in our contests. Music that is not administered by ASCAP or BMI
cannot be performed or played at an SFWGA contest. |
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Photography
and Video
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photography from spectator viewing areas using only ambient light
is permitted at SFWGA events. However, flash photography poses a
danger to performers and may result in their physical injury. Flash
photography is not permitted at any time while a performance is
underway. Photographs of performers, performances, or taken anywhere
inside a contest venue may not be made available for sale without
prior permission from the SFWGA. Video recordings of any performance
that include the music track are violations of US Copyright laws,
and are not permitted. Each performing ensemble may designate one
person to video-record only their own performance for instructional
and design analysis. No other video recording is permitted inside
the contest area, including video cameras, cell phone video, laptop,
tablet, or any other digital or analog video medium. |
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Use
of non-Proprietary Logos and Trademarks
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The following names and logos displayed
throughout this site are trademarks and service marks of their
respective owners:
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Logo
or Trademark
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Owner
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Instagram
camera logo
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Instagram.com,
San Francisco CA
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Facebook
"f" logo
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Facebook.com,
Menlo Park CA
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Twitter
"t" logo
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Twitter.com,
San Francisco CA
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WGI
logo
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Winter
Guard International, Dayton OH
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Google
Maps
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Google
Inc, Mountain View CA
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| ApplePay
and the credit card logos appearing on Contest Event pages |
Apple
Inc, Cupertino CA * American Express Inc, New York NY *
Discover
Financial Services, Riverwoods IL * MasterCard International,
Purchase NY * VISA International, San Francisco CA |
| CompetitionSuite
logo |
CompetitionSuite
LLC, Stamford CT |
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ASCAP
logo
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The
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers,
New York NY
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BMI
logo
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Broadcast
Music Inc, Nashville TN
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