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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, and a 501(c)3 public charity under the Internal
Revenue Service code. The principle address is PO Box 773413,
Coral Springs FL 33077. |
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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 contests and 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. The SFWGA holds competition and performance
licenses from ASCAP and BMI 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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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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| Algy
Team logo (Sponsor) |
Algy
Uniforms and Costumes, Hallandale Beach FL |
| Stanbury
Uniforms logo (Sponsor) |
Stanbury
Uniforms, Brookfield IL |
| WGI
Circuit Partner logo |
Winter
Guard International, Dayton OH |
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