Mar 06 2018

Regional Tournament Rescheduled

Hello to all!

After a whirlwind of a weekend, we’re happy to report that we were able to get in touch with some wonderful folks at Fairfax County Public Schools, and we have been able to (barely!) secure a school to run our tournament, while avoiding spring break and Easter!

The tournament will now take place on March 18, 2018 at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, located at 6560 Braddock Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312. The schedule will remain the same EXCEPT the closing ceremony will now be held at 6 pm instead of 7 pm. Please be on the lookout for updated room assignments, entry doors, parking information, and maps.

We thank you for your patience and understanding. We never hope to have to move the tournament around, especially at the last minute due to a severe weather event, as the logistics for running this tournament take upwards of 9 months to finalize, but we are so happy to have a resolution that enables our teams to present the solutions they’ve been working on for so many months. We look forward to seeing you on the new date of March 18th!

~NoVA North Board

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Mar 03 2018

Tournament Canceled for Today

Hello all,

Our worst fears have been confirmed, and Fairfax County Public Schools are closed for the day. The tournament is canceled for today, and we are gathering our heads together to come up with an alternate plan. We will advise you as soon as we have more information.

Thank you for your understanding and patience,

NoVA North Board

 

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Mar 02 2018

Tournament Status Update

Hello all!

As you can imagine, it’s been a stressful day as we’ve been monitoring the weather and the situation with Fairfax County Schools. Just when we thought we were in the clear to run the tournament at the planned start time, we received an update letting us know that the schools will remain closed until 12 noon tomorrow, with an additional update planned at 11 am.

At this time, we will still be running the tournament. Please add 5 hours to your scheduled start-time to obtain your new start-time (for both Long Term and Spontaneous). For example, if you were to start a performance at 8:30 am, your new start time will be 1:30 pm. We are feverishly working to get an updated schedule posted to our site, but please plan to start 5 hours later than originally planned. Should FCPS decide, at 11 am or before, that they will not be opening the schools for the day, we will provide an additional update as quickly as we can. If the district decides that they will not be opening the schools tomorrow, we will have to cancel the tournament in its current form and figure out a plan C.

We will run the tournament through the evening, and we expect the last teams to be finished performing at about 8 pm. Because of this, we will not be holding a closing ceremony but we will post the winners to our website.

I understand this may cause some concerns, and please know that if we had any other option, we would explore it. It takes about a year to plan a tournament, with that much lead time needed to find a suitable site in FCPS. We know that all of our teams have worked so hard, and we’re trying to do the best we can to allow our teams to compete.

Many thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

~NoVA North Board

 

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Mar 02 2018

Tournament Status

Hello all & happy windy Friday! As you can imagine, we’ve been monitoring the weather and the Fairfax County Public Schools all day to make sure the NoVA North Tournament can go on as planned tomorrow.

As it stands now, the tournament will continue as planned. Should anything change, we will post additional information here and reach out to all of the coaches.
 
Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
 
~NoVA North Board

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Jan 23 2018

Deadline for Advance T-shirt Orders

To take advantage of the currently posted prices for t-shirts, the order must be placed by January 27th (this coming Saturday). T-shirts ordered by that date may be picked up at Judges Training on February 10 at Thoreau Middle School at 2505 Cedar Lane in Vienna.

After January 27 the price for each shirt will be $3.00 more, and they will not be available until the tournament or the evening before.

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