Registration will work a bit differently this year, in hopes that we do not crash our server yet again. (If this is your first TinkerBal, ask the old-timers about the mayhem of the last few years.)
Step 1. You fill out the Registration Request form.
Step 2. We run a random LOTTERY to allocate spots in the workshops.
Step 3. We announce the lottery results. Everyone else is on the wait list.
Step 4. Y’all make travel plans for Boston either way, because people get in off the wait list EVERY YEAR, and Boston is lovely in October!
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Here are the important dates you need to know:
- Registration Request form OPENS Monday, July 21, at midnight (ie, Sunday night).
- Cutoff date for the LOTTERY is Wednesday, July 23, at 11:59pm Eastern. That means you have THREE DAYS to fill out a form at your leisure. No panicking!
- Lottery results will be announced on or before Sunday, July 27. We will email everyone also.
- If you get a spot in the workshops, you will receive an email with instructions for ways to pay for the workshops.
- The form will remain open until just before the workshops, so that latecomers can add themselves to the wait list, just in case. EVERYONE is welcome at the evening dances on Saturday and Sunday, so come dance with us!
OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF TO KNOW
- Submit ONLY ONE FORM. Don’t spam us, please.
- Seriously. If we catch you submitting more than one form, you will be removed from the lottery and disqualified from attendance.
- We’ll collect email and mobile phone. This is important, because we may need to get in touch with you at the last minute or during the weekend, and mobile phone numbers make that feasible. If you don’t have a mobile phone or won’t have service while you are here, please tell us another way to reach you quickly.
- We’ll also ask you about what Balboa events you’ve been to in the past year, and what level/track you were at those events. There will also be a field to tell us what you’re working on in your dancing. It’s always difficult and awkward to self-level, so this year we’ll just ask what you’ve been up to, which should give us and the instructors a decent idea of where you’re at.
- The form will have a field for your preferred role, follower or leader.
- The form will ALSO have an option for those of you who dance both roles, to say that if your preferred role is already full, you’d be happy to take workshops in the other role, at your level in that other role.
- For those of you with a preferred travel companion:
- There will be an option to name your preferred partner and provide their info. Your partner should ALSO fill out a form, and put your name and info on their form.
- Be aware that we always split up partnerships, so you will NOT be with your partner in the workshop classes. Part of the TinkerBal experience is working on your own stuff with your group, and that’s best done without your bestie.
- When the lottery gets to a form with a named partner, we’ll pick up that named partner’s form as well, assuming there’s still room for their role. This means you’ll both be coming to the event, and can travel together.
OK, GOT ALL THAT?
Cool. LFG: this is the link to the Registration Request Form! Your submission will be to the WAIT LIST, as the lottery window has closed.