1. NYDI 2015 Western Region

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3. Check-in on time – at least 20 minutes before challenge time. Structure (E) teams must check-in their structure 1 hour before challenge time. After the challenge is over, remember the appraisers will discuss the solution with the Team. Adults – including the TM – should stay back! Come back to pick up your Team Challenge raw scores about 30 minutes after your challenge. There will be a poster up listing which scores are available. Once you have picked up your raw scores, share them with the team, but keep them to yourselves inside the team. You have 30 minutes after you receive your raw scores to file any appeals through the DIalogue process, described in Rules of the Road. After 30 minutes have elapsed since receiving your raw scores no appeals will be accepted. Remember your raw scores are only one component of your final results, and other teams may not yet have performed. Gloating, or discussing scores in public is impolite – so don't do it! NY-DI 2015

5. 4. Rank the problems for the trouble they could cause! Rank the potential problems for the seriousness of the result Remind the team that small things can sometimes have disastrous results Review each group and make any adjustments 5. Think of all the ways to prevent the problems or minimize them! For each problem ask "if this happens we could....?" Discuss problems that cannot be prevented, e.g. weather, crowd noise, etc. Encourage your team to HAVE FUN, and be creative with their ideas... improvisation always scores well! 6. Prepare a plan of action! Include who, what, when, where and how! Review the "disaster plan" periodically Cause spontaneous mishaps during practice to allow your team to practice the plan! A good example is deliberately leaving the batteries out of the tape player, or knocking over a prop during a rehearsal. DO IT!! As with everything in DI practice...Practice....PRACTICE!!! NY-DI 2015

6. Make sure your team has a COMPLETE TOOL KIT with them at the tournament! If there is any chance something might break, tear or disconnect be sure to have everything you need to repair it. NY-DI 2015

7. Plan to attend lots of performances and cheer on other teams! Every team likes a big enthusiastic audience for its performance, the best way to assure this for your team is to be it for another team! Teams learn a great deal from seeing how others have approached the same Challenge. You should do this because it’s FUN! NY-DI 2015

8. Prepare the parents! Be sure all team parents know:  When the team is meeting to go to the tournament  Where the tournament is and how to get there  Where the team is meeting at the tournament  There are Tee shirts and pins for sale at the tournament that support the DI organization in your area – please make sure parents are aware of this.  Make sure parents know if flash photography is allowed by the team.  Reinforce the INTERFERENCE rules  What time the teams performance and Instant Challenges take place  TOURNAMENT RULES OF BEHAVIOR and SPORTSMANSHIP  What, if any, jobs you are asking them to take on at the tournament  NO ONE TALKS TO APPRAISERS EXCEPT THE TEAM MEMBERS! NY-DI 2015

9. MAKE SURE YOUR FORMS ARE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY, CORRECTLY AND TO YOUR TEAMS BEST ADVANTAGE! All Team tournament forms are available from http://nydi.org as Interactive Forms – its easier to fill them out and makes them easier for the Appraisers to read! USE THEM!http://nydi.org Make sure you have extra copies of Tournament Data Forms, Expense Reports, Declarations of Independence and any other paperwork required by your Challenge. Bring blank forms in case you need to make changes. Stop at the Registration Table at your Tournament to be sure you have all your forms! Make sure your forms are worded to the team’s advantage! If you want the Princess Costume scored for a Team Choice Element be SPECIFIC – don’t say Costumes if you really mean the Princess Costume… And don’t say the Princess Costume if what you really mean is the use of unexpected materials in the Princess Costume! NY-DI 2015

10. THE TOURNAMENT IS A CELEBRATION OF EVERY TEAM! Be an advocate for your team Be supportive of every team Emphasize how much they have learned & how much fun they had rather than scores and placement. HAVE FUN WITH YOUR TEAM! Remind your team (and parents) that the simple act of bringing a solution to show the Appraisers at a Tournament makes your team a winner! NY-DI 2015

11. Park in the Jarvis Lots Do NOT Park in the Bookstore or Furnas Lots UB NORTH CAMPUS MAP UB Student Union Knox Lecture Hall Dashed Purple line shows route from parking lots to Putnum Way ring road PROP DROP OFF

12. NY-DI 2015 Lee Loop is for Buses ONLY Jarvis Lots are available for DI parking UB Student Union PROP, TEAM, AUDIENCE drop off Knox Lecture Hall Use 1-Way Putnam Loop for Prop Drive up University Commons Restaurants

13. DI TOURNAMENT PROP MANAGEMENT There is NO prop storage on site Please unload your props to the Union no more that ONE HOUR prior to your performance LEAVE PROPS IN LOBBY UNTIL YOU REPORT TO YOUR CHALLENGE SITE Please remove your props from the Union as soon as possible after your performance, no more than ONE HOUR after DI and UB are NOT responsible for anything that may happen to any un-attended props NY-DI 2015

14. UB Student Union from sidewalk from Jarvis Lots NY-DI 2015 ENTER HERE: Audience, Teams, Props, EVERYONE

15. ALTERNATE PROP DROP OFF Alleyway to TINY Lot Back door to Union No parking, only drop off Handicapped access too NY-DI 2015 Alleyway Here

16. Concessions Available During Tournament – UB Commons UB Commons across the street from Union – Starbucks – Young Chow Chinese – Subway – Dancing Chopsticks Japanese – Kung Fu Tea – (MAYBE Pizza, Indian & Mediterranean too) Union Restaurants will be closed for Spring Break NY-DI 2015

17. UB – Points of Interest UB School of Engineering will be present at tournament Ice Skating available across from Student Union (weather permitting) – Skate rental available, but for smaller kids sizes bring your own skates (they have college student sizes) March 21 falls within UB Spring Break – Campus should be pretty quiet NY-DI 2015

18. Theater Challenges C & RS Entrance Lobby 210 UB Room Challenge D 145 Multi- Purpose Challenges A & B & PO 215 Social Room IC HOLD 220 Official Room ELEVATOR INFO Food court (Will be closed) Stairs First Floor Elevator Second Floor Norton 112 KNOX Lecture SPINE Stairs UB Student Union (North Campus) Destination Imagination Tournament Map Team Entrance Audience Entrance Registration & Merchandise Prop Holding

19. UB Student Union Lobby NY-DI 2015 Registration Merchandise INFO DESK WILL BE OPEN FOR BUILDING / CAMPUS DIRECTIONS

20. UB Student Union Theater – Challenge C and RS NY-DI 2015

21. UB Student Union Theater – Challenge C and RS NY-DI 2015 Team / Prop Entrance to Theater Audience Entrance up here – take stairs or elevator

22. NY-DI 2015 Challenge C and RS

23. UB Student Union Room 210 – Challenge D NY-DI 2015

24. Stairs to Room 210 Challenge D and Instant Challenge Holding Room NY-DI 2015 IC HOLD

25. NY-DI 2015 Challenge D

26. UB Student Union Room 145 – Challenges A, B and PO NY-DI 2015 Example of floor in 145 – All partitions will be open for tournament Team /Prop Entrance to 145

27. NY-DI 2015 Room 145 Challenge A,B & PO

28. UB Student Union Room 215, the Social Hall, the Flag Room – IC Check in NY-DI 2015

29. QUESTIONS??? Remember, UB Student Union is a public building – you can visit any time during operating hours to get lay of the land Call Molly Gawura (716-725-8276) if questions remain NY-DI 2015