Jazz Dance Video Contest Details
Entries are to be submitted no later than 9:00PM PDT on Thursday, April 15, 2010.
Entries are to be submitted either electronically on this website, or on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM by mail or in-person to Alex Yan (alex at seattlevintagejazzdance dot com). See the submissions page for details.
Entries must use music performed by the Big Bang Jazz Band (formerly, The 51st Eight), Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band, the Solomon Douglas Swingtet, or performed by the dancers in the video themselves. Thanks to the Big Bang Jazz Band, Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band, and the Solomon Douglas Swingtet for permission to use their music!
If you are interested in sampling some of the music of the Big Bang Jazz Band, Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band, or the Solomon Douglas Swingtet , please visit the music section of this web site.
- To be considered, your video may not contain content that is inappropriate.
- People who are included in your video must have agreed to be filmed. You must include their names on the submission application.
- You must have filled out the application and signed a release form.
- You may submit as many Entries as you would like.
- You must fill out an application for each Entry.
- Once an Entry is submitted, you may not edit or re-submit it.
- All Entries submitted must be original, and you must be the sole owner of any copyright of any video submitted, other than the music.
- If you submit a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, please print out the application and submit it, filled out, with the disc.
- You must agree to the Terms and Conditions.
More questions? Please click here to check out the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)!
Terms and Conditions
Copyright
All Entries submitted to the Contest must be original. You must be the sole owner of any copyright of any video submitted, other than the music, which must be that of The 51st Eight, The Big Bang Jazz Band, Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band, or The Solomon Douglas Swingtet. Your submission of each Entry is your guarantee that you are the author, creator or sole copyright holder of the video submitted, other than the music. By submitting an Entry, you also represent and warrant that the Entries that you submit do not infringe on the copyright of any other persons or entity and that you have not submitted the video to any other contest. If the ownership of any Entry is contested in any manner, the Sponsor may disqualify that Entry.
Rights of Use
You shall retain the copyright to any Entry and all other rights thereto EXCEPT: by entering the Contest, you agree to have your submitted video displayed on the YouTube.com website and at other web sites, local TV stations and Cable broadcast stations, or included in any DVD for sale and/or distribution as decided by the Sponsor (Seattle Vintage Jazz Dance Society) without any fee or other form of compensation. In addition, you hereby grant an unlimited license to the Sponsor to copy, display, broadcast, distribute or otherwise use your Entry for any purpose, including, but not limited to, promotion of the Sponsor or Sponsor's products. You also grant the Sponsor unlimited authority to sublicense such rights to any third party, including, but not limited to, third-party companies such as the Century Ballroom and HepCat Productions. You agree that the Sponsor shall also have the right to edit, adapt and publish your Entry and may use it in any media in association with the Contest without attribution or compensation to the Entrant, his or her successors or assignees or any other entity. You agree that the Sponsor will not be liable to you or to any third party for any editing, adaptation, modification and/or publication of any Entry.
Publicity and Advertising
Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes irrevocable consent to the Sponsor and their agents to use, record, reproduce, publish, display, perform, translate, and distribute, the names, likeness, voices, quotations, opinions and biographical information of Entrant, including without limitation, any photograph or recording for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration; and the name, likeness, voice and biographical information of any natural person appearing in the Entry, including without limitation any photograph or recording, for any promotional purpose in any media, worldwide, and/or for any other commercial or non-commercial corporate purpose, including without limitation use on merchandise or for marketing, without attribution or further payment or compensation to the Entrant, his or her successors or assigns or any other entity.