Important Deadlines

Hotel Deadlines

Registration Deadlines

There is no late registration week.

Payment Deadlines

All payments must be received in full by mail or online by the below dates. TPSA will NOT accept purchase orders for State Competition. Contact the TPSA Treasurer for additional payment questions.

Schedule

This schedule is tentative and is subject to change. Preliminary individual event schedules will be posted on 03/15/2023. The closing ceremony start time depends on the finalizing of scores and may start later than 6:30 pm. Schools should not plan to return/drive back Wednesday night anytime before 11:00 pm.

Registration

To register for the state competition, login to the myTPSA system and find your State Conference Login information under your chapter where the regional login was.

1. Login and access the State Conference System
   • You can find your login information in myTPSA how you found your regional login information. The login information for the state conference will be a different password than regionals.
2. Confirm preloaded Student Registrations and Events.
3. Enter T-shirt sizes for all attendees.
4. Submit any Substitution/Drop Requests by Creating a Special Request in myTPSA.
   • Please select BOTH the old and new members of the substitute.
   • In the notes, specify who is switching with whom in WHICH EVENT.
   • Failure to specify in detail what is happening will result in denial.
   • No more than 50% of any team may be substituted for State Competition.
   • The substitutes must have attended and competed at a regional competition, not in the same event.
   • Only emergency substitution requests will be considered after the close of registration.
5. Add any Advisors by clicking "Add Advisor"
6. Add any Guests that are not already listed to your Registration by clicking on "Add Guest/Other"
7. Volunteers will be registered via GivePulse Volunteer Registration System separately from the conference registration system. https://tpsa.info/volunteer
   1. Do not register volunteers in the conference system. Volunteers do NOT need to pay conference registration fees; all volunteers will receive shirts and meals.
8. Submit Registration and Pay

Volunteers

Registration

1. Registration for volunteers will be done via GivePulse Volunteer Registration System. To avoid penalties, you must have the volunteer enter their Chapter ID Number during registration.
2. Navigate to https://tpsa.info/volunteer (GivePulse Registration System)
3. Click Register
4. Select 2 Shifts on 2 Different Days; please select Manager, Moderator, Assistant, and Actors shifts FIRST before the set-up shifts. This ensures we have enough volunteers for those as they are the priority. Scroll down and click continue.
5. Enter the VOLUNTEER's information and EMAIL. You must enter the volunteer's name and email that is going.
6. Fill out the additional information needed like shirt size, phone number, CHAPTER ID # and MEMBER ID #, etc.
7. Then click complete registration. Repeat this process for each volunteer.

Policies

• All schools must bring two volunteers, with at least one being an adult( 18 or older) volunteer.
• Failure to bring two volunteers for the event will result in a $250 charge against your school.
• To avoid penalty, volunteers must be registered in GivePulse with their Chapter ID before the deadline.
• Failure to complete assigned/selected shifts will result in a $250 charge against your school.
• Volunteers must be available for the duration of the event; shifts should be selected before the conference.
• Schools must not have an outstanding balance with TPSA to compete. Failure to bring volunteers will result in an outstanding balance if the school does not pay the volunteer penalty with their registration.

We have now contracted with the Holiday Inn Express since the Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/Allen and Marriott are at capacity.

Rooming

TPSA has partnered with the Marriott Dallas Allen, Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/Allen, and Holiday Inn Express to provide housing at a discounted rate to attendees. All attendees must stay at the Marriott Dallas Allen or Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/Allen for the event or Holiday Inn Express.

• Schools within a 75-mile radius of the hotel are NOT required to book rooms at the conference.
• Schools that fail to book rooms at the Marriott Dallas Allen hotel will not be permitted to compete. If the hotel cannot accommodate you, please get in touch with TPSA President Johnnie Shepherd to request an exemption.

How to Book Rooms

Advisors must arrange with the hotel by visiting their booking portal or calling. TPSA does not handle hotel reservations.

The TPSA block will be released to general public sales after March 13th (Marriott) and March 20th (Hilton). Any Late registrations/reservations are made at your own risk of rooms not being available at the group rate.

Holiday Inn Express

Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/Allen

Marriott Dallas Allen (No More Rooms)

Prices

• All hotel rooms booked include complimentary breakfast for their occupants.
• Marriot Rate: $155/night/room
• Hilton Rate: $139/night/room
• Holiday Inn Rate: $119/night/room

Parking @ Marriott

Parking at the Hilton and Holiday Inn is complimentary with the stay.

Food

TPSA provides meals to paid attendees, volunteers, judges, and staff. Please see the below meal options for specific information. For help with dietary restrictions, please get in touch with [email protected].

Volunteers will only receive meals if registered via GivePulse; volunteers will receive lunch Tuesday/Wednesday and a hospitality room with drinks/snacks.