The stage clock a long line is working to
Starpower National Talent Competition comes to the Oregon Convention Center on 6 and 7 March 2027, in Halls A-A1. The organiser's own schedule row reads 5 to 7 March. The rulebook publishes time limits by division. A solo and a duet/trio each get 2:45. A small group of 4 to 9 dancers gets 3:00. A large group of 10 to 19 dancers gets 4:00. A line of 20 or more gets 4:30. A Grand Line, also 20 or more, gets 7:00.
Extra time costs $5 per performer per 30-second increment. A solo cannot extend beyond 1 minute of extra time, which puts its ceiling at 3:45. A routine that runs past its limit without purchased time takes a 1-point deduction for every 5 seconds over, and the registration system calculates that charge from the uploaded music file.
That spread sets how many routines a studio can enter across a two-day schedule.
Props are the hotel problem
Every routine gets 2 minutes to build and remove props. A routine that needs longer registers for prop extended time: $25 for up to 1 minute, $50 for up to 5 minutes, $75 for up to 7 minutes, and $100 for 10 minutes or more. Accurate build times and prop descriptions are filed at registration.
Three rules push the work back to the property. Storing props in the wings is not permitted. Props must be loaded in and out within the session in which they are used. Items left on stage carry a $500 clean-up fee, and so does any transfer of liquids, oils, glitter or powder onto the Marley floor.
A company with a 20-performer line and two large props needs a hotel room where the pieces stay assembled overnight, plus a loading path that reaches the hall inside one session. Neither the organiser page nor the venue page publishes hotel storage, a freight window or a prop policy. Those are questions for the rate request.
The 90-minute call and the lobby that holds it
Performers must arrive 90 minutes before their first scheduled performance time, with an exception for anyone performing in the first hour of the event. Routines check in with the backstage manager 5 routines before their performance time. Once checked in, dancers stay backstage. Parents are not allowed backstage without director approval.
That window lands in the hotel lobby when the property sits close to the hall. Twenty dancers, two teachers and a parent group need seating, a place for garment bags, and a clock the director can watch. The organiser warns that the event can run up to an hour ahead or behind.
Schedules are built 7 to 10 days out from the event. No general scheduling format exists, because each regional schedule follows the breakdown of routines registered for that city. A booking made months earlier has to tolerate a call time that arrives a week before travel.
Deadlines that fix the room block
Event reservations run first-come, first-served against a $10 non-refundable deposit per routine, due no later than October 1, 2026. Finalised routine information is due 30 days before the event, which puts the Portland date at February 4, 2027 on a March 6 start. Miss it and the spot and the deposit are forfeited.
Music uploads close 21 days out, which puts that date at February 13, 2027 on the same start. Entries are confirmed only when fully paid and music is uploaded.
Changes inside 30 days carry a fee: $10 per change at 30 days, $25 at 20 days, $50 under 10 days, applied to level, roster and category changes. Registration itself is tiered by date: 60 or more days out, 30 to 59 days, and 29 days or fewer. No dollar figure for those tiers appears on the rules page.
The building carries five bookings that weekend
The venue calendar for March 2027 lists five bookings across March 6 and 7. Starpower holds Halls A-A1. Jump Dance Convention holds the Oregon Ballroom for its three-day run. Slam Dunk Cheer and Dance Championships hold Hall D, the Abby's Closet Prom Gown Giveaway holds Hall C, and the U.S. World Open Taekwondo Championships hold Hall E on the Saturday.
The Materials Show runs March 3 and 4 in Halls A-A1-B, two days before Jump opens.
No hotel block and no room rate is published for this event on the organiser site or the venue page. Jump, in the same building on the same weekend, publishes a host rate of $219 single or double. That figure belongs to another event's contract. Ask the property for its own number.
What goes into the request
Ask for overnight storage for assembled props, and confirm the loading route and its hours before signing. The venue garage opens at 6:00 a.m., charges $15 for up to 18 hours with no in-and-out privilege, runs a dynamic $15 to $25 rate at event entry, prohibits overnight parking, and excludes RVs, campers and trucks with trailers. Clearance is 7 feet on P1 and 9 feet on P2, which settles the van question.
Ask for breakfast that opens before the first call, a lobby with seats for a 90-minute hold, and a checkout time that survives an event running an hour behind. Transit covers the rest: a TriMet adult fare is $2.80 for 2.5 hours across buses, trains and Streetcar, capped at $5.60 a day, with MAX stopping 300 times a day at the Convention Center and the Streetcar A Loop every 15 minutes.
Compare properties in the Portland team hotel directory, size the block with the group rate calculator, and send the requirement list through /rfp/submit. Team-specific terms sit on the sports team hotel booking page.
