2012 St. Louis National Competition

PLEASE NOTE: We will do absolutely everything possible to accommodate everyone who wants to come to our national events, but it is still possible they may close out.
You are strongly encouraged to submit paid entries as early as possible. Note also entries received without payment may not be processed and are subject to being "bumped" by paid entries received at a later date. Click Here to enter online.

REBATE DEADLINE: Not Applicable
The significant additional expense required to put on a national event makes the rebate unavailable. We decided to keep entry fees as low as possible instead.

TOP STARZ DEADLINE: May 30
This is the deadline by which we must receive TOP Starz confirmation forms, photos, and fees. Students sending forms that are received after this deadline can still participate on the performance team, but his or her photo will not appear in the national programs.

SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE: May 30
This is the deadline by which we must receive applications and essays from those high school seniors who wish to be considered for the TOP Senior Scholarship.

COMPETITION ENTRY DEADLINE: June 20
This is the final 21-day deadline by which all entries must be entered and paid online, or received with payment in the TOP office.

ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE POSTING: June 27
Please understand before you contact us that there is no "standard schedule" or "anticipated schedule" that we can share with you, even for nationals. If there were it would be posted here. Each show is scheduled independently based on a variety of factors, many of which we cannot know prior to all entries being in and processed. Please also understand before you contact us that special schedule requests are virtually impossible to accommodate given that multiple such requests almost always conflict with one another. As such, we simply cannot take into account any special request while scheduling a show. Please don't even ask. Finally, it is strongly recommended that you do not make any assumptions about how a show will be scheduled based on the prior year's schedule. Save yourself the heartache and just wait for the confirmed schedule to be posted here before you make any unchangeable plans. The general schedule will be posted here immediately as it becomes available. Immediately thereafter a specific schedule with individual performance times for each act will be emailed to each studio director.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Our host hotel is The Embassy Suites St. Louis-St. Charles located at Two Convention Center Plaza in St. Charles, Missouri. Click here to book online and receive special TOP discounted rates. If you have any questions or issues about the booking process you can contact the hotel directly at 636-866-0148 and ask to speak with April Calloway. April is available Monday-Friday from 8 am to 4 pm Central time. If you continue to have questions or issues you can contact Kim in the TOP office at 316-258-4789 and she'll do her best to help.

We have now also opened a block of rooms at the Hampton Inn in the area. To book at the Hampton call 636-947-6800. Although we don't have room blocks, there are also other hotels in the area you might consider. They include:
Ameristar Casino Hotel, 636-949-7777
Quality Inn & Suites, 636-946-6936
Comfort Suites, 636-949-0694
All of these hotels are within an easy 5 minute drive, and there is plenty of free parking at the St. Charles Convention Center.

THINGS TO DO AND SEE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA: Click here for a link to the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission website. Click here for a link to the St. Charles Visitors Bureau.