The Kiwanis Music Festival of St. John's

PROCEDURE, RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING

SENIOR ROSE BOWL COMPETITION

SPECIAL NOTE

The SENIOR VOCAL, PIANO AND STRINGS concert groups MUST BE PERFORMED FROM MEMORY. In all other classes, memory work is optional, however NO competitor will be recommended to proceed to Provincial finals UNLESS they have performed their Concert Group FROM MEMORY.

1. In order to qualify for the Rose Bowl Competition a competitor MUST enter one of the following SENIOR concert groups:

VOCAL CONCERT GROUP -SENIOR - Class 100
One competitor may be selected by the adjudicator from class 100 to represent the Vocal section.

PIANO CONCERT GROUP - SENIOR - class 300
One competitor may be selected by the adjudicator from class 300 to represent the piano section.

STRINGS CONCERT GROUP - SENIOR - Class 460 and 500
One competitor may be selected by the adjudicator from either of these classes to represent the String section.

ORGAN CONCERT GROUP - SENIOR- Class 600
One competitor may be selected by the adjudicator from class 600 to represent the Organ section.

BRASS CONCERT GROUP - SENIOR -Class 700
One competitor may be selected by the adjudicator from class 700 to represent the Brass section.

WOODWIND CONCERT GROUP -SENIOR - Class 800
One competitor may be selected by the adjudicator from class 800 to represent the Woodwind Section.

PERCUSSION CONCERT GROUP - SENIOR - Class 900
One competitor may be selected by the adjudicator from class 900 to represent the Percussion section.

2. A mark of 85% or higher must be obtained in the competitive session in order to be considered for the Rose Bowl competition.

3. In order to qualify for Rose Bowl competition, a competitor must have reached his or her 18th birthday on or before December 31st in the year immediately preceding the festival. The only exception will be former Junior Rose Bowl winners who must be 16 years of age on or before December 31st in the year immediately preceding the festival, who shall be eligible to enter the Senior Rose Bowl competition in the section in which he or she won the Junior Rose Bowl. If a former Junior Rose Bowl winner elects to enter a Senior Concert Group class, then he or she will not be eligible to enter the Junior Concert Group section in which he won the Junior Rose Bowl.

4. The seven competitors selected for Rose Bowl Competition will perform any two of the same Concert Group selections as performed in the competitive session with the exception of the vocal, where three selections may be performed.

5. All adjudicators will be present at the Rose Bowl competition and will choose and announce the winner.

6. The seven runners-up in the competition will receive a scholarship and a special shield.

7. Any Classes which are split will have a play-off of the winners of each to determine the entrant in the Rose Bowl Competition.

8. Adjudicators are instructed to penalize competitors for abuse of time limits in respect of Rose Bowl classes.

9. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN WITH EACH CONCERT GROUP CLASS

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