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Senior Singer competition

For all those who enjoy singing, whether you sing on stage or in the shower.

2007 has been funded by:

2007 has been funded by:

Venue

Sunday 27 May 12.30pm, St. Nicolas Church Hall, Newbury

Judges will be looking for:

•	Good breathing and quality of tone		•	Expression and dynamics
•	Clarity and articulation		•	Communication and quality of performance

Competition rules

1. Competitors must be secondary school age at the time of the competition (i.e. 11-18yrs)
2. Competitors may sing a solo of up to three minutes (music will be faded beyond this time)
3. Competitors may choose their own song, which may be pop, jazz, classical or any other style
4. Competitors may choose to sing unaccompanied, or may choose to be accompanied by a pianist, guitarist or other instrumentalist. A piano will be provided at the venue.
5. Any accompanists must be provided by the competitors themselves for musical accompaniment only (no backing vocals or part singing)
6. Competitors may accompany themselves, but they will receive no extra marks for this
7. Competitors may choose to use a backing track. A CD player will be provided. Competitors must mark clearly on the CD their name and contact number and the number of the track to be played
8. Competitors singing over an artist on a turned down CD will be disqualified (this does not apply to backing vocals)
9. Material used must be non offensive regarding subject matter and language
10. No microphones will be used
11. Three judges and a small rolling audience will watch the performances
12. Winners of all competitions will be decided on the day and awarded their trophies on the Victoria Park bandstand at 5pm
13. Neither West Berkshire Council nor Newbury Fringe Festival will take responsibility for the supervision of competitors. Parents and guardians may accompany their children and be part of the small rolling audience

Entry to the competition

Please print the entry form which can be found here. Alternatively, application forms can be collected from libraries, school arts departments or youth clubs.

Further information

Contact: Robin Mayes on: rmayes@westberks.gov.uk

The West Berkshire Youth Arts Competition in association with Newbury Fringe Festival.