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2020 RULES AND REGULATIONS AUDIENCE AND PROCEDURAL NOTES
9. Time limits for Awards Nights must be strictly adhered to. Failure to do so will result in disqualification.
Time limits are as follows:
Piano: H.E. Phipps Trophy, Grade 9, 10 minutes
Tim and Lynn Silversides Trophy, Grade 10
12 minutes
Western Financial Group Tudor Bowl, Diploma Level 12 minutes
Strings: Alex Whyte Memorial Trophy, Grades 8 and 9 10 minutes
Victor Krahn Memorial Trophy, Grade 10 and Diploma 12 minutes
Brass: Beta Sigma Phi Trophy, Grades 9, 10 and Diploma 12 minutes
Woodwinds: Albert Johnson Memorial Trophy, Grades 9, 10 and Diploma 12 minutes
10. Progression of a student is at the discretion of the teacher. Winners of Solo Trophy classes up to &
including Gr. 7 are expected to move to a higher level in the ensuing year. Exceptions may be made
where there is an age span of several years.
11. Rowe Scholarship: Festival participants older than twenty-five years of age by December 31, 2019,
will not be eligible for the Rowe Scholarship.
12. Scholarship awards will be announced at the Awards Nights, with the exception of those for Speech
Arts, Guitar and School & Community Music. Thank you notes from scholarship winners will be
required prior to the release of scholarship cheques. It is the hope of Brandon Festival of the Arts that
these awards will be used for further study.
AWARDS - DANCE
Please refer to the Scholarships section of the Dance Addendum for eligibility requirements.
1. Scholarships and trophies are listed in the Addendum. Some may not have been confirmed at time of
publishing, and amounts and donors may change.
2. All performers in non-competitive and competitive classes will be given equal consideration for
scholarships by the adjudicator. Performers will be eligible for scholarships when only ONE solo class
is entered unless otherwise specified in the terms of reference. Scholarships requiring more than one
class to be entered include the Riesberry Memorial Scholarship and the Barbara Withey Ehnes Scholarship
in Ballet Studies. Please note: Ballet Studies is considered a solo class.
3.Age categories 19 Years & Over and Multi-generational classes are not eligible for scholarships.
4. There is no limit to the number of awards that adjudicators may give in any class.
5. An entrant may not win the same scholarship or trophy more than twice.
6. Awards will be announced at the Dance Showcase. Thank you notes from scholarship winners will be
required prior to the release of scholarship cheques. It is the hope of Brandon Festival of the Arts that
scholarships will be used for continued dance studies.
7. Kaye and G.R. Rowe Memorial Scholarship: Festival participants older than twenty-five years of
age by December 31, 2019 will not be eligible for the Rowe Scholarship.
Any concerns regarding Brandon Festival of the Arts
should be addressed, in writing, to:
Brandon Festival of the Arts, Inc.
Office 130, 100-1300-18th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6X7
Or email brandonfestivalofthearts@gmail.com
For cancellations, please call 204-720-7074
Audience members are asked not to enter or leave the performance area of the venue while a performance
or adjudication is in progress. This can be most distracting for performers, adjudicators
and fellow audience members. Entrance and exit to the venue will only be permitted at appropriate
intervals. Participants and audience members are requested to move quickly and quietly in the
performance area of the venue to minimize distractions.
Brandon Festival of the Arts reserves the right to alter the order of the program, if
necessary, to accommodate any unforeseen circumstances which may arise.
Following each session, the adjudicator will make a public adjudication and will read out only the
marks of the competitors taking first, second and third places at the end of each class. If the classes
are very small, the adjudicator may, at his or her discretion, hear a succeeding class or two
prior to adjudication.
Visual or audio taping of performances must be unobtrusive and silent. Such taping is at the discretion
of the Festival Executive. Adjudications may not be taped (visual or audio), under any
circumstances.
Participants, teachers and audience members must not make any attempt to
communicate with the adjudicators during the Festival. Every attempt is made to isolate the adjudicators
from the public until the close of their discipline’s sessions.
The adjudicators are responsible for all decisions regarding the awarding of
scholarships and trophies, and the selection of performers for Dance Showcase and Festival Encore
Concert. The decisions of the adjudicators are final.
The Rules and Regulations must be followed by all of the performers, teachers and audience members.
Protests or complaints must be submitted in writing within three (3) days of the close of the
Festival. Copies of the Rules and Regulations may be found in this Official Program and the current
Addenda to Brandon Festival of the Arts, available at www.brandonfestivalofthearts.ca.
Those who do not abide by the Rules and Regulations may be banned from further participation in
the Festival.
Audience and Procedural Notes. Visual or audio recording of performances is permitted but must
be unobtrusive and silent. Such recording is at the discretion of the Festival Executive. Visual or
audio recording of adjudications is not permitted under any circumstances. Copies or photographs
of written adjudications may not be uploaded to the internet, including social media platforms
such as Facebook and YouTube, under any circumstances.
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