Music and Lip Sync Festival

 

Do you enjoy singing, playing an instrument, dancing or performing lip sync?  Plan to perform in this year’s 4-H Music and Lip Sync Festival and share your musical talents with others.

The Moonspinner's 4-H Club is coordinating this year’s Music and Lip Sync Festival and is scheduled to be held on Saturday, January 23, 2010, 9:00am, at Tomahawk School Auditorium in Tomahawk.  To enter, just fill out the registration form and return it by Monday, January 11, 2010.  There will be no exceptions to this deadline.

Music and Lip Sync Festival Guidelines:

  • For all county activities, groups may consist of any combination of enrolled 4-H members.
  • Use good judgement on your entry selection. Parents/leaders are asked to preview performances to make sure it is appropriate for all ages of youth. Profanity is prohibited.
  • Videotaping/recording of entries for any county contest (Music and Lip Sync Festival, Speaking and Puppetry Contest, Drama Festival, and Demonstration and Illustrated Talk Contest) will not be allowed.
  • Adults are encouraged to provide guidance and support in teaching youth as they prepare for and perform in these events.  They may assist with stage/scenery design, costuming, practices, and serve as accompanists for musical performances.  However, they may not perform with the youth.  Remember these are youth performances, and we want to keep them learning experiences for the youth.
  • Individual 4-H members and groups may enter.  A group is four or more members.
  • Solos, duets, trios or group ensembles perform (musical, dance and lip sync).
  • The same 4-Her may perform in a group plus two other performances.
  • Each performance should be a minimum of one minute.  Each group performance is not to exceed 10 minutes.
  • Each musical performance should provide a copy of music for judge on the day of the event.
  • Individuals and groups are responsible for their own props.  A microphone, piano/keyboard and cassette tape/CD player will be provided for your use.  If you are bringing a tape or CD, please turn in tape/CD when arrive that day labeled by your performance number.
  • Use good judgment on your entry selection.  Parents/leaders are encouraged to preview songs and costumes to make sure appropriate for youth.
  • Performances will be divided for music, dance and lip sync entries into the following four divisions based on average grade of group:
     
    • Cloverbuds (K-2nd Grade)
    • Junior Division (3rd-5th Grade)
    • Intermediate Division (6th-8th Grade)
    • Senior Division (9th Grade and Older)
  • Each performance is critiqued/judged (oral and written), except individual Cloverbuds or group where the average grade is Cloverbud grade who will receive a participation ribbon only (not judged).  4-Hers may have the option of not being placed.  They would receive a participation ribbon.
  • Ribbons and certificates are awarded.
  • For each performance, Best Choreography and Best Costume award certificates may be presented at judge’s discretion.
  • Merit ribbon may be given to top performance at judge's discretion in each division.  They may give out a Merit ribbon for solos/duets/trios in each division and one for group performances per division.
  • The facility will be open a half-hour prior to the event starting to allow participants to become comfortable with the stage, microphone and/or piano/keyboard prior to performing.
  • If you use props that create a mess (i.e. straw, hay, etc.), try to wrap them in something and ask coordinator of the event for equipment to clean up after yourself.  This will help everyone involved.

If you have never seen or participated, there are video tapes of past festivals for you to view.  Stop by the UW-Extension Office to check one out.

Videotaping/recording of entries for any county contest (Music and Lip Sync Festival, Communications Contest, Drama Festival) will not be allowed.
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