REGISTRATION FOR 2009 IS CANCELLED
2008 info!
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STRINGS FOR KIDS
Novice
OPEN TO ALL CONTESTANTS WHO HAVE NOT PLACED IN THE TOP FIVE IN THEIR AGE DIVISION IN ANY FIDDLING CONTEST! CONTESTANTS WHO HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN A CONTEST BEFORE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ENTER A NOVICE DIVISION! – There is no registration fee for novice divisions.
| Division | Registration | Age Requirement | Day |
| Adult | FREE | Open to contestants 18 and older | Saturday |
| Junior | FREE | Open to contestants under 18 | Friday |
| Junior Junior | FREE | Open to contestants under 14 | Friday |
| Pee Wee | FREE | Open to contestants under 10 | Friday |
By registering for this contest I agree to abide by the rules set forth by this contest committee and/or contest chairman. I release all rights to pictures or audio or video recordings that may be taken of me while participating in or preparing to participate in this contest on the grounds of the Colonial theater. I also understand that while all participants will most likely play a full round (hoedown, waltz and tune of choice) in the preliminaries, some divisions may only play 1 - 2 tunes with an added time limit if their division enrolls more than 15 participants. This contest judges and committee also reserves the right to cut the final rounds of each division to as few as 3 qualifiers in all divisions except the Championship. I understand that it is the sole determination of the three highly qualified judges to determine who moves to the final round of competition and that their decision is final. I understand that this contest is not Nationally Certified and that no scores will be kept. I also acknowledge that the final playoff the type of tunes that will be played during each playoff will be determined by the judges, the judges will watch and keep track of each contestant and pick winners and order of placement of the top 7 players in the championship division and the top 3 in all other divisions.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday - ALL CONTESTANTS MUST BE SIGNED UP BY 9:30 AM to compete in the contest!
PeeWee, Jr Jr and Junior Standard and Novice Divisions compete all day
| Time | Event |
| 9:00 | Registration for all standard and novice PeeWee, Junior Junior and Junior Contestants - All contestants MUST be registered no later than 9:30 AM |
| 9:20 | Judges Meeting - all contestants need to attend! |
| 9:30 | Contest Starts (Order of play Novice PeeWee, Standard PeeWee, Novice Jr Jr, Standard Jr Jr, Novice Junior then Standard Junior) If you are not ready to play (on stage) when you are called you will be withdrawn from the contest! |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00 | Preliminaries continued - be ready for call backs or a second round |
| 5:00 | DINNER BREAK |
| 6:00 | House opens for fiddlers to warm up |
| 6:30 | Idaho Falls Junior Fiddlers Play |
| 6:45 | Judges Play |
| 7:00 | Top Fiddlers - play off for titles and places Awards are given at the end of each play off! |
Saturday - ALL CONTESTANTS MUST BE SIGNED UP BY 9:30 AM to compete in the contest!
Novice and Standard Adults and Championship division compete all day!
| Time | Event |
| 8:30 | Registration - All fiddlers (Adult Standard and Novice and Championship) must be registered no later than 9:30 AM to compete in the fiddle contest! |
| 9:15 | Judges Meeting - FIDDLERS ATTEND the Judges meeting - this contest doesn't have standard rules and you will want to know the format and what the judges have to say about the contest format. |
| 9:30 | Contest Begins Preliminaries Adult Novice Adult Standard Championship Any contestant who is not on stage when their name is called will be immediately disqualified from the contest! |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 1:00 | Preliminaries Continued and Second Round or Call Backs/Play Offs begin Make sure you are back at the contest so you don't miss your turn in a play off. As with preliminaries Any contestant who is not on stage when their name is called for a play off or call back will be immediately disqualified from the contest! |
| 5:00 | Dinner break |
| 6:00 | Judges Performance |
| 6:15 | Celtic Air - Performance |
| 7:00 | Accompanist contest - (the top 5 accompanists of the day will be selected by the judges to play off - the accompanist picks a fiddler and plays any one tune with a 3 minute time limit) Any accompanist who is not on stage when their name is called will be immediately disqualified from the contest! |
| 7:15 | Adult Standard and Championship Play offs JUDGES CHOICE |
| 8:45 | TOP 3 CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION PLAY OFF FOR TITLE Round Robin and Judges Choice! Be Prepared to play anything!!!!! |
| 9:15 | AWARDS |