Sing Your Heart Out/Vocal Comp

Sing Your Heart Out

Sponsored by Pinnacle Financial Partners

Entry form and information packet

1st place: Grade School, Middle School & High School

$200 cash, Shure SM58 vocal microphone, Scholarship to Kids on Stage Summer Academy 2011, Performance at Leiper’s Fork Puckett’s Grocery

2nd Place: Grade School, Middle School & High School

$100 cash, Scholarship to Kids on Stage Summer Academy 2011, Performance at Leiper’s Fork Puckett’s Grocery

3rd Place: Grade School, Middle School & High School

$50 cash, Scholarship to Kids on Stage Summer Academy 2011, Performance at Leiper’s Fork Puckett’s Grocery

Overall Grand Prize Winner

Free Image Consultant time, exclusive one-on-one stage performance lesson, and ATM Music Studio Time with a professional producer 

Entry Fee: $25.00
Chair: Taylor Ware (America’s Got Talent)
Mimi Johnston (Kids on Stage)
Suzanne Ware (Williamson County Fair) 615-394-1135
Pre-Entry: Entry fee and application due by July 15, 2010

Preliminary Audition Competitions:

Monday           Aug. 2    (Elementary)
Tuesday           Aug. 3    (Middle School)
Wednesday     Aug. 4    (High School)

All will take place in the Factory at Franklin

Final Competition: Tuesday, August 10 - 6:00 p.m. (Main Stage in the Fair arena)

RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Contest is open to residents of Tennessee and adjoining states.

2. Contestants will sing one song, accompanied by track or live instrument(s), not totalling more than 4 minutes.

3. Preliminary Competitions will be ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Monday, August 2; MIDDLE SCHOOL, Tuesday, August 3; HIGH SCHOOL, Wednesday, August 4. (Preliminaries will be limited to 40 contestants in each category.)

4. Final Competition will be Tuesday, August 10, at 6:00 p.m. at the Ag Expo Park, Main Stage/Arena, Williamson Couty Fair, 4215 Long Lane, Franklin, Tennessee.

5. Acceptance is non-transferable. Due to limited time, only those with prior acceptance at the Preliminary Auditions will be allowed to perform at the final competition on Tuesday, August 10 during the Williamson County Fair. Up to 15 contestants in each category from the preliminary competitions will move to the final competition.

6. On August 10, there will be 3 winners in each category: Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (6-8) and High School (9-12). One Grand Prize Overall Winner will be named from the three first place winners.

7. Entry fee is $25 and due with application by July 15, 2010.

8. Entry forms are available at www.williamsoncountyfair.org or may be picked up at the UT Extension Office at Ag Expo Park. Mail application with $25 entry to Williamson County Fair Association, Inc., P.O. Box 329, Franklin, TN 37065.

9. Sportsmanship and manners are required of all contestants.

10. Time allowed for each act is 4 minutes or less.

11. “Sing Your Heart Out” is a family-friendly show.

12. Performers must provide their own personnel to assist in bring on props and/or setting up if necessary.

13. Judges will be Nashville Music Industry Professionals.

14. Elementary, Middle and High School – The three winners will proceed to the 2011 Atlanta auditions of America’s Got Talent, and will be given $100 in spending money for the trip.

15. Questions, call 394-1135.

Thank you to all our contributors: The Factory at Franklin, The Bunganut Pig, Shure Microphones, Kids on Stage, Hills and Hamlets, The Nashville Muse, and Leiper’s Fork Puckett’s Grocery.

“Sing Your Heart out” Classes*

1. Elementary School (Grades K-5), as of 2010/2011 school year

2. Middle School (Grades 6-8), as of 2010/2011 school year

3. High School (grades 9-12), as of 2010/2011 school year