FOLK FAIR 2008 STUDENT ESSAY &
TALENT QUEST CONTEST
In an effort to encourage all students to learn about each others
heritage the St. Petersburg International Folk Fair Society, Inc.
(SPIFFS) would like to invite the students of your school to enter
in the “Festivals Around the World” contests. These
contests are designed to motivate the students to learn about their
ethnic culture and of others. As we all know, this country is unique
because of our great diverse cultural make-up. The students’
participation in the contests will allow them to learn more about
their own heritage and each others place of origin, their country,
town or village their ancestors came from and when and where they
arrived on these shores. The Talent Quest contest is a multi-ethnic
dance contest.
1) K-5 2) Gr. 6 -8 3) Gr. 9 - 12
1.) Kindergarden-5th graders: Drawing or painting a picture of
( Size: 16” x 16” or 11” x 17”): “Festivals
Around the World” 2). Grades 6 – 8: Collage on poster
board “Festivals Around the World” 3) Grades 9 –
12: 500 - 700 essay describing: “Festivals Around the World”
All entries must be in by February 29th, 2008 and will be judged
by a five (5) person panel.
a) ESSAY - Each level will have a winner – 1st, 2nd &
3rd,
b) School of winning contestants will be awarded and recognized
by prize and trophy.
1) Schools of 1st, 2nd & 3rd winners = Trophy Award
2) Students: 1st = $75.00, 2nd = $50.00, 3rd = $25.00
c) Two (2) Talent Quest Contest 1 winner only for each category.
Dates are: March 27 & 30, 2008
Winning School/Choreographer of Participants = Trophy Award.
*** Detailed Rules for Contest is on the back of this page.
A) Dance Group: $200.00 B) Individual (freestyle) $75.00.
Contest Rules: On the back of this page.
Days of Contests are: Thursday March 27 & Friday March 28, 2008.
Times will be between 10:30am and 12:00pm.
School of winning essay contestants will be notified by March 14th,
2008. All awards & recognition will be presented at our Annual
International Folk Fair during the school days. All entries will
be displayed at the Folk Fair. For more information, please call
the SPIFFS office @ 727-552-1896.
We look forward to more students participating in both the ESSAY
AND DANCE CONTESTS this year.
Sincerely,
Michael Morris.
President of SPIFFS.
DANCE CONTEST RULES - 2 Days : One on Thursday and One on Friday.
Dates: Thursday March 27 & Friday March 28 Time: 10:30am
REGISTRANT DEADLINE: MARCH 3RD, 2008
ALL CONTESTANTS FOR BOTH CATEGORIES MUST BE PREGISTERED. I.E. BEFORE
COMING TO THE FOLK FAIR.
A) INDIVIDUAL /FREESTYLE Dance Contest: - 1 winner only.
Contestant Prize: $75.00 School of Winner Recognition Award: Trophy
1).Limited to 10 contestants: Because of time limitations, we cannot
have everyone, so the 1st 10 of the 1st registered entrants will
be accepted.
2) FREESTYLE dance contestant: will be asked to dance to a song
for 30 seconds. We will pick the song. It will be a popular music
song e.g. Two Step. Come prepared for anything, 4-5 popular songs
with dances will be selected (i.e. two step) . 5 contestants will
be chosen from original 10 at end of first round.
3) Ethnic choreographed dance steps will be taught. Individual will
get 30 seconds to perform what they learned.
4) 3 out of the 5 registered contestants will be chosen for the
final round.
5) Again, each contestant will get 30 seconds to perform what they
learned from final ethnic choreographed dance steps.
6) Winners will be judged on overall performance on what they learned
and improvisation.
7) You must provide information as follows: School Name, Contestant
Name, Teacher Name, Grade level before the Folk Fair. This information
is needed for the Emcee, stage and the SPIFFS organizers.
7) One winner only for this DIVISION.
B) GROUP DANCE CONTEST - 1 winner only.
Group Contest Prize: $200.00 School/Choreographer of Winner Recognition
Award : Trophy
MUSIC / DANCE CHOICES:
A) HISPANIC: 1) Cha Cha 2) Meringue 3) Salsa 4) Mambo
B) AMERICAN: 1) Swing 2) Square Dancing 3) Jitterbug 4) Twist
Rules:
1) Must be in ethnic dress to pertaining to Dance Performance
2) Performance should be no longer than 3 min long.
3) Must provide/bring CD with music, labeled with the School Name
and Name of Performance and Song on it.
4) Must provide information on 3x5 index card with the information
as follows: School name, Group Name, Choreographer Name, Name of
members in group, Song Name, Dance performance Name. The information
must be provided for the Judges and the Emcee for the Stage as per
deadline March 3rd, 2008.
5) All participants will be judged on a 10 point scale.
6) One Winner Only.
We look forward to all the Students participating in this wonderful
friendly contest.
Any questions please call the SPIFFS office 727-552-1896 and ask
for Rose.
Contact SPIFFS now.
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