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Bill Riley's Iowa State
Fair Talent Search
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Jefferson County
Fair Talent Show - Wednesday - 7:30 pm - Grandstand |
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Rules for
Contestants |
1) Show is
open to residents of the state of Iowa only. Acts must
appear in a locally sponsored show somewhere in the
state
of Iowa and WIN to be eligible to compete at the Iowa State
Fair. Judges decisions are final.
2) Sprouts: 2 through 12 years
Seniors: 13 through 21 years
A person's age for the Iowa State Fair competition is
determined at the time they win a local show. A 12 year
old (or 21
year old) could turn 13 (or 22) by the State Fair and still
be eligible in the sprout (or senior) division, as they
met age
requirements at the time or qualification.
3) When one member of an act is 12 or under, that act
must appear in the sprout category. All 13 or 14 year
olds may appear
with younger persons in an act, but no one age 15 or older
will appear in the sprout category and no one 12 or
under will
appear in the Sr. division.
4) Each act will run no more than three minutes. Acts
running longer than three minutes may be disqualified.
Set up time is
not included, but is limited to one minute.
5) No more than 5 persons are allowed in an act. Piano
accompanist is NOT included in an act and may be any
age. No more
than three accompanists permitted per act. Drums, amps, etc.
are discouraged due to the one-minute set-up time. No
combos, rock bands or similar
musical group permitted.
6) Groups must form a straight line on stage for
introductions. Acts may not dance onto or off the stage.
After introductions,
you may take any position you wish to begin your performance.
7) Vocalists may not sing with a prerecorded tape or any
type of prerecorded electronic musical accompaniment.
This includes
prerecorded accompaniment within an instrument. (For example,
keyboards with added rhythms or orchestration.)
Pantomime, lip sync, and karaoke are also not allowed with a
prerecorded accompaniment of any kind. Compact disks or
cassette tapes may be used as accompaniment for dance acts,
baton, etc. Pure "mime" is accepted.
8) Contestants may only appear once in any given show.
They may not perform "solo" and then return in the same
show in a
duet or trio. Contestants are allowed to perform in different
acts in different shows, but they may only qualify for
the State
Fair Show with one act.
9) Professionals are NOT permitted to compete. This
includes Union musicians and anyone whose principle
source of income is
from their talent.
Compensation for performing at weddings, etc. does not
constitute principle source of income.
10) Competition at the State Fair:
Preliminary rounds: First seven days
Semi finals: Days 8, 9, and 10
Championship Show: Day 11
There will be 5 acts advancing to the semi final round
from each age group during the preliminaries.
Three senior division acts advance to the championship
show from each semi final round.
Two sprout acts will be crowned champions every
semi-final day. They will perform the final Sunday, but
will no longer by
competing.
11) Semi-Finalists: Semi finalists from last
year's Iowa State Fair Talent Search are automatically
qualified for the next State
Fair competition. You do not have to re-qualify for
next year's show by winning a local level show, but are
encouraged to
compete at local shows. If you win a local level show,
you are entitled to the prize money, but you must inform
the Master
of Ceremonies that you have already qualified for the
State Fair. That way the second place winner can advance
to the
State Fair competition. Remember you are entitled to
the 1st place prize money.
12) Birthdays and Semi-Finalists: If a sprout act
makes the semi finals at the age of 12, they are
pre-qualified for the next
year. They will perform in the sprout division as
they were 12 when they qualified. If they make it into
the semi-finals the
next year as a 13 year old sprout act, they
pre-qualify for the following year, but will compete in
the senior division.
13) Senior Finalists: There will be 9 finalists
competing in the championship show, which is the last
Sunday of the State Fair.
All finalists must sit out the next year from State
Fair competition. They also must re-qualify when
returning after the one-
year absence, and be 21 years old or less.
Sprout Champions: There will be 6 sprout acts
performing in the championship show. They are already
champions and
are no longer competing. Sprout champions must sit out
one year from State Fair competition, but will need to
re-qualify
when
returning after the one-year absence.
Senior Champions: The champion of the senior
division is no longer allowed to compete at the State
Fair Talent Show.
The only exception to the one-year absence will be
for sprout champions who were 12 year old when they won.
They do not have to sit out a year and are automatically
qualified for the next State Fair. They will however be
competing in the senior division. It is highly
recommended that they compete at the local level as a
senior to get a feel for the older division.
Seniors and Sprouts must qualify within the age
requirement. For example, if you are 21 and don't
qualify before you are 22 you are ineligible, or if you
are a sprout and don't qualify before you are 13 you
will compete in the Sr. division.
14) You will need name, complete address, birth date,
age, social security number, phone number (include area
code,) and
type of talent. Multiple acts need a member to act as a
contact person with all information going through them.
Additional
members of the act need only birth date, age, and town.
Contact Tonya Cook at the Iowa State Fair for more
information.
Phone: (515) 262-3111, Ext. 215
Fax: (515) 262-6906
E-mail:
tcook@iowastatefair.org
E-mail:
rileyhomes@mchsi.com (Bill Riley Jr.) |
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