Requirements
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To
be eligible for competition, all band members must be a minimum of 18 years of
age.
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To
be eligible for competition, the band may consist of no more than 5 members’
total.
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To
be eligible for competition, each band must register on line at
collegefishing.com and submit the following materials by the deadline date
posted for the school in which you are registering to compete at.
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Submitted
Materials must include:
1.
band
name
2.
individual
members’ name, birth date, email address, mailing address, phone number and
student status
3.
band
photo and up to 3 original songs, along with the lyric sheets for those songs.
Original is defined as all music and lyrics being composed of by at least one
member of the band.
All band
submissions meeting the requirements above will be considered for competition.
Five (5) bands will qualify for each competition. The five bands will be
selected by a panel of judges. The panel of judges will consist of both working
musicians and consumers. The judges will be selected by FLW Outdoors. The
judging criteria to qualify for the competition will be based on Originality,
Creativity and overall Likeability of the songs submitted. The selected bands
will be notified via email two (2) weeks prior to the competition by the
program coordinator. All selected bands must sign copyright waivers in order to
compete. All waivers must be signed by all band members and returned to the
program coordinator prior to the start of the competition. No exceptions. If
the band does not return the signed waiver it will be disqualified and an alternative
band may be selected. Each band selected to compete must be available to
participate in the closing ceremonies of the National Guard FLW College Fishing
Tournament on the Monday afternoon following the competition – all dates are
available at collegefishing.com. If the
band is not available it will be disqualified and an alternative band may be
selected.
Rules
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Each
band selected to compete must return all copyright waivers prior to the competition.
FLW Outdoors will air the
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Each
band selected to compete is allowed to only play their original songs
previously submitted online, in which lyric sheets were also provided.
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Each
band selected to compete must supply a set list, stage plot and drum kit
information prior to the start of the competition.
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Each
band selected to compete will be given a performance time. If the band is not
ready to setup at that time, they will be automatically eliminated from the
competition.
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Each
band selected to compete must adhere to a forty five (45) minute set time. A
set is defined as: setup, play, tear down. If a band goes over the set time it
will be immediately disqualified.
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No
profanity or profane gesturing will be allowed. Any band or band member who
demonstrates this behavior will immediately be eliminated from the competition.
Such behavior and determination is at the sole discretion of FLW Outdoors.
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The
winning band must be available to participate in the closing ceremonies of the
National Guard FLW College Fishing Regional/National Tournament on the Monday
afternoon following the competition. If
the band is not available, or does not wish to participate, they will forfeit
both the winning title and the prize of recording studio time. In the event this happens, bands will move up
in position will be offered the same.
All bands
selected to compete will be judged on the following criteria by a panel of
judges selected through the music department at each school where the
competition is held, and may or may not include audience participation. Judging
Criteria is as follows: Planning/Preparedness = 20%, Originality = 30%,
Interface with Audience = 10%, Quality of Performance = 20% and Presentation =
20%. The winning band will receive
studio time (10 hours in a local recording studio), along with the distinction
of playing a 30 minute set at the closing ceremonies of the National Guard FLW
College Fishing Tournament which may be nationally televised on Versus Country.