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Thread #129962   Message #2920625
Posted By: GUEST,Islington Folk Club TRAD2MAD 2010
04-Jun-10 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: On-Line Singing Competition
Subject: On-Line Singing Competition
PRESS RELEASE

ISLINGTON FOLK CLUB TRAD2MAD 2010

www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk

"From the fiercely traditional to the frankly eccentric"

The Islington Folk Club is holding, for the second year, a competition across the World Wide Web for unaccompanied solo singers. Entry is free and videos should be posted to YouTube and the URL sent to trad2mad@islingtonfolkclub.co.uk by 31 October 2010. Two of this year's winners have already been booked at the club. To open our autumn season we are pleased to present trad2mad winner Maz O'Connor with Matthew Jones on Thursday 2 September.

1st prize £100
2nd prize £50
3rd prize £25

Rules
1.        Singers must be solo and unaccompanied.
2.        The song should be introduced with the singer's name, the song title, and the words 'This is my entry for the 2010 Islington Folk Club trad2mad competition'.
3.        The complete performance, including introduction, should last no more than 4 minutes. This limit will be strictly enforced.
4.        The file name should include singer's name, song title and 'trad2mad'. Some indication of source - ie the person, event, recording, broadcast or book from which the singer learned the song - should be given in the YouTube description field.
5.         Only one song may be entered per person.
6.        The trad2mad e-mail address (trad2mad@islingtonfolkclub.co.uk) will be available up to the closing date, 31 October 2010.
7.        The results will be posted in December 2010 and announced at the Islington Folk Club Christmas party on 16 December 2010.
8.        Entry is free.
9.        Prizes will be paid by a sterling cheque drawn on a British bank.
10.        The judges' decision is final.

Contacts

David Campbell        
Trad2Mad Press Officer 0121 449 9778 – 0121 446 5338

Bernard Puckett        
MC and Booking Secretary 020 8360 8610 – 077 43 89 89 43

Judges
Alex Szyszkowski (IFC MD, Angel Band, Cheap Jack)
Bernard Puckett (Poet, IFC MC)
David Campbell (Singer, Possum Lickers)
Martin Nail (Singer, Sub-Committee Band, IFC Treasurer/Web Master)
Peta Webb (Singer, Oak - Sisters Unlimited)


Islington Folk Club,
The Horseshoe,
24 Clerkenwell Close,
London.
EC1R 0AG.