Rules for Youth Band Competition: The Contest is conducted on the Youth Stage in the Youth Tent beginning at 10:00 pm on Saturday of the festival. Bands entering the competition must be comprised of two or more persons with at least one person eighteen years old or younger. The Youth Band Competition is open to all musicians 18 years or younger on the day of the contest except those who are performing as a billed or paid entertainer on any stage except the Cottonwood Creek Campground Stage at the Oklahoma's International Bluegrass Festival (OIBF) and those who have been the First Place Youth Band winner within the past five years. Contestants MUST HAVE A VALID WRISTBAND for Saturday or Weekend. (Note: festival rules permit free admission for youth 12 and under with WRISTBANDED parent; WRISTBANDED adult must accompany contestants 12 and under at the championship contests.) It is OIBF policy that billed or paid entertainers on any OIBF stage except the Cottonwood Creek Camp Stage NOT ACCOMPANY CONTESTANTS. Band members must play traditional acoustic bluegrass instruments. Electronic instruments and amplification are not allowed. The single exception is that an electric bass guitar may be used independent of the festival's sound system. Judges reserve the right to score only competitors whose style of playing and selection of material is in keeping with the flavor of the Bluegrass festival. Competitors will play a maximum of three Bluegrass style tunes. Contestants must play instruments acoustically into microphone. Each song will be introduced by the stage spokesperson for each competing band. At least two of the songs must be vocals. Contestants may register for the contest Saturday morning of the festival in the Youth Tent between 9:00 am. and 10: 00 am. If there are not 2 entries , the contest will not be held. The competition will begin at 10:00 am Saturday inside the Youth Tent. Order of contestants will be decided by the Committee chairman. In an effort to judge the contest objectively and equally, the following criteria will be considered by the judges and assign point values in each area. The band with the highest point total from all judges shall be the winner of the contest. The contest judging will focus on the youth entrants and not the adult accompanists. 30 points ARRANGEMENT - Competitors version of the tune selected. Difficulty and originality will be considered. 30 points EXECUTION - Singing, picking, timing and dynamics will be considered. 30 points SHOWMANSHIP - Stage presence and entertainment values will be considered. 10 points OVERALL IMPRESSION - Judges' decisions are final. After the last band's performance, the judges' scores will be tallied and the winning band will be selected. Final scores will not be divulged. Contestants grant permission for OIBF to use photos of their performance in festival marketing and advertising.

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