Choral Competition Rules

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Competition Rules

Choral Competition Rules

Group Eligibility

● Choral participants or their parents must be members in good standing of the Greek Orthodox Church.

● Choral Group Directors and Parish Priest will enforce this rule.

● Failure to comply may result in disqualification of the dance group from competition or forfeiture of awards.

Choral Selections

Division I

1. Hymn of your Church and/or any Liturgical Hymn

2. Elective musical selections which may be sacred or secular with Greek or English texts.

Division II

1. Hymn of your Church and/or any Liturgical Hymn

2. Elective musical selections which may be sacred or secular with Greek or English texts.

Time Limit

Each choral group will be allotted a seven (7) minute performance time maximum.

Judging

	% of Total Score
A. Musical	33.3%
B. Effect	33.3%
C. Presentation	33.3%

Exceeding the Time Limits

Any choral group exceeding the maximum time allotted for competition will be penalized as follows:
A. Less than one minute over maximum time allotted - penalty of 5% subtracted from total cumulative score.
B. One minute or more over maximum time allotted - penalty of 10% subtracted from total cumulative score.

Singing with Teams from More than One Parish

A singer may compete with teams from more than one parish provided a written consent is furnished by the parish priests to the FDF Board of Trustees 30 days prior to the annual event. Each consent form must list all the groups in which the singer will perform.

Questions or comments: competition@gofdf.org