NESSEBARMUNICIPALITY

„YANA LASKOVA” COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTRE, NESSEBAR

2st INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL

TRADIDTIONAL PIECE OF JEWELRY OF NESSEBAR 2016

3 June – 5June2016

I General Provisions

Objectives of Traditional Piece ofJewelry of Nessebar International Folklore Festival 2016

-To treasure and popularize folklore heritage

-To stimulate interest in and awaken love of generations to folk art

-To urge exploration, preservation and spreading of folklore

II Organizers

Organizers hosts of the Traditional Piece ofJewelry of Nessebar International Folklore Festival 2016 are Municipality of Nessebar and Community Cultural Centre „Yana Laskova 1905” , Nessebar.

III Entitled to participate are as follows

-Bulgarian and foreign folk singing groups, bands, ensembles, soloists and formations /duets or ones up to quintets/ that perform authentic or altered folklore

-Bulgarian and foreign folk dance groups, ensembles and clubs of people who perform authentic or altered folklore.

Participants are divided in two categories

Professionals

-Students or people with professional education from art schools, specialized classes of Secondary Schools of General Education and high schools, institutions of higher learning and academies

Amateurs

-Community cultural centres, art centres, training courses, clubs and participants with occupations that are different from music jobs

Age Groups

1st Age Group – from 11 to 15 years of age

2st Age Group – from 16 to 18 years of age

3st Age Group – from 19 to 25 years of age

4st Age Group – over 25 years of age

Age shall be determined up to date 5th June 2016.

IV. Participation Regulations

Participants in the Traditional Piece ofJewelry of Nessebar International Folklore Festival 2016 should present their own programme with the following regulations

MUSIC PART – A FOLKLORE SONG

PROFESSIONALS

-individual performers/singers/ should perform two songs from one and the same folklore region with duration up to 6 minutes

One of the songs has to be a slow one / without measure/

-Folk groups should perform two songs with duration up to 8 minutes.

One of the songs has to be a slow one / without measure/

-Choirs /more than 8 people/should perform two harmonized songs with duration up to 8 minutes.

One of the songs has to be a slow one / without measure/ and the second one – a ring

dance song

-Folk singing ensembles /more than 16 people/ should perform a programme with duration up to 16 minutes

One of the songs has to be a slow one / without measure/

Songs may be performed with live music accompaniment or instrumental recording

On a CD

Participants without musical accompaniment – acapella are welcome to participate as well.

Playback performances shall not be admitted

NONPROFESSIONALS – AMATEEURS

-individual performers/singers/ should perform two songs from one and the same folklore region with duration up to 6 minutes

It is recommended one of the songs to be a slow one/ without measure/

-Folk singing groups should perform two songs with duration up to 8 minutes.

It is recommended one of the songs to be a slow one/ without measure/

-The choirs /more than 8 people/ should perform two harmonized songs with duration up to 8 minutes.

It is recommended one of the songs to be a slow one/ without measure/

-Folk song ensembles /more than 16 people/ should perform a programme with duration up to 16 minutes

It is recommended one of the songs to be a slow one/ without measure/

Songs may be performed with live music accompaniment or instrumental recording

On a CD

Participants without musical accompaniment – acapella are welcome to participate as well.

Playback performances shall not be admitted

CHOREOGRAPHY PART – FOLK DANCES

PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS

Authentic Dance Folklore

-Groups presenting and ceremonies

-Duration of performance up to 12 minutes

-No restrictions in the number of performers

-Minimum half of the performers in the group have to be above 16 years of age

Altered Dance Folklore

-Chamber dance groups /up to 7 people/ should perform 2 dances with continuance up to 8 minutes

-Dance groups /with more than 7 people/ should perform 2 dances with continuance up to 10 minutes

-Dance ensembles /with more than 16 people/ should perform a programme not longer than 16 minutes

Dances may be performed with live music accompaniment or instrumental recording on a CD

CHOREOGRAPHY PART – FOLK RING DANCES CLUBS

Clubs of people in a group of more than 8 performers are admitted to participate with a programme up to 6 minutes long which includes 2 ring dances from one or more folklore regions.

Dances may be performed with live music accompaniment or instrumental recording on a CD.

Age limit – performers over 16 years of age.

FOLK ENSEMBLES

PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS

Folk ensembles /a choir, an orchestra, a dance group/ should present a programme up to

20 minutes long.

V. Jury and Awards

- The festival is of a competitive type

- Performances of participants will be observed by a jury of experts in the sphere of folklore art.

- All the participants in the festival will receive a Honorable Diploma of Participation.

- All individual performers /singers/ and groups at the final placing shall be awarder a Honorable Diploma of Participation, a plakette from the organizers and financial prize.

- Jury decision shall be final.

- Awards ensured by Nessebar municipality.

- Prize fund of the festival is 4000/four thousand/ BGN Leva

Grand Prix – Part Music – Folk Song – 500 Leva

Grand Prix – Part Choreography – Folk Dances – 500 Leva

VI. Financial Provisions

All participants in the festival shall pay a participation fee.

-For foreign groups, bands. Formations, clubs for people, ensembles /all sections/ a participation fee 20.00 Leva (inclusive of VAT) for each participant shall be paid.

-For foreign individual performers /singers/ a participation fee of 30 Leva (inclusive of VAT) shall be paid

-An individual performer /singers/ who takes part in a singing group, a choir or an ensemble shall ,ay only the fee of 30 Leva (inclusive of VAT)

Participation fee is payable in the following way

-Through a bank remittance

IBAN BG65STSA93000003704999

BIC STSABGSF

-On location, at registration of participants

VII. ADITIONAL PROVISIONS

-Order for participation shall be determined by the organizers

-Organizers retain their right to make changes in the festival programme

-Travel, accommodation and board costs are at the expense of the participants

-Organizers retain their right to photograph, film and record the festival performances aiming creation of an archive and promotion of the festival, without payment of copyright or compensations.

VIII. CONTACTS

NessebarMunicipality

Community Cultural Centre „Yana Laskova 1905” , Nessebar

Tel/Fax 055443159

e-mail

Mob. 0894300931 Todor Atanasov

XI. PROGRAMME

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

DAY ONE 3thJune 2016 Friday

10.00AM until 13.00 PM Registration of participants

atCommunity Cultural Centre „Yana Laskova 1905”

13.00PM until 14.00PM Arrangement Conference with the leaders of the teams and

Announcement of the order of appearance

at Community Cultural Centre „Yana Laskova 1905”

15.00PM until 16.30PM Technical rehearsal

at the amphitheatre

16.30PM until 17.00PM Defile of participants

17.00PM until 22.00PM Festival opening and beginning of competition program

at the amphitheatre

DAY TWO 4th June Saturday

15.00PM until 17.00PM Technical rehearsal

at the amphitheatre

17.00PM until 22.00PM competition program

at the amphitheatre

DAY THREE 19th June Sunday

12.00PM until 13.00PM Conference with the jury

atCommunity Cultural Centre „Yana Laskova 1905”

15.00PM until 17.00PM Technical rehearsal

at the amphitheatre

17.00PM until 22.00PM Prize awarding and gala concert of the award recipients

at the amphitheatre

X. Application for participation

Artists Application

1.Name ff the group / or individual performer……………………………………......

…………………………………………………………………………………………………...

Professional/Amateur……………………………………………………………………………

Country…………………………………………………………………………………………..

Village, town, city of…………………………………………………………………………….

2. Name of the leader……………………………………………………………………………

Contact Mob. Number………………………………………………………………………...

3. Name of coach, educational specialist………………………………………………………..

4. History of the group/formation(when established, artistic activities, participations, achievements, eth. – written on page, not more)………………………………………………...

5. Name and surname of the artistic leader whose name will be specified in the Honorable Diploma of Participation………………………………………………………………………...

6. Competition Programme

Part………………………………………………………………………………………………

Age group………………………………………………………………………………………..

Name of performance /song, ring dance, ceremony or custom/………………………………...

………………………………………………………………………………………………......

Music

By………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Lyrics……………………………………………………………………………………………

Choreography……………………………………………………………………………………

Duration…………………………………………………………………………………………

Number of performers…………………………………………………………………………...

7. List of participants with their date of birth specified

8.Needed equipment / number of microphones /………………………………………………..

We would like to ask you to send your application in Word format, not scanned or pdf format

Applications for Participation should be sent within the period until 25th May 2016 to the following addres

Community Cultural Centre „Yana Laskova 1905” , Nessebar

20 Messambria St.

Nessebar 8230

Bulgaria

Tel/Fax 055443159

e-mail

Applications received after the above specified deadline and also applications which do not contain complete information shall not be attended.