Dear Friends,
The Rotary Club of Carrollton is proud to host the 3rd Annual West GA Talent Competition! This celebration of the arts is open to all age groups and will include all forms of the performing arts. The live event will be held at 7:00 pm on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at the UWG Grand Ballroom.
This annual fundraiser supports Rotary’s on-going mission of service above self in our local community. The first year Rotary utilized funds from this event to reconnect those living in assisted living and nursing home communities who had been disconnected due to the pandemic through art and music in an initiative titled #NotForgotten.
The 2nd year focus was partnering with the Carroll County Child Advocacy Center.
This year our focus is: James R. Fulford Endowed Chair of Neurology Fulford & Friends Support of Parkinson’s & Other Neurological Diseases.
We are writing to share a bit about Rotary, the competition, and to ask you to consider a tax-deductible donation to support Rotary’s mission and ultimately our greater West Georgia community.
To register for this competition simply upload your audition video at westgatalent.com. Please see below for audition guidelines, process, and timeline.
- All auditions videos must be unedited and approximately 1 to 2 minutes in length.
- There are no age restrictions to participate.
- There are no category restrictions. All performing art talents will be considered.
- The deadline to upload your audition video is Friday, September 27, 2024.
- Once the judging panel has reviewed all submitted audition videos, the finalists will be notified and invited to perform their talent during the live show on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 7:00pm.
To secure Finalists commitment there will be an entry fee of $20 to be paid by selected finalists for the "Live" show:
- The live show format will be similar to America’s Got Talent.
- During the live show, four winners will be selected to receive the following prizes:
Judges Pick / Grand Prize – $1000 cash
Contestant's Pick / Runner Up – $500 cash,
Audience Pick - $250 cash
Alumni Pick $250 cash
For additional questions contact one of us below. We look forward to seeing your talent!
Sincerely,
Ed Ward
Rotary Club President
eward@acrisure.com
Patrick J. Yuran
West GA Talent Competition Producer
patrickyuran@oakmountain.us
Monologue Entry Rules & Criteria
- Participants will have 2 minutes to present one monologue
- All monologues must come delivered in English except where the monologue uses
foreign language as a part of the English monologue - All monologues must be memorized
- Criteria for becoming a finalist will include attainment in the following acting elements:
o Appropriate selection for the contestant’s talent
o Vocal interpretation and quality
o Emotional commitment to characterization
o Evidence of clear objectives, actions, and tactics
o Establishes mood and a sense of environment
o Clear relationship between character and audience - Performance space is restricted to a 20 ft wide by 10 ft deep space
- Participant’s introduction should include their name, piece title, and author only
- Participants in a scene may include between 2 and 4 participants
- Schools may enter as many scenes as they wish
- Scenes may be selected from any published source
- Scenes must be limited to 5-7 minutes and memorized
- Performance space is restricted to a 20 ft wide by 10 ft deep space
- Participant’s introduction should include their name, piece title, and author only
- Criteria for awards will include attainment in the following acting elements:
o Appropriate selection for the contestant’s talent
o Effective ensemble work
o Emotional commitment to characterization
o Evidence of clear objectives, actions, and tactics
o Establishes mood and a sense of environment
o Clear relationships between characters and audience
Scene Fest Rules and Criteria
Improv Fest Rules and Criteria
- Participants will be placed into teams which will be formed by the coordinator of
the competition - Games for the competition will be designed and taught by the coordinator
- Criteria for awards will include attainment in the following elements:
o Overall improvisational talent/skill
o Creativity and imagination
o Ensemble work ability
o Variety of characterization
o Putting the words of improve into action
o Ensemble ability
- Participants in a dance number may include between 1 and 10 participants
- Five forms of dance acts are permitted including: ballet, tap, jazz, modern, Irish
and musical theatre. - All dance numbers should be between 3 – 5 minutes in length
- All dancers must wear appropriate footwear and dance clothing
- Criteria for awards will include attainment in the following elements:
o Appropriate match to music
o Solid technique
o Creative style
o Individual abilities
o Performance quality
o Difficulty of choreography
Dance Fest Rules and Criteria
Song Fest Rules and Criteria
- Participants in a song may include between 1 and 4 participants
- All genres of music are permitted
- Songs must be limited to 3-5 minutes
- All songs must be memorized
- “A Capella” singing is permitted.
- Each participant is responsible for providing a piano player, if needed
- Movement/choreography is permitted, but not required
- Performance space is restricted to a 20 ft wide by 10 ft deep space
- Participant’s introduction should include their name and piece title only
- Criteria for awards will include attainment in the following elements:
o Appropriate selection for the contestant’s talent
o Overall performance/quality of singing
o Emotional commitment to music
o Establishes mood and a sense of environment
- Participants in this category may include between 1 and 10 participants
- All genres of instrumental music are permitted
- All instrumental numbers should be between 3 – 7 minutes in length
- Criteria for awards will include attainment in the following elements:
o Appropriate selection for the contestant/ensemble’s talent
o Overall performance/quality
o Emotional commitment to music
o Establishes mood and a sense of environment