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SPRING PRELIMS
MIXED HARMONY FESTIVAL
YOUTH IN HARMONY ADJUDICATIONS
March 13-15, 2015

This year, the Mid-Atlantic District will host THREE competitions during our Spring Convention.
The International Quartet Prelims (as usual), the Senior Quartet Competition,
the first annual Mixed Harmony Quartet Festival, AND
the Youth In Harmony Adjudications!
.

For Quartets that would like to sign up for the Prelims & Seniors contest, see the latest information here.
Contest Registration deadline is February 13th.

Click here for the Mixed Harmony Festival info

For more information about the Mixed Harmony Quartet Festival,
see our Facebook page.
Download the Registration Form here.
View the Contest Guidelines.

Click here for the Youth In Harmony Adjudication info

 Here you will find permission forms, registration forms (for Quartets & Ensembles), and rules.
The deadline for the Youth Adjudication sign-ups is Feb 20!!


BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE


Have you ever wanted to sit up front with the judges?

Again this year, we are auctioning the Best Seat in the House.
You can bid on a seat in the judges pit for any one of of the Spring contests.
Watch this video of KJ's explaining the Best Seat in the House project.
Find out more about bidding for the Best Seat in the House.

Interesting
Upcoming
Public Events

The next Mid'l Antics publishing deadline is April 15, 2015.


Don't miss HARMONY COLLEGE EAST this year!
Download the 2015 HCE Brochure.



2015 Convention Information

Register to compete (CJ-20 Form).

Click here to purchase Convention Registrations on-line or
download the 2015 Registration Form.

See the YOUTH IN HARMONY ADJUDICATIONS page for the Adjudication forms.

Spring Convention & Youth Adjudication / Prelims early-bird expiration: Feb 13th
Atlantic Division early-bird expiration: Apr 15th
Western Division early-bird expiration: May 5th
Southern Division early-bird expiration: Apr 22nd
Northern Division early-bird expiration: May 5th
Fall District early-bird expiration is: Sep 23rd

There will be no webcast this Fall.

Contest Photos are here.
 		Purchase your contest video here.
Download your contest videos here.
 		Contest Scores Archive!!!


CONVENTION MATRIX

Convention Info Location Contestant
Entry Deadline		 Lineup Judges Program Book
Ads Deadline
Spring Prelims - Mar 13-14, 2015 Harrisburg PA Feb 13 OOA Judges Feb 28
Youth Adjudication - Mar 14 Harrisburg PA Feb 28 OOA Judges Feb 27
Atlantic Division - May 15-17, 2015 Cherry Hill, NJ Apr 15 n/a Judges May 2
Southern Division - May 22-23, 2015 Reston, VA Apr 22 n/a Judges May 9
Northern Division - Jun 5-6, 2015 Cherry Hill, NJ May 5 n/a Judges May 23
Western Division - Jun 5-6, 2015 SEE NORTHERN DIVISION FOR DETAILS May 5 n/a n/a May 23
Fall District - Oct 23-24, 2015 Ocean City MD Sep 23 n/a n/a Oct 10

Chorus Evaluations (20 minutes per category) at all Contests are COACHING Sessions.
ALL CHORUS MEMBERS are expected to participate.
Afterwards, competitors will receive a feedback-form to evaluate coaching effectiveness and
give recommendations for improving the C&J portion of our conventions.



Get the word out!
Advertise your upcoming shows! Cheer on your chorus or quartets!
2015 M-AD Convention Program Books
To make it easier to advertise, all program books will have the same dimensions, 8"x5".
This will be an 8x11 sheet of paper in a landscape format, folded.
PAGE SIZE DIMENSIONS COST
FULL PAGE 8” H x 5” W $100
HALF PAGE 4” H x 5” W $80
QUARTER PAGE (VERT) 4” H x 2½” W $60
QUARTER PAGE (HORIZ) 2” H x 5” W $60
Corporate Sponsor 2” H x 2½” W $35
Patrons 25 characters/line $5 per line
Memorials 25 characters/line $5 per line
PREMIUM POSITIONS
INSIDE FRONT COVER 8” H x 5” W $150
INSIDE BACK COVER 8” H x 5” W $125
OUTSIDE BACK COVER 8” H x 5” W $150
CENTERSPREAD 8”H x 10½” W $250


CONVENTION LOCATION DATES AD DEADLINE
SPRING PRELIMS HARRISBURG, PA March 13-15 FEB. 28
ATLANTIC DIVISION CHERRY HILL, NJ May 15-16 MAY 2
SOUTHERN DIVISION RESTON, VA May 22-23 MAY 9
NORTHERN/WESTERN DIVISION CHERRY HILL, NJ JUNE 5-6 MAY 23
FALL DISTRICT OCEAN CITY, MD Oct 23-25 OCT. 10

ALL AD COPY SHOULD BE SENT TO:

JIM BOTELLE, 203 New Avenue, Reisterstown, MD 21136-1321
Email: gblead@verizon.net
Please include AD COPY or other info in Subject Line

FILE FORMATS ACCEPTED: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, DOC, DOCX, PDF
If we have monitors available in the lobby, we’ll repeat your Ads there

Send payment to the address above. Checks should be made payable to:
“Mid-Atlantic District”
If there are questions, email me or call 410-526-6842
Hit Mailbox 1 and leave a message. I’ll get back to you quickly.



The MAD Marketing Team has created a Marketing Toolbox for Chapters & Quartets to use to promote your group.


MAD Chorus Plateau Definitions
 Chorus plateau categories are based on the average percentile results
from the two previous contests in which the chorus was entered.

AAAA70% and above
AAA60 – 69.9%
AA55 – 59.9%
A54.9% and below.

First-time competitors will not be eligible for plateau awards,
but their initial contest score can be used to place them in their next contest.
A chorus that has not competed in any contest for more than four years
will reenter the contest cycle as a Plateau A chorus.

Barbershop Radio on-line
Our own Tom Moyer hosts an hour-long talk show covering barbershop topics.
Check out his show every Wednesday at 1:00pm eastern.
Click on the green button on the bottom right of this link.


Supercharging Your Chapter!
This program defines and capitalizes on the only two effective ways that people join barbershop
and then provides the tools to make it easy and approachable for ANY chapter to grow
and ANY member to earn get a Man of Note award, which may be the ultimate award.

Watch this video and then visit the Operation Harold Hill website.



 

Take a look back into our Barbershop History
with the "PRESERVATION" Publication (PDF)


This publication is jam-packed with tons of articles, photos, information & trivia.
Check it out on the Society website:
www.barbershop.org/preservation-publication.html 		 


Youth In Harmony Promotional Video
The Mid-Atlantic District is dedicated to educating our young singers.
Please enjoy the following video...



To learn more about our Youth Outreach program or to get involved,
please contact us at YIH@MidAtlanticDistrict.com.


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