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Download: August 2020 National Federation of Music Clubs Junior AREA FEDERATION FESTIVALS SUMMARY REPORT JR 3-3 State ___________________________________ District and Area ____________________________________________ Year ___________________ Chair ___________________________________ Phone _______________________________ Email ________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Instructions: Enter the number of participants in only those events listed below. List the number of students who actually participated/received a rating. Do not include no-shows, withdrawals, or disqualifications. For ensembles less than 5 members, include the number of actual participants, i.e. two for each duet, etc. INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES Junior Adult Junior Adult Junior Adult Piano Solo Cello Concerto Clarinet Solo LF Olson Piano Solo Two Celli Clarinet Concerto Piano Concerto String Bass Solo Clarinet Duet One Hand Piano Harp Solo Clarinet Trio Piano Accompaniment Harp Concerto Bassoon Solo Sacred Music Piano Harp Hymn Playing Alto Saxophone Solo Solo Piano Hymn Fiddling Solo Alto Saxophone Duet Piano Duet Fiddling Duet Tenor Saxophone Solo Piano Trio (1 piano 6 Violin-Viola Duet Baritone Saxophone Solo hands) Piano Duo Violin-Cello Duet Saxophone Quartet Piano Quartet Viola-Cello Duet Soprano Recorder Solo Organ Repertoire String Trio Recorder Duet Sacred Organ String Quartet Recorder Trio Organ Hymn Piano/String Quartet Recorder Quartet Accordion Solo Piano Trio I Trumpet Solo piano/violin/cello Accordion Duet Piano Trio II Trumpet Concerto Accordion Orchestra Piano Trio III Trumpet Duet Am. Patriotic/Folk Classical Guitar Solo French Horn Solo Song Sight Playing/Singing Classical Guitar Concerto French Horn Concerto Vocal Solo Art Song Classical Guitar Duet Trombone/Euphonium Solo Vocal Solo Mus Theater Classical Guitar Ensemble Tuba Solo Vocal Duet Art Song Pick Style Guitar Solo Timpani Solo Vocal Duet Mus Theater Pick Style Guitar Duet Snare Drum Solo Violin Solo Electric Bass Guitar Solo Keyboard Percussion Solo Violin Concerto Ukulele Solo Drum Set Solo Violin Duet Piccolo Solo Ballet Three Violins Piccolo Concerto Theater Dance Four Violins Flute Solo Acrobatic Viola Solo Flute Concerto Jazz Dance Viola Concerto Flute Duet Modern Dance Viola Duet Flute Trio Tap Viola Trio Flute Quartet Improvisation Viola Quartet Oboe Solo Theory Cello Solo Oboe Concerto Total Individual Entries (a) (b) ENSEMBLES >5 (only list the number of events, not total participants) Vocal Ensemble > 5 String Orchestra Flute Choir School Orchestra Total # Group Entries (c) (d) Photocopying permissible/download: www.nfmc-music.org August 2020 SUMMARY REPORT Total # of Events ________ _______ Total # of Individual Entries (totals on lines (a) and (a) should match and (b) and (b) should match) (a) _____ (b) _____ Total # Group Ensembles of 5 or more (totals on lines (c) and (c) should match and (d) and (d) should match) (c) _____ (d) _____ Total # of Superiors ________ _______ Total # of Junior Clubs Participating ________ N/A FEES SUMMARY State fees ______ plus NFMC fee $1.50 per entrant. Groups of 5 or more, $5.00, NFMC portion $2.50 Fees for Total Entries (Junior & Adult) $ ________ Fees for Total Ensembles >5 $ ________ TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES INCLUDED $ ________ Indicate number of Consecutive Superiors by year: JUNIOR ADULT 1 yr____2 yr____3 yr____4 yr____5 yr____6 yr____7 yr____8 yr____ 1 yr____2 yr____3 yr____4 yr____5 yr____6 yr____7 yr____8 yr____ 9 yr____10 yr____11 yr____12 yr____13 yr____14 yr____15 yr____16 yr____ 9 yr____10 yr____11 yr____12 yr____13 yr____14 yr____15 yr____16 yr ___ Area Chair: Send the State Chair two copies (only one if sent electronically) of this report by May 20th. State Chair: Prepare a State Festivals Summary Report (JR 3-3) summarizing all Area reports. Send one copy of the State Summary Report and each Area report to your Regional Chair by May 31st. Send State Treasurer's Form (JR 3-7) and State Summary Report (JR 3-3) to State Treasurer by May 25th. Regional Chair: Prepare a Regional Festivals Summary Report (JR 3-3) summarizing all State Reports. Send Regional Summary Report and each State Summary Report to the National Chair no later than June 10th. Please note: The State Treasurer's deadline for submitting Festival Fees to NFMC is June 1st. .
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