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| Guidelines Eligibility
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Participating
schools must be within the Niger Delta
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Entrants must
be students within the class range of JSS3 and SSS3 Categories
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Short Play
2.
Poetry
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Music Composition
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Dance Procedure
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A notice of intention to participate
should be sent via email to kickthehabit@theearthmydaughter.com
no later than May 15th 2008. State the two (2) categories
your school will be participating in. Submissions
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Participating schools can only
compete in two (2) categories only
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Each Student may submit one
entry per category
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An Entry Form must accompany
each submission
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Two copies of each work must
be submitted
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Author’s name to appear on the
entry form only
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Author’s name must not appear
on work
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Separate Entry Form is required
for each submission
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All entries must include a Cover
Page with the following information – (i) Name of School (ii) Name
of Author (iii) Synopsis of Work (iv) Source of Inspiration
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The Captain of each team should
be shown by preceding his or her name with the title ‘Captain’ In addition:
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Short Play
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Entries can
be by individuals or teams
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Poetry
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Entries should
be works of individuals and not
teams
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Each Student
may submit one entry only
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Each School
is allow a maximum of four (4) entries
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Music Composition
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Entries can
be by individuals or teams no larger than 10 persons
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Your entry
may be an Acappella or an Instrumental
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Each Entry
must have an element of traditional African Music
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Musical Instruments
should be selected from instruments played within their school. However,
entrants who are skilled in using computer software to arrange and
compose musical pieces are free to explore such means under the supervision
of their coordinator
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Each entry
should be inspired by one or more of the issues surrounding Climate
Change
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Dance
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Entries can
be individual or teams no larger than four persons
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Your entry
must have an element of traditional African Dance
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Each entry
should be inspired by one or more of the issues surrounding Climate
Change Originality
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All works must be original and
unpublished. Length
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Short Play
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Each piece
should be a One Act Play
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Running time
should be no more than 20 minutes with a minimum 2 actors and maximum
10
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Poetry
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A maximum
of 1,000 words or 10-50 lines
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Music Composition
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Each piece
should be about 2 minutes and not more than 5 minutes in length
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Each entry
should be score for a maximum of 10 players
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Dance
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Each dance
ensemble should be about 3 minutes and not more than 6 minutes in
length Format
Entries must be typed, single spaced and font size should
be 12pt in either Courier or Times New Roman In addition:
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Short Play
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Entries must
be securely bound and have their pages numbered
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Music Composition
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The lyrics
for each Acappella should be supplied
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Where possible
the score, in musical notation of all instrumental should also be
supplied
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In addition
to the lyrics or score, the final composition should be submitted
in the form of an audio recording using a CD-ROM / DVD / MiniDisc
/ Cassette
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Dance
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The synopsis
of the dance ensemble should be supplied
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Any music
can be used as long as it has an element of African traditional music
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Entries should
be videoed and sent on a CD-ROM / DVD / MiniDisc / VHS Cassette Deadline
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All applications must be received
at the organiser’s office in Port Harcourt on or before May 31st
2008 by 4.00PM
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Entries will not be returned Contacts
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Zone A (Aba,
Bayelsa, Owerri, Port Harcourt) – 0803 592 6901
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Zone B (Calabar,
Eket, Uyo) – 0803 407 8722
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Zone C (Asaba,
Benin, Warri) – 0805 457 1652
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