THEME: “For The Children”
1.0 What?
The Annual Rotary Singing and Dancing Competition is a signature Rotary activity. It aims at raising funds for deserving causes of participating Rotary and Rotaract Clubs. The competition is now in its 6th year and keeps on growing from strength to strength!
2.0 The Cause?
Rotary intends to establish a youth training and entrepreneurship centre in memory of the late Mary Howard – an employee of Rotary International who had a passion for supporting humanitarian causes. She was a true friend of D9211. The centre will facilitate practical skills training and entrepreneurship development. It is a major 2 million dollar project envisioned to be completed over a 5 year period.
We choose to be part of this transformation because we are Rotarians and we care; because we know that every little helps and together we can make a difference; because we can reach out to a child/youth and be the parents, the brothers, the sisters they need and deserve. We can transform the lives of the most disadvantaged through music and dance.
3.0 How?
We sing, we dance, we raise funds, we formulate and implement projects always ‘Empowering Communities, Changing Lives’. We nurture self-reliance. We light up youthful lives.
Come and be a part of this wonderful experience!
4.0 The 2016 Singing and Dancing Competition Performances
4.1 Competition Items
Each competing Club must present two (2) competition items.
- Rotaract Clubs
- Dance entry: Latin/South American Dance including, but not limited to, any of the following:
- Bachata
- Bomba
- Cha-cha-cha
- Mambo
- Merengue
- Paso doble
- Plena
- Rumba
- Samba
- Salsa
- Tango
- Song entry: ‘Religion Rocks’ – A religious song from any religion either accapella or accompanied by live instruments (e.g. keyboard, guitar, flute, saxophone etc) or instrumental sound track.
- No pre-recorded vocals are allowed as we want to hear and assess the voices of the performers. Miming is prohibited.
- A song entry may be accompanied by some dancing for dramatic effect but any such dance shall not be assessed for marks.
- Rotary Clubs
- Dance entry: Creative Dance set to music by a West African musical artiste or musical group.
- Song entry: ‘Disco Groove’ – Seventies or eighties disco song either accapella or accompanied by live instruments (e.g. keyboard, guitar, flute, saxophone etc) or instrumental sound track.
- No pre-recorded vocals are allowed as we want to hear and assess the voices of the performers. Miming is prohibited.
- A song entry may be accompanied by some dancing for dramatic effect but any such dance shall not be assessed for marks.
4.2 Competition theme
The competition theme is ‘For the Children’. Extra marks will be awarded for addressing the theme (see scoring & prizes in 7.1).
5.0 Club Entry and Competition Guide
- The competition is open to all Rotary Clubs and Rotaract Clubs in District 9211
(including provisional Rotary Clubs and provisional Rotaract Clubs).
- Registration fee for Rotary Clubs will be 100,000/= and Rotaract Clubs 50,000/=.
- A Rotary club may enter the competition jointly with a Rotaract Club. The entry
fee for such joint entry will be 100,000/=.
- Where a Rotary Club makes a joint entry with a Rotaract Club, the Rotaractors
shall constitute not more than 40% of the performers.
- The applicable competition items for a joint Rotary/Rotaract entry shall be the
items for Rotary Clubs. For avoidance of doubt a joint Rotary/Rotaract entry shall not perform Rotaract competition entry items.
- Direct family members of Rotarians or Rotaractors (specifically spouses, and
children aged 10 years and over) in a competing club may be included among the performers provided they do not constitute more than 20% of the performance team in any item). Inclusion of individuals outside these categories and limits will lead to automatic disqualification of the competing team.
- Please note:
- All participating Clubs shall be required to fill a registration form to be submitted with the registration fee before the expiry of the registration deadline. Forms should be submitted to Rtn. Jayne Frances Nakato (PP).
- The Registration form must be filled in adherence to the 4 way test to ensure that teams are compliant with the competition rules. Any Club that fills the registration form dishonestly shall be liable to disqualification.
- Registration deadline is Monday 31st October 2016. Cheques to be in names of ‘Rotary Club of Kampala North’. Late registration is prohibited.
- Due to programme limitations the competition organizers may restrict the number of participating Clubs and may close registration before the deadline if the available slots are filled. Slots will be filled on a first come first served basis so early registration is encouraged.
- Prohibition of duplication of songs for the singing entry:
- Duplication of song entries is prohibited. Every Club shall perform a different, distinct song entry.
- To avoid duplication Clubs are required to submit a Reservation of Song form at the earliest possible opportunity. Songs shall be reserved on a first come first served basis. Where a song has already been reserved by another Club, the applying Club will have to select another song entry.
- Strict time keeping is of the essence. The maximum duration for any item shall be
4 minutes. If time is exceeded the following penalties shall apply:
- Exceeding time by 1 to 30 seconds, 5% deduction from final score.
- Exceeding time by 31 to 60 seconds, 10% deduction from final score.
- Exceeding time by 1 to 2 minutes 20% deduction from final score.
- Exceeding time by over 2 minutes the performance will be stopped and incur a 30% deduction from the final score.
- Sound tracks needed by a club for their performances must be submitted to the
Chair Music & Compilations Rtn. Fred Mubiru (PP) for verification of compliance with these rules and testing by Monday 31st October 2016. Reservation of song forms should also be submitted to Rtn. Fred Mubiru (PP).
6.0 Judges and Adjudication
6.1 Adjudication of the competition shall be conducted by a panel consisting of not less than three and not more than five judges.
6.2 Judges shall be persons with a passion for dance and music, knowledgeable in technical aspects of dance and music. They may be musicians and/or teachers of music but need not be professionals. Judges shall be non Rotarians/Rotaractors.
6.3 Detailed rules and adjudication criteria consistent with the rules set out above shall be formulated by the Judges and availed to all registered competing Clubs at least 30 days before the competition. These shall provide further clarity.
6.4 Registered competing Cubs are free to contact the Chairperson of the Rules and Adjudication Committee Rtn. Maurice Muhwezi-Murari for any clarifications.
6.5 The decision of the judges shall be final and not subject to any appeal.
7.0 Scoring and Prizes
7.1 Clubs will be scored in each competition item using the following criteria:
- Quality of the performance – 60 points
- Creativity of the attire – 20 points
- Alignment with the theme ‘For the Children’ – 10 points
- Number of participants (see below) – 10 points
- Over 20 participants 10 points
- 15-19 participants 8 points
- 10-14 participants 5 points
- Less than 10 participants 0 points
7.2 Certificates of recognition will be given to:
- All participating Clubs
- Overall winners & runners up in different prize categories
- Most creative attire
- Furthest distance travelled by Club from outside of Kampala (using straight line distance ‘as the crow flies’)
- Outstanding performance – Judges’ choice for a unique/innovative entry (one Rotary Club AND one Rotract Club)
- Largest number of performers (combined number of performers for the dance and song entry)
7.3 Cash prizes will be awarded as follows:
| Category | Number of prizes | Value of each prize | Total | |
| 7.3.1 | Best overall – Rotary and Rotaract Club | 2 | 2,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| 7.3.2 | Runner Up (2nd overall) – (Rotary and Rotaract) | 2 | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| 7.3.3 | Best Performance – Dance (Rotary and Rotaract) | 2 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| 7.3.4 | Best Performance – Song/Musical piece (Rotary and Rotaract) | 2 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| 7.3.5 | Runner Up (2nd best performance) – Dance (Rotary and Rotaract) | 2 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 7.3.6 | Runner Up (2nd best performance) – Song/Musical piece (Rotary and Rotaract) | 2 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 7.3.7 | Most creative attire (Rotary OR Rotaract Club) | 1 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| 7.3.8 | Furthest distance travelled by Club (Rotary oOR Rotaract) from outside of Kampala (using straight line distance ‘as the crow flies’) | 1 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| 7.3.9 | Outstanding performance by Rotary Club – Judges’ choice for a unique/innovative entry | 1 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| 7.3.10 | Outstanding performance by Rotaract Club– Judges’ choice for a unique/innovative entry | 1 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| 7.3.11 | Largest number of performers (combined number of performers for the dance and song entry) | 1 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
|
TOTAL PRIZES (twelve million shillings only) |
12,000,000 |
7.4 The host Rotary Club of Kampala North can participate in the event and be acknowledged as a participating Club but is ineligible for award of any prize.
8.0 Be part of the Audience
The fun filled daylong family event running from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday 12th November 2016 will cost each member of the audience only 20,000/=. We do not practice age discrimination and every member of the audience shall pay the same fee. The venue for the event will be communicated shortly.
9.0 Contacts:
The following are the contact persons for further information:
Nigel Frank Othembi (S&D Committee Chair) 0754 745745
Maurice Muhwezi-Murari (S&D Vice Chair/Rules) 0773 432913
Fred Mubiru (Team Leader Music/Compilations) 0772 430473
Jayne Frances Nakato (Team Leader Programme) 0703 000323
Tinah Nakibuuka (Team Leader, Mobilization) 0772 547379
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