The following rules and regulations are in addition to the rules and regulations in the AMAF Provincial Syllabus (click here to purchase)

1. ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS MUST RESIDE IN, OR ATTEND A SCHOOL WITHIN THE EVERGREEN SCHOOL DIVISION BOUNDARIES.  COMPETITORS NOT MEETING THIS REQUIREMENT ARE ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR PROVINCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
    

2. Marks will be announced only for the top two participants in each class.
    

3. After the Festival entry list is closed, the executive will arrange the order of classes. The approximate time of each competition and order of competing will be shown in the Official progam which will be on sale prior to the Festival and during the Festival.
   NO CHANGE IN PROGRAMMING WILL BE PERMITTED AFTER MARCH 1, 2020.
    

4. A chord may be given on piano at the commencement of a cappella music.
    

5. Any person or group wishing to enter the Festival who cannot find an appropriate class description to accommodate an entry may contact Larry Moore (389-3086) to discuss the possibility of adding further classes.
    

6. It is the intention of the Evergreen Festival of the Arts to encourage participation in all our classes; all classes will, however, be judged on a competitive basis except in the Orff and Band sections where marks are not given. Trophies will be awarded upon adjudicator’s recommendation.
    

7. A classroom choir, speech or choral, is expected to include every member of the class. If it is not possible to have every member participate, then 90% of the class should do so. If the school does not wish to follow this regulation, then it is probable that they will be entering for adjudication only. Classroom Choirs will enter according to grade level. Mixed grades will enter according to the average age or grade of the choir.
    

8. The K-3 Speech Choir classes will be all NON-COMPETITIVE. Please note that this is for the speech choir classes only, Kindergarten to Grade 3. Note: All speech choirs, competitive and non-competitive, are eligible for the Rotary Trophy (best performance in speech)
    

9. Photocopied/handwritten material will not be accepted in any music class except:
   Where an entrant produces a letter from the publisher giving permission to photocopy.
   Photocopied/handwritten material will not be accepted in any speech class unless:
   Prior permission has been obtained from the festival.
    

10. Where Own Selections are used in Speech Arts classes, entrant MUST submit TWO TYPED copies of each selection with their entry form. The name and page of the text from which their selection is taken, as well as the author of the poem, play or prose excerpt, should be given.
    THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE.
     

11. For all SOLO own choice Speech selections, participants may not perform the same selection in more than one class in the same festival year, OR in any other class in subsequent festival years.
     

12. Participants may not perform the same selection for the same class/discipline in consecutive or subsequent festival years.
     

13. Instrumental performance may be performed with or without accompaniment depending upon the competitor’s preference.
     

14. Recorded accompaniment will not be permitted in any music class at the local festival, with the exception of Class MK 7603.
     

15. Electronic amplification will not be permitted except where specified for contemporary music and Orff.
     

16. THE FESTIVAL REQUESTS THAT SCHOOLS DO NOT COPY EITHER THE PARTICIPATION OR AWARD CERTIFICATES.