Goals and Objectives of the Festival-Competition:

• Promotion and popularization of the ideas of humanism and generational continuity through comprehensive creative development of the individual;
• Popularization of patriotism, strengthening moral and civic values within the festival movement in Kazakhstan and abroad;
• Preservation and development of national cultures, strengthening interethnic ties and cooperation;
• Creating an environment and conditions for creative communication among youth;
• Cultivating artistic taste and introducing young performers to the best examples of world culture and art;
• Identifying talented youth and promoting their creative growth;
• Enhancing the professional level of creative groups and performers participating in the festival;
• Exchange of experience and creative achievements among festival participants;
• Creating conditions for creative communication and talent identification;
• Attracting leading cultural specialists and artists to collaborate with creative groups;
• Establishing creative contacts between group leaders;
• Improving the professional skills and qualifications of creative group leaders;
• Creating an atmosphere of a creative celebration.

PARTICIPATION:

Soloists, ensembles of all genres and directions, creative groups, representatives of visual and decorative-applied arts, as well as any children’s, youth, student, and adult theatrical and circus groups from Kazakhstan and other countries are invited to participate. Age of participants is not limited. Teachers of soloists and groups can also participate with a separate application marked “professional.” Participants in the “host” nomination can include individual amateur artists, members of various creative groups, clubs, creative centers, groups and associations, students of cultural educational institutions and other educational institutions, and other interested persons, without restrictions on education and age.

NOMINATIONS:

• Instrumental creativity (classical, pop, folk, jazz, solo on various instruments, ensembles, piano ensembles (performance on two grand pianos is allowed), orchestras, compulsory/general piano, percussion instruments);
• Vocal creativity (classical, folk, folklore, pop, jazz, choral, show groups (solo, duets, trios, ensembles, choirs);
• Dance creativity (folk dance, pop dance, classical dance, modern, jazz-modern, free plastic, breakdance, children’s dance, sports ballroom dances (solo and ensembles);
• Decorative-applied creativity;
• Fashion theater (fashion theaters and young designers);
• Original genre (artistic reading, circus art, and others);
• Theatrical creativity (miniatures, excerpts from performances, puppet theater, plastic theaters, dance theaters, and others);
• Host of game programs for children and youth;
• Host-MC;
• Other nominations (according to accepted applications).

Age Categories:

1. Up to 6 years
2. 6-8 years
3. 9-11 years
4. 12-14 years
5. 15-17 years
6. 18-20 years
7. Over 21 and “Professional” nomination Additional age group – “Toddlers” – from 2 to 6 years

Jury of the Competition: International Jury.

The competition is held in the form of auditions in the presence of the jury and the audience. The performances of the groups are evaluated by a professional jury. Any violation of the competition regulations will result in a loss of points when evaluating the group’s performance. The jury’s decisions are final and cannot be appealed. The organizing committee cannot influence the scoring by the jury members or the awarding of titles to participants.

Competition Awards:

The results of the competition and the awards are given separately by nominations, taking into account age categories, and include the awarding of the Grand Prix, as well as the titles of laureates of I, II, III degrees, festival participants, special diplomas, and more. The number of prize diplomas is not limited and depends solely on the level of the program presented by the contestants.

Winners of the Grand Prix and first prize laureates are awarded cash prizes or memorable gifts. For laureates in the “Professional” category, cash prizes are not provided (we hope for understanding, as the prize fund is distributed among children). There is a special award from the organizing committee, independent of the jury’s opinion. Winners of the HOSTING COMPETITION will be invited to further events organized by the “World Music in Kazakhstan” International Competitions and Festivals Organizing Committee and the Bulgarian Organizing Committee “Alliance of Talents.”

The jury has the right to share places among participants, and accordingly, the awards are also shared. The organizing committee has the right to add nominations, combine and divide categories according to the submitted applications.

Dance Groups:

Each group presents one performance in one nomination, with a total duration of no more than 5 minutes. Each subsequent performance is evaluated and awarded separately. If a group wins with several performances or in several nominations, a Cup and Diploma are awarded for each winning performance to the group. Each participant of the group, regardless of the number of performances, receives one diploma and one medal. (If the leader wishes for participants to receive diplomas and medals for each performance, each nomination is paid without a discount).

Organizational and Technical Requirements for the Competition Program:

• Instrumental, vocal, and dance groups present one performance in one nomination, with a total duration of no more than 5 minutes.
• Each performer in the “small forms” category (solo, duet, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet) presents one performance with a duration of no more than 5 minutes.
• Theatrical groups present one performance with a duration of no more than 10 minutes. The competition performance can be performed in any language.
• Performers in the “artistic word” nomination in the “small forms” category present one performance with a duration of no more than 3 minutes.
• Fashion theaters can present one collection show with a total duration of no more than 10 minutes.
• In the “Decorative and Applied Arts” nomination, the competition program evaluates individual works in the amount of one piece. The technique of the works is free in any execution technique, works in a mat from drawing paper are accepted, the author’s full name, age, and city must be indicated on the front side.

For participants performing with a backing track:

The recording must be presented on a CD-R and a flash drive in audio format, and also sent to the Organizer’s email no later than 14 days before the start of the festival.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENT: Each audio recording must be on a separate medium with the name of the ensemble/performer (in Latin script), the title of the piece, and the duration of the piece. Each group must have a backup recording on a USB Flash Card, where the file name should be as follows: track name, group, and city, for example: “Romance,” Iskorka, Tyumen. There should be no other files on the USB Flash Card except for the competition program.

In the Vocal Nomination:

Competition pieces are performed only with a “minus” backing track (a backing vocal is allowed only in the chorus). Vocalists are not allowed to perform with a “plus” backing track in the competition program.

For the Hosting Competition, participants can choose to present:

• A speech on stage – a short speech on the theme of the festival-competition (duration: 1-2 minutes);
• Conferencing: announcing the numbers of the competition program of the multi-genre festival-competition “Kaleidoscope of Scheherazade”;
• A brief story-presentation about an outstanding person (poet, composer, etc.);
• An interactive program indoors during the animation event (games, contests, and riddles for children, youth, and mixed audiences. No more than 10 minutes).

Preparation and Conduct of the Festival-Competition:

The organizing committee is responsible for the preparation and conduct of the festival-competition. The order of performances is determined by the organizing committee in advance, and performances are conducted both in blocks and as separate numbers.

The organizing committee has the right to use and distribute (without paying fees to participants and guests of the competition) audio and video recordings, printed and other types of products produced during the competition events and based on their results.

Travel and Delivery:

Travel and delivery of decorations, props, and instruments are at the expense of the participants or can be arranged separately with the organizing committee by sending a technical rider.

Unaddressed Issues:

The organizing committee has the right to resolve issues not covered by these regulations. The organizing committee reserves the right to make changes to the competition regulations.

Consent:

By submitting an application, the leaders/parents of the participants automatically confirm their agreement with all points of these regulations, as well as their consent that the participant may be involved in competition events until 24:00.

Awards Ceremony:

The awarding of participants will take place only at the Gala Concert. Diplomas are not issued earlier, and results are not announced. Diplomas and prizes are not sent to participants after the competition.

Disqualification:

The organizing committee has the right to disqualify a participant, creative group, or leader for gross violations of the competition’s internal rules, disciplinary violations, and unethical behavior towards the organizing committee, jury members, and other participants.

Mandatory Participation:

Participants are not allowed to refuse participation in the Gala Concert.

General Evaluation Criteria:

The competition uses a competitive-qualification principle for evaluating the competition program. The competition program is evaluated by the jury, taking into account the age of the performers indicated in the applications. Participants are evaluated in each nomination, considering the age category. The jury evaluates the performance through closed voting based on the following criteria: performance skills; artistic expressiveness of the number (compositional, content, and musical unity of the artistic image); spectacle (plasticity, costume, performance culture); performance enthusiasm and originality; artistry, disclosure of the artistic image, selection, and correspondence of the repertoire to the age characteristics of the performers, audience evaluation.

Accreditation Procedure:

For accreditation at the festival, ALL participants must provide:

• An application for participation (separately for each nomination) in electronic form;
• A list of the group in electronic form.

For the Hosting Competition:

Participants must provide an application for participation, a resume, a business card (photo), the text of the game program script, and the text of the speech (in electronic form).

Cost of the package with accommodation for the first 200 people: $450

Included in the price:

• Accommodation in a 4* hotel with breakfast and dinner.
• Airport-hotel-airport transfer.
• Insurance.
• One free leader per 10 participants.
• The registration fee is paid additionally.
• There is an option to book a package with a flight, depending on the departure city.
• Booking before September 20th exempts from the registration fee.

Registration Fee:

• Soloists: $100
• Duets and trios: $70 per person
• Quartets, quintets, sextets: $60 per person
• Groups of more than 6 people: $50 per person

Accommodation booking is strictly through the Organizing Committee.

Excursions:

• Dubai City Tour standard: $30 per person
• Safari: $35 per person
• Trip to Dubai Mall for the whole day: $15 per person

Application deadline: November 15th.

The organizing committee has the right to disqualify a participant, creative group, or leader for gross violations of the competition’s internal rules, disciplinary violations, and unethical behavior towards the organizing committee, jury members, and other participants, without refunding previously paid funds. Additionally, information about the dishonest participant/leader may be posted in open sources for other organizing committees to review.

Participants do not have the right to view the competition program protocols without the permission of the jury chairman. The jury’s decision is final and not subject to discussion.

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Application for the Olympiad

________________________________ (dates, country of the event)

1. 1. Name of the educational institution (or courses) ________________________________
   2. Address (country, city, street, etc.) ________________________________ ________________________________
   3. Leader’s full name, phone number, email ________________________________
   4. Number of participants ________________________________
   5. List of participants and accompanying persons ________________________________
   6. Do you need additional nights __________ (from __________ to ___________)?
   7. Do you need a flight (_______)?
   8. Flight details (if tickets are purchased independently, corrections can be made until October 20)_____________________________________________________________________
   9. If an official invitation is needed for the organization to arrange a business trip (full name, name of the head of the organization)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   10. Thank you letters or certificates for teachers (full name, position, reason for gratitude) Submitting the application automatically confirms agreement with the Olympiad’s terms and conditions.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please keep the columns.

№№	Full name	Age and date of birth	Passport
1	Shnal Daniel (mr)	1412.12.2002	№000000 issued 01.10.2006Valid until 30.09.2016issued by whom (MIA  KAZ)
2	Shnal Nadezhda(ms)	3501/01/1981	№000000 issued 01.10.2006Valid until 30.09.2016issued by whom

Submitting the application automatically confirms agreement with the Olympiad’s terms and conditions.

Addition to the application for the nomination “Art and Culture”.

Attention!!! All fields of the application must be filled out without abbreviations. After receiving the application, we will form the lists and order of performances, as well as register you in the table for printing certificates and diplomas.

Full name of the group or soloist Name (as it should be written in the diploma)separated by commas country, city, state, region _________________________________________________________________________________________

Full name of the head _________________________________________________________________________________________

Category (eg: pop singing, folk choreography, piano or other) ________________________________________________________________________________________

Age (how many full years or ____ ____ years for the band or soloist)

Performance program (title of the work, choreographer, composer, author, full timing to seconds, the number of performers (for each number), technical requirements (what technical assistance is required you to run the program. Org. Committee will possibly try to provide you with this help _______________________________________________________________________________________

Number of persons *Total _________ including:leaders _______ artists  _______ accompany (parents, support group)  _________

Data manager and other contacts (postal address, e-mail, mobile phone)

Name of organization, guide the participants (legal and postal address, the head of the organization, and other electronic address) ________________________________________________________________________________________

The tour program, a set of services (selected program, the number of days with accommodation, or only registration fee, flight data (can be sent later)________________________________________________________________________________________list of planned additional services (additional meals, excursions and more, indicating the number of people), other specific suggestions):________________________________________________________________________________________

The list of organizations and individuals to prepare letters of thanks (indicating the full name, title, and text for thank you): ________________________________________________________________________________________

Additional requests _______________________________________________________________________________________

ATTENTION! A SEPARATE APPLICATION MUST BE FILLED OUT FOR EACH GROUP (SOLOIST), NOMINATION, AND AGE CATEGORY! *In the “Number of people” field, if you have several participants and they are accompanied by common leaders and chaperones, fill them out in ONLY ONE application!!! Do not write chaperones in each application. Or make a note that the leaders and chaperones are listed with another (full name) participant. ATTENTION! THE APPLICATION (if it cannot be filled out accurately at the submission stage) can be supplemented or corrected by you before the trip (EXCEPT FOR SOME FIELDS) in agreement with the organizing committee. PLEASE! PROVIDE A FULLY COMPLETED ACCURATE APPLICATION NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE TRIP!!! CHANGES AND ADDITIONS SENT AFTER THE SPECIFIED PERIOD WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED!!!

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