“Dear Festival participants, patrons, sponsors and friends,
With a heavy heart we must announce our decision to cancel the 2021 Southeastern Manitoba Festival. We have deliberated over our possible options and find the uncertainty of future cancellations to be cost and time prohibitive. We will look forward now to 2022 for a great Festival with much anticipation and hope for a wonderful celebration of the arts at that time. Please continue to enjoy your studies and studios, enriching your life and the lives of those around you.
Sincerely, Sharon Guenther, SEMF President “
The Southeastern Manitoba Festival needs your donations of time as well as money to keep functioning. There are several vacancies on the committee, please consider joining the festival executive in one of these roles. If you are interested, please contact Sharon Guenther at 204-326-6799. . Volunteers are needed as Door Attendants and Adjudicator Secretaries during March each year. SEMF generally schedules 3 sessions per day (morning, afternoon and evening) and volunteers may choose to work at one or more of these sessions. The job descriptions for both are below.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Sharon Guenther at 204-326-6799 to reserve your session!
Each year in the fall, SEMF accepts applications for the position of Adjudicator Secretary. The main responsibility of this job is to assist the discipline coordinator and festival adjudicator with jobs such as keeping music organized, adjudication sheets, keeping track of class winners and posting these on the website. Past festival experience is an asset, organizational skills are a must. This position is reimbursed with a small honorarium. For further questions about this position, please contact Sharon Guenther at 204-326-6799
At the Festival
Beginning the Session
Record Marks for each performer in Official Program. First and second place winners receive a number mark and all others receive a letter grade. Remember to record all other award winners as well. Complete Participants Certificates with first and second place seals as awarded. Others receive a red seal. Where duos, trios, and quartets, each performer will receive a certificate. Groups 5+ receive one certificate. Non-competitive performers will receive a ribbon instead of a participation certificate. (note: Dance has a separate system described in the addendum using gold, silver and bronze seals.)