SEMF has been made aware that our post office box has not been accepting any mail and has returned some entries to our participants. We’re looking into these issues next week, but in the meantime please have your students resubmit any mailed entries (returned to sender or not) via email or fax. The entry deadline for these submissions will be December 16, but please get them in as soon as possible. All the details are on the blog post. Please accept our sincerest apologies for this inconvenience.
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 Jen Penner at 204-392-6537. 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.
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.
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.)