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Application for Registration of
New England Flat Picking and Banjo Championships
2008
   
Flat Picking Banjo
Prizes: 2007 Prizes: 2007
Bourgeois Custom Dreadnought Deering Golden Era
Collings Custom Dreadnought Ome Gold Sweetgrass
Conley Custom Dreadnaught Deering Goodtime 
 Taylor GS Rosewood  
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR IN 2008 new Banjo Raffle for Bill Smithnew   The Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Assoc. and Ome Banjos of Boulder Colorado have teamed up to offer this very special Banjo as a tribute to the life of Bill Smith. As many of you know, Bill was the 2006 New England Banjo Champ and a fixture on the Northeast Bluegrass scene for 30 years. His untimely death this past winter saddened us all.

One of New Englands premier guitar builders Scott Conley, will be providing a very special guitar for this years contest.
Date and Time: Saturday, July 26 2008 Date and Time: Saturday, July 26 2008

THE NEW ENGLAND FLATPICKING CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE NEW ENGLAND BANJO CHAMPIONSHIPS
   
Please print out a copy of THIS FORM (click here) and send to:

Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Association
PO BOX 593
Cornish, ME 04020

This application must be accompanied by a check made out to OVBA for the appropriate festival entrance fee and a SASE please.

Weekend Advance (before June 29, 2008).......$50
Weekend After June 30, 2008..........................$58
Saturday all day................................................$28

-Each contest limited to 25 contestants.
-Prizes provided by:
Deering Banjo -  Bourgeois Guitar - Collings Guitars
Conley Guitars - Ome Banjos

 

NEW ENGLAND FLAT PICKING CHAMPIONSHIPS
   
Flat Picking Rules:2007 Flatpicking Contest Winners
- Vocals not permitted.
- Contestants will play only unamplified instruments.
- Contestants may play original, traditional, or contemporary selections.
- Contestants may use one instrument and it must have 6-strings.
- Contestants will receive extra consideration for demonstrating proficiency in more than one style.
- Contestants may have one accompanying rhythm instrument if they choose.
- Alternative tunings are allowed.
- Contestants must not exceed the total allotted time for their performance. The time allowed is 7 minutes and includes the changing of tunings.
- All contestants must play with a flat pick. No finger picking or combination finger picking and flat picking will be allowed.
- Standard and traditional style capos as well as partial capos may be used.

**Contest winners are not allowed to enter the competition for 5 years after the year in which they have won. Second and third place finishers may compete
as often as they like.


Contestants will be judged according to the following:
ARRANGEMENT AND REPERTOIRE, 40 POINTS;
TECHNIQUE, EXECUTION , AND TIMING, 40 POINTS:
PRESENTATION AND SHOW VALUE, 10 POINTS:
OVERALL IMPRESSION, 10 POINTS.

-Registration for the competition ends 30 minutes before the beginning. Contestants must be present no less then 30 minutes before the beginning of the contest to be eligible.
-There will be a limit of 25 contestants for each competition and all contestants must have a valid ticket to the Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival.
-The order of contestants will be decided by a lottery before the competition.
-No less then three judges will decide the winner and judges names will be made public.
 
1st Place:  Brandon Davis
(Collings)
   
2nd Place:  Tyler Grant
(Conley)

 
   
3rd Place:  Richard Adkins
Richard Adkins (Bourgeois)
3rd Place:  David Surette (Taylor)
Flat Picking Judging Guidelines:

40 pts. REPERTOIRE AND ARRANGEMENT: Contestants should be rewarded for playing interesting music, and playing good arrangements and good music. It is not enough to merely play all the notes well. They should be notes worth playing. Is the contestant doing something new or original or is it just something that was learned from a recording and directly derivative of a common style or a well name players style?
40 pts. TECHNIQUE (TUNING, EXECUTION AND TIMING): Contestants should maintain a steady pulse and rhythm and properly execute all the notes they attempt to play. Attack, speed, tone, phrasing, etc. all enter into this technical expertise area.
10 pts. OVERALL IMPRESSION AND ARTISTIC QUALITY: Is it good music? Is it pleasant to listen to and evocative of more than just the skill of the player? Is it played with feeling and taste?
10 pts. VERSATILITY: Players who demonstrate proficiency in more than one style will be rated higher than those who only play one style, and likewise points should be given for playing different kinds of music in one style.
 
     
NEW ENGLAND BANJO COMPETITION
Banjo Rules:2007 BANJO Contest Winners
- No Vocals.
- Contestants will play only unamplified instruments.
- Contestants may use only one instrument for the competition. The banjo must have 5 strings.
- Contestants may play original, traditional or contemporary selections. Any contestant may be disqualified if the performance is not in keeping with the spirit of the competition.
- Contestants will receive extra consideration for demonstrating proficiency in more than one style.
- Contestants may have one accompanying or rhythm instrument if they choose.
- Special tunings will be allowed.
- Contestants must not exceed the total allotted time limit for their performance. This time is seven minutes and includes the changing of tunings.

**Contest winners are not allowed to enter the competition for 5 years after the year in which they have won. Second and third place finishers may compete
as often as they like.

Contestants will be judged according to the following:
ARRANGEMENT AND REPERTOIRE, 40 POINTS;
TECHNIQUE, EXECUTION, TIMING; 40 POINTS;
PRESENTATION AND SHOW VALUE, 10 POINTS;
OVER ALL IMPRESSION, 10 POINTS.

- Registration for the competition ends thirty minutes before the beginning. Contestants must be present no less than 30 minutes before the beginning of the contest to be eligible.
- There will be a limit of 25 contestants.
- The order of contestants will be decided by a lottery before the contest.
- No less than three judges will decide the winner and their names will be made public.
- All contestants must have a valid ticket to Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival.
 
1st Place:  Charles Wood
(Ome)  
 
2nd Place:  Mike Hesson
(Deering)
 
3rd Place:  Ray Hesson
(Deering)
   
 The Deering Banjo's Peoples Choice Award  -
The Ossipee Valle Bluegrass Association - Banjo Champ Rich Stillman Banjo Judging Contest Guidelines:

40 pts. REPERTOIRE AND ARRANGEMENT: Contestants should be rewarded for playing interesting music, and playing good arrangements and good music. It is not enough to merely play all the notes well. They should be notes worth playing. Is the contestant doing something new or original or is it just something that was learned from a recording and directly derivative of a common style or a well name players style?
40 pts. TECHNIQUE (TUNING, EXECUTION AND TIMING): Contestants should maintain a steady pulse and rhythm and properly execute all the notes they attempt to play. Attack, speed, tone, phrasing, etc. all enter into this technical expertise area.
10 pts. OVERALL IMPRESSION AND ARTISTIC QUALITY: Is it good music? Is it pleasant to listen to and evocative of more than just the skill of the player? Is it played with feeling and taste?
10 pts. VERSATILITY: Players who demonstrate proficiency in more than one style will be rated higher than those who only play one style, and likewise points should be given for playing different kinds of music in one style
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