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AVENIDA MUSIKA (Marching Brass Band Competition)
A music-avenue performance cum competition where various marching brass bands, either school based or community based, perform in three (3) performance contexts: 1. Marching Brass Band in Street Parade; 2. Symphonic Pieces in specified venue; and 3. Brass-Band Showdown at the New City Hall Main Ground.
Performance Digest:
Date: February 20, 2011
Time
Activity
Assembly Area
7am -9am
Band Parade
-City Streets
-Rotary Park10am-12nn
Brass Band
-Atrium, New City Hall
2pm-4pm
Band Showdown
-Open Arena, New City Hall
Categories: Each of the following categories are judged separately
a) Brass Band Serenata: Symphonic Band Pieces in stationary performance
b) Brass Band Showdown: Brass Band pieces performed in open spaces and interpreted with moving dance vignettes or employing creative theatrical devises
c) Marching Brass Band: Brass Band performance in a street parade context incorporating fancy drill-in-motion
Participation:
Participation in the Street Parade that opens the competition is required for all participating Brass Bands. (Failure to join the Street Parade may be considered as a valid ground for disqualification of the contestant to join in the other two categories)
Any participating Brass Band can compete in all categories or may opt to join either only in Symphonic Performance or only in Brass Band Showdown.
Requirements:
1) Submission of Application Form together with the list of Band members or players
2) Members of the Marching Brass Bands, school-based or community-based, should be Filipino Citizens;
3) Representative of Brass Band must attend the Final Briefing session held a day before the competition.
Mechanics :
Each category have different requirements and mechanics of performance. The following rules and mechanics operate and must be observed by the participants in each of the category
STREET PARADE:
1) Minimum number of 25 instrumentalists / players is required during the parade
2) No limits as to the number of majorettes and flag bearers who can join in the parade
3) Three judges are stationed separately in designated areas that are strategic for judging
4) The participating Brass Bands may perform a moving fancy drill in every station.
5) Criteria for choosing the Best Marching Brass Band:
Musicality, Variations and Creative Arrangement: 30 % Quality of Execution, Harmony and Creativity in Cadences / Fancy Drill: 40 % Discipline, Unity and Decorum in Execution: 30 % Total: 100 %
| SERENATA: | 1) Minimum number of 25 instrumentalists/players. | ||||||||
| Symphonic | 2) Majorettes or flag bearers are discouraged to join this category | ||||||||
| Band | 3) Each Band plays two (2) pieces: one side piece and one contest piece | ||||||||
| Performance | 4) The prescribed Contest Piece is “Lahing Kayumanggi” by Lucio San Pedro | ||||||||
| 5) All groups are free to locate their focus and creative approaches in interpreting the contest piece | |||||||||
| 6) Total performance time should not exceed 20 minutes including entrance and exit | |||||||||
| 7) The performance of the Contest Piece must be highlighted or rendered with series of solo and/or duet instrumentation that are played anywhere in the performance. | |||||||||
8) The criteria for judging the Symphonic Performance are as follows:
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| BRASS BAND | 1) Minimum number of 70 instrumentalists / players | ||||||||
| SHOWDOWN | 2) Minimum of 20 movers, majorettes or flag bearers | ||||||||
| 3) Crews and stage hands are not counted as part of the performers | |||||||||
| 4) Minimum performance time is 10 minutes | |||||||||
| 5) Maximum performance time is 15 minutes | |||||||||
| 6) Employment of dangerous stunts and acrobatic movements are discouraged. | |||||||||
| 7) Groups who desire to perform dangerous stunts should use safety precautions and equipments | |||||||||
| 8) Competing contingent is required to sign waivers, signifying that they assume full responsibility of any consequences and/or untoward accidents as a result of their performances. | |||||||||
9) The criteria for judging are as follows:
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PRIZES: The following prizes are at stake for all participating Marching Brass Band Contingents:
1. Best Marching Brass Band - P 60,000.00
2. Brass Band Serenata (Symphonic Performance)
Champion P 80,000.00
1st runner up P 60,000.00
3. Band Showdown Category
Champion P 200,000.00
1st runner up P 100,000.00
4. Best Conductor- P 7,000.00
Only the conductor who conducts a team, who joins both categories (symphonic and band showdown) will be judged for the best conductor special award according to the following criteria:
| Baton Control: creativity & variation | 35 points |
| Posture and confidence | 35 points |
| Diversity of Musical Instruments handled | 30 points |
| Total | 100 points |
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