NYSB - Future All-Stars Weekend

FUTURE ALL-STARS WEEKEND
MARCH 17-19, 2006
STAR LAKE CAMP
(for Salvationist Musicians aged 13-18)

The New York Staff Band welcomes Salvationist brass and percussion players aged 13 to 18 inclusive to receive expert musical instruction by members of the NYSB, participate in times of Bible study, experience spiritual renewal and great fellowship. Application and audition tapes are being accepted.

We are looking for special young Salvationists who understand and desire excellence in their musical and spiritual lives. The event is for brass players and percussionists with great promise – young musicians who, in the best sense, can be considered ‘Future All-Stars.’

All delegates are strongly encouraged to submit a video taped audition, however those who attended the event in 2005 are not required to submit an audition. The audition is a placement audition and participation will be guided by the quality of the audition.

There are only 60 spaces available for the 2006 Weekend.

Beginning February 1, 2006 the NYSB will begin reviewing applications. Once spaces are gone, we will ask delegates to begin planning for the 2007 Weekend. Accepted delegates will need to provide their own travel to Star lake Camp (Bloomingdale, New Jersey) and are required to pay a modest registration fee of $50 USD, upon acceptance to the program.

Note that each delegate will need approval of parents and endorsement by the Corps Commanding Officer and Divisional Music Director. For application and further information, contact the Music & Gospel Arts Department.

YS CREATIVITY CONTEST

“SAY  IT  LOUD”
Calling All Creative Artists…….you know you’ve got something important to say, so here’s your chance to be heard.  Enter the 2006 Young Salvationist Creativity Contest.  If you are at least 11 and under 23 years of age as of January 1, 2006 you’re eligible to enter.  There is no entry fee, and you can send as manhy stories, articles, poems, photos or pieces of art as you like, on the subject of your own choosing.

Categories:          Prizes:          Age Groups:
Fiction          1st Place:  $125     11-16 years
Nonfiction          2nd Place:  $75     17-22 years
Poetry               3rd Place:  $40
Original Art
Photography

ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY FEBRUARY 29, 2006

Each entry must include your name, address, telephone, name of corps or church you attend, and category entry.  Photocopy the entry form and attach it to each separate entry!  Originals will NOT be returned.

Members of the National Publications staff will serve as judges.  They will not see names on the entries, so everyone has an equal chance of winning.  Winners will receive cash prizes, and the top award winners will have their works published in the May 2006 issue of Young Salvationist.

Entries must be typewritten and double-spaced.  Photocopies are acceptable. NO tracings or colored-in handout materials will be accepted – remember, that’s copyrighted material!  Photos (slides or prints) may be color or black and white.  For print quality reasons, we cannot accept digital images.  Original art may take almost any form, but it must be mailed flat or rolled so that it can be reproduced without wrinkles.

Your work will be judged for originality, clarity or thought and artistic and spiritual impact.

Mail entries to:
     YS Creativity Contest
     P.O. Box 269
     Alexandria, VA 22313

TERRITORIAL VOCAL CONVOCATION 2006

On Friday, March 3 – Sunday, March 5, 2006, serious adult vocalists from all over the Eastern Territory will be meeting at Camp Ladore Lodge in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania to meet with Major Leonard Ballantine (Territorial Music and Gospel Arts Secretary for Canada and Bermuda).

Please help me share this information to all in your corps who should enjoy the opportunity to attend this event. Salvationist adults 18 years and older who love vocal music, future leaders or corps vocal music groups and even entire songster brigades are encouraged to attend the convocation.

The cost per delegate for this event is $140.00. However, THQ will subsidize $40. Our Massachusetts Divisional Finance Council has approved subsidizing our delegates $50.00 if they are soldiers commissioned as songsters. The potential cost to delegates for the weekend is $50.00 each. However, if they are not commissioned songsters, their cost is $100.00. Requests for the Divisional subsidy needs to be directed to the Divisional Finance Council through the Corps Officer.

Corps Songster Brigades will have an opportunity to perform on a program with other groups and The Territorial Songsters. Please send a note to me with any confirmed delegate names from your corps so that I can forward them to THQ for registration before January 28, 2006. Thank you for your assistance. Let’s have a good representation from Massachusetts. YOU don’t want to miss this wonderful fellowship. Contact the Music & Gospel Arts Department if you have any questions (617-542-5420)