The Port Moody Golden Spike Days Festival ("Golden Spike Days") is a Port Moody Golden Spike Days Society ("the Society") Event. The Society will assign an Administrator to the Tri-Cities Got Talent Contest.
HOW TO ENTER
Complete the Registration form below. Registration form, links and videos must be completed and received by the Port Moody Golden Spike Days Society by the Registration Cut Off. The Administrator in its sole discretion may accept or refuse to accept entry forms that are late, incomplete or illegible.
Please note that Entrants are limited to 35 in total and registration will close when that number has been reached.
VIDEO AND LIVE PERFORMANCE ACT REQUIREMENTS TYPE
Contestants may perform any artistic or performance act of up to four (4) minutes including setup and take down that is performative or artistic in nature. Performers may dance, sing, juggle, speak, act, read, mime, perform artistic physical acts, may include props and live animals in controlled settings.
ACCEPTABLE
The acts must be within the bounds of good taste, law abiding, in the spirit of general-public all-ages audience entertainment. We reserve the right to stop performances or restrict entrance of performers in advance.
OVERVIEW
AUDIO / VIDEO CONTENT
A note about video content. Video creations can be challenging. Here are some tips to make a good video.
WHO CAN ENTER
Port Moody Golden Spike Days Tri-Cities' Got Talent is open to legal residents of British Columbia within the ages as set out below. Neither employees of the Port Moody Golden Days Society, contract employees, members of the Board of Directors, contractors, and agents of the Port Moody Golden Spike Days Society directly involved in the Competition, nor any other persons directly associated with the Competition, nor the immediate families of any of the aforesaid persons or any other person residing in the same Household, are eligible to enter or compete in the Competition.
The 1st place winner of the Competition will not be eligible to compete in any subsequent edition of the Competition or any variation thereof associated with Port Moody Golden Spike Days' Tri-Cities Got Talent. Contestants must be amateur, non-professional performance contestants. The determination of who is an amateur is in the sole discretion of the Administrator and the judges of the Competition. The Administrator or the Judges may refuse to consider any entry from or performance by any person who may be considered by them not to be an amateur or group containing a person who may be considered by them not to be an amateur. For the purpose of the Contest, a person to be considered an amateur must at least meet all of the following criteria: someone who is not nor has ever been a member of a union connected with public artistic performances. someone who does not earn and has not ever earned more than 50% of his or her annual income from performing. someone who is not a party to a management or booking contract with a professional firm or individual who is paid a fee for securing employment in the entertainment field. someone who does not have a current recording contract with a distribution company.
At the final level of the competition, contestants will be judged against each other, regardless of age category.
Group acts must compete in the age category of the oldest member of their group.
PROPS
All props must be inanimate and kept to a minimum. No performances may include the use of machetes, knives, guns or other similar props and the Administrator or the Judges may refuse to accept any entry employing such items. Fire and/or pyrotechnics are not allowed on the stage at any time, nor will such material otherwise be included in a performance.
ACCOMPANIMENT
Accompaniment in any performance must assume the character of true accompaniment. The test shall be whether the act can stand alone without the accompaniment as determined by the Judges in their sole discretion. Without limiting the foregoing, the following shall apply to accompaniment: Vocal performances: Instrumental accompaniment by the person(s) in the act or others is allowed but must assume the pure character of accompaniment. Instrumental back-up music may be used in a playable media format. Limited harmonies or utterances may be used on back-up music. The judges must be able to clearly hear the vocal performer over the backing track and any utterances. Dance performances: Accompanists are permitted on the stage but must not assume visual importance. The accompaniment, whether live or recorded, must not have any taps or tap effects. Instrumental group: Accompaniment is allowed but the backup must assume pure character of the accompaniment in that the contestant must be able to stand alone were the accompaniment removed from the performance. Air bands are not permitted. All persons assuming visual importance in a variety performance (e.g. magicians, jugglers, gymnasts) must meet the age requirements of the specific category.
JUDGING
Competitors will be generally judged on the following criteria:
The judges will consist of a panel of persons invited by the Host. The judges will review all entries and invite selected performances from each age category. Judges' determinations once announced are considered final.
ADVANCING TO THE NEXT ROUND / NOTIFICATION OF ADVANCEMENT
Four Rounds will be as follows. (You must be available for ALL FOUR ROUNDS)
Winner Awards
The 1st place winner will receive the coveted Tri-Cities Got Talent trophy, cash amount $750 (at press time) and prizes TBA, interviewed and then asked to perform again at wrap-up, announced on our website and social media and invited to be a judge for next year.
The 2nd place winner will receive a cash amount of $600 (at press time) and prizes and announced on our website and social media.
The 3rd place winner will receive a cash amount or $500 (at press time) and prizes and announced on our website and social media.
The 4th through 6th place finishers each receive $50 (at press time) and prizes and are announced on our website and social media.
All six finalists will be announced onstage and awarded cash prizes.
Note that Tri-Cities' Got Talent Organizers plan to have contestants for the initial auditions, the preliminary live round and semifinals compete against other contestants within the age categories where numbers allow. There will be no age categories in the finals. Six Finalists will compete against each other regardless of age.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
The Port Moody Golden Spike Days Festival ("Golden Spike Days") is a Port Moody Golden Spike Days Society ("the Society") Event. The Society will assign an Administrator to the Contest.
The Port Moody Golden Spike Days Society is not responsible for any expenses incurred by Contestants. Contestants grant the Society the right to photograph, film, video and/or digitally record their performance at the Golden Spike Days or in conjunction with the Competition for future promotional purposes. All entries and submissions and the content thereof become the sole and exclusive property of the Society and may not be returned. The Contestant releases the Society and its agents and contractors from any obligation to pay compensation of any kind to the Contestant in consideration for the Golden Spike Days' utilization of the images, likenesses or sounds contained in the live performances or submission and the Contestant waives any rights to any claim for compensation or damages respecting the use of same by the Society.
PHOTO AND VIDEO SOCIAL MEDIA CONSENT
Notwithstanding very unique circumstances that may arise individually which need to be taken into consideration - as a general condition of the Contestant being permitted to compete and choosing to compete in Competition, each Contestant or legal guardian must sign a video / photo release form which grants permission to the Society to use, without compensation of any kind to such contestant, any photograph, audio or video recording or other audio or visual image or recording including digital recordings, or any portion or portions thereof, in such manner as the Golden Spike Days may determine including in any promotions or advertising, and; ii. waives any right to any fee or compensation for any of the aforesaid and; iii. releases the Society and its Directors from any loss, damage, injury, or expense which the Contestant may suffer or incur as a result of his or her participation in the Competition, howsoever caused.
INDEMNITY OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A MINOR
All entries must be signed by each performer PRIOR TO AUDITION, provided that any entry from any person under the age of MAJORITY IN BC BEING 19 must also be signed by such minor person's parent or legal guardian PRIOR TO AUDITION consenting to such minor person entering the Competition and acknowledging the consents and waivers and indemnities hereby contained made by such minor person and the Parent/Guardian agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Society for any loss, damages, costs, expenses, injury, claims or actions, including solicitors costs, which the Society may suffer or incur by reason of any matter or thing relating to arising from the involvement or participation of the minor person in the Competition.
ADMINISTRATION
The Competition will be administered by the Port Moody Golden Spike Days Society and specifically by such person or persons designated by the Port Moody Golden Spike Days Society for such purpose from time to time.
The Port Moody Golden Spike Days Society reserves the right to make any final decisions on all matters not covered by these rules and regulations, as well as the right to change, alter and/or rearrange parts or all of these competition rules and regulations at any time.