Can't wait to join the competition? You can participate in the following categories.

 

 

1)	The battery section of a marching band consists of mainly snares, complemented by bass drums, multi-tenors, and marching cymbals. They are the hardest working, most featured section of the band and are often the flashiest as well. When the military band enters the stadium, they often march at the back or in the middle, and play a short piece of music featuring the drum line, known as the “Cadence” or “Street-Beat”. The drum captain starts the cadence with a signal yell or phrase and keeps the beat for the drum line during the show by yelling to the beat of the drum major during rests. Sometimes, they will challenge other drum lines to a "Drum battle", where both sides will fight it out with their techniques and creativity, until one side runs out of idea and is declared the loser.
2)	From classy Jazz to groovy Latin, from the mighty Africa to the flavourful Asia; fusion is basically different genre thrown into a blender, and served as a tasty treat for all who listens. There are no boundaries as to what can fall under this category. Whether you are a player of the scintillating Samba style, or an ardent follower of Ethnic music, it is always interesting to see what sort of mix can be offered for all to stand up and groove away. The modern percussionist, however do not concentrate only on the auditory aspect, but the visual extravaganza that can be brought out from the music as well. Do not restrain yourself as to imagine what Fusion can be.
3)	Alternative percussion is the work of creativity. In this category, conventional percussion instruments are not allowed. Participants are to use all sort of things that they can find in their daily life as their instruments. Examples would be metal can, plastic bag and trash bin. In this section, performers will be combining their creativity and strong musical sense to create a percussion piece with originality and full of their personalities.
4)	Participants would be playing percussion ensemble pieces which revolve mainly around mallet instruments. It would be required of them to have a central melody played by a xylophone, a marimba, vibraphone, chimes or bells. There would not be an restrictions on the genre of music they play and teams of minimum 5 members would be required. Instruments allowed would be all percussion instruments that can be found in symphonic bands and Chinese orchestras.

 

General Information Applicable for all 4 Categories

 

Registration

1. There will be no refund of registration fee in the case of disqualification or withdrawal from the competition.
2. Each participant is allowed to join each category (Category 1,2, 3 or 4) only ONCE: 
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Prizes

1. Attractive prizes to be won.

Performance

1. There are no restrictions to the type of genre of music pieces performed.
2. The team is allowed to decide on their performance style.
3. The team is to keep to a performance time of 3-5 minutes (excluding setting up and dismantling time).
4. There should not be any use of pre-recorded sound materials used - only ‘live’ performances are allowed.
5. There should not be any use of vocal instruments (e.g. beat-boxing, singing) used during the performance.

Judging Criterion

 

Judging Criteria	Concert	Fusion	Alternative	Field
Rhythm & Creativity	25%	20%	30%	20%
Showmanship	20%	20%	20%	25%
Overall Appearance	--	10%	10%	--
Coordination & Tightness	25%	50%	--	25%
Arrangement	30%	--	40%	--
Technique	--	--	--	30%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%
Bonus (Optional)Total	5%	5%	5%	5%

*The additional 5% will be separately considered as a bonus to teams whose performances fit DrumZout 2010’s theme.

Performance Stage and Setup/Dismantling

1. The stage has a dimension of 10m by 8m.
2. The team is given a maximum of 3 minutes for setting up and preparation before they start their performance.
3. The team is to depart the stage within 2 minutes upon completion of their performance. The organisers will only assist the team in clearing the backstage.
4. The team is to remove all belongings left behind during the competition.

Instruments

1. The team is to bring their own instruments for the auditions (if any) and the competition.
2. The team will be provided a drum kit during the competition and at the auditions (if any).
3. The team is required to submit the list of instruments they will be using 3 week before the audition (if any), or the final performance (if there is no audition).

Registration Procedure

Registration for 2010 is open now.

Competition Format

Participating teams have to undergo auditions before the finals. The short-listed teams from the auditions would then compete in the finals! The tentative dates are listed below; please visit us again for more details on the exact dates!

Qualifying Round

Date: 21^st March 2010
Time: To be informed respectively. 
Venue: Scape Youth Park

Grand Finals

Date: 26^th June 2010
Time: To be confirmed
Venue: To be confirmed