<p>mtfan-</p>
<p>You can enter into as many catagories as you like. The only time you have to make a decision is if you make the finals in more than one area. Then you would have to chose.</p>
<p>As WCT mentioned, you definitely can enter more than one category. My daughter was going to but then realized that realistically she did not have the time to get together all the material for each category she would have normally entered and still have done her college auditions and a very time consuming show at the time far from where we live, and much else. </p>
<p>You guys got me thinking in the above posts, however. I knew about the age or having to be a senior. My daughter entered cause she was graduating and turned 16 right around the time of the deadline. I am now wondering (not sure if she would want to or not) but since she already participated this past fall and also won a Merit Award in Musical Theater, can she enter next year as she turns 17 around the deadline so age-wise she still qualifies, yet will be in college (which I guess in itself is ok) but can you enter twice? </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>soozievt-</p>
<p>Here is your answer from the NFAA FAQ website:</p>
<p>I am going to be 18 on December 1, 2005 and I won an ARTS award when I was 17. Can I register again?
If you participated in an ARTS Week in Miami, you are not eligible to register to the ARTS Program a second time. This is to allow another qualified participant a chance for an ARTS Week experience. For example, ARTS Merit or Honorable Mention Winners are eligible to re-register.</p>
<p>WCT, thanks. I should have read that, lol, but just never even thought of that idea until reading the posts above. I have no idea if she'd want to do it and will be busy with college but she might. She originally had wanted to enter in additional categories like Jazz Vocals and Vocal Performance, both of which she won the state award for but it meant other music to get together in early fall and she had been away all summer and it started to get unrealistic. Maybe she might want to do it again. I'll tell her what you posted. Right now, it is kinda the last thing on our minds, lol. Just got curious. I originally thought of the ARTS Awards as a high school thing but truthfully she is still just 16 ;) so even as a college student, she would still be the right age to do it again!
Susan</p>
<p>Is it legit to do a song for ARTS that has been CUT from a musical?</p>
<p>My D's Sweet Charity run is during Arts Week. Is there any reason to apply anyway? Might she earn some recognition based on her audition tape?</p>
<p>AnotherMom asked: "My D's Sweet Charity run is during Arts Week. Is there any reason to apply anyway? Might she earn some recognition based on her audition tape?"</p>
<p>My opinion....
The Arts Week is for the finalists and so that is maybe about a dozen kids for MT (and there are finalists for the other categories as well). The likelihood of being one of those dozen is very slim and so I don't think one should enter with just "finalist" as goal or to worry too much about the ARTS week. Of course it is possible but still very slim. However, the ARTS AWARDS are given to the top 10% of those who audition.....there are Merit Awards and Honorable Mention awards for those within this top percentage. THOSE awards are recognition in themselves, though do not involve ARTS week. </p>
<p>I see that recognition (Merit or Honorable Mention awards) as threefold in value.....ONE: colleges do recognize these awards and they are on a national level and so the student can add such an award to her theater resume for colleges and inform colleges of this award and in fact, colleges do receive a list of these award recipients. Achievements on this level are always good for the applicant's "resume". TWO: Applying for BFA programs, as you know, is so selective and it is sometimes hard to self evaluate if you are an appropriate candidate or in the ballpark. By participating in something like ARTS Awards, it gives you ONE idea (if you do indeed get selected for an award), that you are reasonably in the ballpark amongst the talent pool of kids likely to audition for BFA programs. Now, PLEASE realize a couple "buts" with this. One is that not everyone who is going to apply to BFA programs happens to choose to audition for the ARTS Awards and two, I know some kids who got into top BFA programs who tried for an ARTS Award in MT and didn't get one so it is not like if you don't win, you don't stand a chance at getting into a BFA program by ANY means. But if you do win one, you get one inkling of being competitive. I have posted in the past that it helps to self evaluate your talent, get feedback from professionals who know your work, and then things like ARTS Awards are just one more indication that may help you figure out if you are competitive. State awards can do this. So can looking at your casting history. No one single thing points to whether you will be successful in the BFA admissions game but it all helps in seeing where you stand. The outcome of the ARTS Awards is not your definitive answer but merely one more little piece of information. And my THIRD reason to participate is that it is one more audition experience. Kids get better at auditioning by auditioning. And with the ARTS Awards, it was pretty easy to do because the kid was preparing for the BFA auditions anyway and it just meant having one song and one monologue ready by October and video taping it. It even kinda forced having some material ready to go by this time of the fall. Seemed like there was nothing to lose.</p>
<p>My D participated with all that in mind. She too would have had great difficulty in attending the ARTS week in FL between her shows and she had auditions around that same week for colleges. In fact, I was SO relieved when she won a Merit Award because she got some recognition but did not have to even worry about the ARTS week because I have no idea how that would have worked out, nor the week in June for the winners. So, it kinda worked out nicely to get an award but not have to deal with schedule conflicts (not to say it would not have been a great experience to do those things in FL and DC!!). </p>
<p>Last spring it was suggested here to me that my D who participated last year and got the Merit Award, audition again THIS year because of her age. While she is a freshman in college, she is sixteen and in fact, turns seventeen tomorrow and is eligible to participate again. I told her she could and she knows plenty of audition songs and monologues she could just do and tape but she just never found time and it was a low priority before she left for college. She also saw no point in it at this juncture for her. She got the recognition, got into BFA programs and really could not make the Jan. ARTS week once again and did not see any benefit to doing it again. It was her choice. She has moved forward with college now!</p>
<p>Good luck to those who do it this year.</p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the clarification Susan. I didn't really understand how the whole thing worked. I guess I should have read all the previous postings better. I appreciate all the info you provide here.</p>
<p>Diana</p>
<p>bump...no takers on my question about using songs cut from musicals for ARTS? they just seem to be so stickler about how they even want you to label your video tape and stuff like that, that it seems like they'd be pretty stickler about the song actually being from a musical, too.</p>
<p>I suggest that you call and ask them specifically.</p>
<p>Is theatre strictly acting or MT? Does technical theatre fit into any of the categories?</p>
<p>There is nothing within the theater category which relates to tech theater skills - just straight acting or MT. But perhaps there is a way to submit tech design material in the Visual Arts category.</p>
<p>Check the website and or call the NFAA office for better information. They have extended the registration date for this year to October 17. I'm not sure about the submission deadline. Again, check the website at <a href="http://www.nfaa.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.nfaa.org</a></p>
<p>It's a wonderful experience! Best of luck.</p>
<p>I had a question and emailed the person at the arts award listed on the site. And someone promptly replied within a day. So I would suggest others who are concerned email them as well.</p>
<p>yay thanks so my nytheatermom, I didn't see that link to email them questions unti you mentioned it!! Thank you!</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the 4 minutes allowed for mt includes the student introduction...."My arts number is....".</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Unfortunately, it is included in the time limit. I e-mailed to ask. I was SO BUMMED when I found out it was, as my song is looong. Very frustrating. However, they said you can definitely cut any and all piano introductions/interludes on your song to make the time limit.</p>
<p>well they also told me that no one is really timing it, so I would say don't worry about the intro. I know it took up about 15-20 seconds for my daughter, so we were therefore over 40 seconds. They made it clear they will not disqualify someone based on going over the 4 minutes. They just have no "obligation" to listen any further.</p>
<p>Do any of you way-more-organized-than-me folks have the labeling and mailing guidelines for voice? I gave away what I had printed from their website, and now can't get on to their website to get the info for myself (I suspect they're a Wilma victim). The CD package must be postmarked for November 1st, so I have a little breathing room, but not much. Thanks!</p>
<p>Mezzomom</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>xxx,Mary Anna</p>
<p>Videotape/DVD audition - participants must label their videotape/DVD with their ARTS ID# and the category code ONLY (06009999/301 or 302, for example). (You will receive this ID# once you have completed the registration process). DO NOT PLACE YOUR NAME OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION ON YOUR VIDEOTAPE/DVD.
Personal Information Form - click here to download the form, fill out and mail with your packet. </p>
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<p>Please label the outside of your envelope as pictured above listing your ARTS ID# and category code with your return address. If you wish to participate in more than one category, please submit each in a separate envelope.</p>
<p>Your return address must look like this:</p>
<p>ARTS ID# (06009999/301, for example)
Your Name
Street Address
City, State Zip </p>
<p>POSTMARK DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 1, 2005</p>
<p>Mail your audition/portfolio materials to:
NFAA / ARTS
444 Brickell Avenue, Suite P-14
Miami, FL 33131-2403 </p>
<p>It is not necessary to use an overnight mailing service. However, if you choose to use a service such as Federal Express, UPS or USPS overnight, the outermost envelope must include your ARTS ID# and category code.</p>
<p>Please note that upon receipt of your ARTS submission packet we will mail you a postcard stating that your packet was received. If you do not receive a postcard within two weeks of mailing, contact us at (800)970-2787. </p>
<p>Please note that your materials cannot be returned so we strongly recommend you keep a copy for your records. </p>
<p>No responsibility can be assumed by ARTS for loss of, or damage to, submission packets.</p>
<p>Mezzomom,</p>
<p>This may be obvious to you, but just in case what Mary Anna's copied in her kind search for the NFAA material seems confusing, she copied the section that references a Theater or MT submission. The voice submission is a CD rather than a video or DVD.</p>
<p>Best of luck to your D! We know just how much work goes into preparing a voice submission - tons!!! It was a great experience for my D as I'm sure it was for yours.</p>