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SUMMARY:North Central 2021 National Student Auditions
DESCRIPTION:2021 National Student Auditions\nNorth Central Preliminaries\
 nIn addition to offering classical and music theatre categories for sing
 ers ages 14-30, we are adding 3 new, non-progressing categories this yea
 r!  Children and Youth, ages 8-14, may participate in our regional NSA
 .   1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be awarded VISA gift cards of 
 $75, $50 and $25 respectively!  Help spread the word to our members, or
  if you know someone who is not a NATS member but who runs an independen
 t studio for younger singers, please encourage them to join NATS and ent
 er their students!\n\n2021 is also the year for students to enter the Am
 erican Negro Spiritual Categories for high school, lower and upper colle
 ge singers.  Check the NATS national website for more details.\n\nAll
  teachers entering students must serve as adjudicators for participants.
   Assignments will be made as soon as all video links and repertoire ha
 ve been checked.\n\nThe timeline for video submissions is as follows:\nF
 ebruary 1     Registration opens\n          Fees:  $25 for
  the first category, $10 more for the second entry, and $5 for the third
  category if applicable.  If a student is only entering the Spiritual c
 ategory, they will only be charged $5 to encourage participation in this
  new event. \n\nMarch 1         Registration/upload of videos c
 loses at midnight\n\nMarch 15       Semi-finalists (if necessary) 
 will be announced\n\nIf there is not a need for semi-finals, the top 5 s
 ingers from each category will be announced and will automatically quali
 fy to enter NATS NSA.  Singers must present the same repertoire in the 
 nationals as they did in the regional rounds.\n\nApril 9        
   National registration closes at midnight\n\nThe NATS NSA resource p
 age offers tutorials for video preparation, rubrics for adjudicationÂ
  and much more.  Check it out!\n\n \n\n \n\nNorth Central Region Webs
 ite\n
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