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SUMMARY:Mid-South Region Virtual Student Auditions
DESCRIPTION:Our 2024 Mid-South Regional NATS Auditions registration is n
 ow open!  We are so looking forward to making this as wonderful an eve
 nt as we can virtually for you and our students!   Registration and p
 ayment is made only via AuditionNow (the new NATS platform replacing Aud
 itionWare).  As we have done previously, teachers will be required to l
 ist their students' repertoire at registration.  Once registration c
 loses, your repertoire will be vetted by a cohort of NATS members to ens
 ure it aligns with national standards and requirements.  You will have 
 the opportunity to upload videos for an additional week – through Marc
 h 14 – but we ask for the repertoire to be solidified by the close of 
 registration.\n\nWhen you are logged in on nats.org, go to your Member 
 Home.  Scroll down and click on the blue button AUDITION NOW.  (I’v
 e attached an image of what this looks like on your page.)  That will t
 ake you into the AuditionNow portal.  Be sure that you choose MID-SOUTH
  as your LOCATION - change it, if necessary from Tennessee, Kentucky, Me
 mphis, as appropriate.  Also, set your ROLE to TEACHER.  Under that, y
 ou should see REGISTER FOR EVENT on the left and then choose, Spring 202
 4 Mid-South NATS Regional Auditions.  Then you are in the Registration
  process.\n\nNotice all the categories that are open now that align wit
 h Nationals and those things that we offer here in our region – includ
 ing Children/Youth categories, Commercial Music, Hall Johnson (since thi
 s is a National Convention year), and, of course, Classical and Musical 
 Theatre.  One new note that is specific to AuditionNow, if you have a 4
 th or 5th year undergraduate student registering, make sure you select 4
 th or 5th year of study NOT IN A GRAD PROGRAM.  If you choose 4th or 5t
 h year the system assumes they’ve graduated and will only bring up adv
 anced categories.\n\nRegistration is now open as of today, Friday, Fe
 bruary 23 and will close on Friday, March 8 at 11:59 p.m. Please be 
 sure to register in a timely fashion; once registration closes it does
  not reopen. The Finals Round Concert will air on YouTube on Saturday
 , March 30th and I will e-mail that link as soon as I have it ready.\n\n
 Any questions regarding the appropriateness of repertoire should be dire
 cted to Jeff Williams.\n\nThe schedule of this audition process will 
 be as follows:\n\nFriday, February 23rd  – Registration opens\nFri
 day, March 8th – Registration closes at 11:59pm\nSaturday, March 9
 th – cohort of Mid-South NATS Exec board members begins the repertoi
 re and video vetting process ensuring everything is uploaded correctly a
 nd corresponds to the repertoire information for that student (if we com
 e across an issue, you will be notified immediately giving you the oppor
 tunity to fix it by Wednesday, March 13\nThursday, March 14th  – Vid
 eo link deadline, ends at 11:59pm \nFriday, March 15th  – teacher a
 djudication begins for the Preliminary Round (typical adjudication with 
 feedback and score)\nFriday, March 22nd  – teacher adjudication ends 
 for the Preliminary Round\nSaturday, March 23rd – teacher adjudication
  begins for the Finals Round (ranking only)\nWednesday, March 27th – t
 eacher adjudication ends for the Finals Round \nThursday, March 28th –
  results of Auditions will be e-mailed to all Mid-South NATS members\nSa
 turday, March 30th – Finals Round “Concert” (with video of student
 s Finals Round repertoire selection) will air on YouTube.  YouTube link
  will be provided by Jeff Williams as soon as it is ready to go.\n\n-- R
 egional Governor --\n\n \n\nJeffrey Williams\nmidsouth@nats.org\n\n \n
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