Dear Fellow Musician,

Here's a wonderful opportunity for you creative souls, sponsored
by our local Nebraska American String Teachers Association chapter.
Please feel free to get in touch
with me if you have any questions! The deadline is March 31!!! This
project is a fundraiser, and the monies earned are used to improve
string teaching and learning here in Nebraska.

Sincerely,
Deborah Greenblatt
http://www.neasta.org

FIFTH ANNUAL NEBRASKA
American String Teachers Association
FIDDLE TUNE COMPOSITION CONTEST!

FIRST PLACE: $100.00 SECOND PLACE: $50.00 THIRD PLACE: $25.00


This event inspires fiddlers to compose and their own tunes, and
supports the cause of string education throughout the great state of
Nebraska.

The winners will be announced on May 26, 2007, during the Monumental
Fiddling Championship held at the Homestead National Monument in
Beatrice, Nebraska. The winning compositions will be performed at the
Monumental Fiddling Championship, and printed in Stringing Along, the
journal of the Nebraska Chapter of the American String Teachers
Association. Direct your questions to: Deborah Greenblatt, The Old
Schoolhouse, PO Box 671, Avoca, Nebraska, 68307-0671, or by e-mail to
g-s@....

The 2007 Contest Rules and Guidelines

1. Each submission should be an original composition which must be
unpublished and composed after May 27, 2006.
2. Composers may submit more than one tune, but only one prize will
be awarded to any one composer.
3. Four copies of the music must be submitted via computer generated
sheet music, or hand-written sheet music.
4. The composer should include their name, address, phone number,
e-mail address, and the title of the piece.
5. The entry fee of $20.00 should be sent in at the time of
submission. Checks should be payable to Nebraska ASTA.
6. If you wish to receive written evaluation of your tune by the
judges, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your entry.
7. Nebraska ASTA assumes no responsibility for loss or damage to
works submitted.
8. Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2007.
9. Send your entry to Deborah Greenblatt, The Old Schoolhouse, PO Box
671, Avoca, Nebraska, 68307-0671. The composer is responsible for
keeping a copy of their work, as well as for copyrighting their tune.
10. The composer understands that if their tune is one of the
winners, Nebraska ASTA has permission to have the piece performed on
May 26, 2007, in Beatrice, Nebraska, as well as permission to reprint
the tune in Stringing Along, the newsletter of Nebraska ASTA.

Sponsors of the Nebraska ASTA Fiddle Tune Composition Contest:

Greenblatt & Seay Publications, Avoca, Nebraska

For more information about the Nebraska American String Teachers
Association, log on to their web site at www.neasta.org.