6th World Choir Festival on musicals

6th World Choir Festival on Musicals 

6-9 May 2016 

Thessaloniki Greece

We have the honor to invite you to Thessaloniki in   May 2016    to participate to the 

   6th World Choir Festival on  Musicals. 
Thessaloniki, the city of  2.300 years   of history and civilization, the multicultural city of the Mediterranean and the Balkans, invites you to visit it and live together with choristers from other nations the most wonderful moments of Musicals.   
The "KORAIS" Choir guarantee an unforgettable accommodation and hospitality at the highest level competition in our city that will satisfy any touristic, archaeological and recreational interest for every demanding visitor.   
The   6th World Choir  Festival on  Musicals   will be dedicated always to Peace,  Friendship, Collaboration, Brotherhood and Solidarity of people.   
We are waiting for you to a unique  Festival with quality performances that will include polyphonic singing, dancing and pleasant happenings based on melodies from the most well known Musicals that we all loved. 
We look  forward to meeting you in our historical city to this World Celebration of Musicals !

     On behalf of the Board of Choir    "KORAIS" 

                                                             Stratos  Tsichlas                                                              

                                         President of the Organizing Committee                                  

                                                                                             
        R E G U L A T I O N 

               IDENTITY  of  the  FESTIVAL

• The Festival does not have a competitive character. 
• All kinds of choirs  (children, youth, adult, female, male and mixed)  can participate. 
• Dancing performances-choreographies that accompany the choirs are welcome. 
• For the first time, the 6th Festival gives the opportunity to dance schools or dancers' groups to  participate with choreographies inspired from the world Musical repertoire. 
• The main performance will take place at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki  - Ceremony Hall 1.100 seats  situated in the center of the city. 
• Starting time of the performances daily     20.00. 
• If a choir wants, can give a second concert in other  suitable place of the city, with a repertoire of its own  choice.   

  TERMS  OF  PARTICIPATION 

•   The choirs who desire hospitality, will have to arrive in Thessaloniki on Friday  6 May 2016, at  noon. 
• All choirs will have to depart on  Monday  9 April 2016,  after breakfast. 
•  During the performance, each choir had to interpret five  (5)  songs of which three  (3)  at least should be Musicals while the other two (2), free choice. Of course the free choice songs should be consistent with the   character of the Festival. They could originate from pop music, jazz or from cinema soundtracks. 
• Friday the 25th of April the Festival schedule is free. Choirs that do not include Musicals in their  repertoire, could participate with a repertoire of their own  choice. 
• The total performance time should not exceed  20  minutes. 
• The Organizing Committee of the Festival reserves the exclusive right for radio or television broadcasting and for the recording, filming or photographing of the Festival without any compensation to the participants (choirs- choir conductors-choir members). The choirs participating will obtain the audiovisual material (DVD-Photos) free of charge from the Organizing Committee.   
• The repertoire of the choirs that will be sent and accepted can not be replaced without prior approval of the Artistic Committee. 
• The choirs that wish to use other instruments apart from the piano, or they have soloists, they  will have to inform the Organizing Committee  timely. 
•    The day and the order of appearance of each choir will be determined by the Organizing Committee and the choirs  will be timely informed for this. 
• The choirs should submit to the Organizing Committee a copy of the music works (scores) to the performed