KARAOKE by RJ & Associates                                          

                                                MAY 7, 2008

                                                           NOTICE

THE FIRST OF EIGHT(8) SATURDAY QUALIFYING ROUNDS FOR KARAOKE CONTEST WILL BEGIN BETWEEN  10:00 PM-10:30 PM  ON SATURDAY OF MAY 17,2008  AT AUSTIN’S “WATER TANK”LOCATED AT 7309 MCNEIL DR.

THE WINNER OF THE GRAND FINALE’  WILL EARN $250.00 CASH!!! TO BE AWARDED ON SATURDAY  NIGHT OF JULY 12, 2008.  

ALSO AT THE GRAND FINALE CASH WINNERS FOR 2^ND AND 3^RD PLACE WINNERS WILL BE AWARDED CASH OF  $150.00AND $50.00 REPECTIVELY AT THE  GRAND FINALE.

TO TAKE PART IN THE GRAND FINALE THE CONTESTANTS WILL BE COMPRISED OF WINNING SINGERS FROM THE EIGHT PREVIOUS QUALIFYING WEEKS

1. WHO HAVE WON “FIRST PLACE”, OR

2. SINGERS WHO HAVE WON TWO “SECOND PLACES”, OR

3.  AT LEAST WON THREE CONTESTS OF AT LEAST 3^RD PLACE.  

THIS IS OPEN TO ANY SINGER, AGE 21 OR OLDER, WHO HAS NOT SUNG PROFESSIONALLY FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AND IS NEITHER A REGULAR EMPLOYEE OF THE “WATER TANK”,.  ANY REGULAR, PROFESSIONAL KJ WHETHER AT THE “WATER TANK”  AND/OR ANY OTHER NIGHTCLUB/BAR, ETC, CANNOT BE QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETETION. THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO SOMEONE OFAMATUER STATUS WHO MIGHT, UPON OCCASION, “FILL-IN”FOR A KJ AT A KARAOKE SHOW.

YOU MUST BE PRESENT BY THE TIME THE CONTEST STARTS; SO COME EARLY AS A MAXIMUM OF 12 SINGERS PER QUALIFYING ROUND PLUS A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST THREE CONTESTANTS MUST BE PRESENT FOR COMPETITION TO BEGIN. THE ONLY MUSIC QUALIFIED FOR USE IN THE CONTEST MUST BE TAKEN FROM KARAOKE BY RJ AND ASSOCIATES SONG LIST OF  CDG DISCS. NO OUTSIDE MUSIC.   (DUETS, TRIOS, AND QUARTETS ARE ALLOWED) .

SUGGEST THAT SINGERS COME TO THE TUESDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY KARAOKE SHOWS TO SEE THE COMPETITION, GET USED TO OUR EQUIPMENT AND SONGS AND PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE BEFORE CONTEST STARTS PLUS THE WEEKS OF THE CONTEST AS WELL!!!!!

A DISPLAY OF THE FORMS LIKE THE ONES USED FOR THE CONTEST WILL BE POSTED ON THE WALL AT “WATER TANK. PLEASE NOTE THE FORMS USED BY THE JUDGES TO SEE AREAS WHERE ONE CAN IMPROVE AN OVERALL PERFORMANCE SCORE.

ENROLLMENT BEGINS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SATURDAY SHOW AND ENDS WITH A MAXIMUM OF 12 CONTESTANTS OR AT LEAST 10 PM, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. (THERE WILL BE KARAOKE FOR ALL PRESENT BEFORE AND AFTER THE CONTEST.) IF THERE ARE NOT ATLEAST THREEE SINGERS SIGNED UP BY 10 PM, WE WILL NOT COMPETE THAT SATURDAY.

IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 12 CONTESTANTS PRESENT ON THE GRAND FINALE AWARD NITE, ALL QUALIFIED WILL HAVE THE  OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

DURING THE EIGHT QUALIFYING ROUNDS BEFORE THE FINALE’, FIRST PLACE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A BAR TAB WORTH $20.00.