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* 1. Contestants: Tell us who you are and where you live

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* 2. What county to do you live in (e.g., Fairfax, Loudoun, Montgomery, etc.)? Note I am not asking what countRy. For DC residents just write DC.

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* 3. What is Your (contestant's) birthday? MM/DD/YYYY

Date

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* 4. What is your age division? your age on January 1, 2022 determines your age for the competition. Note that the division groupings are new this year.

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* 5. What school grade are you in?

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* 6. What is your (contestant's) email address (if applicable)?

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* 7. What is your (contestant's) mobile number (if applicable)? Enter as a number without dashes, dots, or parentheses

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* 8. What are your parents'/guardians' names?

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* 9. Please enter email address(es) for your (contestant's) parents/guardians as applicable

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* 10. Please provide the best phone numbers for reaching the contestant's parents/guardians as applicable. Enter as a number without dashes, dots, or parentheses

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* 11. Who is your guitar teacher? (your private studio teacher - you can enter your guitar teacher at school below if you have one)

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* 12. What is their studio name/affiliation? Note for some teachers this is simply "private studio" 

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* 13. What is your guitar teacher's email address?

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* 14. What is their phone number? Enter as a number without dashes, dots, or parentheses

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* 15. If you have a guitar teacher at school, what is their name?

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* 16. We give each contestant a T-shirt but we need to know your size. If you like a roomier fit, please order up. 

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* 17. If you would like to buy additional t-shirts for friends, yourself, or family please order them here. Cost is $20. We will contact you separately for the payment. Please indicate style: Child, Womens, or Mens; Size (same list as for contestants), and number desired. We often have a few extra for exchanges or sale, but sizes are limited. Best to order now if you want extras. If you don't want an extra shirt, just leave blank.

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* 18. Contestants will play the required set piece plus one additional piece in the preliminary round and then will play a program of their choice if they advance to the semifinal round (if they make it to the final, the semifinal program is repeated). Please select the set piece for your division (this is not silly - we want to make sure you're learning the correct piece.) and provide the rest of your program in the spaces below. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR PROGRAM AFTER YOU SUBMIT THIS FORM Email us at Competition@marlowguitar.org. 

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* 19. Please provide a list of pieces you plan to play during the competition. You can list more pieces than you will play if you are still deciding between your options. All contestants will announce their program when they take the stage. You can make changes to this list provided you supply us with your updated list and copies of all pieces are sent to us with Part B of your application. 

Piece 1 (Title, composer)

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* 20. Piece 2 (Title, composer)

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* 21. Piece 3 (Title, composer)

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* 22. Piece 4 (Title, composer)

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* 23. Piece 5 (Title, composer)

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* 24. Piece 6 (Title, composer)

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* 25. Piece 7 (Title, composer)

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* 26. Please provide a short biography of yourself of roughly 100-150 words for publication in the MGI Youth Guitar Competition Program.  There is no set rule here on what you should include – we just want to get to know you better.  You can include reasons why you love the guitar, what inspires you, what you like to do when you are not playing guitar, or neat things you like about your family, awards you have won, anything at all that you want to tell us about yourself. 

Please take the time to proofread your writing – Text will likely be used “as is” in the program.  It is also a good idea to show this to your teacher or your parents before you submit your application – they may catch some typos you may have missed.

For your reference, the text in this box contains 147 words including this paragraph.

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* 27. Please provide a high quality photo for use in the Competition program. 300 DPI resolution is ideal - a smartphone camera set to high quality is good enough. The image may be cropped to focus on your face, so keep this in mind in selecting your photo. The file name should contain your name so we know who it belongs to.

JPEG, JPG, PNG file types only.
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* 28. For the 2023 Competition we are instituting a $100 application fee. This fee is due with Part B of your application but you may pay it now if you like. Full refunds will be granted if you pay the fee early and withdraw from the competition on or prior to Monday, February 20, 2023 by writing to Competition@marlowguitar.org. After that date, half the fee will be refunded if you withdraw from the competition.

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* 29. Use this space if you want to leave a comment or have a question

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