Announcing the 19th Annual FWD
High School Barbershop Quartet Contest
March 21, 2009, 2 p.m.
Las Vegas, Nevada

CONTEST RULES:

• The contest is open to male high school quartets in California, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, and Southern Utah.
• Each quartet member must be currently attending a high school.
• Each quartet is to sing two barbershop songs in good taste in the contest.
• All competing high school quartet members receive complimentary convention registrations.
• There is no fee to participate, but the students are responsible for their travel, lodging, and meal expenses. In some cases, quartets can obtain sponsorships from local chapters to help offset these costs.

• Cash prizes will be awarded to the School Music Programs of the top 5 quartets.
• You'll need to arrive in Las Vegas on Friday, or at least no later than early Saturday morning.
• Plan on staying through the Saturday evening events if you can. The winning quartet will perform on the Saturday Evening Show of Champions.
• A High School afterglow is included late Saturday night where top quartets will sing and invite students to sing with them.

WHAT TO DO:

1. Ask your local barbershop chapter to help you with music and coaching.
2. Register on-line (PREFERRED METHOD) or by mail or fax. We need plenty of information to get you registered, so you may want to print out the form and fill it out first. That will make it easier to complete the online form.
3. Make travel and hotel arrangements.

Contest location: