NANCY - VOICES OF THE WORLD
Rides and Regulations for the 15`h Festival from 20 to 24 May 2009

1 -The following are eligible to take part in the Festival on invitation from the Organising Committee: non-French choirs meeting the Festival's musical quality criteria who submit their applications between 15 May and 30 November 2008. The choirs, of a maximum of 45 singers, may be mixed or consist of men, women or children.
Applications must be made on the enclosed form and submitted with the documents below:

• Three recent colour photos of the choir; photocopies are not accepted;

• Sound recordings of recent performances: 3 CDs and a DVD if available;

• A brief history of the choir and the choirmaster;

• Registration fees of €100 paid by bank transfer to the following account:
  BPLC Nancy Branch
  IBAN: FR 76 1470 7000 2002 0192 6981 606 BIC/SWIFT Code: CCBPFRPPMTZ

2 - The Festival is not a competition.
Our Festival is a meeting of outstanding choirs from all over the world in all their diversity. It is a meeting of peoples and cultures given, in particular, that visitons are lodged with French families, and given the friendly contact they have with a discerning public who have been coming to the Festival for more than 30 years.

3 - The Festival lasts five days from Wednesday, 20 May to Sunday, 24 May 2009. The choirs are required to be present from the start of the forma) program on Wednesday afternoon to the closing lunch on Sunday afternoon.
Choirs are required to take part in the whole program.

4 - The choirs taking part will be selected during the last quarter of 2008.
All choirs applying will be informed immediately the decision has been made.
The selection will be made on the basis of their sound and/or video recordings and the choirs' references. In making the selection, particular emphasis will be placed on the choir's originality, sensitivity, vocal quality, and its presentation of the cultural traditions and forms of expression of its country of orïgïn. All styles are eligible: dassical, contemporary, folk, religions music, variety. We are particularly interested in choirs with a program possibly including physical and/or instrumental elements.
The choirs selected will have until 15 lanuary 2009 to confirm their participation by making a deposit of €600 that will be refunded on the Sunday at the end of the Festival. Payment of the deposit shall be deemed acceptante of these Rides and Regulations.
On receipt of the deposit, the choir's selection will become final and will be confirmed.
Should - in event of force majeure - the choir withdraw its application before 1 March 2009, the deposit will be refunded in full.
The Festival organisers will keep in touch regularly with each choir selected and exchange information (by e-mail where possible) on an interactive basis.

E-mail: festival-choral@orange.fr
 

5 - All choirs will perform in Nancy and in other towns and villages in the Region as listed on the official program of concerts and other events.
The Festival organisers reserve the right to record and/or film part or all of the events and performances forming part of the Festival and to use these recordings subsequently without royalties or any other compensation being due to the choirs.
 

6 - Participating choirs will pay their own travelling costs from their country of origin to Nancy. During the Festival they will travel in their own coach. Choirs will use their own coaches for travelling throughout the Festival.
 

7 - Accommodation will be provided fre throughout their stay for all choirs selected. Board and lodging will be available from Wednesday evening to Sunday midday with the families of Lorraine choir participants.
 

8 - It is recommended that each choir brings a journalist or other press, radio or N representative from their town, region or country. The representative's board and lodging will be provided by the Festival organisers. Copies of their articles or recordings made during the Festival Should be sent to the organisers as and when they are broadcast or appear in the press.
 

At the Nancy City Council reception, as an exchange of gifts is customary, the Festival organisers will hand each choir taking part a diploma and commemorating its participation,.

(International Festival of Choral Music) has been one of the City of Nancy's major annual
I~ artistic and cultural events since 1979. It is officially supported in particular by Nancy City Council, Meurthe-et-Moselle County Council and Lorraine Regional Council. Nancy is the historie capital of Lorraine, a French region with many strong, friendly links with other European countries and the
rest of the world. A university town, Greater Nancy has a population of 300,000.