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The Objectives of this Contest

The reasons people join this contest are varied. They grow as a performer but to what degree is always left to
may enter just for the prizes. They may enter for the free be seen and is always exciting to witness.
training or to get an evaluation by professionals. It may Most of all, we hope that being around the many
be one last try in the music business or the first time they different styles of performer will help each contestant
dip their toes in the water. It may also be that their par- understand that all talent has value and winning the con-
ents just want them to do something healthy with their test is not everything... participating is!
spare time. Whatever the reason and however they place Our personal experience with different cultural organ-
in the contest, we want them to leave with greater prac- izations has allowed us a window into a world of enter-
tical knowledge of how to sing, with an increased sense tainers that the general public may not even know exists.
of self-confidence, with a new network of friends with We want these performers to know that they needn’t feel
similar interests and with contacts in the music industry limited to those organizations. We appreciate that these
that they can turn to for advice in the future should they community centres often play a very important part in
need it. nurturing the talents of immigrants and their families but
We continue to promote an environment where all the there is an audience outside that would love to hear them
performers are respected equally. Generally, we don’t sing, in whatever language they feel most comfortable
expect to see fully developed artists enter the competi- with. Talent is meant to be shared after all. We believe
tion although they are more than welcome. We expect that in a country like Canada, where multiculturalism is
that some contestants will need a little more tweaking the government policy, interculturalism or the sharing of
than others. We know that what we see in the September cultures, should be the way of life.
auditions is not what we will see by April. Everyone will

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