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A Retrospective

It’s that time of year again... time to for Tony last year and he exceeded all
take a look down the road behind us of our expectations.
and at the season quickly coming to an Speaking of the Final, last year, due
end. to last-minute unforeseen circum-
Season 12 brought its share of chan- stance with one of our Adult Finalists,
ges starting with the fact that the con- we were left with only 9 Finalists in-
testants now sing strictly to backing stead of the usual 10. Fortunately, it
tracks for all of the Qualifying and didn’t make a difference... the show
Semifinal Rounds. That means they was fantastic and it certainly didn’t feel
have the stage all to themselves! We like anyone was missing. This year, we
have also expanded the light show, will also not be having 10 Finalists... we
putting the emphasis on “show”. will be having 11! A tie in the Juvenile Category at the
Our vocal coach for this season was Season 7 Juvenile 2nd Semifinal could have been broken by the judges (ac-
winner, Jheo Navarro. Jheo is familiar with so many differ- cording to the rules) but with both semifinalists earning
ent aspects of the contest, including special insight into exactly the same ratio of audience to judges’ votes, we
what the judges are really looking for, having sat on the felt bringing them both to the Final was the right thing
judges’ panel numerous times. Last season’s vocal coach to do.
Allyson Arsenio-Rod also came by to judge this season. Lastly, we met lots of wonderful new people in the
We will happily be returning to Pearson Convention contestants and their families, and in the great group of
Center for the Final for the 3rd year in a row. We will also people who joined Eddie V.H. in the SCJS TV department.
very happily have Tony DaSilva and his company “TNT FX” Please enjoy the following pages as we take you on a
running sound & lights for the event. We had high hopes retrospective of Season 13.

Masthead Table of Contents The Coaches ............................... 105

Ficha Técnica A Retrospective .............................. 1 Casa do Alentejo ....................... 107
Official Acknowledgements ......... 2
Group Event Weekend .............. 111
Editor Director The Objectives of this Contest .... 23 The Finalists In The Studio ........ 119
John Santos The Prizes ..................................... 25 What happens

Advertising Publicidade The Benefits ................................. 29 to the Compilation CD ............ 129
John Santos Outline of the Competition ........ 31 Final 2018 ................................... 133
Visual Outline of Showtime ................................... 157
Graphic Design Design Gráfico
the Qualifying Rounds .............. 32 SCJS TV ........................................ 159
Orchestration of Marisa Oliveira ........................... 161
Nuno Ferreira / Patricia Antunes The Singing Contest .................. 33 Back On Track ............................ 163
416-827-7614 www.viperteam.ca Tips For Caring For Your Voice ... 35 Where are they now? ............... 167
Lisa Santos 1st Qualifying Round .................. 38 Our Photographers ................... 177
3rd Qualifying Round ................. 40 Gallery ........................................ 183
Printing Impressão
H&E Printing Company 4th Qualifying Round ................. 42 Martins Churrasqueira .............. 189
5th Qualifying Round ................. 44 Casa das Natas ........................... 191
Distribution Distribuição
1st Semifinal ................................. 46 Angela Mesquita
in Canada no Canada 2nd Semifinal .............................. 48 of Brasil Remittance ................ 193
John Santos - 416-453-5646 The Judges ................................... 51 Thank You .................................. 195
in the U.S. nos E.U.A. The SCJS Orchestra ...................... 69 Thanks to the Contestants ........ 197
Ildeberto (Medina Construction) The Finalists .................................. 73 Sign Up Now .............................. 207
401-323-8252 Who are... John & Lisa Santos .... 97 Index ........................................... 208

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