• In the page www.mecsekerdo.hu every necessary documents (Invitation, Program, Contest Publication, Application Form, Participaters List, Notes) related to the "1. International Huntinghorn Contest in Hungary" is available and can be downloaded.
 
• A very important requirement that each documents related to the contest, including the necessary and free notes, has to be delivered by post.
 
• Please don't miss to deliver us 6 copies (well readable quality) of the notes of each optional pieces, in the size of A/4 (each phrase) together with your application.
 
• The changes made in the notes will be considered by the valuation judges.

1. Each hornergroup has to have at least 6 members - the contest director, Peter Paul Maierhofer - peter.maierhofer@gmx.net -has the right to make an exception from this rule, upon the written exception request.
 
2. The signals, the compulsory and the optional pieces has to be performed in the given order.
 
3. Use of notes is not possible in general - anyway the faultless performance - without notes - will be valuated with the mayimum points by the jury.
 
4. 5 points will be deducted by pieces and by judges in case of note usage in the A, B, D and E categories (except for the Es horn in C. category).
 
5. The preformance order of the groups and soloists is assigned by the contest director after the application deadline.
 
6. The hornmasters will be informed on time before the contest about the exact time of start. The jury can allow requested start time if that is possible!
 
7. It is strictly forbidden to blow in in the location of the contest, near the location or in the open air in favour of avoiding the disturbance of the contest. There will be a possibility to blow in and to tune close to the locations in a school building.
    
8.  Each groups and soloists can perform one piece (max. 8 beats) after their stand up as a blow in, and this piece will not be part of their repertoire and the jury will not value it. These pieces may not be any of the Signal-groups and any of the pieces performed to valuation. Post tuning is possible and allowed.
    
9. International judges are doing the valuation of the participants - no point of law. The appraising judges are valuing the musical performance and the appearance of each groups and soloists. The valuation will take place as it is appropriate to the actually used huntinghorn contest judge criteria in Austria.
 
10. The scoring starts from the standing up and lasts until the performers leave the stage. The tempo of the performance has to be set to metronome, while tone the quick performance.
 
11. The optional pieces are classified upon difficulty. All known huntermusic can be found in the collection of Prof. Franz Stttner (Datas & Notearchive) and they are classified fitting to their difficulty.
 
12. The difficult pieces - marked 3 - are valued with maximum points by the jury in this contest. Automatically 2 and 4 points will be deducted by each judge during the electronical valuation in the case of the medium difficult - marked 2 - and the easy - marked 1 - pieces.
 
13. Those optional pieces, that can't be found in this collection, will be valued and classified by experienced judges as soon as the notes - scores come to their hand.
 
14. The best and the worst points will be deleted automatically during the valuation of the results in each category - in case of every signal and piece.
 
15. Any member of any group has the right to participate in the soloists contest. The accompanying persons and relatives of the groups do not have to perform as soloists, but of course we take it as a pleasure.
 
16. Huntinghorner is everyone who is a regular member of a Hunting Association or Huntinghorn Ensemble.
 
17. In case if there will be 2 or more soloists from one group, the Mecsek Forestry Co. Ltd. Takes over the enter fee.
 
18. The huntinghorner groups has to stand up in a uniform - clorsed clothing and if possible organic horns (for example the plain horns - ventil horn - shouldn't be mixed with pocket horns, stc.) In case of soloists the hunter costume is required.
 
19. All horners has to stand up as a member of a group. Exception: possible change from A and B category to Es.
 
20. The hornmasters can perform in every group where they officially hold this position. There is the possibility to random controll.
 
21. Each contestant ha to be an active, constant member of the Hunting Association and the horner group with his/her application has been given in. The hornmaster gives his/her responsibility for the rightness of the given datas with his/her signature, and in the case of a possible controll has to certify their actuality.
 
22. Each horner may only perform in their own horner group. The horners may only perform in the group they are a member anyway.
 
23. Every hornergroup may perform in all the three categories, but in one category only one time.
 
24. It is forbidden to use ventil during the valued performance of the signals and the compositions, except for the change-ventil in case of Parforce horns and during the changes from Es to B and from B to Es.
 
25. Usage of note stands are forbidden in any form.
 
26. The hornmaster stands in the group and not in front of it, conduction is not allowed.
 
27. Every pieces to be performed in case of composite B groups in A category has to be blown in 4 phrase, meaning that at least two Parforce horns are needed.

1. Presence commitment: The applied groups has to present themselves at least one hour before their planned performance in the location of the contest, and the also have to check in the contest office to verify their aim to perform. The exact performance time will be sent in writing to the hornmasters and the signed contact person.
 
2. Valuation: The pointing starts at the time of standing up and leasts until the groups/soloists leave the stage. The final result will contain the name of the group, nation, hornmaster and the province.
 
3. Pointing: in B category maximum 900 points can be given for the appropriate performance of the 5 pieces. Achievment prize can be given as follows: Bronze till 639 points, Silver from 640 till 769 points Gold from 770 till 900 points.
 
4. Pointing the Es horn groups: The maximum available points 720. Till 431 points bronze, from 432 till 575 points silver, over 575 points gold achievment prize will be given.
 
5. Pointing the soloists: The maximum available points 540, for the appropriate performance of the three pieces. The achievment prize for soloists will be given as follows: Bronze from 250 till 405 points, Silver from 406 till 480 points, Gold from 481 till 540 points.
 
6. The winner will get a challenge-prize as a gilded huntinghorn. After three times of winning, the prize will be the own holding of the horner. Achievment prize for soloist and diploma will be given to every B and Es soloists.
 
7. Achievment prize: Every participater - without referene to taking part in the contest as a group member or soloist - will receive az achievment prize in bronze, silver or gold - according to their achievment.
 
8. Diploma: Every group and soloists receive a diploma of the achieved points and placing as the verification of their participation. The diploma and the valuation will be given to every participants during the Award Ceremony, but if possible in the end of the contest.
 
9. Honour prize, trophy: The organizer will give a honour prize and a trophy for the best placings. The bests of each nations will receive honour prize.
 
10. We ask the winners of each category to perform an optional piece during the Award Ceremony.
 
11. Every participants who has given in application accepts the contest rules. Breaking the rules fo the contest implicates immediate disqualification from the contest. In case of protestation the leaders and the director of the contest will bring an immediate judgement, that judgement is final (no point of law). In case of disqualification the group or the soloist can not get placing, and can not claim for any possible prizes. The enter fee will not be refunded.
 
12. The starting order, the possible time schedule and the exact description of the contest offices reach, parking possibilies (with map) and the the detailed program of the international huntinghorn contest will be sent in writing to each applied groups and soloists at least 14 days before the contest.
 
13. Every applicant can order an entry ticket to the International Huntinghorn Concert that will take place in Expo Center on the 25th June 2010, for the prize of 8Euro.
 
14. The international Hubertus Mass will take place in the Cathedral of Pcs on the 27th June 2010, Sunday with the contribution of the participant nations. We also expecting the applications of those groups who would like to take active part in the worship.
 
15. Every hornergroup will have the chance to show their knowledge after the worship to all the inquirers in the beautiful central of Pcs, the Szchenyi Square. Please announce us the participation aim.
 
16. Every participants of the contest has the opportunity to introduce themselves in our webpage. Please send to our office a photo of the group and a short description of the group history.
 
17. Just like in Mszkemence in 2009, the whole event will be recorded on DVD. This DVD will be available for buying to all participants and guests.

"Horn up - blow"

Graz, 17^th November 2009

The huntinghorn contests director in Pécs:

Peter Paul Maierhofer

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