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Regulation of VI Braga Wind Bands Contest – Braga – Portugal - 2019

Translation of “VI Concurso de Bandas Filarmónicas de Braga” by Ana Martins Iriarte

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VI BRAGA WIND BANDS CONTEST – BRAGA - PORTUGAL

PREAMBLE

The Braga Wind Bands Contest aims to be a band gathering, where everyone contributes to the increased

visibility and importance of these institutions in the social, cultural end artistic environment of our country.

We all know that each band has its own identity, history and prestige. However, although we respect their

diferences, the Braga Wind Bands Contest considers that all the participating bands are equal and therefore

should not be pre-classified in diferente orders or categories, according to criteria that rarely reflects the

identity characteristics of each one of them.

We propose a contest joining up to fifteen bands in a single category, being sure that all the participating

bands have many possibilities to compete for prizes, besides the right to thr recording of a CD of thr

participation that all the bands will receive.

Folowing the contributions that were referred to the Organising Committee, together with the experience

gained in previous editions, the VI edition of WBCBraga will have some features that intente tp provide

better conditions to all participants, of which the folowing stand out:

Fixation of the limit of 80 musicians enrolled per band, with the aim of approaching competing

bands to its format in real life contexto.

Each freely selected piece can only be presented by one band;

Introduction of more number of criteria for evaluation;

Regulatory limitation between the minimum and maximum score attributed by the juries to each

band, may not exceed 10 points;

Autonomisation of the Prize of “São João”, opening the possibility to the bands that intente to

come exclusively to this contest, being the prize of “São João” subject to registration and exclusive

to Portuguese bands. All the winning bands of this prize will receive a contract in the amount of

4.000,00 €;

Increase in the monetary value prizes for the top three prize-winners: 3.000,00€ for 1st place,

2.000,00€ for 2nd place and 1.000,00€ for 3 rd place.



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HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE THREE FIRST PRIZE OF EACH CONTEST EDITION

AND PRIZE “SILVER BATON”

I Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2014:

1st Grupo Recreativo e Musical – Banda de Famalicão

2nd Banda Filarmónica de Amares

3rd Banda de Música de Antas - Esposende

Prize “Silver Baton” – Maestro Fernando Marinho – Banda de Famalicão

II Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2015:

1st Grupo Recreativo e Musical – Banda de Famalicão

2nd Banda de Música de Antas - Esposende

3rd ACMA – Associação Cultural e Musical de Avintes – Vila Nova de Gaia

Prize “Silver Baton” – Maestro Fernando Marinho – Banda de Famalicão

III Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2016:

1st Banda de Arcos de Valdevez

2nd Banda Musical de Fajões – Oliveira de Azeméis

3rd Unión Musical de Valladares – Vigo - Espanha

Prize “Silver Baton” – Maestro Bruno Costa – Banda Musical de Fajões

IV Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2017:

1st ARMAB – Associação Recreativa e Musical Amigos da Branca – Albergaria-A-Velha

2nd Banda de Música de Antas - Esposende

3rd Banda Musical de Fajões – Oliveira de Azeméis

Prize “Siver Baton” – Maestro Paulo Martins - ARMAB

V Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2018:

1st Sociedade Artística Musical Fafense - Banda de Golães

2nd Banda União Musical Paramense

3rd Banda de Música de Riba de Ave

Prize “Silver Baton” – Maestro Filipe Fonseca – Banda de Golães



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HISTORICAL REGISTRATION OF ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONTEST (In order of participation)

Band’s Name Conductor’s Name

I Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2014:

Banda de Música de Calvos Justino Costa

Associação Banda de Música Bombeiros Voluntários Póvoa de Lanhoso Fernando Ribeiro

Banda Musical de Cabreiros Bruno Pinto

Banda de Música de Antas Diogo Gosta

Banda Filarmónica de Amares Ângelo Fernandes

Sociedade Musical de Pevidém Vasco Silva de Faria

Grupo Recreativo e Musical – Banda de Famalicão Fernando Marinho

Banda Musical de Riba de Ave Luciano Machado

Banda Musical de Vila Verde Óscar Gonçalves

II Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2015:


Banda Musical da Póvoa de Varzim Paulo Veiga

Banda Musical de Cabreiros Vitor Vieira

ACMA – Associação Cultural e Musical de Avintes Ruben Castro

Grupo Recreativo e Musical – Banda de Famalicão Fernando Marinho

Banda de Música de Antas Diogo Gosta

III Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2016:

Banda de Música de Belinho Bruno Santos

Sociedade Filarmónica de Vilarchão Eduardo Carvalho

Banda Musical de Fajões Bruno Costa

Banda Marcial do Vale Bruno Azevedo

Unión Musical de Valladares José Iglesias Ramilo

ACMA - Associação Cultural e Musical de Avintes Ruben Castro

Banda Musical de Lagares Alberto Vieira

Banda Musical de Arouca João Dias

União Musical Paramense Manuel Joaquim Silva

Banda Filarmónica de Angeja Nuno Santos


Banda Musical Leverense Ivo Silva


Banda de Música de S. João da Madeira José Américo Belinha

Banda de Arcos de Valdevez Gil Magalhães

IV Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2017:

Banda Musical de Loivos Luciano Pereira

Banda Musical de Fajões Bruno Costa



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Banda Filarmónica Ovarense Ascendino Silva

Banda Marcial de Arnoso José Augusto Moura

Banda Musical Leverense Ivo Silva

ARMAB – Associação Recreativa e Musical Amigos da Branca Paulo Martins

Banda Musical de Calvos Artur Oliveira

Banda de Música da Sociedade Filarmónica Vizelense José Marques

Banda de Música de S. João da Madeira José Américo Belinha

Banda Musical de Lagares Alberto Vieira

Banda Marcial do Vale Bruno Azevedo


Banda Musical de Parafita Justino Costa

Banda Musical de São Tiago de Silvalde Filipe Fonseca

Banda de Música de Antas Diogo Costa

V Braga Wind Bands Contest - 2018:

Banda Musical de Lousada Romeu Silva

Banda de Música de Santiago de Riba-Ul Tiago Soares

Banda Musical da Póvoa de Varzim Paulo Veiga

Banda de Música de Riba de Ave Hugo Ribeiro

Banda Musical de Loivos Luciano Pereira

Banda Musical de Oliveira Filipe Cunha

Banda de Música de Loureiro Alvaro Pinto

Banda Musical de Calvos Micael Moreira

Sociedade Artística Musical Fafense - Banda de Golães Filipe Fonseca


Banda Filarmónica de Amares António Ferreira

Banda União Musical Paramense Manuel Joaquim Silva

Banda Musical de Melres Luis Macedo

In the IV edition a mandatory piece was introduced in the regulation, which will be composed by young

composers, preferably from thr region of Braga.

Edition Composer’s Name Piece’s Title

IV (2017) Carlos Brito Dias “Braga: à [bolta] do s. joão”

V (2018) Osvaldo Fernandes “Da Avenida Viajam Iluminados Desejos”

(São João de Braga, a maior festa popular de Portugal)

VI (2019) Sofia Sousa Rocha “Tríptico para aquela que canta mais do que as aves –

Um tributo à Mulher do Minho”



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GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE VI BRAGA WIND BANDS CONTEST - 2019

CHAPTER I

The Contest

Article 1

This regulation defines the rules of the sixth edition of the Braga Wind Bands Contest, considering that all

participants accept them, validate and comply with them scrupulously.

Article 2

The Braga Wind Bands Contest is organized by the municipality of Braga, Portugal.

Article 3

The competition will take place on the 23rd and 24th November 2019 at the Large Auditorium of the Braga Altice Forum.

Article 4

1 – The contest may have a maximum of fifteen wind bands contestants, and the entries validated in the

order of the pre-registration by the competition secretariat, carried out via electronic mail as referred to in

article 9 of this regulation.

2 – The contest is open to all wind bands, national or foreign, except wind bands or orchestras of

professional, academic, militar or militarized nature.

3 – The winning band of the contest is prevented from participating in the folowing year, being applied to in

this 2019 edition to the Sociedade Artística Musical Fafense – Banda de Golães.

Article 5

The order of presentation in the contest will be determined in a public cerimony, to which all participants

will be invited, using thr pure draw method. Any change to the order resulting from the drawing of lots is

only possible by direct exchange agree between participants, and it must be communicated by the

applicants and the acceptors to the Organizing Committee within a maximum of 3 days from the end of the

ceremony.

Article 6

1 – The repertoire for the contest is obligatorily composed of the folowing pieces, which must be presented

in the following order:

1.1 – Warming up Piece: Chosen by the participants, with a maximum duration of 5 minutes, without any

influence on the score;

1.2 – Compulsory Piece: “Tríptico para aquela que canta mais do que as aves – Um tributo à Mulher do

Minho”, composed especially for this edition of the contest by one of Braga’s young composer Sofia Sousa

Rocha. The musical scores of this obligatory piece will be made available to the participants (free of charge)

by the Organizing Committee, once the definitive registation process is completed.

1.3 – Free-choice Piece: With a maximum duration of 20 (twenty) minutes, and the piece, tempo or

movements chosen must be presented in it’s complet form.



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1.3.1 – The registration of repeated free-choice pieces is not allowed. As it is, they are registered in order of

entry, and the bands that register a repeated free-choice piece are notified, in order to register another

one.

Article 7

1 – The performance of each band can only start after authorization of the chair of the jury and the count

of the regulatory times is made by the music’s effective time, being verified penalty of two points for each

ful minute, if the regulatory limit time of each pieces is exceeded.

2 – Before starting their participation, each band is invited to put the respective flag on the stage, which

will remain there until the final cerimony of placement of the ribbons. If a band has no flag, the ribbon will

be delivered by hand.

Article 8

1 – The competition is an artistic event, open to all interested public, with free entrance and without age

limitations, allowing free access and moveement of people throughout the location. However, the folowing

rules and limitations must be respected:

1.1 – The movement of people is subject to the rules difined by the management entity of the location

reserved for the contest and it cannot disturb the performance of the competing bands or hinder the

people who are watching. To that effect, acces may be blocked during the presentation of each contestant.

1.2 – The rule referred to in the previous point may be changed by determination of the Organizing

Committee, if the respective assumptions are called into question for any reason.

2 – The capture of sound or image during the whole event can only be done in compliance with the corrent

legal regulations regarding the right to image and privacy, being the responsability of the person filming or

recording, to ensure compliance.

CHAPTER II

Applications Process

Article 9

1 – By this regulation, a limit of 80 (eighty) musicians per band is established.

2 – The registration period starts on August 1, 2019 at 00:01 hours, exclusiely for bands from the district of

Braga and August 10 at 00:01 hours for all other bands, and ends on September 10, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. The

admission process begins with the pre-registration, which must be communicated through the email addres

– [email protected] – sending the following data (at this stage there is no payment to

make):

Subject: Pre-registration at the 6th Braga Wind Bands Contest;

Name of the band;

Name, function and mobile number of the contact person to handle matters related to the Contest.

Do you intend to compete for the feasts of S. João de Braga 2019? Yes or No (exclusively for

Portuguese bans only).

3 – The registration order of each band is processed by the reception time registered in the pre-registration

email and is validated when confirmed by the Organizing Committee through a notification sent to the

sending electronic address, accompanied by the corresponding “Registration Form”.

mailto:[email protected]



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4 – If the limit of 15 participants is reached, the pre-registration registered from that moment will be

classified as substitutes, and may be registered later in case a re-opening of a vacancy occurs, and the order

of registration is followed.

Article 10

1 – Once the pre-registration is confirmed in accordance with poin 3 of Articla 9, the bands will be admitted

to the Contest after sending the respective registration form duly completed and signed. The reception of

the same will validate the sending of the scores of the obligatory piece by electronic mail, witin 3 days.

2 – The Portuguese bands will register in the entry form, in the space reserved for this purpose, if they are

competitors to the “S. João de Braga Prize”.

3 – The remaining documentation required mus be in the possession of the Organizing Committee until

October 1, 2019 (inclusive), with the process considered completed after validation by electronic mail.

4 – All participating bands must deliver 5 copies bound in A3 format paper, the socore of the free piece

(conductor’s score), and the delivery must be made to the Organizing Committee on the day of the draw.

Article 11

1 – The registration process of each band must include a list containing the full name, the civil identification

number (Identity Card, Citizen’s Card or Passport) and their respective instrument of all the elements that

will be part of the band on the day of the contest. Bear in mind that each musician can only participate in

one band, under penalty of disqualification of the bands where it is integrated for the purposes of the

contest.

2 – The list referred to in the previous number may suffer a maximum of 10 (ten) changes in the

composition of the band, and they must be communicated to the competition secretariat, no later than

October 31, 2019, indicating whether a new name is included or is a substitution of a name already in the

list indicating, in this case, the name of the replaced element.

3 – Identification of the elements that integrate the bands will be verified on the day of the contest,

confirming the existence of the names in the lists by face-to-face call and by presenting a civil identification

document that must have the photograph of the older.

Article 12

1 – The participation in the contest implies the payment of a tip of value equal to 200,00€ (two hundred

euros).

2 – In case of non-appearance of the contest, or withdrawal after expiry of the deadline, regardless of the

reasons, there will be not refundo f the paid.

Article 13

Without prejudice to paragraph 2 of article 8 of this regulation, the bands declare that they agree to assign

to the Organizing Committee their image and sound rights related to the contest.



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CHAPTER III

Jury and classifications

Article 14

1 – The jury of the Braga WBC consists of five personalities of recognized merits, invited by the Organizing

Committee. The name of the president of the jury and remaining four elements will be announced until July

31, 2019 on Facebook’s oficial page of the contest

Article 15

The evaluation criteria and procedures are as follows:

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Each jury member will assign to each competitor band a maximum total score of 100 points,

distributed according to the following criteria and respective maximum scores (scores up to

tenths may be awarded.

1.1

Compulsory

Piece

Tuning Maximum 10 Points

1.2 Sonority Maximum 10 Points

1.3 Technique Maximum 10 Points

1.4 Interpretation Maximum 10 Points

1.5

Free-choice

Piece

Tuning Maximum 10 Points

1.6 Sonority Maximum 10 Points

1.7 Technique Maximum 10 Points


1.9 Band Equilibrium Maximum 10 Points

1.10 Choice of Piece Maximum 10 Points

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Each member of the jury will also record an autonomous score for the award of the “Silver

Baton Prize”, which the highest scoring conductor will be distinguished, with a maximum total

of 100 points distributed according to the following criteria and respective maximum scores

(scores up to tenths may be awarded.

2.1 Posture Maximum 20 Points


2.3 Mastery of Score Maximum 20 Points

2.4 Leadership Maximum 20 Points

2.5 Gesture Maximum 20 Points

3 – The final classification of each band is obtained following this steps sequentially:

3.1 – Each member of the jury completes the “Assessment Sheet”;

3.2 – The “Assessment Sheet” of the evaluated band, once completed and signed, will be collected by a

member of the secretariat, until the beginning of the presentation of next band;

3.3 – The secreatariat registers the results of the band, adding up the total values of the “Assessment

Sheets” and then dividing the total obtained by de number of tokens considered for the clearance,

proceeding in the same way for the registration and calculation of the results for the attribution of thr

“Batuta de Prata Prize”;



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3.4 – If there is a difference of more than ten points between a minimum score and a maximum score, the

respective jury wil be informed of the difference in order to correct it. If they intente to keep the initial

position, the comuter system will correct the difference by reducing half the difference to the highest score

and adding half the difference to the lowest score, setting de difference in the maximum regulatory value

of ten points.

3.5 – At the end of all presentations, the jury will meet for verification, confirmation and ratification of the

respective scores. On a proposal from the president of the jury or of the majority of juries, ínterim meetings

may be held to deal with matters related to the jury activity, in particular to correct diferences greater than

tem points, should they occur. The ínterim meetings, if they held, should take place at the end of each roun

of the competiotion.

3.6 – Once the final results have been ascertained, the bands are sorted in descending order of results to

obtain the final overall classification, and the remaining prizes contest.

3.7 – The final result obtained must be presented in full number. However, to determine the final

classification, is the score up to the thousandths that will be considered.

4 – The jury votes are irrevocable and therefore not subject to appeal, complaint or challenge, and de

Organizing Committee is not allowed to accept the future registration of a band that balantly and flagrantly

violates this provision.

5 – The jury votes are public and sent to all participating bands, via electronic mail, specifically to the

address indicated in the registration form and can be published on the Braga WBC official web site.

6 – This regulation does not allow draws in the final score. If there are ties, the final ordering will be

determined according to the following criteria, applied in this order:

6.1 – First tie-breaking criterion: Band with highest score in the obligatory piece;

6.2 – Second tie-breaking criterion: Band with highest score in the free piece;

6.3 – Third tie-breaking criterion: Band with de conductor with highest score;

6.4 – Fourth tie-breaking criterion: The charman of the jury decides.

6.5 – For the “Batuta de Prata Prize” the tiebreaker shall be decided by the jury members by majority and,

if the majority is not achieved, the jury president will decide.



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CHAPTER IV

Awards

Article 16

1– In this contest, the folowing prizes will be awarded, as described in the table below:

1.1 – “Município de Braga Prize” – For the six first bands classified in the general classification;

1.2 – “São João de Braga Prize” – Exclusively for Portuguese bands that registered for this prize. For the six

first bands classified in this prize;

1.3 – “Afinaudio Prize” – For the band of the district of Braga best classified in the general classification;

1.4 – “Sons do Clássico Prize” – For the four best ranked bands who are not winners of the “Município de

Braga Prize” and the “São João de Braga Prize”;

1.5 – “Silver Baton Prize” – For the conductor with the highest score.

1.1 – MUNICÍPIO DE BRAGA PRIZE – GENERAL CLASSIFICATION – All bands

1st place Pecuniary Prize in the amount of 3.000,00€;

Contest Trophy.

2nd place Pecuniary Prize in the amount of 2.000,00€;

Contest Trophy.

3rd place Pecuniary Prize in the amount of 1.000,00€;

Contest Trophy.

4th place Contest Trophy.



1.2 -SÃO JOÃO DE BRAGA PRIZE – Reserved for the Portuguese Band enrolled - (Cumulative prize)

The right to this prize is pending to obtain a minimum score of 80 points.

1st Band

with highest

score

Contract to participate in the S. João de Braga festivities on June 24, 2020, in the

amount of 4.000,00€, according to pre-contractual information that will be

delivered by the S. João Festivities Association.

2nd Band

with highest

score




3rd Band

with highest

score




4th Band

with highest

score




5th Band

with highest

score






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6th Band

with highest

score




1.3 – “AFINAUDIO PRIZE” – Reserved for the Bands of the District of Braga (Cumulative prize)

1st place in

the District CD recording – See annex I (Attention to the access conditions to this prize)

1.4 – “SONS DO CLÁSSICO PRIZE” (Not cumulative with the remaining prizes)

4 Musical instruments (study level), to be attributed to the 4 bands best classified in the general

classification and that are not winners of the “Município de Braga Prize” and “São João Prize”.

1.5 – “SILVER BATON PRIZE”

For the conductor with the highest score obtained in terms of numbers 2 and 6.5 of article 15 of

this regulation.

1.6 – ALL THE BANDS

CD with full recording of the respective participation in the contest – Afinaudio offer;

Diploma of participation;

Ribbon allusive to the contest, in the flag.

2 – The results shall be communicated at the solemn Closing Ceremony to be held immediately after the

jury meeting for ratification of the scores and all bands must be present or represented to proceed with the

lifting of their flag and impositionof the robbons.

3 – The prizes related to the participation in the Festivities of São João de Braga are not substitutable,

additive or transferable. That is why the non-acceptance of the prize, for whatever reason, implies the loss

of the right to the same, and the choice of the band substitute being na exclusive competence of the

Association of Festivities of São João.

4 – The winning bands of the prizes of São João must ensure in their presentation at the festivities a

formation identical to the one that they presente in the contest, a tolerable difference is never more than

10 musicians. Failure to comply with this determination will allow the Festivities of São João a unilateral

decision to reduce the value of the contract in the amount of 250,00€.

5 – The organization and management of the services to be provided by the bands awarded in the festival

program is an exclusive competence of the Festivities Association of São João, there being no preemptive

rights, other than those expressly mentioned in this regulation, depending on the classification obtained in

the contest.

6 – Without prejudice to the autonomy of the Festivities Association of São João, the bands that can win

one of the prizes of São João in two consecutive years and that participate in the celebrations of São João in

thouse two years, will be interrupted by a year in this award. In this therms, the Banda Musical de Loivos is

prevented from registering for the “São João Prize” in the VI edition of Braga WBC.



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CHAPTER V

Final dispositions

Article 17

The participating wind bands are responsable for the score’s choice and use, as well as for any damages

inherent in their participation in the contest and any expenses that may result from it.

Article 18

The practice of any act that disrupts the normal conduct of the contest, or that offends the dignity or

integrity of any person directly or indirectly invloved in the event, by any member of the participating

bands or their companion, will result in their desclassification and a ban on participating in the folowing

year, independently of any other civil or criminal proceedings that may be applicable, to be promoted by

the competent authorities.

Artigcle 19

The bands registered in this contest give their consent to the Organizing Committee for the treatment of all

the institutional and personal data collected in the scope of the registration process being assured their

confidentiality and use in the therms and for the purposes exclusively foreseen in the presente regulation.

Article 20

All cases not covered by this regulation will be decided by the Organizing Committee.

SCHEDULE

Pre-registration start date (Bands of the District of Braga) August 1, 2019

Pre-registration start (all bands) August 10, 2019

Deadline for submission of pre-registration (via email) September 10, 2019

Deadline for sending the final registration process October 1, 2019

Date of the drew (Delivery of the 5 copies of the score) Advertising (Electronic Notification)

Deadline for correction of definitive musician listings October 31, de 2019

Contest dates November 23 and 24, 2019

Institutional partners of the 6th Braga WBC:

Associação de Festas do S. João de Braga

Altice Fórum Braga

Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga

Afinaudio

Sons do Clássico



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ANEXO I

PROTOCOL FOR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE BRAGA WIND BAND

CONTEST AND AFINAUDIO – DISCOGRAPHY EDITOR AND DISTRIBUTOR OF SCORES:

This prize is intented to reward the bands of the district of Braga best classified in the contest but at the

same time, it’s our purpose that it doesn’t always benefit the same bands.

Thus, under the therms of this protocol, and for as long as i tis in force, a prize-winning band in one year

may not receive this prize in the folowing two years, and it shall be attributed to the Braga district band

immediately folowing.

The Banda de Música de Antas, awarded in the 4th edition, in 2017, can only be re-awarded in the 7th edition, to be realized in 2020 (inclusive). The Sociedade Artística Musical Fafense - Banda de Golães, awarded in the 5th edition, in 2018, can only be awarded again from the 8th edition, to be held in 2021 (inclusive).

1 – Afinaudio offers the recording of a CD (up to 60 minutes of music), in the folowing therms:

Offer of the value of the recording (1.000,00€);

50% of the value of 500 CD’s (500,00€).

In pratice, for the value of 500,00€ the band will record and edit 500 CD’s.

Unless otherwise agreed between Afinaudio and the award-winning band, the recording must take

place until May 31, 2020, with the final work being completed and delivered according to what is

defined by the parties.

Afinaudio’s offer under this partnership includes:

o Capture, recording, mixing and mastering áudio up to 60 munites;

o Production of the graphic design of the booklet, the cover and back of the CD, fotolites and

respective proof of color.

o Legal authorizations for mechanical reprodution (SPA);

o Industrial production of CD, booklet up to 8 pages and back to 4 colors, with black or

transparente support, handling and cellophane;

o Transport for cargo and delivery to the costumer.

2 – Afinaudio will make the audio recording of the intire contest and will offer to all bands, free of charge,

the CD with the full recording of the presentation of the respective band in the 6th Braga WBC.

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