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Show PRIZES OFFERED FOR BEST VOICES National Radio Audition Open to Young Singers in This Country. ! : America's future generation of vocal stars will be disclosed to the world this Kail as another of the wonders due to radio. Every young man or woman with the gift of song, whether from country, town or city, will liava an equal chance. ' A naiion-wido quest for tho host young singers and the opening of Hie door of opportunity tc them has been undertaken by , the Alwater Kent Foundation, an Institution established for scioiUllie and educational purposes by A. Atwaler Kent, tho Philadelphia radio manufacturer and sponsor of the Sunday night grand opera hour, broadcast over a network of nineteen stations. , The Foundation has announced plans for a "National Radio Audition," to find by competition the best undiscovered undis-covered voices in the United States. Prizes, aggregating $17,500, with tuition tui-tion for a musical education in certain cases, are offered as follows: The two winners of first place In the National Audition a man and ii woman will each receive a gold i 1 : ; i ( ' 1 1 K V ""- ; i ) ' r- i ' - S ' x ' - ' I President of Atwater Kent Foundation, which opens door of opportunity to undiscovered vocalists. decoration, $5,000 in cash and two years' tuition iu a leading conservatory. conserva-tory. Winners of second prizes will eacti receive $2,000 in cash and one year's tuition. Winners of third prizes will each receive $1,000 and one year's tuition. Winners of fourth prizes will eaci receive $500. Winners of fifth prizes will each receive $250. Musical, civic and women's clubs in each community in each state will be invited to hold local contests to select the best young man and best young woman singer3 of their tottns. These winners will then be certified to a state audition, which will be broadcast broad-cast by a radio station in each state. A state winner of each sex will be chosen and will receive a silver medal. The next step is a district audition. The young men and women who have won state honors will be taken to a central broadcasting station in one of five districts, where an audition will be broadcast to select the two winners a young man and a young woman from that district. The two winners in each district will receive gold medals and the ten finalists thus selected will be taken to New York for the final National Audition, to be broadcast over a national na-tional network of stations. All expenses ex-penses of contestants in the district and final auditions, including railroad fare, hotel bills, entertainment, etc., will be paid by the Atwater Kent Foundation. . rne spirit ana. purpose or tne National Na-tional Audition are indicated in a statement by A. Atwater Kent, president presi-dent of the Foundation, who said: j "The discovery of one of those rare voices, of which each generation produces pro-duces a very few, seems to me an event of profound national importance. impor-tance. Even when such a voice could give pleasure to only a few thousand people in a year it was a national treasure. Now that millions may enjoy en-joy it on the same evening through the medium of radio, such a voice has become priceless. "The National Radio Audition, supported sup-ported by the Atwater Kent Foundation, Founda-tion, is an undertaking to search the entire country for beautiful voices and to offer these singers an opportunity oppor-tunity for full development, recognition recogni-tion and reward." The principal qualifications for contestants con-testants are as follows: Must not be over 25 years old; must never have been associated with a professional theatrical or operatic company; must never have been a paid principal in any concert held outside out-side their own states; must declare 1 an Intention to follow a musical ca-i ca-i reer and must be free from theatrical or musical contracts. This limitation permits choir sing--m's to enter the auditions, even , hough they may have received fiuan-. fiuan-. cial compensation for singing in j churches. Other groups from whicti entries are anticipated are studewi i in musical schools and locally pron'il-J pron'il-J uent singers in high schools and col-i col-i ;oges. Musical organizations In each ' state are also afforded an opportunity ' to participate. ' i |