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Show ' Ilasic Competition Flans Made For Annual State Fair Cbntest rules and prizes for the annual Utah State Fair music contest have been announced by the competition chairman. Professor Pro-fessor Louis W. Booth. To be YiekS Sept. 17 and 18 as part of the annual State Fair, the contest con-test features prizes ranging from u. Utah Symphony appearance to a full music scholarship from any of the three Utah Universities. Universi-ties. Categories of competition will be voice, piano, string instruments, instru-ments, wind instruments and composition. The competition is divided Into two classifications: Intermediate' which is open to anyone up to 17 years of ae?, and Advanced, which includes persons from 16 to 23 Inclusive. Cash Awards Prizes for first and second place winners in both divisions include cash awards. Winners in the advanced ad-vanced category will also receive re-ceive a season ticket to the Utah Symphony, and a choice of tuition tui-tion scholarships (for first place winners) from the University of of Utah, Brlgham Young University, Univer-sity, or Utah State University. The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Com-merce will make an award to tne "Musician or rromise," and the American Federation of Musicians Mu-sicians will offer $25.00 to the second place winners in the string Instrument division. In addition. Utah Symphony conductor Maurice Abravanel, will audition each of the winners win-ners and choose one for an appearance ap-pearance with the Utah Symphony. Sym-phony. Lnst year's winner of this prize, Roy Samuelson. sang with the symphony at Its annual pops concert, and recently won a special spe-cial Honorable Mention from Judges of the San Francisco Opera Op-era auditions, in which he competed. com-peted. Open to All Prizes in the original composition compo-sition contest, are the same as for winners of the advanced category cat-egory in the other classes. En-trants En-trants in the composition contest, con-test, however, may be of any age, as long they are not classified classi-fied as "professionals." Deadline for entering the composition com-position contest Is Aug. 15. Dead-lino Dead-lino for entry in the other competitions com-petitions will be Aug. 30. Information and entry blanks are available from the Utah State Fair Association. Post Office Of-fice Box 2136, Salt Lake City, Utah. |