Age Group Criteria:
*** GAMA uses the ISD cut-off date of 1 Sep 2021 to group participants into the different age categories. ***
- Senior: Children born between 2 Sep 2002 and 1 Sep 2007 (both dates inclusive)
- Intermediate: Children born between 2 Sep 2007 and 1 Sep 2011 (both dates inclusive)
- Junior: Children born between 2 Sep 2011 and 1 Sep 2015 (both dates inclusive)
- Sub Junior: Children born between 2 Sep 2015 and 1 Sep 2018 (both dates inclusive)
General Rules – Events
- Registration for Events will begin on Sunday, October 31st, 2021, and close on Monday, November 8th, 2021.
- Registration for any event will not be accepted after the deadline. However, please note that participants are strongly advised to register as early as possible once the registration is opened.
- All the required details regarding the participation/performance (name of participants, duration of program, DOB of participants, etc.) should be provided at the time of registration itself.
- All participants should complete the online waiver form. For participants 17 or younger the form should be completed by a parent/legal guardian.
- For an Event to be considered in a competitive category, there should be a minimum of 2 contestants.
- First, Second and Third prizes will be distributed for each competitive item.
Please note that if there are only 2 contestants for a category, then only First and Second prizes will be awarded. - If the minimum number of registrations is not received for an event, the item won’t be in a competitive category.
- Videos will be streamed on GAMA’s Facebook and YouTube channels.
- Winners will be announced on the same day.
- If the contestant does not report as per the published timeline, the contestant will be marked as No-Show and disqualified from the event.
- All contestants should abide by these rules/ guidelines.
- All contestants must dress and conduct themselves appropriately, in conformity with accepted standards of dress code.
- GAMA reserves the right to regroup and change the competition categories based on participation registrations.
- GAMA reserves the right to accommodate, cancel or disqualify participants if they deem it necessary.
- All contestants must ensure that their performance completes within the time limits of the respective event (see individual event limits below).
- Negative scoring will be in place for any performance that goes beyond the allotted time limit.
- Contestants or parent/legal guardians of the contestant cannot challenge the decision of judges. Decisions of the judges will be final and binding.