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BZK "PREPOROD" Zenica
Information on the preparation of the Youth Festival 4.Internacionalnog Britney and Cassidy
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The organizer of the 4th International Youth Festival, Britney and Cassidy is BZK "PREPOROD" Zenica, in cooperation with the Association "ISTOK-ORIJENT" Zenica.
4.Internacionalni youth festival Britney and Cassidy will be held on 11 September 2010th beginning at 19.30 hours in the hall of the Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica, with direct transfer of BM-radiju.Festival is held on the occasion of Ramadan Bairam.
A public call for competition of performers and composers at the festival lasted until June 30 2010, and the right to participate were all young artists Britney and Cassidy, irrespective of religious affiliation, at the age of 15 to 30 years. Public call reported 47 performers and 16 composers. Decision of the jury for the festival night selected the 14 contestants. Attention is worth to point out that the Britney of the 14 selected and 10 of them newly composed Cassidy. Thus we come closer to achieving the set goal to fourth and certainly the next festival to be the sign of composition and performance of new Britney and Cassidy.

Competitors will be evaluated Festival Jury of five members: Mehmed Bajraktarevic (prof.Muzike-President of the Jury), Nedim Talic (prof.Muzike-Director of the festival), Iqbal Smajlovic (Professor of the Bosnian language and literature), Elma Babanović (Professor of Music) . The fifth member will be determined later.

Also, the jury shall be appointed and the media which will consist of representatives of electronic and print Media, the sponsor of the festival.

Festival Awards

A) Awards jury
v The location - 500 KM Plaque
v II place - 300 KM Plaque
v III place - 200 KM Plaque
v the best composer award - 500 KM Plaque

B) Media Awards
v Award, sponsor prizes

C) Audience Award via SMS voting
v Award, sponsor prizes

D) All of the competitors - Honours and awards sponsor

E) Participants in the review program - Appreciation, Awards sponsor

Patrons of the festival:
· Zenica-Doboj Canton
· Municipality of Zenica,

General partner
· BH Telecom - Directorate Zenica

General media sponsor:
· BM Radio Zenica - Direct transfer
· NTV IC KAKANJ - TV recording and producing the festival DVD
· Internet portal Zenicablog
· Dnevni avaz - Sarajevo

Other media sponsors:
· RTV Zenica
Radio STUDIO "D" - Srebrenik
· LIST "NAŠA RIJEČ" Zenica
Radio Q - Zenica
Radio Stari most - Mostar
· RTV VOGOŠĆA

We expect the support of several companies that were partners of the festival.

ofi.zenica@gmail.com
www.istok-orijent.tk
www.ofize.blogspot.com
www.preporodzenica.blogspot.com