SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY
| The scholarship award will involve a two year period. The first year is a qualifying year only, the second year is the competition year, when points are earned. Participants shall qualify for scholarship competition by placing 1st or 2nd in their individual age groups in International or any Regional Solo or 1st or 2nd in International or any Regional Novelty (2 baton, 3 baton, fancy strut) division, OR by placing in the top three (overall) in their division for Miss TU Regional or Miss TU World Majorette. |
| Announcement
of contestants who are eligible to compete for the scholarship awards
will be in August of each year. Qualification
for this annual award will be an on-going procedure beginning each year
at the International competition in July and terminating the day before
the International competition of the following year. Points will be
accrued during the year immediately after qualification, beginning with
the International competition and ending July 5 of the following year.
Twirlers must qualify before July 5 in order to begin accruing points
for any given competition year. Age division is determined by the
contestant’s age at the International competition at the beginning of
the year he/she begins to accrue points. |
| Four
scholarships will be awarded at the International Competition each year.
For Tiny Tot and Juvenile divisions, the award will be in the
form of $1,000 US Savings Bonds. For
Junior and Senior divisions, the award will be $1,000 to be paid as used
for education. When the
student is enrolled, tuition will be reimbursed, up to the amount of
$1,000 until all has been used. |
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POINT SYSTEM FOR EARNING SCHOLARSHIPS |
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1. Points awarded for entering
Regional and International competition |
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(there
is no limit to the number of Regional competitions that may be entered) |
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25 points for each Regional Solo |
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35 points for each TU Regional Majorette |
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15 points for each Regional Novelty (2 Baton, 3 Baton, Fancy Strut) |
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40 points for International Solo |
| 50 points for TU World Majorette |
| 25 points for each International Novelty (2 Baton, 3 Baton, Fancy Strut) |
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2. Points awarded for placing in
Regional and International competition |
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Regional Solo |
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15 points for first in individual age group |
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10 points for second in individual age group |
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25 points for first in twirloff division |
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20 points for second in twirloff division |
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15 points for third in twirloff division |
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TU Regional Majorette |
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35 points for first overall |
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30 points for second overall |
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25 points for third overall |
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20 points for fourth overall |
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10 points for fifth overall |
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Regional Novelties (2 Baton, 3 Baton, Fancy Strut) |
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15 points for first |
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10 points for second |
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5 points for third |
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International Solo: |
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30 points for first in individual age group |
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25 points for second in individual age group |
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40 additional points for first in twirloff division |
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35 additional points for second in twirloff division |
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30 additional points for third in twirloff division |
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TU World Majorette |
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50 points for first overall |
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40 points for second overall |
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30 points for third overall |
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25 points for fourth overall |
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20 points for fifth overall |
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International Novelties (2 Baton, 3 Baton, Fancy Strut) |
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25 points for first |
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20 points for second |
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15 points for third |
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3. Points earned through COMMUNITY SERVICE |
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Each twirler has an opportunity to earn up
to 100 points for community service performed by her.
This may be done through volunteer programs, through unpaid performances
and services, or through active participation in a community service program.
Any fund-raising activity (personal or group) is excluded from
consideration and twirling for your school does not count as community service.
The report of this activity is to be submitted by February 1 of the
competition year and is to describe the service.
The service may have been at any time in the past, or ongoing, but future
plans are not acceptable. This
report may be written by the twirler or a parent or another adult. It should be
submitted with a title page which includes name, address and age of twirler.
The title page is to be signed by an adult (teacher, parents, supervisor,
counselor, etc.) verifying the service. This
is not a competition and points will be awarded by an impartial judge on the
basis of significance and quality of service.
Deadline: postmarked by February 1
of the competition year. |
| 4. Points earned through SPORTSMANSHIP written essay |
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Twirlers are invited to submit a short essay (not to exceed 500 words) on
evidence of sportsmanship in twirling that they have seen or participated in.
This is not a competition and each twirler may earn up to 50 points. Twirling
Unlimited reserves the right to reprint any of these essays that seem suitable
in TWYRL TYPE. Deadline:
postmarked by April 1 of the competition year. |
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A running tabulation of earned points will be maintained by TWIRLING UNLIMITED
throughout the year. In early July
a letter will be sent to the top 3 at that point in each division to verify
their point tabulation. |
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