NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE ONE’S CHANCES OF WINNING: Open only to residents of the United States within the Winston-Salem Journal circulation area who are currently of the age of majority in their state of residence, and who have the capacity to enter into legally binding contracts and satisfy all eligibility requirements. Employees of the Winston-Salem Journal Company (“WSJC”), the Winston-Salem Dash, and its affiliates which are owned by BH Media Group, Inc. ("Sponsor"), and members of their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses) are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

This contest is officially sponsored by the Winston-Salem Journal and Winston-Salem Dash.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Go to www.journalnow.com/nationalanthem and submit your National Anthem Tryouts registration information. Fill out the entry form giving name, address, email address, phone number, and category. Online registrations are open from January 25, 2017 until February 22, 2017 at 4pm.

A contact from the Winston-Salem Dash will contact all entrants prior to the February 25 auditions with a timeslot. If you have not been contacted after a week, please contact Jessica Aveyard at 336-714-6862 or jessica.aveyard@wsdash.com.

Instrumental auditions must provide any music equipment (including amplifiers).

Registrations will close after 125 registrations have been received. Contestants will audition a capella (without music) for a panel of celebrity judges. We will not provide printed lyrics. Come attired as if it were game day and you were performing live on ­field. The auditions may be videotaped and recorded. All contestants are asked to stay within the 90 second allotted time slot they are scheduled. All contestants will be contacted after all auditions are complete.

No age restrictions apply but children under the age of 18 need a parent/guardian consent in order to audition. Categories are adult, youth, solo, group, or instrumental. 

ENTRY CONSTITUTES PERMISSION TO PUBLISH.  Photos and/or videos taken during the auditions (and any information submitted by the entrant on the entry or order form) may be published in the Winston-Salem Journal newspaper, journalnow.com, wsdash.com, or in any other form of media, at any time and for any length of time, including but not limited to publication for any marketing, advertising or other form of promotion for this contest or similar future contest by WSJC, and such publication does not entitle the entrant or any other person to any form of compensation.

SELECTION OF WINNERS /ELIGIBILITY AND PRIZE:
The Top 5 Finalists will be chosen based on the highest scores given by the judges. The Top 5 will each receive an opportunity to sing at a Dash home game during the 2017 season plus 4 tickets to the game. The Top 5 Finalists will have their audition video uploaded to the contest site where users may vote for their favorite audition. The video with the most votes will win the Grand Prize Package and will sing at the 4th of July Dash game. Voting will begin on Sunday, April 9, 2017. The top 5 finalists will be notified by a Dash Contact. Voting ends on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:59pm.

All votes must be received by 11:59 p.m. June 14, 2017.  Only one vote per valid and active email and IP address per person per day is allowed. Entries that are incomplete, illegible or damaged are void and will not be accepted or eligible. Only legible and complete entry forms will be accepted and eligible. Sponsor is not responsible for misdirected, lost, late or damaged entries. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.  In case of a dispute over the identity of an entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

DISCLAIMER:
By entering this contest, the winner assumes all liability for any injury or damages caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the contest and/or the acceptance and/or use of any prize and releases the Sponsor and each of its respective owners, affiliates, officers, directors and employees, from any such liability. Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use winner’s name and address for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without compensation. Winner is responsible for payment of all taxes associated with receipt of any prize.

MISCELLANEOUS:
Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries. Sponsor reserves the right to withdraw the transmission of this promotion and award the prizes from among the eligible entries received prior to the date of the withdrawal. Entrants agree to abide by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the judges, whose decisions are final. Failure to comply with these rules may result in disqualification from this promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to permanently disqualify from this promotion any person it believes has violated these rules.

If for any reason the contest is not capable of being conducted as planned due to any cause beyond the control of Sponsor, including but not limited to any event or cause which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the promotion, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest and disqualify any individual who may have caused any such problem. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any theft or destruction, unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problem or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or provider, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or delays, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this contest. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

If a dispute arises regarding who submitted an entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the person in whose name the entry was made.

By entering this contest, each entrant agrees that (i) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this contest, the drawing or the prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs, directly or indirectly associated with entering this contest, but in no event will attorneys' fees be awarded or recoverable; and (iii) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby knowingly and expressly waives all rights to, any damages other than actual out-of-pocket expenses.

The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. IN NO EVENT SHALL SPONSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DAMAGES. IN ANY EVENT THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SPONSOR TO ANY PERSON DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATING TO THIS CONTEST, PROMOTION OR THE AWARD, USE OR ENJOYMENT OF ANY PRIZE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE SUM OF $10.00.

Winston-Salem Journal, Journalnow.com, and the Winston-Salem Journal logo, are respective trademarks of the Winston-Salem Journal and are registered in the U.S.

WINNER’S LIST:
The winner’s name will be announced on the contest site by June 20, 2017.