HIS IDOL 2022
A MESSAGE FOR STUDENTS
It’s time to start thinking about HIS IDOL 2022 for those of you who are into that, so pleasestart planning your acts! This year’s competition will again be completely organised online as
sadly Covid has not left us yet.
We are looking forward to seeing a variety of talents on show this year again. You don’t haveto sing, you can dance, act, tell a story, show off your comedy or puppetry skills, play aninstrument, read a poem, make digital art, or anything else that can be performed inside the5 minute time limit and presented in video format.
If you are not a performer, but would like to contribute with your excellent organisational andshow production skills, we are always looking for as much student input as possible.
Areas you could help with include: technical and sound support, organising prizes,communications with judges and students, being our online host, or designing visuals for theonline presentation of the acts.
Remember, things are decided by those who are in the room, so be in the “virtual” room if
you have great ideas for how to make an excellent show! For senior students this could be
an excellent CAS opportunity, or a way to make money to support your sports team’s goals,
so please contact Mr B or Mr Washington to find out more about becoming part of the team!
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
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For families in their first year at HIS, HIS IDOL is our annual school talent show,
which has evolved over the past 10 years from what started as a small part ofInternational Festival, but grew into its own event because so many students wanted
to take part.
A poster will be put up in the genkan of the school soon so the kids can informthemselves, but I thought it might be helpful to parents if I shared the basic plans forthe event here.
Mr Washington and Mr B have graciously volunteered to help the students in their
preparations if they need it; and Nami Ohata (mum of G1Soma) will be helping themthis year with the presentation of the show.
Our hope is that it will be a great fun event for the kids, and something for the wholecommunity to look forward to and enjoy in these challenging and stressful times.
More information will be coming soon about how to support the kids and take part in
helping to choose the winners of new awards!
Timeline

● SIGN UP DEADLINE: FRIDAY March 18th . Students should sign up using an
online sign up form which will be sent to their school e-mail addresses.
Students who do not have e-mail addresses yet should sign up by telling their
homeroom teachers. You can take part as a whole family, including parents,brothers, sisters, grandparents, if you want to try for the new FAMILY award.
(*to qualify for the family award, grownups or people and pets who are notenrolled at HIS must take part)● VIDEO SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Thursday March 31st. There will be noin-school heats this year. All students should create a video recording of theirperformance (no longer than 5 minutes) and send it tohisidolonline@gmail.com or airdrop or hand it to Nami-san or Mr B or Mr
Washington on a memory stick in .mp4 or .MOV format (no YouTube etcplease)● JUDGING & VOTING PERIOD: May 2nd to May 13th.
Special guest judges will review all videos and select winners for the HIS
IDOL and CLASS ACT competitions, and the whole community and friends
will have a chance to vote for separate PEOPLE’S CHOICE awards, and a
FAMILY category, if any families are brave enough to take part!
● WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Sunday, May 15th
Judging Process● Judges will be asked to consider all acts factoring in skill/proficiency,
preparation and effort, appearance, originality and creativity, delivery andoverall entertainment value, but will have freedom to reward anything elsethey see fit as well. Thank you for understanding that guests judges have avery difficult task, which they do on a volunteer basis.
Video Recording● Acts may record their videos at home or anywhere with adult supervision,using a cell phone or video camera.
● If they prefer to record their video at school during lunchtime or recess, theyshould talk to Mr B or Mr Washington to agree on a time and place.
Online Safety
We may be posting parts of the videos in the weekly Crane newsletter which isavailable on school website, as well as on HIS social media so if names are used intitles, please ONLY USE FIRST NAMES and do not include any more personalinformation.

PRINCIPLES OF PARTICIPATIONPART 1: HIS IDOL COMPETITION● Students may perform EITHER individually OR in small groups with theirfriends of any grade in part 1.
● Each child may only perform once in part one.
● Performances may be of any artistic genre (song, dance, drama, recitation,instrumental, performance art, comedy etc etc) provided the performance canbe performed and recorded in .mp4 or .MOV format.
● Performances should be no longer than 5 minutes. Performances thatexceed 5 minutes without prior agreement from Mr Washington will bedisqualified from winning the HIS IDOL trophy.
● Equipment: acts are responsible for their own equipment. If they need toborrow school equipment, they should contact Mr B or Mr Washington atschool.
● Guest judges will not be HIS staff or parents, to ensure objectivity, and so thatall students are equally eligible to take part.
● Judges will be given a points based rubric to help them decide, but they canconfer at the end and agree on the winners at their discretion.
● HIS Idol overall winner will be chosen from among part 1 acts.
● Additional merit awards will be awarded to reward excellence in categories atthe discretion of the judges. (eg, evidence of practice, teamwork, grace,entertainment, star quality, visual impact, originality, courage etc)
● The HIS IDOL 2022 overall winner may take the trophy home for theremainder of the school year but must return it to school before the start of thenext school year.
● Prizes will be given to all students who receive an award from the judges.
PART 2: CLASS ACT COMPETITION
Each class will have a chance to perform together.
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The whole class together is an ideal scenario, but everyone doesn’t HAVE to bein the act to qualify.

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The whole class does not have to perform but everyone who wants to should beincluded.

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The “Class Act” does not have to be a song. Anything that can be considered a“Performance” is acceptable. (Dance, comedy, drama, poetry reading,instrumental, performance art ...anything OK!)●

Around 5 minutes should be a guide for length●

The class can nominate a smaller group to represent their class, but the sameact cannot be performed in both the HIS IDOL section and the Class Act
section.

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There can only be one entry per class in the Class Act section.

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If there is more than one idea for the act and the kids cannot reach a decision,
the class teacher will help students decide fairly.

●The judges will choose one class to receive the CLASS ACT trophy, which may
be displayed in their classroom for the remainder of the school year.

●All classes who perform in the Finale will receive a commemorative certificate
for their classroom.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
The community will once again have the chance to vote for their favourite acts anddecide who gets the People's Choice trophies. More information about this will beshared nearer the time.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far! If you would like to help in some way, or if you
have any questions, please contact the team directly.
Thanks for your attention andgood luck!