The Third Young People's Jewish Song-Writing Contest for children 8-18, with a First-Prize Winner of $72 in each age category, is sponsored by Sharim v'Sharot Foundation and the United Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks. Second-Place winners will receive an award of $54.
Children residing or attending school in Mercer County, New Jersey or Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are asked to create original Jewish songs in three age-appropriate categories: 8-11, 12-15, 16-18. The First Prize of $72 will be awarded in each age category. Songs will be judged by Jewish music educators, musicians, rabbis, cantors, principals or teachers employed in Jewish education. Winners will be presented to the community, and some of these songs may be performed at Sharim v'Sharot's Tenth Anniversary Concert on May 16th, 2010, at 3 P.M. at the Bart Luedeke auditorium on the Campus of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Second-place winners will receive an award of $54 also on May 16th. Music reaches beyond boundaries and connects one generation to another. Young song-writers are asked to express their thoughts and feelings about Jewish life, events, people, prayers, customs, or writings.
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