Miss North Carolina Entertainer of the Year Contestant Handbook 2011

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Table Of Contents:

Letter To The Contestants: Page 3

Schedule: Pages 4 – 5

Administrative Points: Page 6

Prize Package Information: Page 7

Category Descriptions: Page 8

Judge’s Points & Score Description: Page 9

Rules And Regulations: Pages 10 – 11

Contestant Forms: Pages 12 – 13

Contestant Contract: Pages 14 – 17



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Dear Contestants,

Thank you so much for taking an interest in the Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year contest. I

welcome you with all of my heart and hope that your experience with the Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The

Year contest is one you will cherish for a long time to come.

It has taken a lot of hard work and a lot of my own money to bring a prelim for Entertainer Of The year

back to North Carolina. I could not have done this without the help of Paisley Parque, Orlando Chanel, Bianca

Nicole, Ross Hurteau, Erin Diaz, Cherries Jubilee and, of course, my mom and my dad who have long supported me

in all of my endeavors.

Since Entertainer Of The Year has not recently had a local presence in North Carolina, let me tell you a

little about the system. The Entertainer of the Year Pageant is a national system "Dedicated to the betterment of

Diverse Cultures." This pageant is not a mere beauty pageant but a celebration of creativity, individuality, and

passion for the art of entertainment. This is a pageant where unique creativity is highly prized and rewarded.

In 2010 Miss National Entertainer of the Year will be celebrating its 21st year as a prominent, national

pageant system. This is the perfect year to join the EOY family as a contestant, sponsor, or preliminary promoter

because all eyes will be on the Brown Theater in Louisville, Kentucky. to see which contestant will boldly take this

unique pageant system into its third decade.

I am looking for a contestant with a strong motivation to sell preliminaries for Miss North Carolina

Entertainer Of The Year and who will help turn this pageant into a true state wide extravaganza. I am looking for a

hard working contestant who will actively call regional bars and promoters to ask them if they will purchase

prelims for Miss North Carolina Entertainer of the year and help this statewide system to grow. I am looking for a

constant who will be hands on with the production and promotion of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year

2011.

I am looking for a contestant who will work hard to put forth her very best foot at Nationals in LouisvilleKentucky. She must remember that she represents not just North Carolina EOY but all of North Carolina. The

winner of this pageant must behave professionally and as the true role model she is.

Lastly, I am looking for a contestant who is creative, unique, and who truly thinks outside of the box. I

want to reward those performers who dare to be different and who believe entertainment is a true form of art.

I have spent a lot of money and time to create this pageant because I believe so strongly in our drag

community. I have done this so I can give a fellow artist the opportunity to be seen on a national stage. This is an

opportunity they otherwise might not have, and I want to play a small part in helping make their dreams come

true.

Drag performers have truly inspired me with their courage and talents. I hope to thank them by providing

this opportunity that previously did not exist in North Carolina.

-- David Bryant



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Schedule For Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year:

Date Of Contest: May 30, 2010

4:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Registration

Registration will be held at Club Odyssey on May 30, 2010, starting at 4:30 pm. Please be there as early

as possible.

Contestants should register in person.

During registration contestants will sign and submit their Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year

contracts.

During registration contestants will fill out and submit their bios. On-Stage Question will be drawn from

information provided in the contestant’s self -submitted bio.

There are no gown commentaries allowed.

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Contestant Rehearsals

Contestants are not required to rehearse or attend rehearsals during this period. This period is merely

an optional time provided for contestants to rehearse their packages if they so desire.

During this time Contestants should be courteous to each other.

Contestants should bring a boom-box or other means to play their music as a DJ will not be provided.

If no contestants have shown up to rehearse by 7:15 pm, then this block of time may be used for other

means by the pageant at the discretion of its promoter.

9:00 pm: Roll Call

All contestants should be backstage at Club Odyssey by 9:00 pm.

If contestants are not backstage at Club Odyssey by 9:00 pm, then administrative points will bededucted.



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9:30 pm: Draw Numbers

At this point all contestants will draw numbers to determine their placement during the contest.

9:30 pm: Roll Call for Entertainers

All entertainers should be at Club Odyssey by 9:30 pm.

9:45 pm: Take Up Music

Music will be collected from the contestants and entertainers.

Contestants must have their music ready by this time. Not having their music ready may lead to

contestants losing administrative points at the discretion of the promoter.

10:00 pm: Judge’ s Meeting

This is a scheduled meeting with the judges only in order to outline each category and review specifically

what Bryant Promotions is looking for from the contestants.

10:30 pm: Pageant Starts

The pageant begins.

The planned order of the categories will be: Creative Presentation, On-Stage Question, Creative EveningWear, and Talent. (category order subject to change)

Contestants and entertainers should be ready to begin the contest at this time.



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Administrative points may be deducted for tardiness as follows below & you will not be notified:

5 pts for 1-15 minutes late




25 pts for 1 hour or more minutes late

Please do not let these administrative point deduction surprise you. Always strive to be on time with

your contract submission, with your bio submission, with your music submission, and with any roll calls.

These administrative points deductions are not here to be mean, cruel, or unjust. The reason for theserules and consequences is to help us select only the most professional entertainers to represent Miss

North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year at nationals.



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Prize Package & Entry Fees:

Entry Fee: $100

Prize Package For The Winner:

$200 the night of the pageant

$300 upon or after competing at nationals

$200 the night of give up

$400 hotel/travel stipend

$175 dollar entry fee to compete at nationals

June 24th Benefit Show at Club Odyssey*

Crown

Scepter

Trophy

Prize Package For The 1st Alternate:

$100 upon or after competing at nationals

$400 hotel/travel stipend

$175 dollar entry fee to compete at nationals

July 15th Benefit Show at Club Odyssey*

Trophy

*Entertainment for the Odyssey Benefit Shows must be arranged and provided by the Winner and 1st

Alternate respectively. Club Odyssey and Bryant Promotions will provide the opportunity, the date, the

venue, and the DJ.





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The Judge’s Points System:

Scoring:

On-Stage Question: 0 – 10 points

Presentation: 0 – 30 points

Creative Evening Wear: 0 – 40 points

Talent: 0 – 120 points

Minus Any Administrative Points

Maximum number of points: 200 points.

X 5 Judges

Maximum total score per-contestant: 1,000 points

High and Low Scores may be dropped at the discretion of the promoter.



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Rules & Regulations For Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year:

1.) Contestants must be males, at least 18 years of age, and be able to show proof of age.

2.) Judging will be on the total accumulated points system. The answering of additional On-StageQuestions by persons involved will break ties.

3.) Contestants will be judged in the following categories: On-Stage Question, Presentation,

Creative Evening Wear, and Talent.

4.) The use of Marijuana or any other drug is a personal matter. However, they are not allowed and

are not to be used in the host bar or on the host bar property. Please remember these habits

are PERSONAL. If at any point these habits have bearing on PROFESSIONAL behavior and

conduct a contestant/winner will be dismissed.

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Talent will be limited to seven (7) minutes. Prop set up and break down time will be limited to atotal of five (5) minutes. Talent presentations will be timed.

6.) Any type of talent is acceptable, except those that are illegal or which might cause personal

injury to the audience or any person. This includes emotional injury. Excessive fire, water, or

glitter is not allowed as a part of this pageant.

7.) The presentation category is limited to three (3) minutes. Props are allowed, but there is no

prop set up or break down time in this category.

8.) Any contestant that is not at an appointed place at the appointed time will lose administrative

points or will be disqualified.

9.) The North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year contest does not discriminate against an entertainer

with silicone or hormones. Judges are hereby specifically asked not to take silicone or hormones

into any consideration when judging this contest.

10.) Contestants entering this State preliminary must be a resident of the State Of North Carolina or

reside within 150 miles of its’ borders.

11.) The stealing of, or the intentional destruction to any contestants property is not tolerated. Such

acts forgo mere administrative points and render IMMEDIATE disqualification. No exceptions.

12.) Contestants should provide their own music for Presentation, Creative Evening Wear, andTalent. Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions will not be responsible

for providing music for these categories but may provide music for creative evening wear at

their discretion if a contestant does not bring music of their own for this category. Please do

everything you can to bring music of your own for each of these three categories.



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13.) All music for Presentation and Creative Evening Wear must be on a recorded CD. This CD must

contain only 1 track.

14.) All music for Talent must be on a recorded CD. The track for talent must be track number 1. This

CD will also contain the contestant’s crowning music. (see rule 15)

15.) Crowning music will be provided as track number 2 on each contestant’s Talent CD. This is the

contestant’s responsibility.

16.) All CDs must be labeled in a permanent marker with the contestant’s name, contestant’s

number, the category it is to be used for, and the correct track number. This is the contestant’s

responsibility.

17.) The venue for Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year is a “smoke free” environment.

There is no smoking – this is the law.

18.) Any contestant who is not at the appointed place at the appointed time will lose administrativepoints.

19.) Any contestant that qualifies for Nationals and fails to attend will be barred from competing in,

entertaining, judging, or attending any Entertainer Of The Year pageant events until they have

paid back their promoter and settled their difference with the National Promoter.

20.) Contestants must accept and abide by the decisions of the judge’s panel and the promoter of

Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year.







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This agreement, entered into this day of ______________, 2009, by and between

_____________________, of _____________________, hereinafter known as Contestant, and Miss

North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions, or any derivative thereof.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions has organized and

will present a pageant entitled Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year; and

WHEREAS, Contestant desires to participate in Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year on

the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

WHEREAS Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions desires the

Contestant to fully participate in Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties intending to be legally bound hereby, and in consideration of thepremises, the mutual covenants herein contained, the entry fee paid by Contestant, and other and

valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Contestant agrees to abide by all rules, regulations, and procedures as promulgated and

disseminated by Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions.

Contestant agrees that should Contestant win the title of either Miss North Carolina Entertainer

Of The Year or Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year (1st Alternate) or should Contestant succeed

to the title of either Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year or Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of

The Year (1st Alternate), Contestant will fulfill all duties and obligations connected therewith, including

but not limited to, the following:

1.) Personal appearance and performance upon request at the 2011 Miss North Carolina

Entertainer of The Year pageant.

2.) Four (4) personal appearances/public performances for Bryant Promotions at the discretion of

Bryant Promotions' management.

3.) Personal appearance at all preliminaries to Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year 2011.

4.) Appearance and competition for Miss National Entertainer of The Year 2010 in a professional

and dignified manner.

5.) To comport oneself in a professional and dignified manner at all times, using best efforts to

promote a positive image of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year.

6.) To refrain from competing, in any other local, regional, state, or national pageantry system

while holding the title of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year. This moratorium on local,



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regional, state, or national pageantry system competition will last for one year from the time

the winning contestant receives the title of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year.

7.) To be solely responsible for any taxes, fees, and licenses due and owing for any and all prizes

received.

8.) To indemnify and to hold Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions

harmless for all losses, costs, and expenses by reason of injury to Contestant, or to any other

person or personal property damaged in connection with Contestants

competition/representation of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions,

which injury or damage results from the carelessness, negligent, intentional, or improper

conduct on the part of Contestant, Contestant's agents, assigns, or employees; and to indemnify

Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions for any judgments that may be

levied against it by reason of the contestant's actions. Contestant further agrees to pay for all

attorney fees and court costs incurred by Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant

Promotions in defense of any actions instituted against it or judgments levied against it by

reason of Contestant's actions.

9.) Contestant hereby grants Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions, its

assigns, licensees, and legal representatives, the irrevocable right to use my name (or any

fictional name), picture, portrait, or photograph in all forms and media, and in all manners,

including composite or distorted representations, for advertising, trade, artistic, commercial, or

any other lawful purposes, and I waive any right to inspect or approve the finished product,

including written copy, that may be created in connection therewith. I, as Contestant, will

provide Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions with publicity stills of

my image, if I do not provide this, Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant

Promotions will be allowed to pull images of me from any personal websites I possess in order

to adequately promote their product, without remuneration and without complaint by

Contestant or Contestant's agents, assigns, friends, or employees. It is Contestant’sresponsibility to assure self-images on such websites are without copyright to anyone other

than Contestant or Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions.

10.) Contestant, on behalf of Contestant, Contestant's heirs, administrators, successors and assigns,

hereby fully and forever releases, acquits and discharges, the said Miss North Carolina

Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions, heirs, administrators, executors, successors and

assigns from any and all actions, causes of action, claims and demands of whatsoever kind of

nature on account of any and all known and unknown injuries, losses, and damages by

Contestant, or Contestant's property, sustained or received during the pageant, or throughout

the term of the Contestant's reign, for which injuries, losses, and damages Contestant claims

that Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions is legally liable. It is

expressly understood and agreed that this release of liability is intended to cover and does cover

not only all injuries known at the time of the pageant or the reign, but which may later develop

or be discovered including all the effects and consequences thereof.

11.) Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions agrees to pay to the winning

Contestant $200 dollars of the first place prize money awarded to the winner of Miss North

Carolina Entertainer Of The Year upon that winner receiving the title, with a second $200 of first



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place prize money awarded to the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year only

upon successful completion of a full year of duties as reigning Miss North Carolina Entertainer

Of The Year. Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions agrees to pay to

the winning Contestant $300 dollars by or upon completion of competition at Miss National

Entertainer Of The Year representing Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year. Miss North

Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions agrees to pay or provide to the winning

Contestant the equivalent of $400 in hotel/travel stipend to best aid their competition at Miss

National Entertainer Of The Year. Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant

Promotions agrees to provide the winning Contestant’s $175 dollar entry fee to compete at Miss

National Entertainer Of The Year. Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant

Promotions agrees to provide the winning Contestant with a tiara/crown to possess for the

duration of her reign as Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year.

12.) Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions agrees to pay to the winner of

Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year (1st Alternate) $100 dollars by or upon completion

of competition at Miss National Entertainer Of The Year representing Miss North Carolina

Entertainer Of The Year. Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions agrees

to pay or provide to the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year (1st Alternate)the equivalent of $400 in hotel/travel stipend to best aid their competition at Miss National

Entertainer Of The Year. Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions agrees

to provide the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year (1st Alternate) a $175

dollar entry fee to compete at Miss National Entertainer Of The Year.

13.) Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions may, if they choose, provide

the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year a benefit show solely at the discretion

of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions. If a benefit show is provided

for the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year. The reigning Miss North Carolina

Entertainer Of The Year is required to provide all entertainment, advertising, and promotion for

said benefit show. This is not the responsibility of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of TheYear/Bryant Promotions. Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions merely

provides the venue, the date, the DJ, and the opportunity for the winner of Miss North Carolina

Entertainer of The Year to hold a benefit show. No money from Miss North Carolina Entertainer

Of The Year/Bryant Promotions is obligated towards or during a benefit show for the winner of

Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year.

14.) Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions may, if they choose, provide

the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year (1st Alternate) a benefit show solely

at the discretion of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions. If a benefit

show is provided for the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year (1st Alternate).

The reigning Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year (1st Alternate) is required to provide

all entertainment, advertising, and promotion for said benefit show. This is not the responsibility

of Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions. Miss North Carolina

Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions merely provides the venue, the date, the DJ, and the

opportunity for the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer of The Year (1st Alternate) to hold



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a benefit show. No money from Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions

is obligated towards or during a benefit show for the winner of Miss North Carolina Entertainer

Of The Year (1st Alternate).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto caused this agreement to be duly

executed the day and year first written above.

I certify that I am of legal age, I have read this release, have understood it, am fully familiar with

its contents, and have agreed to it.

******* ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* *******

Signed:_________________________________ Date:_____________________

(Contestant)

Witness:_______________________________

******* ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* *******

Signed:_________________________________ Date:_____________________

(Miss North Carolina Entertainer Of The Year/Bryant Promotions)

Witness:_______________________________

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