Yeosu International Youth Festival—Possibly a Hit!
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The Preliminary Stage of Its Dance & Song Contest Segment Receives Six Times More Applicants than Last Year’s Event
With the 13th Yeosu International Youth Festival scheduled from July 23 to 28 at Yeosu Expo Ocean Park, Ilwon, the Dance & Song Contest, the most popular event of the festival, has received six times more applicants than last year’s contest, suggesting the possibility that the event will become a big hit.
On July 18, the organizing committee of Yeosu International Festival closed applications for the contest. A total of 369 teams have entered the preliminary stage making for a fierce competition.
The contest received applications from Koreans aged 16 to 22 in two categories—singing and dancing. A total of 24 teams will be selected following the intense competition in the preliminary stage and then, will enter the semifinal stage.
This year’s panel of judges consists of casting managers from different agencies including Cube Entertainment (4minute, BEAST), Boohwal Entertainment (Boohwal), and Pledis Entertainment (After School), all of which produced popular performers.
Singer Baek Chung-kang will also join as a special member of the jury, drawing greater interest from the young generation.
The contest offers a “Master Workshop” where semifinalists can take vocal and dance training from professional instructors and Kim Tae-won, the guitarist of the band Boohwal, at Born Star Training Center, a professional institute of acting and music.
In the final round, a total of 20 teams will compete for 5 categories of awards amounting to a total of KRW 10 million: Grand Prize (Prime Minister Award), Second Prize (Minister of Gender Equality and Family Award), Third Prize, Participation Prize, and Popularity Prize.
Winners of the Grand Prize, Second Prize, and Third Prize will be granted an additional award, which is an opportunity to take classes at Born Star Training Center.
The final round of the Dance & Song Contest will be held at 5:30 p.m. on July 28, the last day of the Yeosu International Youth Festival, at the main stage of Yeosu Expo. Six teams from each competing category will participate in the heated contest for the prize.
In the closing ceremony on July 28, the “New Yeosu Declaration” will be announced to deliver to the government the community’s hope in regard to follow-up utilizations of the International Exposition Yeosu Korea.
A member of the promotion committee of the Yeosu International Youth Festival stated, “We’re preparing the festival to provide the youth with educational values, such as doing their best to search for their future in the wide ocean, as well as values of friendship and harmony with the youth around the globe,” and added, “This will be a significant place to discover the talents of our youth and to picture a sound environment and future that they will build.”
More details on the Yeosu International Youth Festival are available at the official home page (yeosuyouthfestival.com).
Kim Du-gil, Department of Culture and Art (061-690-7198)
With the 13th Yeosu International Youth Festival scheduled from July 23 to 28 at Yeosu Expo Ocean Park, Ilwon, the Dance & Song Contest, the most popular event of the festival, has received six times more applicants than last year’s contest, suggesting the possibility that the event will become a big hit.
On July 18, the organizing committee of Yeosu International Festival closed applications for the contest. A total of 369 teams have entered the preliminary stage making for a fierce competition.
The contest received applications from Koreans aged 16 to 22 in two categories—singing and dancing. A total of 24 teams will be selected following the intense competition in the preliminary stage and then, will enter the semifinal stage.
This year’s panel of judges consists of casting managers from different agencies including Cube Entertainment (4minute, BEAST), Boohwal Entertainment (Boohwal), and Pledis Entertainment (After School), all of which produced popular performers.
Singer Baek Chung-kang will also join as a special member of the jury, drawing greater interest from the young generation.
The contest offers a “Master Workshop” where semifinalists can take vocal and dance training from professional instructors and Kim Tae-won, the guitarist of the band Boohwal, at Born Star Training Center, a professional institute of acting and music.
In the final round, a total of 20 teams will compete for 5 categories of awards amounting to a total of KRW 10 million: Grand Prize (Prime Minister Award), Second Prize (Minister of Gender Equality and Family Award), Third Prize, Participation Prize, and Popularity Prize.
Winners of the Grand Prize, Second Prize, and Third Prize will be granted an additional award, which is an opportunity to take classes at Born Star Training Center.
The final round of the Dance & Song Contest will be held at 5:30 p.m. on July 28, the last day of the Yeosu International Youth Festival, at the main stage of Yeosu Expo. Six teams from each competing category will participate in the heated contest for the prize.
In the closing ceremony on July 28, the “New Yeosu Declaration” will be announced to deliver to the government the community’s hope in regard to follow-up utilizations of the International Exposition Yeosu Korea.
A member of the promotion committee of the Yeosu International Youth Festival stated, “We’re preparing the festival to provide the youth with educational values, such as doing their best to search for their future in the wide ocean, as well as values of friendship and harmony with the youth around the globe,” and added, “This will be a significant place to discover the talents of our youth and to picture a sound environment and future that they will build.”
More details on the Yeosu International Youth Festival are available at the official home page (yeosuyouthfestival.com).
Kim Du-gil, Department of Culture and Art (061-690-7198)
