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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The notice below is from Steve Murphy in North Carolina. This is a talent competition for blind singers. Evidently the response was very good last year and they are hoping for even better response this year.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222'> Blind Idol 2018 Information</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>The 2018 Eastern Regional Semi-finals, will be sponsored again by Insightful Visionaries and held at the historic Carolina Theater in Durham, NC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>How to enter: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Submit a video or mp3 audio file of you singing a song or portion of one song of your choice, not to exceed two minutes in length either online or by mail. All submissions must arrive between February 12, 2018 and <span class=gmail-aqj>5:00 PM EST on March 30, 2018</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Competition selection process: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Twenty (20) semi-finalists, chosen by IFB Solutions staff from the recorded submissions, will be notified by <span class=gmail-aqj>April 16, 2018</span> that they are invited to one of two (2) live semi-final auditions; one in Little Rock, Arkansas on <span class=gmail-aqj>June 2, 2018</span> and one in Durham, North Carolina on <span class=gmail-aqj>June 16, 2018</span>. Semi-finalists will perform at whichever location is closest to their home address by mileage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>How to submit or acquire additional Information:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Information</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="http://www.blindidol.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>www.blindidol.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Entry Guidelines</span></u></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="https://abrighterpathprograms.org/blind-idol/contest-guidelines/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>https://abrighterpathprograms.org/blind-idol/contest-guidelines/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Entry Form</span></u></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.05pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="https://abrighterpathprograms.org/blind-idol/contest-entry/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>https://abrighterpathprograms.org/blind-idol/contest-entry/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.05pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>If you would like to be a partner, sponsor or volunteer, please contact Insightful Visionaries:</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.05pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Visit: <a href="http://www.insightfulvisionaries.org/" target="_blank">www.insightfulvisionaries.org</a> or call: </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> (919) 890-0117<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Thank you!<br><br>Carolyn Covington<br><a href="mailto:cmcovington@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>cmcovington@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>