2.    THERE MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 3 MEMBERS IN A GROUP COMPETITION AND A MAXIMUM OF 12. MAXIMUM TIME ALLOTTED FOR GROUP COMPETITIONS IS 7 MINUTES.

3.    IN CASE OF LESS THAN 3 PARTICIPANTS FOR AN ITEM, THE PARTICULAR COMPETITION WILL BE CANCELLED.

4.    REGISTRATION SHALL BE DONE BEFORE THE 5TH OF JANUARY 2009.(ONLINE REGISTRATION FACILITY IS AVAILABLE ON WWW.BHARATHEEYAKALALAYAM.ORG)

5.    THE COMPETITIONS FOR SOLO SONG AND CLASSICAL DANCES LIKE, BHARATHA NATYAM, MOHINIYATTAM, KUCHUPPUDI WILL START AT 9.A.M ON 17TH OF JANUARY 09.

CHEST NUMBERS SHOULD BE COLLECTED BETWEEN 08.A.M  AND 08.45 A.M. A COPY OF RESIDENT PERMIT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE ORGANIZERS ON COLLECTING THE CHEST NUMBERS.

6.    THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST PRIZE IN SOLO SONG AND CLASSICAL DANCE COMPETITIONS SHALL PERFORM ON MAIN STAGE IN THE AFTERNOON, IF TIME PERMITS.

7.    THE CINEMATIC DANCE COMPETITIONS WILL BE ON THE MAIN STAGE IN THE AFTERNOON ON 17TH JANUARY 2009.

8.    PARTICIPANTS SHOULD STRICTLY REPORT IN TIME AND BE READY FOR ATLEAST 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEIR CALL (DELAY TO REPORT MAY AFFECT YOUR CHANCES)

9.    TEAM LEADERS SHALL COLLECT THEIR CHEST NUMBERS FROM THE REGISTRATION COUNTER.

10.   THE SONGS FOR THE CLASSICAL DANCES MUST BE OF A CLASSICAL NATURE AND NORMAL FILM SONGS MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED. TIME IS LIMITED TO MAXIMUM 12 MINUTES.

11.    SONGS IN INDIAN LANGUAGES ARE PREFERRED FOR ALL COMPETITIONS.

12.    THER WILL BE NO SEPARATE COMPETITIONS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.

13.    THE SONGS TO BE PLAYED FOR DANCES MUST BE IN CDs(PREFERABLY ONLY WITH THE SONG FOR COMPETITION. OTHERWISE SONG NUMBER SHOULD BE CLEARLY WRITTEN. SONGS IN MP3 FILES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED).

14.    AGE DIVISIONS:

SUB-JUNIORS: THOSE BORN AFTER 17TH OF JANUARY 1999.

JUNIORS: THOSE BORN AFTER  17TH OF JANUARY 1996.

SENIORS : THOSE BORN AFTER 17 TH OF JANURARY 1988.

SUPER SENIORS: THOSE BORN ON OR BEFORE 17 TH OF JANURARY 1988.

15.    ANY COMPETITOR IS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME OR  NEXT HIGHER AGE GROUP, BUT NOT IN LOWER AGE GROUP. FOR EXAMPLE. JUNIOR CAN COMPETE WITH SENIORS, BUT SENIOR IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE JUNIOR GROUP.

BUT A COMPETITOR CAN COMPETE ONLY IN ONE GROUP, FOR EXAMPLE : IF HE/SHE HAS COMPETED IN BHARATHA NATYAM IN SENIOR GROUP, HE/SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN JUNIORS FOR CINEMATIC DANCE.

16.    ANY MUSIC CAN BE USED FOR CINEMATIC DANCE COMPETITIONS.

17.    PROGRAMME ORDER WILL NOT BE CHANGED ACCORDING TO THE WISHES OF THE COMPETITORS.

18.    CURTAINS FOR BACK GROUND ARE NOT ALLOWED(EASILY REMOVABLE PROPS ARE ALLOWED ON THE STAGE).

19.    COMPETITION ITEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS :

A.   SOLO SONG

------SUB JUNIORS------   -BELOW 10 YEARS.

----- JUNIORS--------------- BELOW 13 YEARS.

----  SENIORS----------------13 YEARS AND ABOVE AND BELOW 21 YEARS

----  SUPER SENIORS----- 21 YEARS AND ABOVE.

B.   CLASSICAL DANCE

 --- JUNIORS------------  - BELOW 13 YEARS

---  SENIORS--------------  13 YEARS AND ABOVE AND BELOW 21 YEARS.

C. CINEMATIC DANCE

-   JUNIORS------------------BELOW 13 YEARS

-   SENIORS----------------- 13 YEARS AND ABOVE AND BELOW 21 YEARS.

20.    DECISION OF JUDGES WILL BE FINAL.