Registration Deadline is March 31st

2025 FLORIDA STATE TEEN TALENT REGISTRATION FORM
 

DATE AND LOCATION
April 11 - 12, 2025
Lake Wimauma Convention Center
5408 FL-674,Wimauma, FL 33598

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

1. Each participant must be 13 to 19 years old within the 2025 calendar year (January 1 – December 31). This age ruling includes all Teen Talent participants, but does not apply to accompanists, coaches, or directors.
Explanation: As long as a participant is 13 years old or 19 years old for at least one day of the calendar year of competition they are eligible for all levels of competition in Teen Talent.

2. A participant must be a regular attendee of the Church of God.

3. A participant may represent in competition only one local church from his/her State/Region/Nation. The local pastor must provide an endorsement signature on the Teen Talent Entry Form for participants in each area of competition.

4. The State/Regional/National Youth Director may enter the first place, second place, and third place winners in International Competition.

5. Performances and pieces in all categories may be changed between State/Regional/National and International Competition as long as the modified pieces are submitted by the International Competition deadline date. Performers may be added or subtracted as long as the change does not move the entry into another category (example: you can not move from Small Ensemble to Large Ensemble, etc.).

NOTE: Participants/pieces will be judged according to the rules of the division in which they are entered.

(Manual Available Here)

 You must register only ONE participant per form submission. On this form you may select mutiple categories.

COST:

$30 per solo category entry

$50 per group category entry

There is a $25 non refundable admin fee per category entered.

On site pre order lunch options will be avalible for purchase after March 27th, 2025. A form will be sent out to all churches to be registered.

This is an International Teen Talent year. All 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be eligible to compete Internation Teen Talent in Cleveland,TN (July 28-August 1, 2025)

ALL Creative Writing division entries must be submitted with your registration by the registration deadline. This is necessary to have ALL Creative Writing entries adjudicated for competition date and awards.

For Multi-Media division we will provide a projector and a screen, all other items must be supplied by the participant.

**Audio files, backing tracks, etc. at state level are permitted to be on a USB checked in at registration, with Name, Division and Category.

i.e. John Evans - M Solo. No CD's will be permitted. One USB per entry is required.

If you have any questions or need housing please contact Courtney Sharpe, 813.620.3366 ext. 109 or email youth@flcog.cc, housing deadline is March 31st.