All About The Contest
Welcome to the Draft Thread of the 4th Junior World Hit Festival! This will be the place where nations will work and post on their entry that I will then eventually transfer to the IC thread once it opens. The final deadline for posting entries is tentatively scheduled at December 15, 9PM GMT with the IC thread hopefully up within the next 48 hours after that. However, nations are free to make minor edits to their entries as I transfer them to the IC thread. There will be a 24 hour grace period after the entry posting deadline for nations to ask for edits as I post/finish up the IC thread. After December 17, all entries are considered final.
For this thread, you can use any format that you wish when posting your entry. The only things that will change as it is transferred to the IC thread will be the header (which will act as a link to your postcard and will be located at the top of your entry) as well as the text being aligned to the centre for uniformity's sake. Otherwise, the host nation will not alter the RP aspect in any major form, but minor additions are liable to be made that will only come at the very end of your entries.
The host reserves the right to make alterations to your RP when copying it over to the IC thread. However, these alterations will be limited to cleaning up the formatting as well as adding (not deleting) RP regarding the situation in the arena (i.e. how the audience reacted). Substantial/major alterations will not be made without written permission, and any further changes to an entry within the IC thread will only be done upon written request by the user behind it, and with host discretion
Remaining Deadlines
Final Dates To Be Confirmed
Draft Thread opens: November 27th
Draft Thread Closes: December 17th, 8pm
IC thread opens December 17th - 18th
Voting closes: December 24th
Voting reveal and winner announcement: TBD (December 26th - January 8th)
#JWHF4 Running Order
First Half
- Cleaca
- Darkmania
- Balkvla Islands
- Amouraland
- Ethane
- Kalosia
- Ekoz
- Izmedu
- Natanya
- Estogium
Second Half
- Togonistan
- Grellenbyosha-ga
- Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic
- Anollasia
- Britonisea
- Todlichebujoku
- Merecendi
- Antahbrantahstan
- Kalmarland
- Vartugia
Other
- Mercedini
Additional Miscellaneous Information
RP and Stage Info: When determining your performance, you are more than free to refer to the host bid post as you write your RP. If you have any questions about specific stage effects or trying to see what is/isn't possible on the stage, don't be afraid to ask me questions through the #JWHF4 OOC thread, via an NS telegram or via a Discord DM.
What is a Complete Entry?: A complete entry, by technical definition, is an entry on the draft thread with a usable tune and a complete set of lyrics (all stanzas, verses, and etc. covered). Which means, I can transfer a post with just pure lyrics onto the IC thread and mark it as a complete entry. However, I encourage all nations to put in RP to your entries. It makes the entry look far more complete than just lyrics on the page, and while it won't guarantee higher points, it will signal to the WHF community that you are putting in effort. However, I understand that time is a crunch, but what will not be transferred is an entry with incomplete lyrics or just a header.
Additional Information on Headers: You are highly encouraged for this edition to include the names of your song's IC producers and IC lyric writers, pretty please. This information will go on your header. I will supply the header template used by previous WHF hosts, this will be used before each postcard to display information, but you entry will receive a graphic displaying most of the information you have given. ). However, you are not required to use this particular header for this draft thread, as you are free to use whatever format you use, as long as you give all the information required.
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[box][b][size=175]Country[/size]
Artist - "Song Title"[/b]
[b]Title Transcription:[/b] (If any, eliminate this line otherwise)
[b]Title Translation:[/b] (If any, eliminate this line otherwise)
[b]Language(s):[/b] Language(s) of the lyrics of the song
[b]Tune:[/b] OOC Song used (with a link included, please)
[b]Lyrics:[/b] IC song writers
[b]Music:[/b] IC song composers[/box]
[box][b]Additional Information[/b]
[b]National Dish:[/b] This may be a common meal served in your nation, or a national treasure that is only made on special occasions. either way, please include the title and a short description on what it is and brief details on how to make it.
[b]"Welcome" and "Welcome to [NATION]" in your language:[/b] This can be in a commonly spoken language in your nation, or simply the language in which your song is sung in.[/box]
WORLD! START POSTING NOW!
Artur Galapago is a 15-year old Togoni who started singing at the age of 10. He attended his school's music club, but lasted there barely for half a year before leaving because he didn't find it interesting enough. Instead, Artur started his own Youtube channel, where he started singing karaoke. Right now, his channel has about 10 000 subscribers and he is still constantly posting videos of his singing. Artur has learned singing on his own without a professional trainer for the past five years, and a year ago, he and his best friend Efrem decided to start a band.
Emma Lapua-Foleti is 13 years old. She has been attending piano lessons for the past six years and has won multiple awards from different multi-school competitions. Emma enjoys playing piano, as she says, it ''makes her forget about everything else and focus only on that one specific thing.'' When Artur and Efrem started a band, they were desperately looking for a keyboardist, when Eric suddenly suggested to talk to Emma. Although she was unsure about joining at first, eventually, Emma decided that it might be interesting to try something different for a change.
Efrem Tenekaju is 15 years old. He has been attending guitar lessons in his school since the age of 7. When he was 12 years old, his uncle Gojou Teruatsu, guitarist in a metal band Thunder Brigade, started giving him additional lessons about electric guitar. He learned quickly and although he can play both electric as well as acoustic guitar quite well, he prefers the first option. Efrem was the one who came to and idea of starting a band, so he spoke to his friend Artur about it, who liked the idea. Among other things, Efrem is also the one composing music for the band. 
Eric Selepulu is 14 years old. His joining was somewhat of a strange decision, considering the fact that, unlike other members, he had never played any instrument before. However, as soon as he heard about his friends starting a band, he wanted to join really badly. Artur and Efrem thought about it for a bit, before deciding that Eric could be a drummer. Although the boys did not think it would work out very well, Eric proved them wrong and learned very quickly. 
