Your WHF67 Schedule (warning, may be subject to change):
Sign-ups Close: 30th October, 23:59 GMT
Draft Thread Close:13th November, 23:59 GMT (+ 24 hour grace period)
Voting Period: 15th November - 19th November
Winner Known By: Me. No, wait, 25th November
N.B. Dates have changed according to this post
Welcome to the Draft Thread of the 67th World Hit Festival! This will be the place where nations will work and post on their entry that I (your gracious host) will then eventually transfer to the IC thread once it opens. The final deadline for posting entries will be 6th November at 23:59 GMT/6:59 EST, followed by the Live Allocation Draw and then the 24 hour grace period, which people can use to touch up their entries (i.e. fix typos, correct any grammar, unbreak
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. I might make very minute edits after that (more often than not adding your actual number) but they'll probably be at the end and they'll probably reflect what's going on, such as crowd reactions.
- Please leave translations at the end of your post under a single spoiler.
- If you are currently working on an entry, please put "Work-in-Progress" or "WIP" at the top, in the title or as the name of the spoiler with the entry inside. That way, I know what's complete and what isn't.
As written by Kalosia for WHF26: The host (Elejamie in this case) 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.[/align]
What is a Complete Entry?: Following the end of WHF66, the Overseer has brought in some new rules so the definition of a "complete entry" has changed. Meaning that, on top of the complete set of lyrics, you'll also have to include a little bit of background info and a bit of stage directions. You don't have to go overboard, even though that would probably help you, just a little bit of info about who they are, why they're here and what they're doing on stage. Especially since time can be a real pain, even more so when everything and everyone seems to want you for one reason or another. However, entries that are an incomplete set of lyrics, just the header or are considered too low-effort by myself and/or the Overseer or inappropriate for the WHF will sadly not be transferred.
Speaking of which below is the header, which is essentially a template used by Euskirribakondara and Normany and Picardy, for you to put all the information about your entry. Things like artist and song names, any translations if it's not in English and transcriptions if it's not in the Latin alphabet, who wrote the music and who wrote the words, what language it'll be performed in and what real-life song it uses as a base. As helpful as it is, you don't have to use it here in this draft thread. If you do want to use one, the header code is below.
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[box][b][size=200][color=#000080]XX. Country[/color]
[color=#0080FF]"Song Title" - Artist[/color][/size][/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
[color=#404040][b]Lyrics:[/b] IC songwriters
[b]Music:[/b] IC song composers
[b]Tune:[/b] Add the link to your tune here[/color]
[b]Trigramme:[/b][/box]
- Once this thread opens, there'll be alerts to it on the OOC thread and on the Discord so everyone should be able to reserve a spot here and start working on their tunes whenever they can.
- A week from now (30th October), when the sign-ups close, there'll be a message sent to people who have signed up but not posted here letting them know we're open and they can start posting.
- If there's 24-72 hours left before the draft thread closes and your entry hasn't met the entry standards, either myself (the host) or Normandy and Picardy will contact you with what you need to do to get to that level.
- If you need any help or even some more time, again, don't be afraid to contact us and we'll see what we can do to help.
- If you need any help with camera angles, here is a quick handy dandy guide to help you out. Certainly saves writing "pan" more times than a bread addict.
- Although Elejamie is a primarily Anglophone country, the contest will take place in a primarily Spanish-speaking part of the country. As such, this Spanish phrasebook from a time when the Achaean Republic hosted should help you get around.
- As mentioned under the "El escenario" section of the OOC thread, there is no screen at the back of the stage but rather an array of lights. There are some portable screens that can be wheeled in (five of them, each being 1m long and 3m tall) that can be used instead. Please keep this in mind while you write your entry.