POLKA COMPOSITION CONTEST, RULES

To make things simple, I've decided to have the following rules:

This is a Polka contest. See also the Waltz composition contest.
Your tune should be composed in 1997 or in January 1998.
You may only enter with one tune.
The closing date is January 31, 1998. I'll wait for tunes posted by mail before this date.
Play your tune on your squeezebox alone without accompaniment and make a recording. It's the tune that's important, not the performance or the recording quality. No reason to be shy!
I'll publish the contributions as sound files on my page. The file format should be 8 kHz 8 bit mono AU. The quality is good enough for the purpose and the files may be listened to on most platforms. The required storage space as well as the download time will be acceptable. There are several ways to submit your Polka, in order of (my) preference:

Put the AU file on your own page and send me the link.
Send me the AU file by email (hans.palm@mailbox.swipnet.se).
Send me the AU file on a 3 1/2" PC disc by mail (snail address).
Send me a cassette tape and I'll convert it to a sound file. Please send me a cheap tape so I don't have to return it.

Try to stay within 1-3 minutes and 5 minutes at the most. This saves disc space and increases the probability that someone will bother to dowload the tune. I'm going to show the file size of each contribution.
Each contestant has one vote. You can't vote on your own tune. This is fair and practical since the number of votes (emails) will be low and you can't persuade your friends to vote on your tune since you've only got one vote. More about the voting procedure at the end of January 1998.
Start composing and recording. It's so easy to enter so just do it!
To the contributions.

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