Johnny Appleseed District Simplified Very Large Quartet (VLQ) Contest Rules DEFINITION: A Very Large Quartet (VLQ) is a group of not fewer than 6 nor more than 13 members singing without a director. RULES: The Official SPEBSQSA Contest Rules shall apply except as indicated below. ARTICLE 1: Eligibility of Very Large Quartets (VLQs). [replaces Article 1 of the Official SPEBSQSA Contest Rules] a. A Very Large Quartet shall consist of no less than 6 nor more than 13 members. b. All members of a VLQ shall be members in good standing of the Society and one or more chapters within the Johnny Appleseed District   c. No member of a VLQ may compete as part of both a Quartet and a VLQ in the same contest or contest series. A VLQ member MAY elect to drop out of a VLQ and compete as part of a quartet in any contest or contest series, but MAY NOT drop out of a quartet to compete in a VLQ when he competed with a quartet in a contest or contest series where the Quartet qualified for higher level competition.   d. A VLQ that wins a Johnny Appleseed District Championship may not compete again in the Johnny Appleseed District VLQ Contest until the third year following the year in which it won the championship.   e. A VLQ may not contain more than 50% of the membership of a previous JAD VLQ Champion.   f. Professional VLQs are not eligible to enter contests. Professional VLQs are defined as VLQs where the filling of VLQ engagements becomes the principal vocation of the VLQ's personnel. Please note: Eligibility is defined simply as a singing group consisting of at least 6 but not more than 13 members, performing without a director. No member may compete in both the International Preliminary Quartet Contest and the VLQ Contest. Persons competing in the Small Chorus Contest may also compete in the VLQ Contest. A VLQ will sing 2 songs under the same rules as in any other society contest. There will be no evaluation/coaching sessions for VLQs. Last update 21 February 1998