End of Year Gita Chanting Competition
This will be conducted on May 15, during the Sunday Bala Vihar session. Participants will chant in person, individually in front of a moderating panel.

Mid-Year Gīta Chanting Evaluation
This served as a preview for the final competition at the end of the year. Participants chanted individually, over Zoom, in front of a moderating panel. The mid-year evaluation was completed on January 9, 2022.

Results may be viewed here

Evaluation Criteria
The Rules and Judges’ Scoring Rubric may been downloaded here.

Other Resources
Audio files and pdf documents are available  here

Notes:

• Participants are required to chant from memory.
• Verbal prompting may be given  by JUDGES ONLY
• As per the Chinmaya Mission west rules, there will strictly be NO SECOND PROMPTING. In order to encourage participants to chant all verses that they have learned, judges will  give a second prompt when asked. However, the verses chanted after second prompt will NOT be considered towards the  final score.
• Marks will be deducted for mistakes – Refer to “Pronunciations” section of Evaluation criteria manual.
• It has been observed that most participants are chanting all the assigned verses for their grade, In those scenarios, the pronunciation/confidence/diction play the major role in the final scores and determining the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place recipients.
• To avoid conflict of interest:
  • Judges/GITA teacher(s) are excluded from competition.
  • They can participate in the chanting session, but won’t be scored.
  • Judges do NOT evaluate members of their own family.