The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club will celebrate our 30th anniversary in 2011. We are looking for a new logo that embodies the Hurdy Gurdy's three decade legacy of presenting concerts that represent the diverse folk music community as well as our commitment to perpetuating folk music for at least 30 more years!

The winning logo will personify the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club and appear in a variety of placements, potentially including websites, newsletters, flyers, bumperstickers, t-shirts, letterhead, merchandise, etc.

The official rules for the contest are below.   A downloadable .pdf file, to be completed and returned with all entries, can be found by clicking here

RULES

Definitions  "Entry" means a logo design created by the Entrant for this Contest. · "Entrant" means the individual that offers the Entry under the terms of this Contest.

How to Enter 
Create your logo!! Show us your best work! One you have a design, your logo can be submitted as an electronic file or camera ready artwork. Logo will be submitted with this completed form. Entries may be submitted as high resolution bitmap files, quality .jpg files, scalable vector files in .eps format, .tiff, PDF or camera-ready artwork for hand-drawn submissions. (We know there are artists out there who still aren’t computer savvy.)
Entries must conform to the Submission Guidelines set out below. Entries which fail to do so will be rejected. 
Electronic file submissions can be sent to info@hurdygurdyfolk.org or by mail (on disc or original artwork) to: HURDY GURDY FOLK MUSIC CLUB, ATTENTION RON OLESKO, 84 NORTH DEMAREST AVENUE, BERGENFIELD, NJ 07621 · The deadline for Entries is midnight on April 1, 2011. We will attempt to acknowledge all entries via e-mail within one week of receipt; however, we cannot be responsible for entries or responses lost in e-mail. 
There is no fee to enter the Contest.

Guidelines 
Logo can be submitted in color, but it should also be presentable in black and white. We advise against the use of half tones and gradients unless you are creating your artwork in scalable vector graphics program. 
Text should be limited to "The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club" . You can include a variant logo that also includes the text "at the Fair Lawn Community Center", but we will decide the winning entry with only "The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club" in the logo. · Multiple submissions are welcome.

Prize Winner will receive SEASON TICKETS FOR TWO for the 2011-2012 season, plus be our special guest (with a companion) to our June 5, 2011 concert where we will invite the winner onstage as we unveil our new logo.

The designer of the winning logo will be acknowledged in our newsletter/concert program for a period of up to five years.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PRIZE GUIDELINE 
All submitted work must be original and not based on any pre-existing design. Submission of a logo means that you represent and guarantee that the work is your original and independent work. If you steal somebody else's work and we use it and they sue us, you should know we have a lot of lawyers on our Board of Directors.
All Entries will become the sole property of The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club and may be displayed publicly on Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club web sites, newsletters, flyers and other promotional material. 
This contest is a work for hire. Submission of a logo means you give up forever any claim to have copyright, trademark, trade dress, or service mark rights in your submission. You also give up the right to sue us if a logo similar to your submission is chosen. 
The winning entry will be registered by The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club as a Service Mark and the Entrant agrees to transfer all right and title to the Entry to The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club in accordance with the Official Rules of this Contest. 

 Contest winner can give their tickets (altogether or one at a time or two at a time) to friends or family, as long as you notify us 24 hours before curtain time. Resale is not permitted. If we have to cancel any performance during the season, we'll give you two tickets for a performance in next year's season. Seating is general admission; if you want good seats, show up on time or early. 
The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club is not obligated to use a logo if none of the submissions are considered suitable by the Board of Directors.

ACCEPTANCE  Participation constitutes the Entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules. By participating in the Contest, the Entrant is representing and warranting that s/he has read and understood, and agrees to be bound by, these rules. Including the guides and rules referred to herein, these Official Rules constitute the entire agreement between the Entrant and the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club in relation to our logo contest. They govern the Entrant's participation and supersede any prior or other agreements between the Entrant and The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club and relating to the Contest.

Please mail the completed form with your signature and a disc or original artwork of your submission to: The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club Attention: Ron Olesko 84 North Demarest Avenue Bergenfield, NJ 07621

If you are submitting your logo by email to info@hurdygurdyfolk.org, please attach a completed signed copy to your email as a separate file.

Contact Information

INFORMATION : 201-384-1325
Email: info@hurdygurdyfolk.org
MEMBERSHIP: BERNICE EPSTEIN, 191 JOHNSON AVE. DUMONT, NJ 07628
Ticket orders: Hurdy Gurdy c/o Helene Miller
The Buckingham at Norwood
100 McClellan St, No.143
Norwood, NJ 07648