🐺ALPHA DÉKA🐺
Congratulations Alpha Déka!
Yes, your intuitions are correct! The final race is the most difficult race and will pave the way on becoming the first Alpha for this season!
Race 8 will be divided into 2 parts that will start from April 4 and end on April 22. Lengthy but much needed.
🐺PART 1: TOGO🐺
We have always remembered Balto and his story of saving the lives of the people during the Diphtheria outbreak.
But have you heard of another hero named Togo?
As Togo and his team FEARLESSLY ran through the Ice of the NORTON Sound, Seppala’s ode RESONATED...
“He which hath no stomach to this fight. Let him depart. His passport shall be made. We will not die in that dog’s company. Old dogs forget but he will remember, with advantages, the feats he did that day.
Then shall our names familiar in his mouth, as household words, Seppala, the driver, Fritz and Sally, Molly and Red and Togo, the great Togo in lead, be all in their flowing bowls be remembered.
And dogs in Nome, now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here. We few, we happy few. We band of Champions.”
If you have not heard of Togo, let us share with you the story of how a dog saved an Alaskan town.
Togo was named after the underdog Admiral, Togo Heihachiro. As a pup, he was weak and was not fit to be a sled dog. When Togo was 8 months old, he proved his worth as a sled dog. Togo had logged 75 miles on his first day in harness, which was unheard of for an inexperienced young sled dog, especially a puppy. Seppala called him an "infant prodigy".
Togo was 12 years old when he ran with his team on the Serum Run.
In 1925, in response to an epidemic, Togo and Seppala traveled 264 miles from Nome in three days, and picked up the serum in Shaktoolik. The return trip crossed the exposed open ice of the Norton Sound. The night and a ground blizzard prevented Seppala from being able to see the path but Togo navigated to the roadhouse preventing certain death to his team.
Due to Togo’s bad condition, the serum was passed on to the other teams.
The last dog sled team was led by Balto...
We all have our stories and our parts to play in each other’s lives. Some stories are expressive and some are repressive. Some stories have a happy ending and some are still finding their way out from their misery. And some are just drifting where the tides will take them.
Nevertheless, there is still a story to tell.
One of the most therapeutic ways of expressing your story is through a song. Your song. A song that can give you a PEACE of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
This race is dedicated to you.
You are the hero to your own story...
The theme for this race is NOTHING NEW to the Smule community/TV talent shows and it is highly anticipated during ANY finals competition. Common but difficult.
As your journey comes to an end, you will be tested FOR YOUR TALENT, DISCIPLINE AND PERCIPIENCE.
FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FINAL RACE...
You will compose your own song using the tracks provided on the mechanics.
Give your song a title
The musical instrumentations and lyrics were originally composed by some of our Huskies members. For the purpose of the race, the track was reuploaded at our Huskies hub without the lyrics.
FUN FACT: Two of these tracks were taken from The HuskieS theme songs: “Isang Himig”.
We would LOVE for you to give it life by writing your story on their tracks! Feel free to let your emotions flow! You don’t need to write it for anyone else. Write it and sing it for yourself! Good luck!
HERE’S THE CATCH!
To UNLOCK Race 8.2, you MUST finish and submit Race 8.1 ASAP! The Race Marshals will then directly message you for the next part of the race!
There is NO specific deadline date for Race 8.1. It’s up to YOU on how you will manage your time for the final race. Just remember that both parts of the final race are EQUAL in caliber and that you have until April 22 to complete the entire Race.
IF YOU FAIL TO SUBMIT BOTH PARTS OF YOUR RACE 8 ENTRIES, YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
TIP: The sooner you finish, the more time you will have for the second part of the final race!
THIS IS A RACE TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE! HIKE!
🐺RACE MECHANICS🐺
1. THEME: Write a song that represents you.
2. SONG/GENRE: Original song composition.
- English and Filipino including its dialects will be allowed.
- “Taglish” will be allowed.
- No other languages will be allowed.
3. VERSION AND KEY: Use the Smule track provided below. You are NOT allowed to use any other tracks.
- A CAPELLA, MEDLEY AND/OR MASH-UP will NOT be allowed.
4. OPEN TRACK as a single-person entry.
- NON-VIP: Please ask for a Race Official to open your track.
- Uploading of your own track will NOT be allowed.
5. FORMAT: Audio format only. Video format will be disqualified.
6. SOUND EFFECTS: Any sound effects from Smule may be used EXCEPT Super Harmony.
- Additional sound effects and voice modifiers from the other Apps such as, but not limited to, Style Studio, GarageBand, Bandlab, Music Editor, etc will NOT be allowed.
- External audio mixers will NOT be allowed.
ADDENDUM: Application or Apps is a type of software program that performs a specific personal, educational, and business function. Each program is designed to assist the user with a particular process, which may be related to productivity, creativity, and/or communication.
The sentence construction “Additional sound effects and voice modifiers from the other Apps such as”, is targeted on softwares. If the sounds came from a natural source/environment/raw footage such as real dogs barking, actual cars driving without any editing, it will be accepted. If the sentence did not have that wording “from the other Apps”, there will be no loopholes for sound effects. It’s an oversight from the creators of the Alpha BUT it cannot be changed.
7. LAYERS:
- VIP - Minimum of 1 main + 9 joins and no maximum.
- NON-VIP - 1 Race Official + minimum of 10 joins and no maximum.
8. BACKGROUND VOCALS: Pre-recorded backing vocals will NOT be allowed.
9. ORIGINAL COMPOSITION is COMPULSORY.
10. COVER PHOTO: Please see attached. (Open the browser to save the image or go to the album section.)
11. HASHTAGS:
- #TheAlphaS1
- #TheAlphaS1R8
- #TheAlphaS1R8Finals1
12. SAMPLE TRACKS:
13. SUBMISSION FORM: You must include your lyrics using Google Docs or Quip.
- Double check your entry before submitting.
- You can only submit your entry ONCE. The subsequent submission will be rejected.
- SCREEN SHOT YOUR SUBMITTED FORM AND SEND IT AT THE ALPHA DÉKA. TAG THE RACE MARSHALS AND THEY WILL UNLOCK RACE 8.2 FOR YOU VIA DIRECT MESSAGE.
- Once you have submitted your entry, it will be locked by the Race Marshals.
14. DEADLINE DATE: NO SPECIFIC DEADLINE. The sooner you finish, the more time you will have for the second part of the final race!
15. LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
16. OLD ENTRIES CREATED BEFORE THE DATE OF RELEASE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. ENTRY MUST BE CLOSED PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR ENTRY PRIVATE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
For questions on the Race Mechanics, please refer to the Q/A Notes at the Alpha Lair.
⚠️FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE RACE COURSE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED.⚠️
🐺JUDGING CRITERIA🐺
In UNITY there is STRENGTH. In MUSIC there is HARMONY. ~The HuskieS🐺
Credits:
RACE PRODUCERS: The Ambassadors; RACE EDITOR: Ryan; RACE REVIEWERS: The HuskieS; RACE ENTRY SAMPLES: The Coaches; RACE DESIGNERS: Faye, Loyd, Mhaeil and Sheryll; RACE VIDEO EDITORS: Ryan, Sheryll and Kaye.