
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are the heart of the Oilsands Rotary Music Festival. Their generosity, enthusiasm, and dedication help make the festival a memorable experience for performers, families, and audiences year after year.
Whether you're welcoming participants, assisting adjudicators, helping with registration, supporting venue operations, or lending a hand behind the scenes, every volunteer plays an important role in the festival's success.
Whether you can spare a few hours or join us throughout the festival, your time and support are truly appreciated.
Join our volunteer team and help celebrate music, talent, and community while making a lasting impact!
important volunteer information
To ensure fairness and avoid conflicts of interest, volunteers serving as Adjudicator's Assistants may not assist in any category in which they have a student, child, or grandchild participating.
Please note that volunteer shifts include time for setting up before the next session begins. We kindly ask that all volunteers arrive promptly for their scheduled shift to help the festival run smoothly.
Volunteer positions explained
Transportation of Adjudicator
● Morning session: pick up the Adjudicator at their hotel 30 mins prior to the start of the first session. (The Merit Hotel across from Keyano College, on the corner of Franklin & King St.). Then, depending on what the Adjudicator would like to do, you may be required to bring them to a restaurant for lunch during the break. Or they may choose to go back to their hotel room. Note: You may choose to join them for lunch and then drop them off at the venue afterward. However, you may not discuss any particular performance please keep the receipt for YOUR lunch and bring it back to the Festival. You will be reimbursed from the cash box immediately. If the Adjudicator chooses to eat on their own, the person who volunteers for the afternoon session will need to pick them back up and bring them to the venue. You will be provided with the cell number of the next volunteer to let them know the lunch plan. Please text them as soon as you know the Adjudicator's preference, so they can plan accordingly.
● Afternoon session: You will receive a text from the volunteer of the morning session, to let you know whether or not you will need to pick up the Adjudicator at a particular place (ie. their hotel) or if you will just meet them at the venue. You will also be responsible for getting the Adjudicator to where they want to go for supper. If you join them for supper, please see the note above about keeping your receipt. You will also need to text the volunteer for the evening session to let them know if they need to pick up the Adjudicator or if you will be bringing them back to the venue.
● Evening session: You will receive a text from the volunteer of the afternoon session, to let you know whether or not you will need to pick up the Adjudicator at a particular place (ie. their hotel) or if you will just meet them at the venue. You will also be responsible for dropping off the Adjudicator to their hotel at the end of the evening.
● Venue Responsibilities: ○ Address the audience: review rules/regulations and reminders listed in the provided handout ○ Introduce the Adjudicator by reading our their provided Bio ○ call students to the stage in order of the program ○ Fold Performer certificates in half and place inside of their provided book ○ Pass the Adjudicator the book and certificate according to performances ○ Transfer the Adjudicator's marks to the master mark sheet ○ Apply the matching coloured seal (sticker) to the certificates, according to the mark key.
● Sell admission tickets (ages 18-64 only) for $10 and Season Passes for $35. New in 2025- you may need to download the Square app on your phone in order to receive “tap” payments.
● Ensure audience members do not enter the theatre during a performance. They must wait for applause.
● Check off performers on a list, as they arrive.
● Collect the necessary books/selections from each performer.
● Instruct performers to sit in the first rows for easy access to the stage.
● Bring books/selections to the Adjudicator before each session.
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Our Festival wouldn’t be possible without the support of our amazing volunteers!
When volunteer opportunities become available, click the link below to view available positions and sign up through SignUpGenius.
Thank you for helping make the Oilsands Rotary Music Festival a success!

“The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood by the heart.”
— Gioacchino Rossini
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Fort McMurray, AB
T9K 0W8
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“The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood by the heart.”
— Gioacchino Rossini
