1. All students must be enrolled for one unit of credit in their school string or orchestra class if a class is offered at the school they attend. No exceptions will be made for this rule.

2. Sponsorship for Region and All State Orchestras is the responsibility of the school string orchestra teacher. In schools were there is no class offered, sponsorship may be assumed by the private teacher. An orchestra conductor who conducts an orchestra outside of a school situation may assume responsibility for sponsorship only if there is no string class at the student's school and if the student does not study privately with an SCMEA Orchestra Division member. The sponsoring teacher in all classes must be a member of the SCMEA Orchestra Division by the date the application is submitted.

3. All sponsoring string teachers will serve as chaperones for their students at all activities: NO exceptions. Strings teachers from the same school district may serve as chaperones for students within their district with school and Orchestra Division Executive Board approval provided no person chaperones more then ten students. The chaperone must be in attendance for all activities during the All State weekend. Students may not be left unchaperoned at any activity. Any questions or exceptions to rules concerning sponsorship/chaperones must be in writing to the Orchestra Division Exucutive Board. They must be submitted by noon Friday of the SCMEA in Service Conference in February.

4. Students must be eligible to attend school in the state of South Carolina in order to participate in orchestra division activities.

5. Students must be in the 9-12 grades (age 14+) for Senior Region Orchestra. Junior Region Orchestra will be open to students in grades 6-9 (age 11+). All-State Orchestras will be divided by the current year's grade level: 6-8 Orchestra (string orchesra), 9-10 Orchestra (full orchestra), and 11-12 Orchestra (full orchestra).

6. The orchestras will be limited to 18 first violins, 18 second violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, 10 basses, plus the necessary wind and percussion players. Membership in the Regional Orchestra will be selected by progression of scores for their region. Students are eligible to audition only for the region orchestra that serves their attendance zone. Students are eligible only for the grade level All-State Orchestra that corresponds to the current level at which they are enrolled.

7. Any student who has been accepted into the orchestra must participate. Failure to do this will mean forfeiture of his right to participate in Orchestra Division activities for the following year. Illness and family emergency excepted.

8. The registration fee for participation in All State and for Region Orchestra is $25.00 when paid by published deadline. Registrations after the deadline, the fee will be $40.00 payable at the All State site. Wind students will pay the fee of $15.00 at the All State site.