Here’s your big chance to perform before a live crowd and a television and webcast audience of hundreds of thousands for the 98th Annual Burning of Zozobra!
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The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe is proud to announce the 2022 tryouts! You are invited to try out to perform 90’s Lip-Sync pre-show entertainment, sing the National Anthem Live In-person, or become’s Zozobra’s voice! It’s time to share your talent and shine. The world is ready to burn its gloom again, and the tradition that we all love, the Burning of Zozobra on Friday, September 01, 2023, will do the deed.

LIP-SYNC THE BEST 90s TUNES AT ZOZOBRA!
Do you and your friends TikTok to the most iconic tunes of the 1990s? Do you like channeling InSync, Nirvana or the Spice Girls? If the answer is YES, then Kiwanis wants YOU! To mark the Decades Project 90s era’s memorable music and moves, Kiwanis is seeking a youth group ready, willing and able to lip-sync for an audience that’s pumped to hear the tunes and see you show off the fly style of the 90s.
You and your friends will literally be on the pageant stage to lip-sync the 90s songs of that decade’s most well-known and beloved bands, rocking out with a Pearl Jam tune or living out your Foo Fighter fantasy before a live in-person audience of tens of thousands dancing along with you and hundreds of thousands more watching on TV and online around the world!

BECOME THE VOICE OF ZOZOBRA!
This year, there’s a hot new opportunity –– auditioning to be the Voice of Zozobra, unseen but heard by a global audience that can’t wait to yell “BURN HIM” back at the monster you are growling for! “People come to Santa Fe from all over the world to witness the Burning of Zozobra,” says Event Chair Ray Sandoval. “Young or old, male or female, new to Zozobra or a seasoned fan, we can’t wait to find an amazing voice to bellow a scary growl and wicked laugh to make Santa Fe’s favorite monster come to life.”
You can sign up to audition in person on Saturday, July 9, 2022 between 10 a.m. and 12 noon at the Scottish Rite Center, the big pink building located at 463 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Auditions will be first-come, first-serve on the basis of arrival time and you can park in the lot behind the building.

SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT ZOZOBRA!
Like to sing the high notes? A very meaningful part of this annual tradition is the singing of our National Anthem, and our National Anthem Competition is open to performers of all ages to sing for Zozobra. The winner will be welcomed to perform the National Anthem at the Burning of Zozobra on Friday, September 01, 2023.
You can sign up to audition in person on Saturday, July 9, 2022 between 1p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Center, the big pink building located at 463 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Auditions will be first-come, first-serve on the basis of arrival time and you can park in the lot behind the building.
The first runner-up will be our alternate and will need to attend rehearsals and be present at the Burning should the winner be unable to perform. The first runner-up will perform at New Year’s Eve on the Plaza. The second runner-up will perform at the City of Santa Fe’s Fourth of July Fireworks!
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!
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Applications to audition for zozobra are now closed. Thank you for your interest and see you next year!