We are pleased to announce that Ty Ryan and James Taylor’s entry is our Grand Prize Winner! Ty and James are not only skilled ocarinists, but we were impressed with their execution of the video as a whole. They did not allow distance to stop them from entering the contest, the layering was spot on, and even worked in some Christmas elements in their backgrounds. It was a great performance and we are happy to reward them for their efforts with a set of 4 Focalink Ocarinas for their future ensemble performances!

We are also pleased to announce the winners of the secondary awards, who will each receive $100 gift certificates for their videos.

Ocarina Quartet Final Scores:

Angels We Have Heard on High by CrownofJewells with 7 votes
Angels We Have Heard on High by EuphoniumPlayer21797 with 8 votes
Carol of the Bells by BrockFenton with 63 votes

Ocarina Trio Final Scores:

Angels We Have Heard on HIgh by Kipdum with 59 votes
Greensleeves by camdavbax with 151 votes
We Wish You a Merry Christmas by McLovinInfinity with 166 votes

Ocarina Duo Final Scores:

Angels We Have Heard on High by MischiefMelodies with 21 votes
Jingle Bells by DillonW1994 with 61 votes
Jingle Bells by Ocster1154 with 88 votes
Carol of the Bells by EleTurtle with 108 votes

Thank you to everyone who voted and thank you to everyone who participated! If it wasn’t for how many of you participate, we wouldn’t be able to host these contests and we really love giving you all a chance to win some Songbird swag. There will definitely be several more contests for 2012, so if you didn’t win this one, don’t worry! We’ll be giving you more chances in the future.

After several days of deliberation, we are pleased to announce that we have decided on the finalists of our holiday contest. Before we announce the finalists, we want you to know that we here at Songbird Ocarinas enjoyed watching your entries and applaud your team work and holiday spirit! We know many people had a difficult time finding partners for the contest, but we hope that you have not only made new friends, but also found partners for future collaborations!

The finalists’ videos will be up for voting on Facebook, today through Sunday. Click here to start voting!

The winner of each category will receive a $100 gift certificate to Songbird Ocarina.

The grand prize winner has been selected, and will be announced next Monday along with the finalists.

And now, without further adue, here are our finalists:

Ocarina Duo

Jingle Bells by DillonW1994

Angels We Have Heard on High by MischiefMelodies

Carol of the Bells by EleTurtle

Surprise Finalist!: Jingle Bells by Ocster1154

Ocarina Trio

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by McLovinInfinity

Angels We Have Heard on HIgh by Kipdum

Greensleeves by camdavbax

Ocarina Quartet

Angels We Have Heard on High by CrownofJewells

Carol of the Bells by BrockFenton

Angels We Have Heard on High by EuphoniumPlayer21797

Thank you again for everyone who participated! If you haven’t checked out the other entires, you should on our YouTube.

For our final song of the contest, we thought this classic New Year’s tune would be perfect to ring in the new year. Thanks to everyone who participated in our contests this year and supported our ocarina making though out 2011…Happy Ocarina playing in 2012!

Auld Lang Syne for SC, SG, AC, and AG

12 hole sheets
6 hole sheets

You’ll also find a complete list of our other contest arrangements below. Don’t forget that all videos must be submitted by Dec. 31st. For complete rules about the Holiday Contest, see this post.

Angels We Have Heard on High (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Carol of the Bells (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Greensleeves* – (Duo or Trio) *these sheets have been corrected since original post
12 hole

Jingle Bells (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Joy to the World
12 Hole
6 Hole

We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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6 hole sheets

As we wrap up our final orders for Christmas, we here at Songbird Ocarinas would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, which brings us to today’s arrangement of We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

12 hole sheets

6 hole sheets

You’ll also find a complete list of our other contest arrangements below. Don’t forget that all videos must be submitted by Dec. 31st. For complete rules about the Holiday Contest, see this post.

Angels We Have Heard on High (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Carol of the Bells (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Greensleeves* – (Duo or Trio) *these sheets have been corrected since original post
12 hole

Jingle Bells (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Joy to the World
12 Hole
6 Hole

Here is our new song for the day…a beautiful arrangement of Joy to the World!

Joy to the World
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6 Hole

And for those of you who have been wondering which songs to perform for the contest, here are all the songs we’ve released up to date! Don’t forget that all videos must be submitted by Dec. 31st. For complete rules, see this post.

Angels We Have Heard on High (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Carol of the Bells (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Greensleeves* – (Duo or Trio) *these sheets have been corrected since original post
12 hole

Jingle Bells (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (Duo, Trio or Quartet)
12 hole
6 hole