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Set to begin on June 8, the show will start with choral speech, before moving onto dance, music, speech and drama, and finally mature performers by the end of the event on June 26.
Tamworth Eisteddfod president Chris Jackson is confident it will be a show not to be missed, with the last week in particular installing him with a lot of optimism.
"If you'd asked me a week ago they [audition numbers] would have been less than we were expecting compared to 2019," he said.
"But in the last week they've increased and we're on par with what we were doing in 2019 which is really good considering we just came out of COVID."
Auditions closed on Friday last week but a special extension period has been granted to primary and secondary school students.
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This is due to potential performers being away during the school holidays.
Mr Jackson believes the strong show of numbers will point to a good competition this year and revealed some newly utilised technology is helping greatly with organisation.
"We're really lucky that we've got Todd Power who has been able to monitor our entry process and he's developed a computer program to monitor how we're going in each of the categories," he said.
"It makes our whole process of getting the program up and going a lot easier."
Mr Jackson is hoping to get some good support from the community, and said any help that could be provided to the eisteddfod would be appreciated.
Anybody that would like more information on the eisteddfod program or is interested in auditioning is encouraged to email tamwortheisteddfod@live.com.
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