1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER AND WIN. The Sweepstakes is open to all accredited educational institutions located within the United States (excluding those located in the possessions or territories of the USA) ("Schools"). Any School's teachers, administrators or students are eligible to enter the Sweepstakes for and on behalf of their School (the "Entrants"). The eligible Entrants must be legal residents of the United States. All Entrants must be 18 years or older. Children under the age of 18 may enter the Sweepstakes only with the supervision and consent of a parent or guardian. The Sweepstakes is void (i) in the possessions or territories of the United States, and (ii) where prohibited by law, regulation or ordinance. Employees of Yamaha and their families, and those of its subsidiaries and affiliated companies are not eligible to enter and win. By entering the Sweepstakes, all Schools and Entrants agree to abide by the Sweepstake's Official Rules, as stated herein, and Yamaha's Privacy Policy, as linked herein. Schools and Entrants further agree to receive information via email from Yamaha, with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving future communications from Yamaha.

ENTRY AND ODDS.

2. Entry forms are available at www.yamaha.com and online registration is required through the website. Visit www.yamaha.com, click the drop-down "Links" tab, and go to the "Educator Forum" for online registration. All designated information must be submitted to be eligible to enter and win. The Sweepstakes entries will be accepted from March 1, 2003 until midnight (pst) March 31, 2004. Limit one entry per individual per drawing. Entries not drawn as a winner during a Term, as hereinafter defined, will remain in the Sweepstakes for all remaining drawings. Automated entries, as well as incomplete, untimely, lost, misaddressed or misdirected entries will be considered disqualified. In case of a dispute regarding an email address, please see Official Rule No. 7, Internet. All entries become the property of Yamaha. The odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible online entries received.

WINNER SELECTION, NOTIFICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

3. Prizewinners of the Sweepstakes will be the School identified on Entrant's online registration form; and all Entrants must be affiliated with the prizewinning School. Prizewinners will be chosen by random drawing; one (1) winner per Term for four (4) Terms for a total of four (4) winners. Random drawings will be held on the fifteenth day following the end of each Term from March 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004. The dates of each Term and their drawings are:
1st Term runs from March 1, 2003 - June 30, 2003 (Drawing held July 15, 2003);
2nd Term runs from July 1, 2003 - September 30, 2003 (Drawing held October 15, 2003);
3rd Term runs from October 1, 2003 - December 31, 2003 (Drawing held January 15, 2004);
4th Term runs from January 1, 2004 - March 31, 2004 (Drawing Held April 15, 2004).

4. EachTerm, the Entrant for the Prizewinner will be notified by email within five (5) business days following the end of each random drawing. The Entrant for the Prizewinner must respond to Yamaha's email prize notification within fifteen (15) business days or such Entrant's entry will be disqualified, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate Entrant for the Prizewinner will be selected by random drawing. Other terms for disqualification are, including but not limited to (i) the prizewinning School is not an accredited educational institution, (ii) the prizewinning School refuses to accept the prize for any reason, (iii) the Entrant is not affiliated with the School identified on the online registration form.

5. By accepting the prize, each Prizewinner agrees to be solely responsible for all taxes pertaining to the awarded prize. Each Prizewinner and Entrant for Prizewinner agree to allow Yamaha to use their names and likenesses online to notify the public of Prizewinner's winnings, and may be used in advertising and promotional activity without compensation. A list of Prizewinners and Entrants of Prizewinners will be made available to the public on Yamaha's website www.yamaha.com and will be available within one (1) week of Prizewinner's confirmed award.

PRIZES AND THEIR VALUE.

6. The following prizes will be awarded for the particular drawings indicated:
1st Term prize is a Yamaha Portable Keyboard Lab, consisting of twelve PSR225 and one MLC100.
2nd Term prize is a Yamaha Combo Starter Kit, consisting of one DTXPRESS II Electronic Drum Kit (Model DS9XPS), one RBX370A Electric Bass, and one AES820 Electric Guitar.
3rd Term prize is a Yamaha Beginning Percussion Band Booster, consisting of twelve SCK300 Student Percussion kits.
4th Term prize is a Yamaha Choir/Band Sound Supplement, consisting of one CLP110 Clavinova and one EMX66M PA bundle.

The total current retail value for the prizes to be awarded in this Sweepstakes is $16,241.40. Retail values may change and prizes are subject to change by Yamaha without notice to Entrants but any prizes that are changed by Yamaha shall be substituted with a prize of equal or greater retail value. All prizes come with the available manufacturer warranty.

INTERNET.

7. If, for any reason, Yamaha is unable to conduct this Sweepstakes as planned due to technical failures, such as those caused by computer virus, hacking, other unauthorized interference, fraud, or any other cause beyond the control of Yamaha which obstructs or otherwise adversely affects the proper administration, reliability, fairness, or integrity of its Sweepstakes, Yamaha reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any person found to have interfered or tampered with the conduct Sweepstakes, and if deemed necessary by Yamaha, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. Yamaha assumes no responsibility for any failure in transmission, however caused, including any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, communications line failure, theft or destruction of information or unauthorized access to entries, their damage or alteration. Yamaha is not responsible for its failure to receive any email or entry due to software failure, technical problems, human error or transmission congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading any materials in this Sweepstakes. CAUTION: YAMAHA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER PENALTIES, OR REMEDIES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FROM ANY PERSON(S) ATTEMPTING TO DELIBERATELY INTERFERE WITH THE CONDUCT OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR TO DAMAGE ITS WEB SITE.

If a dispute arises over the identity of the person who transmitted entry from the identified email address, the "Authorized Account Holder" of the email address submitted at time of entry will be declared the winning Entrant for Prizewinner. The "Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, online provider or other organization (e.g. business, education institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addressees for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Any entry sent through the use of an automated sending device will not be accepted and will not be considered a valid entry.

GENERAL CONDITIONS AND RELEASE.

8. By participating in this Sweepstakes, all Entrants, Entrants' Schools and Prizewinners release, discharge and agree to hold harmless Yamaha Corporation of America, its parent company, Yamaha Corporation, and their respective partnerships, subsidiaries, divisions, branches, affiliates and agencies, including, without limitation, their respective officers, directors, shareholders and employees (collectively "Releasees") from and against any and all liability or claims for any injury, loss, illness, litigation or damages arising out of their participating in the Sweepstakes and/or the acceptance, use, misuse, non-use or possession of the prize. Releasees are not responsible for printing or typographic errors in any Sweepstakes or related material or for stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, and/or illegible entries or transmission. If, in Yamaha's opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if fraud or actions by Entrants compromise, corrupt or affect the administration, integrity, security, fairness or conduct of the Sweepstakes, Yamaha reserves the right to disqualify any individual and/or void any entries submitted fraudulently, to modify or suspend the Sweepstakes, or to terminate the Sweepstakes and conduct a random drawing to award the prize using all non-suspect eligible entries received as of the date of such action.

Yamaha is not responsible for lost or misdelivered prizes due to Entrant's furnishing inaccurate or improper address information. Yamaha is also not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged prizes once received and in the possession of Prizewinner.

In the event that any dispute arises regarding the meaning or interpretation of these Official Rules, participants agree that the dispute shall be resolved by applying the laws of California and that it shall be resolved by and within the courts of that state. Official Rules are subject to change without notice.

PRIVACY.

9. Except as provided above, all personal information supplied by Entrants will be subject to Yamaha's Privacy Policy, as linked herein.