[Bards] Question on performance judging forms

[Beth Wolff]

Hello all, 
  I know I've been conspicuously absent from these posts, but I just could not muster up the strength to do much of anything.......and thinking made my brain hurt, LOL!
   
  I really like the way Alden has rearranged the point breakdown of the judging form. And I agree with his judgement in documentation matters as well. As many of you know, I believe that a concise verbal documentation is just as good as a written one for my purposes. It gives the same information to the judges. 'Nuff said.
  I also feel that I am there to judge the performance, not the paperwork, and while I agree that documentation is important in Kingdom level competition, it does not define the level of skill, or the quality of the performer/performance.
  Thank you, Alden for eloquently stating what I could not say as clearly.
   
  Your humble servant, as always,
  HL Elanor

Alden Drake <alden_drake at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
            I've judged a few bardic competitions in which the form has been used, and some in which it was abandoned completely.  I like the form largely because it is a good way to give feedback to the performer.  As a performer, I appreciate getting the form back after performing and seeing a breakdown of where my strengths and weaknesses are.  What I do find quite often as a judge, is that I want to (and do) change point breakdown.  I'll keep a 50 point total, but will often redistribute the points allotted to each area.  So I might do something like this:
   
  Documentation: 5 points (instead of 10)
  Authenticity of Piece/Style: 10 points
  Complexity/Difficulty: 5 points
  Technical Skill: 10 points
  Presentation and Interpretation: 10 points
  Overall Impression: 10 points (instead of 5)
   
  Documentation is almost a yes/no for me.  I'm not judging the documentation, I'm judging the performance.  I grade documentation on the levels of a) No Documentation Provided (0 points), b) Verbal Documentation Provided (1-3 points), c) Written Documentation Provided (3.5-5 points).  If I want to get a judge to seriously look at documentation for an original piece in period style, I'll enter it in a static A&S competition. (Now who would be so crazy to do that? :)  )
   
  In service,
  HL Alden Drake
   

    

----- Original Message ----
From: John Hirling <jhirling at gmail.com>
To: Ansteorran Bardic list <bards at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:04:38 PM
Subject: [Bards] Question on performance judging forms

In our continuing effort to improve bardic and performance, please critique the judging forms used in Kingdom and at Gulf Wars.  The judging forms for performance can be downloaded in either MSWord or Adobe and can be found at: http://laurel.ansteorra .org/ALWForms.htm 

What do you see as the strengths of the forms?  What could be improved?  What is missing?

The Performance Judging Form is on the agenda for  our next Laurels Retreat and your input will be very helpful.

~ihon
DMoAS for Bardic & Performance 



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