[Bards] Question on performance judging forms
gail young
gwynethb63 at yahoo.com
Wed May 10 12:11:02 PDT 2006
My comment wasn't about having a form. It was about qualifying who "wins". I just think it's unfair to tell a performer or an artisan "it just didn't work for me" w/o giving some specifics about WHY.
The judges on American Idol do it all the time with feedback like "you rocked dawg"...or "it was a mess".
I would think you could get a lot more out of someone saying "your pitch was flat" or "you were off the beat" or "your story was too long and complicated"
Jay Rudin <rudin at ev1.net> wrote:
Gwyneth asked:
> That's great if all the judges are "moved" by the same piece.
> Also, how do you give feedback to the others? You need to
> do more "moving" pieces?
Why would having a form or not affect what feedback I give? "You need to work on your diction" or "Your poem doesn't scan" work exactly the same whether there's a form or not. Feedback does not require assigning numbers in categories.
Most helpful feedback I've gotten as an Ansteorran bard for more than 1/5 of a century has been from one-on-one discussions.
The kingdom Eisteddfod was judged without forms for years. The judges got together and talked about what they heard, exchanged ideas, and came up with a winner. Feedback was offered to anyone, and could be quite useful and pertinent.
Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
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