Greetings all<br>
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This coming weekend, I'll be attending our (almost) annual Laurel's
Retreat. Among the agenda items will be a discussion of the
Performance Judging Form. If you have ideas, criticisms,
opinions, hopes or dreams about the perfect performance judging
criteria, please let me know and I will carry those to the retreat.
Forms (Ansteorra and Gulf Wars) can be found at
<a href="http://laurel.ansteorra.org/">http://laurel.ansteorra.org/</a> If you cannot download or access the
forms there, please contact me and I will email them directly to
you. Please keep in mind that under our present system for Gulf
Wars, Performance, Static, and Scholarly Papers all compete for
spots. Thus, any changes to our form would have to address how
the scores relate (Is that about as clear as stall muck?). <br>
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We had an excellent discussion at our Round Table at King's College
last month, including of judging and forms. Among the ideas
expressed were<br>
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1) guidelines for judges and performers;<br>
2) use of Gulf Wars Form in lieu of our Ansteorran Form (accompanied by a a set of guidelines for judges and performers); <br>
3) documentation that shows what you claim to be so, is so;<br>
4) as much objective judging as possible along with 'honest' subjective judging;<br>
5) clarity as to exactly how documentation will be weighted in
competitions -- "preferred but not required" is not helpful because it
doesn't tell how it will be used, if at all;<br>
6 levels of competition -- Newbie only; Intermediate; Advanced;<br>
7) designing forms of competition that de-emphasize winning or being judged;<br>
8) encouraging nobles and royalty to provide opportunities for performing beyond competitions; <br>
9) encouraging largess for appreciated performances;and<br>
10) Friday night circles at Gate (in addition to Saturday night circles).<br>
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One other idea had so much merit that I wanted it list it
separately: when you host a circle, provide song sheets for 3-5
Ansteorran/SCA standards e.g. Rising of the Star, Circles, Spring
Strathspey, Farewell to Ansteorra, and the like, and/or someone to
teach Born on the List Field, Warriors Wyrd, etc. so these treasures be
not lost. Words for many of the standards and music for some can
be found in the Voices of the Star,
<a href="http://bard.ansteorra.org/songbooks/voices_01.pdf">http://bard.ansteorra.org/songbooks/voices_01.pdf</a><br>
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(If I've missed anything, O Ye who graced the Round Table, let me know)<br>
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Yours in service,<br>
ihon vinson macFergus<br>
DMoAS for Bardic & Performance<br>
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