Sue Richards wrote: > At 10:00 PM 1/15/03 -0800, Steve wrote: > > In the San Francisco branch of the RSCDS, every year at the Pleasanton games > we have an adjudicated dance exhibition. What that means is that each > participating group gets up on a stage and does a 3-dance medley in front of > 2 adjudicators (who are typically long-time teachers) and an audience. > Afterwards the adjudicators talk to the participants and note what they > liked in the performance and what could be improved. It's not a competition > but it gives groups the chance to perform in front of an audience and get > constructive criticism from experts. I'm not interested in competing in > music and I've often wondered why something like this isn't done for > fiddlers. > > So, to me, a comp is exactly the same, except that prizes are given to the > ones who stand out. As a harp judge, I always try to set up an informal > atmosphere, encouraging everyone to be supportive of each other, and I try to > talk to people individually, and certainly in my notes, telling them what > worked worked well and what could be improved. I have seen fiddle comps like > this. I know that it can be done. > Sue
I guess the difference would be that I don't see any reason to judge players against each other; I'd rather just have somebody there to say "well, Steve, that was fairly well played but you could work more on your snaps" or whatever. I'm not interested in knowing how well I rate against Player X, I just want to know how I can improve! -Steve -- Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
