So, at competitions there will usually be different judges that judge you on just about EVERYTHING! They judge you from as soon as they can see you until they no longer can. Until you are out of sight, they can change their score, rating, ANYTHING!
Don't get me wrong, I love judges and respect them, but when a small guard (depending on the size of the band) does everything in time, together, everything we are supposed to do and a large guard (depending on the size of the band) are never together, not smiling, not doing everything that we're supposed to do and they say that the large guard wins, that makes no sense.
I understand that bigger guards have bigger effects, but I don't understand if the work and the quality (NOT quantity) is better, why the smaller guard can't win. It is really unfair and not OK for this judging to continue.
For example, my band goes to POC, a big marching band competition (like the biggest on the East coast) and my I quote one of my friend's comment about POC, "The scariest acronym I have ever seen."
Anyway, last year when we went to POC they had caption awards (refer back to blog posts about competitions) and when we left there were no score sheets (sheets that say what you scored and what you can do better). So basically they picked the biggest guard and gave the award to them. It was very upsetting. Basically having a small guard STINKS!?!?!?!
Don't get me wrong, I love judges and respect them, but when a small guard (depending on the size of the band) does everything in time, together, everything we are supposed to do and a large guard (depending on the size of the band) are never together, not smiling, not doing everything that we're supposed to do and they say that the large guard wins, that makes no sense.
I understand that bigger guards have bigger effects, but I don't understand if the work and the quality (NOT quantity) is better, why the smaller guard can't win. It is really unfair and not OK for this judging to continue.
For example, my band goes to POC, a big marching band competition (like the biggest on the East coast) and my I quote one of my friend's comment about POC, "The scariest acronym I have ever seen."
Anyway, last year when we went to POC they had caption awards (refer back to blog posts about competitions) and when we left there were no score sheets (sheets that say what you scored and what you can do better). So basically they picked the biggest guard and gave the award to them. It was very upsetting. Basically having a small guard STINKS!?!?!?!