Rock Eisteddfod judges corrupt?
Wed, 19 Sept 2001, 11:12 amGilly17 posts in thread
Rock Eisteddfod judges corrupt?
Wed, 19 Sept 2001, 11:12 amThis is aimed to any of us that were involved with or viewed the Rock Eisteddfod Grand Final. The results stand as followed:
1. John Septimus Roe
2. Como
3. Perth Modern
4. Willetton
5. Mandurah Combined
To many of us involved with the schools production found these results rather suprising.
For the record, all my comments are not biased and I will not name my school for various reasons.
The general thought backstage was that Padbury (Harry Potter) and Yanchep (just a wish away from home) deserved places 1 and 2 respectively. Ocean Reef (Cobacabana) was of outstanding quality and also deserved to be in the top 5. Mandurah was thought to place higher, but 5th is a reasonable place. Willetton was alright, they deserved 4th and probably could have been beaten by Mandurah and other schools. Perth Modern was good, they always have been and always will be good so they deserved 3rd. Como: don't get me wrong, I loved their performance but the sets and costumes didn't really deserve 2nd. Watching the production during rehearsals you get to the finale and think "Finally, some colour in the performance!". And John Septimus Roe, simple idea and did a bloody good job of it, but most of us didn't think they deserved 1st place.
The performers choice award: who decides that? If the performers do, the only people they must of asked is the people from Como because I and most other schools would not say Como.
Hopefully there is a judge on this page that can answer this posting and shead some light on the situation. Comments?
How is it all judged and how did you get these results?
Cheers,
Alan Gill
1. John Septimus Roe
2. Como
3. Perth Modern
4. Willetton
5. Mandurah Combined
To many of us involved with the schools production found these results rather suprising.
For the record, all my comments are not biased and I will not name my school for various reasons.
The general thought backstage was that Padbury (Harry Potter) and Yanchep (just a wish away from home) deserved places 1 and 2 respectively. Ocean Reef (Cobacabana) was of outstanding quality and also deserved to be in the top 5. Mandurah was thought to place higher, but 5th is a reasonable place. Willetton was alright, they deserved 4th and probably could have been beaten by Mandurah and other schools. Perth Modern was good, they always have been and always will be good so they deserved 3rd. Como: don't get me wrong, I loved their performance but the sets and costumes didn't really deserve 2nd. Watching the production during rehearsals you get to the finale and think "Finally, some colour in the performance!". And John Septimus Roe, simple idea and did a bloody good job of it, but most of us didn't think they deserved 1st place.
The performers choice award: who decides that? If the performers do, the only people they must of asked is the people from Como because I and most other schools would not say Como.
Hopefully there is a judge on this page that can answer this posting and shead some light on the situation. Comments?
How is it all judged and how did you get these results?
Cheers,
Alan Gill
RE: Rock Eisteddfod judges corrupt?
Thu, 20 Sept 2001, 10:59 amI didn't know exactly what the time frame was, but I knew that there was a time frame for the sets to be set up. I did notice a lot of ab libbing but I didn't know that they were denied two places.
Yanchep had the very simple set, and that is what I liked about it. It was simple, yet affective. The lighting was good, once again, simple, and the transition between scenes was smooth. Yanchep had Cotton Eye Joe for the scarecrow and at times had only 3 or 4 people dancing at one time. That takes not only guts to do but the choreography has to be good enough to be effective.
Liason teachers are definately not performers. Probably a vote should have been taken in each school and then forward the results on to the judges representitives or whoever takes the vote. Full credit to Mandurah, they obviously were favourites and that is at times hard to win over about 1000 people, especially when they are your competition.
Still waiting for a judge's answer.
Alan
Yanchep had the very simple set, and that is what I liked about it. It was simple, yet affective. The lighting was good, once again, simple, and the transition between scenes was smooth. Yanchep had Cotton Eye Joe for the scarecrow and at times had only 3 or 4 people dancing at one time. That takes not only guts to do but the choreography has to be good enough to be effective.
Liason teachers are definately not performers. Probably a vote should have been taken in each school and then forward the results on to the judges representitives or whoever takes the vote. Full credit to Mandurah, they obviously were favourites and that is at times hard to win over about 1000 people, especially when they are your competition.
Still waiting for a judge's answer.
Alan
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