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Re: Contesting - Was: Re: Adjudication Correct?

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Subject: Re: Contesting - Was: Re: Adjudication Correct?
From: "gyoung" <gyoung@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 09:39:48 -0500
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Our band at NABBA once recieved an adjudication that
complained about our "old fashioned" sound and that he much 
prefered french horns and trumpets. 




Graham Young (905) 575-8440
Weston Silver Band, Symphony Hamilton
Celebration Brass, McMaster Chamber Orchestra
gyoung@xxxxxxxx


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> From: Bill Buffam <buffam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Contesting - Was: Re: Adjudication Correct?
> Date: March 14, 1998 5:47 PM
> 
> Michael Solms wrote:
> >  At the North American championships we have three
> > adjudicators whose scores are totaled to determine the final
rankings....
> >  It does seem that multiple adjudicators would give a fairer
> > result.  Was this tried and rejected in the U.K?
> > 
> 
> I have only attended one NABBA contest (1993), and for my money the 3
> judges got it way wrong. One judge was English, one American, and I
> don't remember who the other guy was. IMHO, this was the worst piece of
> adjudication I'd heard since the 1964 (Lorenzo) shambles in the British
> Open. Just my $0.02 worth.
> 
> Bill Buffam


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