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- From: dugan@wpi.WPI.EDU (Robert Francis Dugan)
- Newsgroups: alt.colorguard
- Subject: precision or lack there of...
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 13:54:33 GMT
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- Note: All posts from this account to alt.colorguard are NOT from
- Robert Dugan. He just lets me borrow his ID to post. (IBM doesn't
- allow such things at my location) See disclaimer at the bottom
- for more details...
-
- Ken: I remember that long rifle exchange! You were one of the people
- doing that? Which one?
-
- I agree about lack of precision. I think we have to continue to push
- the limts of where this activity is, and we have to encourage
- creativity but not at the expense of cleanliness. I would rather see
- a rifle line nail a quad than try to do a six. But I do appreciate
- the more extensive body work. This is way beyond what used to be
- done. And if you read the sheets, equipment = 20 points and movement
- = 20 points. So they should be balanced in your show. I still have a
- tough time with that when I write work being brought up in the 80's
- colorguard world. It just seems to me that lately a show that is
- heavier on the movement/body work than on the equipment work gets more
- credit than being heavier on the equipment than on the body. Seems to
- me that a 60/40 show is a 60/40 show no matter if the 60 is body or
- equipment.
-
- Hey are there any judges that read these posts? My big mouth could
- get me in trouble!!! Never did like that part of winter guard
- competition...Free speech only to a point...
-
- My guard's name is Q.E.D. We are really laying it onto them this
- week. Sometime I wonder if we should go to Boston. If we go and
- do poorly, WGI will categorize us for the rest of the season. I don't
- think they do this on purpose. But when you have to judge 50 guards,
- you have to do something to keep them all straight. If your first
- time out you do poorly, it's an uphill struggle the rest of the season
- to overcome people's first impressions. If you are in the area, stop over to
- Salem HS around 3:00pm. We could use the support!!
-
- I can write my biased report of the Boston regional. I'd be lying if
- I said I'd be unbiased. We all have guards we like and forgive their
- mistakes, and we all have guards that have to really be good before we
- admit it. I will try to be objective, but I'm only human.
-
- Hope to see you in Boston!
-
- Mary C. Krembs
-
- Director Q.E.D
- Admiral '86-89
- Onteora HS '83-85
-
- DISCLAIMER: The owner of this account (Robert Dugan) just lets me
- borrow it to post. Don't hold him responsible for my views!
- You can respond to me directly at mkrembs@kgnvmy.vnet.ibm.com.
- My opinions are also not to be connected with IBM in any way either...
- Can you imagine IBM having an opinion on color guard?
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