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Subject: Re: Offbeat Proposal

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Paul J

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Date Posted: 14:18:09 10/15/03 Wed
In reply to: george 's message, "Re: Offbeat Proposal" on 13:52:31 10/15/03 Wed

>Eliminating the combined semi-final is a bad idea, as
>the standard of the advanced and the ex-students could
>be very different, and it would be a pity to have such
>a prestigious final not featuring the best of the
>best.

The trouble with the combined semi-final is that it doesn't eliminate anyone from the previous round (the finals of the two competitions) and therefore wastes time. And when you're talking about two 4/5-dance competitions, that's a lot of time being wasted.

Ideally, we need a system whereby the early rounds have both ex-students and students in them, and the sytem "magically" sorts out the top 6 ex-students, the top 6 students, and the top 6 all-rounders, without having a wasted round. Ali - do you have any ideas?

>Reducing the number of competitors in each heat
>should certainly happen, but I'm not convinced it will
>save time.

Due to the amount of confusion on the floor, the amount of time the judges require per couple increases as the number of couples increase. To exaggerate,
24-couple heat - Time required: 3 minutes 30
12-couple heat - Time required: 1 minute 30

And the improved marking could easily reduce the number of rounds required...

Paul

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Offbeat Proposal	Robin	14:48:15 10/15/03 Wed