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Date Posted: 18:12:48 07/20/08 Sun
At Albany feis yesterday I watched several of the Prelim comps. Saw one dancer dance out of bounds at least twice and that dancer placed and saw two dancers start dancing early and get stopped by one of the judges who then helped them to start on time. What is allowed as far as both of those instances? I was under perhaps the false impression that in both of those situations at these levels that would dq dancers. By the way all of those kids did a fantastic job and I am not trying to take anything away from them....just trying to understand.
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- Sometimes if the stage is small, they'll forgive dancing off the marley, but starting off-time should be an automatic DQ for that round. Maybe the other round was good enough to bring the score back up. (NT) -- No name, 18:21:10 07/20/08 Sun
- The stage seemed small for the older dancers with long legs. Also, I think there was an issue with the music, not the dancers in PU16 when Ann Devine stopped them and then started them. She spoke to the musician. (NT) -- ;;, 18:22:18 07/20/08 Sun
- Hey, I've seen dancers fall, leave the stage crying and then come back, dance and place first. I'll never figure out what judges like or want so I've given up trying! (NT) -- : ), 18:32:15 07/20/08 Sun
- Maybe the judges thought the fault should lie with the stage size or the musicians and therefore didn't penalize the dancers. (NT) -- My guess..., 18:55:46 07/20/08 Sun
- If it was stage 1 and AD's name was SS, she seems to yells at dancers quite a bit.....don't take it personally... (NT) -- jmvho, 05:47:51 07/21/08 Mon
- Thank you for weighing in with your thoughts. I was there so I saw what happened. My question is about the "rules" in those situations. I couldn't dance, judge or be a musician at a feis and have an enormous amount of respect for all. I am trying to learn about this all and be there to advise my dancer if needed. (NT) -- OP, 05:58:46 07/21/08 Mon
- So is there anybody out there who knows what the rules are, or whether in fact there are any rules addressing the OP's questions? (NT) -- I'm curious too, 07:01:49 07/21/08 Mon
- in my opinion if you false start you should not be stopped by the judges because that is your mistake. at the level of prelim, you should also be able to count your own music. i understand it does happen though. they should just take off a couple points or something. disqualification is a little harsh dont you think?? (NT) -- dancer, 09:31:45 07/21/08 Mon
- My dd went out of bounds for about half a second-if it makes you feel better one judge gave her last. She still placed though because the other judges placed her quite high. (NT) -- She came off the stage and fessed right up, 18:21:01 07/21/08 Mon
- They didn't place - but I have to say that the music was inconsistent. I know most were able to figure it out, but they may have been the unfortunate ones to experience the extremely slow tempo. Yes, they are old enough to start on time, but they (or their families) also paid enough to warrant a consistent musician.... -- Discouraged, 18:26:28 07/21/08 Mon
- On stage 1 the dancer danced outside the marley for a lot of her dance, she placed 1st! I too was under the impression that dancing off of the stage would bring your marks down, but not DQ. the stages were a good size and only two dances.... (NT) -- was there, 19:43:53 07/21/08 Mon
- **IF you're talking about stage 2 at Albany there was an announcement made first thing before dancing commenced that the marley on the stage was NOT a boundary. Dancers were encouraged to stay on it for its non-slip properties, but were permitted to use the entire stage. It was a fairly wide but shallow stage. I was there & heard it. No conspiracy theory there. (NT) -- That's all, 06:46:40 07/23/08 Wed
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