rigged powwows

[woggs]

Oops I think my lil post was misleading..so I fixed what i thought was sort of cool..I wasn't saying spot checks were cool..LOL...

[skinjun]

flicker fan 2005

I went out east and had bad experiences too. they're not welcoming people. I went to Baltimore, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina. They acted like they were better. This is gonna sound bad, but only a handful looked native. I will not return to the east ever again.

[mountaindew]

My complaint about rigged powwows is that at some of the powwows, they use the same judges all weekend. They probably vote the same way every time. I just can't understand why they do that. Out of all the dancers that show up and other non-dancing knowledgeable people there, why they pick the same ones is beyond me. Oh yeah, I remember at this one powwow, this one dancer went to check on the points and came back saying they didn't have any points. I just happened to be in that vicinity when I heard this, so I told that person that they had to have some points because I judged that category and I know for certain that I put their number down. I couldn't help myself, I just had to tell that person. I guess maybe that powwow was rigged.

[2cuteUTE]

I saw a guy get all bent out of shape when he hadn’t placed high enough (he took 2nd). He stormed up to the committee and asked to see the books. Well come to find out he was right, they had placed him wrong (according to the numbers) he actually took 3rd. The guy who they gave 3rd actually took 1st and the guy that they placed as 1st took 2nd. (He was long gone by the way with the 1st place loot).

Now if the guy who made the original complaint had just kept his mouth shut and left it alone, he would have come out with 2nd place pay instead of 3rd. The committee asked for his envelope back and tried to make it right by all the participants in that category.

[badmaninc]

I've been to one powwow where they keep track of all the judges they use for the categories and they don't use the same judges at all throughout the competition. They even have them judge one category. You know how some powwows they judge all the teens and then all the adult categories. At this powwow they use a different judge for each category. Worked out well. Course the people who are local celebs don't get to count on that at this powwow and don't like it that much. I wonder why.