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out of curiousity... when your judging a category...how do most of you pick 1st,2nd,3rd...and so on.... what i'm triing to say is... do you judge dancers by there ability to dance real good or just because your good friends with them or because of who they are..... the reason i'm asking is there are time when judges go for dancer that are off beat or over step.. or they start off on beat but through the song they get off beat real bad not because of the drum ..or they are out dance but other good dancers....yet they still place real high or beat out other good dancers. you know there are alot of real good dancer out there but not quite big name enough. just wonder what everybody's opinion about this matter..
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27by there dancing?96.30%26there friends with you?3.70%1just because they are big names?0.00%0 -
Everyone is going to say "by the way they dance"
Except the Super honest. LOLLast edited by kiyaanii mom; 03-03-2006, 05:00 PM. -
I judge by the way they dance, but I also judge the way their regalia is lookin lolComment
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which brings to mind another thing about judging. I judged a dance a year ago and it was all good until we got to the prize money. When it was time to collect the dancers came up in street clothes, which bummed me out, cause I couldn't tell who I voted for LMAO....
is this normal now days???Last edited by kiowakat; 03-03-2006, 05:21 PM.Comment
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well its kinda hard to judge when they all stare at you like they are watching wether you pick them or not.....Comment
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By THEIR dancing.Big Pauly, Anishinaabe Ogitchidaa Aanikoominodewiwin
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I pick whoever is willing to offer me the best deal. AYE!!!!
What I will always deduct points for is if somebody is up there chewing gum or they are just trying to hard to look cool. If you powwow dance then you should be proud of the dance itself rather than the image you are trying to convey. Wearing gangster thug life junk. Same with fancy shawl dancers who show their belly piercings. I always consider dancing but also you have to look how respectful the person is when they are out there.Comment
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I judge by the way they dance... WHEN I judge lol.. I've only judged once.
But some people, can be very good dancers, and at a smaller powwow, won't dance as good as they can, but some people pick them anyways because they 'already know how they dance' so... yeah.Comment
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LMAO - NO DOUBT!!! I thought I was the only one who hated that!!!Originally posted by sneek a peekComment
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lol ...funnnieeeee ... hey .. i judge by the way they dance & their outfits .... no favortism here ... and care less for big namez .. if your good your good in my book.Originally posted by kiyaanii mom
laterz"When the forest weeps, the Anishinabe who listens will look back at the years. In each generation of Ojibway there will be a person who will hear the si-si-gwa-d, who will listen and remember and pass it on to the children."
"Night Flying Woman"
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Originally posted by badmaninc
"When the forest weeps, the Anishinabe who listens will look back at the years. In each generation of Ojibway there will be a person who will hear the si-si-gwa-d, who will listen and remember and pass it on to the children."
"Night Flying Woman"
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It is so sad that a family can torn apart by something as simple as a wild pack of dogs.Comment
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First and foremost......DO THEY DANCE IN BEAT!!!!!!!! If not, they I do not pick them.
Next, dance ability, and if there are two dancers who are two close to call, then I wait to see who has the better endurance, if they are the same then I check out their outfits and go with the better put together outfit. But if one blatantly over or understeps, drops something off their outfits it helps my decision making process.
Also, if someone comes running onto the floor while the dance contest is already going, I don't care how good they dance or who they are, I don't consider them.It is so sad that a family can torn apart by something as simple as a wild pack of dogs.Comment
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I admit I will pick some of my friends, but I can't help it if they are good but I never pick by big names, usually I'm more critical of them, As a spectator I watch who dances intertribals and notice who only makes grand entry and walks around. I go to alot of pow-wow's in MN, SD, ND, WISC and MT, don't go to Canada much anymore, but I will be fair I don't give my friends an automatic first either, but I keep my eyes open for the dancers with great ability regardless of their outfits, especially the little kids, I hate it when so and so go running out there to fix something on their little ones outfits just so everyone will know that he/she is a big name's kid. Then it carrys to jr, teens etc. Also I notices people all of a sudden say Hi ! to you after you are a judge. I was a judge in Prairie Island one summer, and did I have old friends shaking my hand, I thought they forgot who I was, because I used to dance jingle in the 70's and 80's and used to win at bigger pow-wows when they started having jingle dress catergories, I met alot of people and made many dresses for some of the old style champs. But any who, it usually comes down to who you are and who you know....for reals.Comment
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I give high scores to the dancer who makes an effort to give me a good show! (this does not count in the traditional categories as I look for someone who 'really does' dance traditional!)
If you watch a lot of champions (in fancy, grass, shawl), they dance around the outside of the other dancers. They go from judge to judge and "turn it on" in front of each individual judge or group of judges. (It's part of the game for those of you who are new).
I'm CERTAINLY NOT going to give a good score to someone who dances on the far side of the arena in one area (again I am not talking about traditional dancers).Powwows will continue to evolve in many directions. It is inevitable.Comment
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there was a time that you have to stay on beat when you dance to place, but now days i guess that it don't matter.
i go and watch dancer compeat and they go off beat bad, not just ever once in awhile but throught the whole song and they still get first. mean while there are some othere dancer...08-09-2005, 01:22 AM -
I'm not trying to ruffle anyone's feathers by doing this, I just want people's opinion.... What do you guys think about dancers that only go to pow wows to dance what they need to dance.Such as only dancing their contest song and one grand entry and place? There are good dancers out here and most know...06-30-2004, 09:17 PM -
What type of moves do judges like to see? Ex running or stepping high, almost like marching kind of, or twirling in place, or twirling while moving, or footwork like criss crossing or what?
This is only my second year fancy dancing and my first year contesting. Sometimes when places are announced,...08-22-2001, 09:03 PM -
Well i was taught about straight dance from my uncles. THe late browning Pipestem and others like Henry Collins and Tim Grant (omaha). And as far as i know the dance is supposed to be an interpretation of the songs. There are no songs out there telling u to look for rabbit tracks but they do tell...02-02-2004, 05:39 PM -
I think Bonnie Tomahsah and Rose Track have about the fastest footwork whereas Lisa Ewalk, Gracie(need I say more), Nahmee Lasley have great style.
Which do pick when you judge?09-29-2003, 08:47 PM
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