Nezbah...no disrespect to you in the world, but I can tell from your posts you're either a young person in general or at least young to the pow wow world.
Some of us remember contesting without numbers and grand entries and spot checks and all of the rules that are ingrained in us today. Those contests were much more fun than today's which makes one feel more like cattle than a dancer...move you in, move you out...move you over here...move you over there...
In answering your first question, I agree wholeheartedly with the poster who said not to worry about it and just take numbers. The tabulator's job at a modern pow wow is one I would never take and one I don't envy at all. You guys/ladies are sort of like umpires at a baseball game. Don't make your job harder than it is.
If a guy comes in holding his roach or a lady dances by with her hair all crazy...just take their number and let the dance judges and AD(s) handle it.
Hope I didn't offend as that certainly wasn't and never is the case.
Some of us remember contesting without numbers and grand entries and spot checks and all of the rules that are ingrained in us today. Those contests were much more fun than today's which makes one feel more like cattle than a dancer...move you in, move you out...move you over here...move you over there...
In answering your first question, I agree wholeheartedly with the poster who said not to worry about it and just take numbers. The tabulator's job at a modern pow wow is one I would never take and one I don't envy at all. You guys/ladies are sort of like umpires at a baseball game. Don't make your job harder than it is.
If a guy comes in holding his roach or a lady dances by with her hair all crazy...just take their number and let the dance judges and AD(s) handle it.
Hope I didn't offend as that certainly wasn't and never is the case.
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