17 Jan
2016
17 Jan
'16
9:07 p.m.
I emailed Medlock about the trad dance. Tom replied with some links that may prove useful
for the main competition too.
Laura
From: tbesford(a)hotmail.co.uk
To: laura_marie_smyth(a)hotmail.com
CC: sophieeparkes(a)hotmail.co.uk
Subject: RE: DERT trad
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:46:08 +0000
Hi Laura,
Thanks for getting in touch. Sophie has passed on your email for me to answer.
Here are two documents on the website with a bit more
information:http://www.dert2016.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Entry-Policy-Version-6.0.pdfhttp://www.dert2016.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DERT2016_MarkingCriteria.pdf
I hope that these two documents answer most of your questions. With regards to kit, there
has always been more marks awarded to those teams who have adapted their kit to suit the
dance they are doing, however in practice, most teams don't go all out. If you make an
attempt to refer to the kit suggestions which are in the notations, this will be looked on
more favourably but is not the be all and end all.
As you can see from the criteria, half of the marks are available for accuracy to your
chosen notation, and half are available on the quality of the dance. Therefore in reality,
the kit is a very small part of it.
I hope this helps.CheersTom
From: Laura Smyth <laura_marie_smyth(a)hotmail.com>
Date: 17 January 2016 at 13:50:10 GMT
To: Sophie Parkes <sophieeparkes(a)hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: DERT trad
Hey Sophie,
Hope you're feeling much better since the last time we spoke. I may have mentioned at
the time that I am supposed to be teaching the trad dance in preparation for Dert (!). I
had a look on the site for any information about how the judges will be marking and the
criteria, etc. I could only find one paragraph. Is there any more information available
for this? I also noticed that the paragraph described the competition as a
"historical re-enactment". Do we have to try to be exact, or can we add our own
interpretation? E.g. If we're not wearing the costume as described in the historical
notes, will we be marked down? Hopefully we won't be penalised for being girls!
Any information you can give would be really appreciated! Thanks.
Laura Xx
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