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Critique: An Important Tool for a Successful Season
(from WGI NOTES: January 17, 2018)
The Critique belongs to the director and staff. Here a few reminders to help you get the most out of YOUR critique. We want to help you and your members achieve their potential.
The Critique belongs to the director and staff. Here a few reminders to help you get the most out of YOUR critique. We want to help you and your members achieve their potential.
- Although coming to Critique is optional, it has proven to be extremely beneficial to all the groups at any level of development. Don’t stay away because the show is still rough or incomplete. That is perhaps when we can help the most.
- Make sure you listen to the commentaries from judges before Critique.
- Share with the judge what your program is all about and what the creative intent is. e.g. What is the program trying to convey?
- Ask questions about how the program is perceived from the audience/judges. What you conceived may be excellent but it may not be “coming across” to the judges. e.g. Does this section work? What is needed to make it more effective?
- Ask questions if you are unsure of what a judge meant in his/her commentary. Otherwise, there is not really a need to rehash what the judge said. e.g. What did you mean by…?
- Critique time is very short by necessity. Be prepared with your comments and questions to make the most of your time.
The Importance of a Good Post-Contest Critique
DID YOU KNOW...
All Tournament members are offered FREE use of technology to register for contests and for ease of communication.
Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, unit directors have the opportunity to receive feedback from the judges, at the contest, immediately following the performance, which can be downloaded to your electronic device. No cassette tapes! No cassette recorders! It takes only a few minutes to sit in the gym within eyesight of the router at the technology/tabulator table, connect to the system (you've all received instructions numerous times and they are available at the tech table at each contest) and within a few seconds you can download and then go on your way and listen to the audio files in private as you sit and relax in the cafeteria, hallway, classroom, etc.
Some unit directors attend the post-contest critique with notebooks filled with commentary, ready to embark on the next week's changes, fixes, and design processes, and the time spent in critique can then be best utilized discussing fine tuning, refining of the commentary, or even ask judges about some possible changes. Unit directors that attend and say "I didn't listen. So, what did you think?" are wasting a great opportunity when the judges simply have to rehash what they recorded and there is little or no discussion as to how to implement some of the issues already discussed. This opportunity is FREE for all Tournament members.
If you have any questions pertaining to WINDI's use in Tournament, downloading files, downloading the most recent app for your electronic device, or any other technological feature, please contact Doug Williams, TIA-11 Region Coordinator, and he will be happy to provide you with details and assistance.
All Tournament members are offered FREE use of technology to register for contests and for ease of communication.
Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, unit directors have the opportunity to receive feedback from the judges, at the contest, immediately following the performance, which can be downloaded to your electronic device. No cassette tapes! No cassette recorders! It takes only a few minutes to sit in the gym within eyesight of the router at the technology/tabulator table, connect to the system (you've all received instructions numerous times and they are available at the tech table at each contest) and within a few seconds you can download and then go on your way and listen to the audio files in private as you sit and relax in the cafeteria, hallway, classroom, etc.
Some unit directors attend the post-contest critique with notebooks filled with commentary, ready to embark on the next week's changes, fixes, and design processes, and the time spent in critique can then be best utilized discussing fine tuning, refining of the commentary, or even ask judges about some possible changes. Unit directors that attend and say "I didn't listen. So, what did you think?" are wasting a great opportunity when the judges simply have to rehash what they recorded and there is little or no discussion as to how to implement some of the issues already discussed. This opportunity is FREE for all Tournament members.
- DID YOU KNOW that other associations charge EACH MEMBER UNIT as much as $100 PER SHOW PER UNIT to receive files?
- DID YOU KNOW that the WINDI system is unique to Tournament, designed for our own use in audio files, scoring, scheduling, etc.?
- DID YOU KNOW that Tournament has invested heavily to create a near paper-free environment activity yet at the same time provide every bit of information via the use of technology?
- DID YOU KNOW that units who prepare for post-contest critique typically get more out of the critique, and also tend to show the most improvement?
If you have any questions pertaining to WINDI's use in Tournament, downloading files, downloading the most recent app for your electronic device, or any other technological feature, please contact Doug Williams, TIA-11 Region Coordinator, and he will be happy to provide you with details and assistance.
