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Update on the OOTFA Fiddle Contest

We got back from the OOTFA Fiddle Contest yesterday night (at 11:45 PM).

Kit and I placed 2nd in the twin (duet) division and then tied for 6th in the Junior division. That is, we got exactly the same score (770) (there were 5 judges). That’s bizarre :).

There was also a 3-way tie for 8th. In the twin, there was 1 tie that had to be broken, as well as 2 ties that were not broken. There was also a tie in the Open that had to be broken. I’ve never been to a contest with so many ties!

Also, our friend Alex Hargraves (age 13) placed 1st in the Open! Congratulations Alex!

I did have fun. It’s so fun to hear all those good players–as well as jam with them. :)

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8 Responses to “Update on the OOTFA Fiddle Contest”

  1. Briam C. Becker Says:
    May 23rd, 2005 at 8:32 am

    Congratulations! Maybe you need more judges so the probablitly of ties goes down? Still, you did pretty well!

  2. taj Says:
    May 23rd, 2005 at 10:09 am

    Maybe you need more judges so the probablitly of ties goes down?

    I’m not sure–this was the first contest that we’ve been to that has 5 judges (all previous ones have had only 3). However, since there is no averaging involved in tabulating the scores, I don’t think the number of judges has anything to do with it–but I could be wrong! :)

  3. Brian C. Becker Says:
    May 24th, 2005 at 10:30 am

    I went the wrong way then, maybe you need to go down to 1 judge ;-)

    I was just basing my “more judges” theory on the observation that the more people you involve, the less likely the whole group will settle on the same conclusion.

    I guess I was wrong. Maybe you should try bribing the judges instead (just kidding!). :-)

  4. Brian C. Becker Says:
    May 24th, 2005 at 10:31 am

    Oops, I just realized I can’t spell my name. Better to be Briam than Brina, which is the mistake I usually make when I can’t seem to spell my name.

  5. Jaclyn Sites Says:
    July 13th, 2005 at 7:49 am

    Hey, I’m one of those crazy fiddlers from Idaho who went to that contest in Gaston. (and won) However, I believe the problem with all of these ties is that the judges all score so close together some times at the end of three or four rounds there is only 1-3 points seperating all the fidders. One judge may have one guy ahead by two points and another guy three points behind then another judge cancells it out by having the other guy ahead by three points and the other guy behind by two and then there is the judge who enevitably doesn’t want to make any one mad and gives all the contestants the same very high score.

    Just my take on this judging thing.

    So, if you ever judge a fiddle contest (Seperate out the scores of the fiddlers)

    Congrats on your contest wins,

    Jacie

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