Annual Meeting

Hosted By

Witham Twirlettes

At

Hatfield Pevral Village Hall on the 22nd  October 2006, From 11am to 3pm

Agenda                 

1.    Welcome to the meeting

 

2.    Apologies for absences

 

3.    Year Review by Steve

 

4.    Rules

                a.             Routine timing

 

            b.         Overtime Penalty Points            

 

            c.         Junior Military

 

            d.         Move drops on score sheets and have another technical section

 

            e.         Military Freestyle

 

            f.          Dress Section (Inspection)

 

            g.         Maces in Military

 

            h.         Number of people in each section i.e.

                        Solos, Duos, Trios, Groups and Troupe Sections  

 

               i.              Dance Up Rule Clarified ( 50% or As many as you like)

 

            j.          Split tinys into 2 age groups

 

            k.         Beginner/intermediate/professional class

 

            l.          Split comps into 2 days sat and suns if too many sections. 

 

            m.        SAM train and collectively provide the judges possible 1 person from         

                        each troupe

 

            n.         Presentations after each section

 

            o.         Troupes not holding comps individually join forces with others

 

            p.         Make SAM an official association involving all troupes working 

                        together to stage competitions and judge them etc, and pay for them 

                        etc, if we all bundle in then we could split all costs and use each others 

                        experience etc.... this would then ease the burdens smaller troupes 

                        face when trying to host their own.

 

                q.           Combination to be a troupe display, include all members

                r.             Military or militaire?            

 .              s.           Check that all comps have disabled toilets.

 .              t.            No marks for repeated twirls.

 .              u.           Judge on construction.

                v.           Clarify Mace sizes.

 .              w.          Tape and CD players required at all comps.

                x.           Judges must not eat while judging.

      

            y.       overall points added up or divided by sections??
 
            z.       Penalty points taken off where i.e. routine, overall marks, leaders??
 
            aa.     What to do if have no first aid cover??
 
            ab.     Entry & Exit, We should all have the same.
 
            ac.     Novelty or combination??
 

            ad.     1 judge to be in area judging line etc (not in the way of the girls)

            

            ae.     Fundraising stall to be free of charge

 

            af.      Adult Novelty

 

5.    Buying PA equipment

6     Make it compulsory to have 4th place if over 10 troupes competing.

 

7     Competition charges.

 

8     Everyone to agree a time for Rainbow to be set for, i.e. 4.30 then we can finish at a 

       reasonable time. 

 

9.  Meeting Close


Minutes

 

                        Present at meeting

                                        Destiny, Ipswich Gold & Whites, Ice illusions, New Horizons, Witham Majorettes,

                                        Sensations, True Colours, Techno Tronics, Witham Twirlettes, Illusions, Alliance,

                                        Millennium Stars, East London Royals, Colchester Inspirations, Electralites and Inspirations.

 

                        Apologies for absence

                                        Geminii, Tri-Star Twirlers, New Market Hot Shots, Chapplets and Wickford Majorettes, 

 

                        Meeting Items

 

              If I have spelt anything wrong please accept my apologies and let me know and I'll correct it.