In this week's Brass Bands England's (BBE) Development Programme Online, Anne Crookston of the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators leads a free one-hour session discussing the role of the adjudicator.
Anne, who has gained widespread experience as a player, conductor and adjudicator takes a close look at the actual purpose of contest adjudication and reveals how she scores performances, and what aspects of performances make a mark with judges in the box.
Sign up
The session is designed to help players and conductors at all levels to understand the process of adjudication, how they can think about their performance and get the most from contest feedback.
To sign up to the zoom webinar go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6415871215316/WN_lmpWIoOIR0WF6EMLAIsCIg
There are only 100 spaces available.
Anne's session will take place on a Zoom webinar for those who want to get involved and ask questions directly, as well as a Facebook live video on the BBE Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/brassbandsengland
The webinar will take place on Thursday 28th April, starting at 7.00pm (BST).
Emergency Fund
All the workshops are free but BBE is asking participants to consider supporting the Brass Bands Emergency Fund with what they think sessions are worth.
The fund will use 100% of donated funds to support bands struggling during the crisis with ongoing freelance costs and other financial commitments, and has so far raised nearly £2,000.
To support the emergency fund, please go to https://www.chuffed.org/project/brassbandemergencyfund where you can also grab one of the donated perks.
The fund is also able to accept gift aid to make your donation go further for those bands that could not normally use gift aid.
Questions
During the session, Zoom attendees will be able to ask questions sent in via the registration form.
The workshop will begin with a short presentation on how to use the Zoom platform effectively to get the most out of the workshop while participants get used to the set up before starting at about 7.10pm.
Down the pub
After the live broadcast you can take a virtual trip down to the 'BBE Pub' with several 'regulars' but new people joining every week to discuss the session and other things happening in the banding world.
Come and join the conversation and meet some new faces especially if you've been feeling isolated at the moment, plus you might want to have a drink (or a cuppa!) ready for the end of the session!
The session is designed to help players and conductors at all levels to understand the process of adjudication, how they can think about their performance and get the most from contest feedbackBBE
More information and connections
The workshops will be delivered online using the Zoom webinar platform so attendees can interact and ask questions throughout the session directly.
The session will also be available on Facebook live on the BBE facebook page https://www.facebook.com/brassbandsengland and BBE facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrassBandsEngland/ for which users can sign up to for free.
