Discuss your performance at the Competition at NEHS.
What piece/area did you compete with/in?
How did you fare overall? Did you meet or exceed your expectations?
How could you improve your rank the next time?
Also: Give a tip or two to a teammate.
I performed at North East High School on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018, and I was very confident about this competition because of how many times I performed my piece.
ReplyDeleteI performed the same piece, kind of,
"Letting Go" at competition, all I did was intertwine my poems from the last time i was at competition, and I felt like it was a great piece, because I had a few people look over it to make sure it flows. Overall, I felt great with my performance and my piece but according to two of my judges i have to work with pacing and the "action/movement" with my piece. For the next competition, I will work even harder and focus more on my time and movements. If I would have done these things, I could have broken. Next competition, I will work harder to meet my expectations and will strive to break. I will definitely work on my time and movements.
I performed at North East High School, and I was honestly disappointed. I performed in HI and had ranks all over the place. With the female judges I placed 5th and 6th. Yet, I got 2nd in the second round with a male judge. I wasn't disappointed with myself, because I know that I performed at my best that day. Although, I am upset with the way I was judged considering that I was one of the most prepared people in all of my rooms. In my opinion, I don't think that the female judges appreciated my "Julia" impression and graded me on that. I at least made Yamoni blurt out laughing, because I was able to edit my piece so much, and make it into something much funnier and brilliant. So, next year, I plan on finding a piece that could please ALL judges. I will trash this one, because the turn out was not what I expected.
ReplyDeleteOn Saturday, February 3 we went to North East High School to compete in their speech competition. I participated in the Poetry event with my piece entitled Acceptance. All of my judges mentioned that I was "okay." One of my judges said that it was boring, so I'm working now to improve my performance by adding rise and fall, as well as trying to change my tone in the second poem.
ReplyDeleteTo do that, I'd really like to turn my second poem into a more comical piece rather than a serious one. It has some really funny elements that I think that if I focus on those, then I can make it that much more entertaining.
I've also learned that I need to add some kind of movement so that I'm also entertaining to watch. Why do I have to do that when poetry is made to be read/spoke rather than acted? I don't know, but I'm going to try and figure something out. What? Beats me.
Some tips for my teammates would be to make friends with people that you're competing with. They know a lot more than you do, and if they don't, then you can all become better friends by not knowing anything. Also, get a map. Get. A. Map.