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Not an Exercise in Intuition Judging is not an exercise in intuition. Judges must be objective. Anyone who argues that there is no place for specifics in competition judging has just not thought out what the whole business is about. On the concert stage the idea is to entertain the audience. Spontaneity, mistakes, the happy idiot in the back row who does not know the actions but who is good at face-pulling—all these often help to make a show more enjoyable. A good laugh and comic relief are not the least bit out of place. But competitions are to test the knowledge and competence of a group. Therefore technique becomes important, and points

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Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 46

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Not an Exercise in Intuition Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 46

Not an Exercise in Intuition Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 46

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