This is, essentially,
a 'write-in' dance contest,
thereby alleviating the nerves so many new dancers experience during a
contest when dancing "live".
The dancers will be asked to write and send their dances to KKEntry@yahoo.com
during the month of January at which time the individual
dances will be posted to a website for only the "New Beginnings" Judges to
read and score. The Judges will not see nor know the names of the
dancers and will be impartial in Their scoring. On Sunday, January 30th,
all the dances will be available on the Koroban Kaverns website for everyone
to read and enjoy.
On the evening of Sunday, January 30th,
Koroban Kaverns will host "New Beginnings",
an evening of dance, when the third thru first place winners of all divisions
of dancers will perform for the enjoyment of all
in attendance. Any dancer who sent in a dance to the competition,
whether placing in the final nine dancers or not, will be given an award
for their dance and recognized during the evening. Gorean Portal Radio, Koroban Kaverns' faithful friends
for contests and festivals, will broadcast the dances live that evening.
Each dancer should write a dance no longer than 12 stanzas.
If you use the phrase 'la kajira' to signal the end of the dance, please
incorporate it into the 12 stanzas. Any dances longer than 12 stanzas
will be automatically disqualified.
Dancers are encouraged to use Gorean themes, Gor references,
and to incorporate music (this is a dance, afterall) into their dances.
The theme of "New Beginnings" is encouraged to be used.
Dancers are asked to spell check their dances and to check
dances for 'cut-off' in a channel before sending the dance for posting.
The judges will be told whether or not the posted dance "cuts" and where the
cut happens. Points will be deducted for cut-off.
Dancers must provide written permission of their Owner(s)
to dance in the festival and compete in the competition. Please have
Owners email KKentry@yahoo.com with permission or provide Their email address
for confirmation with your entry.
Dancers should send their dances in .txt format to KKentry@yahoo.com
with the level of their dance, their homestone, their Owner(s) name and email
address for confirmation of permission.
Once a dance has been sent to KKentry@yahoo.com, no changes
and/or revisions can be made to the dance. All dances will be "blind
entries" without the name of the dancer posted.
No exceptions will be made to allow dancers to see other
dancers' dances before the evening of January 30th.
The last day that dances will be accepted is Friday,
January 28th at 5pm EST. No dances received to KKentry@yahoo.com will
be judged for the competition after that date. All dances are to be new for this competition and not to have been danced in any competition before.
You will receive a confirmation letter from KKentry that
your dance has been received. Do not expect to hear anything more from
Koroban Kaverns regarding whether or not your dance has won one of the nine
final places until the evening of Sunday, January 30th. All dancers
should plan to show-up for the "New Beginnings" dance festival at 7:45 pm
EST on the evening of the dance and be prepared to dance, should your dance
have won.
"New Beginnings" will be held on Sunday, January 30th
from 8 - 10 pm EST in #Koroban_ Kaverns on irc.bondage.com
All dances entered in the competition will be posted on the Koroban Kaverns
website following the "New Beginnings" festival. www.angelfire.com/falcon/koroban_kaverns
Please email ah`lana{Ty}, Festivities coordinator at Koroban
Kaverns, with any questions or comments or reach her online by botmail or
send her a PM. ah`lana{Ty} can be emailed at KKentry@yahoo.com
To enter the
dance contest
or for further information,
please send email
to
KKentry@yahoo.com
