Band Competition Finals Judging

The judging this afternoon, in my opinion, and of all those around us was completely upside down. The group from Cologne (Koln) Germany was clearly better in all aspects and the crowd favorite. This scoring process needs to be more open and accountable.

Otherwise a great festival, stage electrical issues notwithstanding (first time issues like that impacted performers on stage in my experience over the past several decades)

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I agree 100%

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Of athe folks I talked to, there was a pretty solid consensus the German band won, but going over allotted time is one of the official metricsk. I also heard a rumor the German band “didn’t need the win as much,” but they were all great bands.