Swi said:
Jungly_Jatt said:
no. no no no, stop it dude come on it's a Junior comp.
Were they the favorite of the night, absolutely. But we gotta start with the Juniors in teaching that placings are a completely different beast. Judge bias, rubric, preference, show order, etc all play factors. There's absolutely no reason to tell a Junior team they got robbed. Tell them you loved them, tell them they will destroy senior teams, tell them you wanted to get up on stage and dance with them.
Dont' tell them they got robbed, because that's not a message we want to send. Let's teach them to respect judges placings and if they're unhappy to use it to fuel the next performance. Let's teach them that there's more value in being the fan favorite than the judges favorite. Let's teach them that to be a winner, you act with class and dignity and not return trophies and act disrespectfully to a judge (who btw is an elder, so regardless you should at least be polite).
These kids are incredibly talented and my favorite of the show. But please don't say they got robbed, tell them that this will make the next win will all the sweeter.
I got shivers up and down my spine reading this.
This shouldn't be just for junior teams. All teams should pay attention to this. Our responsibilty as senior dancers and senior members of the bhangra community is to respect the other judges, respect one another, and teach this to the youngins who are starting their journey.
A) Placings are subjective. If you don't know what it means, go look it up.
B) You don't like the places? Work harder to get the placing you want-but don't disrespect how hard others have worked, and the experience of those who are judging.
C) Hold yourself with pride and dignity. The winner is never the one who has the trophy. The winner is the team who works hard, finds a balance between what message they are trying to portray and what will please the crowd, and leaves its heart on the stage... and holds its head up high and is proud of its accomplishment-win or lose-when all is said and done. Pride and cockiness aren't one in the same, for the latter will turn out to be the real loser in the end.
To junior teams you teach them "You win some, you lose some. Such is life, but winning the trophy isn't the real winning. Hard work, doing what you love, and a big smile will determine the real winner." The message isn't just for bhangra-it's for LIFE IN GENERAL.
To senior teams, the message is simple-GROW THE F*K UP!
