I am curious.....

How did people like the change of venue ??Also how accurate were everyone's predictions ?I was pretty well in agreeance with the adjudicators except that I thought SNOOPY would be second or third placed musical rather than SOUND OF MUSIC. ( I predicted Snoopy 2nd Me & My Girl 3rd ).I also thought that GARDEN PARTY, DEQ AND KADS' LIPSTICK DREAMS would be in the top 20.In fact I had Lipstick Dreams picked in the top 10. ( So I was way out there ).Am I totally out on a limb here or do I have a special fondness for KADS and Blak Yak ? ( I'm a member of both clubs.....but had nothing to do with any of these shows ). Even critics find it difficult distancing themselves from their home club , I freely admit this.These comments are in no way a criticism of the adjudicators, who do a great job. I'm just interested in sparking a discussion. I was going to try and organise a preFinleys live chat, but couldn't find the time.Kim

Dear Grant,Thank you for those kind words, I /we shall cherish them when the next lot of critisism comes our way! Seriously, all systems and methods of doing things should be critically evaluated every so often, it is so easy to say "well it (whatever 'it'is)has worked for the past x years lets leave it alone". I am constantly frustrated by seeing things that need doing/changing and simply not having the resources to cope, I don't necessarily mean money, tho a bit more would be nice.It would be SO good to be able to pay a full/part time worker to cope with the sheer amount of routine work involved to free some of us for intellectual matters!We have had some comments asking why no individual acting awards in the Finley system. The Awards were not set up as an individual award, that's really for the Drama Festival (yes I know thats all one-acters!) The Finley Deed of Trust says "...for the Best production by an amateur company in WA" Originally it was just that, one award, full stop. The Adjudicator's certificates/awards are a fairly recent innovation as they recognised the shortcomings. We are trying to refine the system, so please keep your (constructive) comments coming.Norma Davis.> Dear Norma> Thanks for your kind response. It's never very pleasant when> the very hard work done by a dedicated team is picked over by a relative> outsider. But i'm delighted that you've accepted my personal comments> in the light they were intended - as opening remarks in a constructive> debate.> There has always been and doubtless will continue to be rumbling> about the overall "best" awards but i'm sure there are very> few people that think we may be better off dropping them altogether> and keeping only the adjudicators' certificates - i'm almost alone> on that one, i suspect :)> The Finley Award, as such, provides an important focus for (is> this a recent renaming?) the ITA Night. I'm just delighted to see> the broadening of scope to highlight the contributions of member clubs> and the inclusion of a swag of thoughful and well considered adjudicators'> certificates.> I do hope we manage to get some debate going on this issue. Newcomers,> outsiders and stalwarts alike. (How about it, DC?) I'm sure we can> rely on Norma and others who read this message board to forward constructive> suggestions to the adjudicators meeting in January.> "Complacency" is scarcely something the ITA could be> accused of! The ITA must be one of the most forward-thinking and progressive> community organisations in the state and is or should be the envy> of community theatres throughout Australia.> Cheers> Grant>

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