2012 Information | Judging
How are entries judged and what is the prize money?
Entries into Bridgwater Carnival 2012 will enter in one of the classes below. Winning your class is more important to most than the prize money on offer, taking part is what it is all about. The winners in each class have a perpetual cup or trophy to hold for a year. In addition entries in classes 1 - 14 are eligible for the Somerset County Guy Fawkes Carnivals Association Cups.
See Conditions of Entry for further details Procession Conditions of Entry
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The classes are judged by judges invited by the Carnival Committee each year, to ensure the job is done properly we have 73 judges who this year will be using a different method to judge the entries. The judges; all volunteers are invited to judge each year and to whom the Carnival Committee are very grateful for their help. Judging, a daunting task for anybody as the procession is moving all the time you are judging and with the larger entries there is a lot to take in as the entries in the main are all new to the judges on Carnival day. The entries in 2011 were split into four groups with each judge only judging two categories; General Effect and one other as opposed to the six categories they used to judge, although they will be judging more entries it is envisaged this will be far easier on the eye than previous years and give judges more time to study the categories they are judging. So how did the judging work in 2011, well for the mounted entries (classes 1 - 6) each judge will be judging General Effect and one of the following categories: Costume & Make Up, Lighting, Cart Build Up or Music or Routine/Pose/Comic content (depending on what class they are judging. There will be two groups of 25 judges, one group judging classes 1, 5 & 6 and one group judging classes 2, 3 & 4 with 5 judges in each group judging each of the five extra categories together with General Effect. As for the walking entries (classes 7 - 12) each judge will be judging General Effect & Entertainment Value and one of the following categories: Costume & Make Up, Presentation & Routine or Ingenuity. There will be a group of 15 judges, with again 5 judges judging each of the three extra categories together with General Effect & Entertainment Value. This leaves classes 13 & 14 together with the Bass Charrinton Cup for the most original mounted entry and this is where the other 8 judges come into the equation. Judges names are pulled out of a hat each year to ensure there is movement within the classes to avoid the same judge judging the same class year after year. Judges are issued with guidelines to ensure there is compatibility in the way entries are judged. Click on the link below to see a copy of the guidelines. The carnival procession in 2011 was divided into 10 zones and each judge will be allocated a zone to ensure the entries are judged throughout the route, we are mindful that judges, although their work is vital can be seen as an obstruction by the audience at times so please bear with them, they have a lot to do, there should not be more than 7 judges in most zones this year. Judging Guidelines - classes 1 - 6 |
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