Sweet Adelines International Showmanship - Reaching All FOUR Categories - Part 2
OK, so now the secret is out. The word ENERGY appears in all FOUR categories of the Sweet Adelines judging system.
What does this mean to you? It means that when someone tells you that only one judge is looking at you in an effort to minimize the showmanship category down to the obvious “visual” impact that it has, you should think twice before agreeing with them.
We’ve already established that the word ENERGY appears in the Sweet Adelines International Showmanship Category.
How does it appear in the other three?
In the Sweet Adelines International Expression Category the word ENERGY appears.
In the Sweet Adelines International Music Category the words MUSICAL ENGERGY appear.
In the Sweet Adelines International Sound Category the words ENERGIZED VOCAL LINE appear.
So even though choreography may play a part in how your quartet or chorus chooses to rev up the energy in your performance, you have to remember that the energy has to be something that the judges can HEAR, and not just SEE.
There are some other items that appear in all four Sweet Adeline judging categories, but I’ll save those for another post.