How does DCI scoring work?

[eric49]

what happens is this:

the Chief judge sits the panel downand goes over the lineup, and tells the judges where to put people. In the case of this year, then he goes to the percussion judge and informs him to dump Crown because " I want to see DCP explode".

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Seriously, each sheet has criteria in it that the judges are looking for....and match up the criteria in each of the 5 boxes to the performance....so if a corps meets the criteria in say mid box, then their number should fall towards the middle of the box 3 numbers. ( say 7.5). They will do that for both the content and performance box.

then, every corps that night that follows is compared back to corps 1 as the starting point, and also to everyone else they followed.

Are you are judge? How do you know so much about this, if not?

[eric49]

so sorry, computer acting crazy

[eric49]

Here is a tape you can listen to, in order to get a good feel as to how this process works:

http://drumfunny.com.../doyle-gammill/

Surely this fool is not still judging!

[skywhopper]

Are you are judge? How do you know so much about this, if not?

Jeff is a judge for other circuits, though not DCI. The DCI sheets are set up similarly to other band circuits' judging sheets in the technical details he describes, however, about how you decide what number to give.

In fact, you can see the sheets for yourself online here. If you flip past the cover page to the sheets, you'll see the scoring ranges on the bottom.

The judges are supposed to rank how consistently or often the corps meets the criteria described on the sheet. Box 1 is "Rarely", Box 2 is "Infrequently", etc, up to Box 5, "Always". Then within Box 5 you have a range from 90 to 100 to rank the groups that "Always" meet the criteria.

Edited August 8, 2013 by skywhopper