scribing advice

[flax]

Tomorrow is going to by my first time scribing at a "real" dressage show -- I've done it at a ride-a-test at my home barn, but not anything with a real schedule.

Things I know:
-Check that the number, horse, rider, and test all match!
-Use legible shorthand

Comments

[chiquita522]

Repeat the score back to the judge per movement?
Possibly write down comments on another sheet so you can transcribe it legiablly over to the score sheet?

I think the errors are simply marked with a -2.

[flax]

I think I'll ask before repeating the scores back to make sure the judge won't find it distracting, but that seems like a GREAT way to avoid any hella screwups before they go too far. I've never heard of anyone writing the comments on another sheet, though ... wouldn't it take a really extravagant amount of time to rewrite?

I know they're marked -2, but I have no idea where (never seen a test with one, i don't think, haha!) -- just in the score box?

[chiquita522]

The one time I had an error, I think it was written next to what the score would have been. (I went off course because I had a brain fart)

Yes, probably re-writing things would take super long time. But I know that I write so fast that it's much easier to make a note then go back and re-write it clearly.

[buymeaclue]

I think I'll ask before repeating the scores back to make sure the judge won't find it distracting, but that seems like a GREAT way to avoid any hella screwups before they go too far.I've only had one judge who repeatedly missed scores--most of them are pretty good at their jobs! and usually I can tell from the comment(s) whether the judge is talking about a transition/figure/whatever--but fwiw, my tactic is usually to quietly ask, when I suspect that something has gone awry, "Was that [score] for the [movement]?" and/or, when I'm positive that someone missed something, "Did we have a score for [movement]?" But typically, I wouldn't worry about prearranging a way to confirm that X score = Y movement (unless you have preknowledge that a particular judge will be trouble!). It seems like it'd be inefficient/distracting, and ought to be unnecessary

[flax]

This was pretty much exactly how it went -- the judge was great and very helpful staying on track. It was a Lendon Gray-style team competition, so the hardest thing was the equitation classes, and I think even the judge had to take a few classes to really figure out the best way to do those. But really, a pretty smooth day! Thanks. :D

[kerlin]

Yeah, lots of good advice here already

[flax]

I was so glad I brought my own pens ... it helped a lot! The hardest thing was just having only one rider in the tests above first level, so no real opportunities to figure out the rhythm of the tests, which was mostly a bummer because I got fewer chances to watch!

On the other hand, we had a lot of intro tests in a full arena, so I got to watch a loooooooooooooot of those, haha.

[universalradio]

Only thing I can think of-- bring your own copy of the tests you will be scribing for with the correct class; my mom scribed a few years back and the papers that were left with the judge were for the wrong classes!!! Fixed pretty quickly, but it's less of a headache if you have the proper paperwork as a backup; and all your lists etc.

[flax]

Oh, crikey, there's no way I could have done that! But the show secretary did a great job putting the paperwork together and I checked it before the day started so it was ok. :D