TEXAS STATE GERMAN CONTESTS, INC

INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES FOR:

PASS AUF, SCAVENGER HUNT, PHOTO ESSAY, POSTER DESIGN, T-SHIRT DESIGN, CLUB ALBUM, NEEDLE WORK, GINGERBREAD HOUSES

MOST important note to judges of all events

At Sprachfest/ Houstonfest/ Winterfest be sure that each school has only the number listed in the category you are judging . Allowable number is on the critique sheet.

If you are judging at STATE check that no one enters other than those listed as having qualified in this category. No substitutes are allowed.

If you have any questions about the level of the competitors, about whether they are advantaged speakers, whether their entry is the proper length, about the instructions given, or about any aspects of the contest, please send to the Tab Room for help.

Please do not make any decisions, i.e., disqualifying a student or a group without first consulting with the Directors of the contest. Thank you for your assistance.

Fill in the information on the critique sheets. Be sure the name of the contestant‚is on it, as well as the also: title, author, etc. Evaluate the entry according to the rules and the criteria on the evaluation sheet. We appreciate any written comments that will help the students improve. Please do not reveal your decision to the contestants or make comments like, "I'm a terrible judge" or "I don't know what I am doing". If you judge carefully and evaluate fairly, then you are rendering a valid decision.

Fill out the AWARD ASSEMBLY SHEET with the other judges. Confer and determine your overall rating. List WINNERS in the order which you determine to be the best, ie, first, second, third, fourth, through tenth place. Each one then receives sweepstakes points for this rating. Please rate every performer through number ten. Please write the names carefully on these ballots.

When you have finished, take the following to the TAB ROOM:1) the critique sheets, and 2) the AWARDS SHEET

Give all of this to the workers in the TAB ROOM.

VIELEN HERZLICHEN DANK!!!