Referee recap and movies for Turkey Day
So I managed to make it through the weekend. Actually, I was incredibly disapponted at the lack of referee skill that was at this tournament. Sad but true. There were plenty of volunteers (too many actually), but only a few rated refs, and even a couple of them weren't exactly optimal choices. It was really heavy on foil/epee refs. Fine. Not a problem. I'd prefer to ref saber anyway, but with the number of conflicts we had, there were far too few saber refs, and far to many foil refs.
My other observation was that there were a few refs who actually managed to scew up epee. I had to remind one guy not to coach the fencer (during a break), or remind fencers of the time! The same guy was telling fencers to hit their point on the floor when the weapon was presented for a test! I mean, give me a break......
There is bad blood between clubs in every single division, no doubt. However, I was absolutely appauled at the fact that parents and friends of fencers would actually "boo" an opponent from another school. Way to teach your kids sportsmanship people....
Anyway, aside from the sad lack of talent among several referees (and I really can't attest to the ability of the people who reffed foil, because I didn't watch them), the evnt ran fairly smoothly. A few things I would have done differently to move things along, but that will happen with any tournaments that I'm not running myself.
The facility was awesome. The LOC was very friendly and organized. We didn't run too terribly behind in any event. All in all, a positive experience.
Anyway, moving on....
I can't decide what movie I want to see first this weekend. Harry Potter or Rent. What's a girl to do? I waited a whole extra week to see the former, but the latter is my all time favorite stage show gone movie. From everything I've read, Rent stays very close to the play, including most of the songs, and 90% of the original Broadway cast. I haven't really heard if Harry Potter butchers the book or not. It seems as though the first HP movie was very true to the book, and it just strays more and more with every movie they put out. The 4th was my favorite book, and I'm almost too afraid of the outcome of the movie to go see it! *sigh* I'll see them both before the weekend is out, but what to see first?
My other observation was that there were a few refs who actually managed to scew up epee. I had to remind one guy not to coach the fencer (during a break), or remind fencers of the time! The same guy was telling fencers to hit their point on the floor when the weapon was presented for a test! I mean, give me a break......
There is bad blood between clubs in every single division, no doubt. However, I was absolutely appauled at the fact that parents and friends of fencers would actually "boo" an opponent from another school. Way to teach your kids sportsmanship people....
Anyway, aside from the sad lack of talent among several referees (and I really can't attest to the ability of the people who reffed foil, because I didn't watch them), the evnt ran fairly smoothly. A few things I would have done differently to move things along, but that will happen with any tournaments that I'm not running myself.
The facility was awesome. The LOC was very friendly and organized. We didn't run too terribly behind in any event. All in all, a positive experience.
Anyway, moving on....
I can't decide what movie I want to see first this weekend. Harry Potter or Rent. What's a girl to do? I waited a whole extra week to see the former, but the latter is my all time favorite stage show gone movie. From everything I've read, Rent stays very close to the play, including most of the songs, and 90% of the original Broadway cast. I haven't really heard if Harry Potter butchers the book or not. It seems as though the first HP movie was very true to the book, and it just strays more and more with every movie they put out. The 4th was my favorite book, and I'm almost too afraid of the outcome of the movie to go see it! *sigh* I'll see them both before the weekend is out, but what to see first?
posted by Karen @ 15:30
2 Comments:
At 11/22/2005 10:45 PM,
Anonymous said…
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire was a great book and a good movie. The reason it wasn't superb? Too much material for a 2 and a half hour movie, so they gutted it and mixed a few things up. The movie is still very entertaining, but it seemed very rushed. I think you'll still enjoy it, but go see Rent first.
At 1/26/2006 7:39 PM,
Anonymous said…
So what did you end up seeing???
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