Jan_Feb_1997

January/February, 1997
I. GENERAL
COAi Competition rules
A. National Competition Chairman
1. The Director of Conventions will appoint an
International Competition Chairman to serve as the Chief
judge at COAi annual conventions.
2. The chairman will be responsible for
maintaining current competition rules, criteria for selection
of judges, and criteria for judging of categories by means of
a standing competition committee. He/she will conduct a
judges' seminar prior to the start of competition.
3. The Chairman is the chief advisor to the
convention host alley regarding requirements and
procedures for conducting the competition. He/she will
maintain a Manual for Hosting a COAi Annual Convention
Competition. The chairman will also coordinate procuring
competition awards.
4. If the chairman is unable to attend the
convention, the Director of Conventions will appoint a
qualified COAi member to act as the Competition
Chairman/Chief Judge for that convention.
B.Awards
1. First, Second and Third Place awards for
categories listed in these rules will be presented by COAi.
In the event of a tie for any award, a duplicate award will be
sent to the winner as soon as possible by COAi.
Revised Dec. 12, 1996
the COAi Competition Chairman. To quality as a COAi
judge, members must:
a. Have been a clown for at least five
consecutive years prior to the convention.
b. Have extensive experience in
clowning through public performances, education,
teaching the art of clowning or competition. Competition
experience should include placing within the top three in
regional and/or international competitions, not necessarily
COAi competitions.
c. Have judging experience in local
and/or regional conventions/seminars.
d. Attend a judging seminar conducted
at a COAi annual convention, an ISCA judging seminar or
any other judging seminar certified by the Competition
Director on or after May 1990.
5. Members desiring to be certified as a COAi
judge must send a resume to the COAi Competition
Chairman at least six months prior to a convention.
B. Judging procedures
1. Judging will be in designated areas which will
be announced by the hosting alley.
2. Each judge will complete and sign the
appropriate score sheet. A copy of the score sheets will be
returned to the contestants prior to the end of the
convention.
2. Each person entering competition will
receive a Certificate of Participation from COAi.
3. Each contestant placing in the TOP TEN
within a competition will receive a TOP TEN Certificate and a
TOP TEN Patch with a date strip. Subsequent TOP TEN
winners will receive only a date strip.
II.JUDGING
A. Selection:
1. The COAi Competition Chairman/Chief
Judge will select all judges.
events.
2. Five judges will be utilized for all competitive
3. One judge will be a qualified COAi officer,
and four selected from qualified members at large.
4. All judges must be COAi members in good
standing and must have been certified as a COAi judge by
3. The decision of the judges will be final. The
Chief Judge has the right to disqualify participants in any
category for infractions of any competition rule or the Clown
Code of Ethics.
4.Contestants may not speak to any judge
unless in response to a question from a judge. Judges may
not talk to other judges during the competition.Unresolved
questions regarding rules and procedures will be directed
to the Chief Judge.
COMPETITION CATEGORIES
AND SPECIFIC RULES
A. Professional Conduct
1. Each clown is expected to conduct
him/herself according to the CLOWNS OF AMERICA
INTERNATIONAL CODE OF ETHICS and THE SEVEN
CLOWN COMMANDMENTS at all times.
2. Any clown whose conduct is deemed
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