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Score sheet |
| District | Year | TOTAL SCORE |
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The L&R Category carries 600 points, or 200 points per issue, of the total 2,000 points in the contest. If you wish, you may use one score sheet for three issues in a district (BETY) contest, hence the three columns at the left margin. You are judging the "Stage Presence" of the bulletin. Score each question according to the way you feel the editor met its requirements. |
Numbers in brackets within the questions are the point ranges for that portion of the question. note that point deductions are appropriate in Sections C and F. In your critique, be constructive and offer suggestions for ways the editor might improve his bulletins. Be encouraging! Feel free to mark on the bulletins to illustrate your points, but write your critique in the space provided on this form, or on a separate sheet. |
| A. NAMEPLATE [page one requirement] (15%, possible 30 points) | |||
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 1.Does the nameplate attract and announce with impact? It should take up no more than one-third of page one [0-5]. May be split, top and bottom of front page. |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 2. Does the bulletin look like a barbershop singing publication? Some indication of quartet [5], singing [3], music? [2]. |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 3. Is the Society's logo [3], name [2], or initials [1] in the nameplate? (Maximum of 5 points) |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 4. Is the volume number [1], issue number [3], and date [6] clearly shown? |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | subtotal |
| B. MASTHEAD [page one, two, or last page] (12.5%, possible 25 points) | |||
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 1. is the chapter name [3], city [2], state [2], and district [2] identified? |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 2. Is the chapter meeting place [2], day of the week [2], and time [2] shown? |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 3. Is the editor's name [3], address [3], phone number [2], and e-mail address [2] clearly shown? |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | subtotal |
| C. READABILITY (17%, possible 35 points) | |||
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 1. Balance: White space is important to readability and page balance. Solid type looks hard to read and may be skipped over. White space should appear between stories [0-5], between columns [0-5], between paragraphs [0-5], and as adequate margins [0-5]. Is it used well? |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 2. Too much white space can detract from readability. If this is a problem, deduct up to five [-5] points. |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 3. Layout: Does the editor avoid across-the-page copy? For layout purposes he may open with full-page, but go to columns after one-third page. Across-the-page copy is deadly. Deduct one [-1] point for each page with more than one-third page of across-the-page copy. (Maximum of -5). |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 4. Are the most important articles in a prominent place-generally on page one or two? [0-5] |
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5. Does the editor avoid long paragraphs where possible? [0-5] Does the page exhibit variety in paragraph length, thus looking like interesting reading? [0-5] |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 6. In left and right (fully) justified columns, deduct up to five [0-5] points for excessive use of hyphens or extra spaces between words to attain justification. |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | 7. Left-justified columns should be as even as possible. Deduct up to five [0-5] points if columns are excessively ragged. |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | subtotal |
