| Category | Description | Characteristic is evident/met | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Strongly | Strongly | Moderately | Weakly | Not at all | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Floats. Judged prior to parade start at 0830. | ||||||
| Theme | How well the float fits the theme of the parade. | |||||
| Originality | Creativeness and originality of the float. | |||||
| Craftsmanship | Attention to detail and design, fit and finish of the float. | |||||
| Materials | Effective use of local materials | |||||
| Difficulty | Difficulty of construction, level of effort | |||||
| Floats in motion and marching. Judged during the parade from Pohnpei state capitol hill location. | ||||||
| Movement | Items or people that move; whether dancers, objects on a float, or marchers; are well used and coordinated | |||||
| Color | Good and appropriate use of color on float and marchers | |||||
| Costuming | Includes display of traditional cultural attire | |||||
| Team spirit | Group members show spirit and liveliness, enthusiasm, stamina, and energy | |||||
| Friendship gesture | As culturally appropriate, group members make eye contact, smile, engage those watching the parade | |||||
| Category | Subcategory | Description | Characteristic is evident/met | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Strongly | Strongly | Moderately | Weakly | Not at all | |||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Choreography | Variety | Dance exhibits a variety of dance positions and movements as appropriate to the dance form | |||||
| Difficulty | Difficulty and continuity of the movement combinations | ||||||
| Timing | Dance movements are synchronized, coordinated, coherent, dancers are on the beat | ||||||
| Posture, position | Dancers posture and positions are aligned, smooth transitions between movement and postures, postures are uniform where appropriate | ||||||
| Attire | Costumes | Culturally, traditionally authentic, add to performance | |||||
| Vocals | Projection | Vocalizations include good projection, can be clearly heard | |||||
| Participation | Where the vocalization is a song/chant sung/chanted by all the dancers, everyone is singing/chanting | ||||||
| Presence | Team spirit | Dancers show confidence, stamina, energy, stage presence, the dance is impressive and entertaining | |||||
This section is under development
As an alternative to a dance number, a team can choose to do a cultural performance or presentation. These might include a musical pPerformance without dance, traditional dress, storytelling, folk tales, handicrafts done live on stage, traditional food preparation, traditional medicine, enacted biography of a prominent cultural figure, traditional skills. The same time limit as applied to the dance applies to this category. Teams should choose to either perform a dance or a presentation, not both. [Credit to Gary Bloom for the text.]
| Category | Description | Characteristic is evident/met | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Strongly | Strongly | Moderately | Weakly | Not at all | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Materials | Traditional materials and tools used in cultural presentation | |||||
| Educational | Cultural presentation/performance is well informative and educational | |||||
| Projection | Vocalizations include good projection, can be clearly heard | |||||
| Clarity | Cultural presentation/performance is well explained | |||||
| Costuming | Includes display of traditional cultural attire | |||||
| Energy | Group members show spirit and liveliness, enthusiasm | |||||
| Authenticity | Presentation/performance is authentic to the culture. | |||||