When participating in the Pre-Ordeal or Brotherhood Evaluations, your
team will perform in front of a NOAC Staff Evaluator, and an adult from
the lodge who will serve as a memory judge. Evaluation sessions will
last approximately 45 minutes for the Pre-Ordeal and one hour for the
Brotherhood. The team and their adult memory judge will arrive 15 minutes
early at the Evaluation Office to receive their venue assignments. They
will report to their assigned venue and check-in with their Evaluator.
The team will perform the ceremony for the Evaluator and the memory judge.
The Evaluator will then make comments and suggestions about the team's
performance.
All teams participating are required to have their costumes evaluated
either before or after their performance is evaluated, as directed by
the Evaluation Office. Teams failing to do so will not be eligible to
have their performance evaluated or to receive recognition as an Honor
Team.
All teams that fully participate in this process will leave NOAC prepared
to inspire candidates with their new knowledge and deepened commitment
to the ceremonies.
Audio and videotaping equipment will be permitted in the venue. We encourage
you to bring your own audio or videotaping equipment to the Conference
so that you can record your team's performance for future review back
home. Please safeguard any tapes of your performance as if they were
ceremony publications.
Pre-Ordeal and Brotherhood Ceremony Evaluation Procedures at NOAC 2004:
- Evaluations will take place from 1:00 – 5:00 pm on Sunday and Monday,
August 1 – 2.
- A NOAC Staff Evaluator will oversee each venue and coordinate the
entire process from start to finish.
- The Evaluator will view the team's performance and deliver the comments
and suggestions afterwards.
- One adult from the lodge of each team participating will be required
to serve as a memory judge. A copy of the script will be provided to
the memory judge so that he can make notations and give it to the team.
- Teams whose performances are exceptional will be recognized as Honor
Teams.
- Only Brotherhood and Vigil members will be allowed to view the Brotherhood
Evaluations.
- There will be a costume evaluation performed by Staff from American
Indian Activities. Honor Costume recognition will be available.
- Teams must participate in the costume evaluation in order to have
their performance evaluated and be eligible to be an Honor Team.
- Pre-Ordeal Ceremony: Your team will be expected to perform the
entire Pre-Ordeal Ceremony, including the investiture (pages 3 – 10),
in the 2000 printing of the Ceremony for the Ordeal , BSA Number
34993A. Please note that 1999 and earlier printings have incorrect movement
diagrams. The most current version of the ceremony
is available from the BSA National Supply Division through your council.
- Brotherhood Ceremony: Your team will be expected to perform the
Brotherhood Ceremony (pages 5 – 13), in the 2000 printing of the Ceremony for
the Brotherhood , BSA Number 34994A. Please note that the Lodge
Closing Ceremony will not be performed. The most
current version of the ceremony
is available from the BSA National Supply Division through your council.
Please also refer to the General
Information for Ceremony Evaluations.
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