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  • How Highland Dancing Competitions Work: Grades, Dances & Marking

    How Highland Dancing Competitions Work: Grades, Dances & Marking

    How a Highland dancing championship really works: five progression grades earned by placing, the Highland and National dances, and 100-mark judging. A guide for organisers.

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  • Ganeshotsav Competition Software: Rangoli, Decoration & Idol-Making Contests

    Ganeshotsav Competition Software: Rangoli, Decoration & Idol-Making Contests

    How schools, housing societies and mandals organise judged Ganeshotsav competitions – rangoli, decoration, eco-idol making and more – with sample age groups, a programme, and a setup timeline.

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  • How a Mod Works: Scotland's Gaelic Arts Competitions Explained

    How a Mod Works: Scotland’s Gaelic Arts Competitions Explained

    How the Royal National Mod is structured: school-class Junior groups, category-based Senior sections, the full competition syllabus, and how adjudication and prizes actually work.

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  • How an Eisteddfod Works: Sections, School-Year Groups and Adjudication

    How an Eisteddfod Works: Sections, School-Year Groups and Adjudication

    How an eisteddfod is structured: 16 sections, seven school-year groups, on-stage vs off-stage, and why adjudication ends in a placing, not a grade band.

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  • How a Fleadh Works: Age Groups, Competitions and the Qualifying Ladder

    How a Fleadh Works: Age Groups, Competitions and the Qualifying Ladder

    How a fleadh cheoil is structured: the A/B/C/D age groups, the 15 music competitions, separate adjudication, the 11-7-5 points system and the county-provincial-national qualifying ladder.

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  • How a Feis Works: Irish Dance Competition Grades, Levels & Software

    How a Feis Works: Irish Dance Competition Grades, Levels & Software

    How feiseanna are structured: age groups and grades as two axes, the dances competed, adjudication panels and points, and how to run the syllabus.

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  • Bible Quiz Competition Software: Rounds, Age Groups and Online Scoring

    Bible Quiz Competition Software: Rounds, Age Groups and Online Scoring

    How a multi-level Bible quiz competition is organised – age groups, portions, round formats, teams and awards – and how eTalenter runs entries, marking and results online.

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  • Music Competition Adjudication Software

    Music Competition Adjudication Software

    Run judged music competitions end to end: digital adjudicator score sheets, multi-judge tabulation, grades and placings, certificates and published results.

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  • Dance Competition Scoring Software

    Dance Competition Scoring Software

    Run your dance competition online: age divisions, styles, solo & group entries, multi-judge scoring, live tabulation, placements and overall awards.

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  • Onam Competitions: Pookalam & Thiruvathira Judging Criteria + Score Sheets

    Onam Competitions: Pookalam & Thiruvathira Judging Criteria + Score Sheets

    Onam competition list, Pookalam and Thiruvathira judging criteria with printable score sheets, the rules to publish before entries open, and how to run the day.

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About Me

Justine Jose

Justin Jose is the visionary force behind eTalenter, a senior software engineer hailing from Kottayam. Holding a Master’s degree in Computer Applications (MCA), Justin combines technical expertise with a passion for streamlining competition management