ProtocolAs of 23/09/2026

Round Sheet

A working reference on running competitive dance events: entries, heat lists, judging, marks and published results, written for the people who run the desk.

Sheets: 8
Stations: 4
Logged: from 02/09/2026 to 22/09/2026

§ 1 Latest entries

Sheets 8 / 8

Sheet: RE-002
Station: RE Results
Logged: 22/09/2026

Results on the Wall the Same Night

What must be in place before the last final for placements to reach the wall and the web the same evening: entry counts, judge sheets, tabulation, and a posted

1,050 words · 5 min

A clipboard with a signed judge sheet resting on a folding table beside a roll of tape and a printed placement list, lit by a single overhead lamp in an empty ballroom after the last final. — View RE-002

A folding table at the edge of a ballroom floor, covered with printed heat lists and a stapled program, a clipboard and pen on top, warm overhead light from the ceiling rig, shot from a slight angle with the empty floor behind. — View RE-001

Sheet: RE-001
Station: RE Results
Logged: 19/09/2026

What One Competition Season Leaves Behind

An archived season holds entry forms, heat lists, programs, marks, results and the corrections filed after each round, in the order the desk received them.

1,169 words · 5 min

A judge's paper sheet on a clipboard resting on a wooden table beside a pencil and a stopwatch, under the warm light of a ballroom side lamp, shot from slightly above with the mark columns in focus. — View JU-001

Sheet: JU-001
Station: JU Judging
Logged: 17/09/2026

A Judge's Sheet That Survives the Final Round

A judge's sheet holds pairings, marks, penalties and signatures. The layout, not the handwriting, decides whether it survives a final round.

1,228 words · 5 min

A judge's paper scoresheet on a clipboard resting on a wooden table beside a pencil, with columns of handwritten placements and a printed heat list, lit by overhead hall light. — View JU-002

Sheet: JU-002
Station: JU Judging
Logged: 14/09/2026

The Skating System: How Marks Become Places

The skating system turns panels of marks into places by majority, one round at a time. A worked example shows the arithmetic from first places to final ranking.

923 words · 4 min

A competition desk at floor level, a printed heat list taped to the table edge, a callback sheet with handwritten numbers, a microphone stand and an empty dance floor under work lights. — View HL-001

Sheet: HL-001
Station: HL Heat lists
Logged: 11/09/2026

Callbacks and the Running Order Between Rounds

Who announces a callback, how numbers are called, and how the running order is rebuilt between rounds at a competitive dance event.

1,310 words · 6 min

A printed heat list taped to a ballroom wall beside a numbered floor card, lit by overhead house lights, shot at a slight angle with the paper edge in focus. — View HL-002

Sheet: HL-002
Station: HL Heat lists
Logged: 08/09/2026

Heat Lists From an Entry Count and a Floor

How an entry count and the floor time of one day turn into rounds, heats and a printed running order, with the arithmetic shown.

1,190 words · 5 min

A paper entry form on a clipboard resting on a folding table beside a ballroom floor, three columns of handwritten line items visible, a pen across the page, warm overhead light and a blurred parquet background. — View EN-002

Sheet: EN-002
Station: EN Entries
Logged: 05/09/2026

Counting and Pricing Multi-Event Entries

How a single competitor's entries across single dances, scholarships and championships are counted, priced and confirmed on one entry form.

1,346 words · 6 min

A folding entry desk in a hotel ballroom before the first heat, a printed heat list taped to the table edge, a check-in sheet and a pen under a clip lamp, empty chairs behind it and the parquet floor lit by overhead fixtures. — View EN-001

Sheet: EN-001
Station: EN Entries
Logged: 02/09/2026

Entry Desk Timetable for a One-Day Competition

A dated timetable for opening and closing a one-day competition entry desk, from first notice to closing date, with the documents sent at each step.

1,082 words · 5 min

§ 2 Station table

As of 23/09/2026

Stations of the bench: sheets, last logged, average length
Ref.	Station	Sheets	Last logged	Words per sheet
EN	Entries	2	05/09/2026	1,214
HL	Heat lists	2	11/09/2026	1,250
JU	Judging	2	17/09/2026	1,076
RE	Results	2	22/09/2026	1,110

§ 3 Station by station

Stations 4

Station ENSheets 2Logged 05/09/2026

Entries

Opening, pricing, closing and transferring the entries of a competition

All sheets

Station HLSheets 2Logged 11/09/2026

Heat lists

Turning an entry count into rounds, heats, callbacks and a floor schedule that holds

All sheets

Station JUSheets 2Logged 17/09/2026

Judging

The marks, the sheets, the skating system and the arithmetic that turns them into places

All sheets

Station RESheets 2Logged 22/09/2026

Results

Publishing, verifying, correcting and archiving the placements of an event

All sheets

§ 4 Index of sheets

Sheets 8

EN-001 Entry Desk Timetable for a One-Day Competition

HL-002 Heat Lists From an Entry Count and a Floor

JU-001 A Judge's Sheet That Survives the Final Round

RE-002 Results on the Wall the Same Night

JU-002 The Skating System: How Marks Become Places

RE-001 What One Competition Season Leaves Behind

§ ext. Desks that keep the same kind of record

Pages from other desks that hold entry forms, floor plans, marks or results the way this one does. Each was read before it was listed.

EXT-01
Isadora, cahiers de la danse covers studio technique in French, from barre work and plié to pointes, adage, port de bras, isolations and modern jazz rhythm, and its pages on French studio vocabulary suit the terms dancers hear in class.
EXT-02
Between rounds the floor still needs music, and the concert and dance repertoire listed by the Toronto big band keeps a running order moving while the tabulator works through the last sheets.
EXT-03
An arts school calendar and its press notes show how a season of public performances is announced, dated and archived, which is the same order a competition desk keeps from the first notice to the last result. an arts school calendar