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Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 50 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 52 - Emily
Pairing 54 - Cosmia

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 59 - Go Long

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 50 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 52 - Emily
Pairing 54 - Cosmia

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Only Skin
Pairing 59 - Have One On Me

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 50 - Baby Birch
Pairing 52 - Have One On Me
Pairing 54 - Go Long

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - In California
Pairing 58 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 59 - Have One On Me

I feel really bad for Kingfisher as well. I think Ys in general is getting too much love for my personal preference. (Or rather, let's say, HOOM getting too little)

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - In California
Pairing 50 - Baby Birch
Pairing 52 - Emily
Pairing 54 - Cosmia

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Baby Birch
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Only Skin
Pairing 59 - Have One On Me

Thank you Jordan~, Mat, Claire, Ragtag, Headless_Caboose, Solfatara, and Kev23 for your votes. And I agree with solfatara and LawnsOfDawns.

A fraction under 24 hours left to vote on these penultimate sets.

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Go Long
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 63 - Baby Birch
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Emily

Thank you Claire and Andrewb for the initial votes in this final round of voting.



My votes are -
Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Go Long
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 63 - Baby Birch
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Cosmia

#63 was a really tough call: I adored Baby Birch from the start, but Kingfisher has grown on me incredibly. The sheer passion with which she performs Baby Birch on some of the live shows tipped the scales for me, but maybe if the same choice came up next year, Kingfisher's momentum might entice me to vote the other way.
Talking of JNST4, firstly wouldn't it be exciting if we DO have a new body of work by then (hoping the November rumours are true!). Also, I've received an exciting suggestion from a fellow MilkyMooner to revamp the way the JNST is run, so thank you and I hope we can put something in place for 2014!

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 63 - Kingfisher
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Cosmia || Emily ---- TIE

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 63 - Kingfisher
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Emily

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 62 - Have One On Me
Pairing 63 - Kingfisher
Pairing 64 - Only Skin, In California (tie)
Pairing 65 - Emily

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 62 - Have One On Me
Pairing 63 - Baby Birch
Pairing 64 - In California
Pairing 65 - Emily

Pairing 61 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds || Have One On Me (Tie)
Pairing 63 - Baby Birch
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Emily

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Go Long
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 63 - Kingfisher
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Cosmia

I was really tempted to tie Sawdust & Diamonds and Have One On Me as they are my top two, but S&D is my favourite so...

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 63 - Baby Birch
Pairing 64 - In California
Pairing 65 - Emily

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 63 - Baby Birch
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Cosmia

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Go Long
Pairing 62 - Have One On Me
Pairing 63 - Kingfisher
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Cosmia

Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 62 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 63 - Baby Birch
Pairing 64 - Only Skin
Pairing 65 - Emily

Thank you to ragtag, Alex Ysoltsev, Jordan~, madpawn, mat, solfatara, kev23, Headless_Caboose, under a CPell, and Ann, for your votes in this final set of pairings in the JNST 2013. Thirteen people have so far voted at this stage, and anyone who has not yet done so has just over 36 hours to post their vote before I tally them up and publish the final outcome at just before midnight (UK time) on Saturday.

The support of everyone who taken part so far is very much appreciated, as - with news on the JN front being rather slow - it could easily have fallen flat on its face. "Voter Turn Out" compares as follows:

2011 JNST 1
Round 1 ... 23 people voted
Round 2 ... 22
Round 3 ... 21
Round 4 ... 21 [Semi-Final]
Round 5 ... 18.8 (average no. of voters in each set of the Final, ie 22, 17, 18, 19, 18)
Average for whole main tournament ... 20.1
(There was also a Supplementary Round, in which 17 people voted)

2012 JNST 2
Round 1 ... 18 people voted
Round 2 ... 16
Round 3 ... 18 [Semi-Final]
Round 4 ... 14.8 (average no. of voters in each set of the Final, ie 16, 16, 17, 11, 14)
Average for whole main tournament ... 15.75
(There was also a Repechage Round, in which 14 people voted, and a Division 2 which attracted 11, 10, 10, 12, 12, & 10 voters to each of its rounds of voting).

2013 JNST 3
(Began with a Qualifying Round, in which 4 people voted)
Round 1 ... 12 people voted
Round 2 ... 10 [Semi-Final]
Round 3 ... 12.5 (average no. of voters in each set of the Final, ie 14, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13 so far)
Average for whole main tournament ... 12.1 so far

Certainly a downward trent, but I hope that this can be largely explained by the fact that there has not been a major new release of material since HOOM in February 2010.