Re: SHOW: Trophies
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: SHOW: Trophies
- From: D* F* <d*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 09:06:32 -0700 (MST)
At 07:42 AM 3/1/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello,
> I should have mentioned that we have a trophy for White, Blue, Pink, Red,
>Yellow, Plicata, and Queen of Show(best specimen), Best TB gets a medal. I
>assumed all shows were the same. I guess we are fortunate to have so many
>different classes.
> When I pull weeds for hours and hours my mind tends to drift. I have to
>give my trophies back next week and I have become quite attached to them.
>Hopefully I will get them back on May 2-3 1998 that's the date of our Show.
> Looks like a beautiful day
> Thanks,
> Steve
>Steven & Sharlyn Rocha
>President, San Diego/Imperial Co. Iris Society
>Region 15, Zone 9, srocha@pacbell.net
>http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7679
Steve--that is a lot of trophies! I daresay most shows do not offer as
many "special" awards. You can learn a lot about shows (both good and
bad!) by attending some in different Regions, clubs--, whereever you can
find them. Each one is probably just a bit different.
Region 2 shows used to be by color, also. In the past five years or so,
all have switched to the cultivar method. It does simply trying to figure
out where an iris should be, since one person's "blue" is anothers "purple"
and some irises are a real challenge to classify colorwise.
Your show committee should certainly follow the guidelines in the Handbook
for Judges and Show Officials--but after that, there is plenty of room for
variation and individuality in producing a show. Region 2 has several
"Memorial" type awards...the William McGarvey Award for best beardless
iris, the Ruth V. Blenis Award for best TB, Magdalene Award for best
Median. And individual clubs add to that--the Western NY group has the
Mary Pat Engle award for "Best Pink."
Even if you don't get all the trophies back--there's always next year!
Showing does involve a good degree of luck, though it certainly helps to do
everything you can to improve your luck! :-)
Dorothy Fingerhood ( who finally got the Blenis Award this season after
showing for about....10 ?, 15 ?, omigosh..... years).
(Newfield, NY)
