Re:SHOW:Judging

One of the best ways to become a 'really good and fair Judge' is to visit
other flower shows and observe other judges there--an easy way to do this is
to attend the judging sessions at your local fair--usually the judges there
are National Council Judges--who, aside from being very good judges of all
flowers and plants--have had several sessions on 'judging fairly-especially
when weather conditions have not been favorable', etiquette of being a good
judge, and other --non-point-scale- training--
In AIS, there seems to not be the emphasis placed on 'judging when weather
conditions are not the best'--even though the instructors say--'walk the
show first and see the overall condition of the blooms' prior to starting
the judging procedure--(Perry emphasized this at his sessions last month at
AIS meeting)
Prior to becoming an AIS Iris Judge, I had become a Dahlia Judge--with most
of the classes having been given by a person who was:
  A Junior college teacher for many years
  A National Council Judge for many years
  A Dahlia Judge for many years
  An instructor for many judging sessions--
And mostly through the training to become a Dahlia Judge is where I learned
the most about Ethics, how to apply point scores, how to review the show
prior to starting to judge--and many other things which I have never been
told about--in my training to become an Iris Judge--
So------one of the most important things a judge can do is to constantly
study and try to improve as a judge--and attending judging sessions--other
than Iris--is very helpful.
One note--when judging the bloom during the first time through, our club has
little stickers--colored dots-- which are placed on the entry tag to show
which ones are 'high blues'  --and then these are the ones which are taken
up to be in consideration for 'Best of SHOW'-- and when it gets down to the
'final four' each judge point scores each flower, the point scores are
totaled --and the top scorer is 'Best of Show'--usually there is only a
difference of less than one point between the top four--so we are using the
point scoring method all the time--
It is easier to think--1/2 point off for stem, one point for grooming,
etc--and end up with a total of 94 or 97---rather than thinking--291/2
points for this, 23 points for that--in other words, start with 100 and
subtract--which can be kept track of by having your hands behind you and
counting on your fingers--when finished looking at the flower--three
fingers= 3 points down from 100--
Sorry this is so long--but trying to get my thought out prior to--leaving
Friday to attend Iris Shows in Boise, judging and giving training sessions,
then over to Salem Oregon for visiting at least 10 gardens there, then the
Tall Bearded meeting, then madly scoot home--for three days--then off to
HIPS HAPPENING in New York--and back to our Iris Show then the tour--which
our club puts on anyone interested--at no cost to them--
Iris Season is hectic!!!  Carryl in western Montana  zone 3/4  where we have
over 100 SDB, about 40 IB, 20 MDB in bloom at the club garden--and 7
Aril-bred--and one specie--screwy weather this year has really upset the
bloom sequence.


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