Re: weighoff 2000
Hello List,
Having grwon up in North Andover, Massachusetts (just next door) I can
attest that the Topsfield fair is something to see. But I digress...
Has anyone approached the Topsfield fair people regarding a live broadcast
of this years pumpkin weigh off directly into the Internet?
Being in Ontario now, I doubt I will see it in the evening news, but a web
broadcast would bring it to everyone. And people could rewatch it at
their liesure. I believe Real Audio supports both picture and sound.
Anyone know an ear they can tweak in Topsfield?
Tom
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 Pumkinguy@aol.com wrote:
> A little note to explain what is going on at Topsfield. Topsfield Fair runs
> for 10 days and has a paid attendance of roughly 400,000 people. Topsfield
> traditionally ends on Columbus day. To determine the starting date, they
> count back 10 days which usually is the same date as the GPC (first sat. in
> oct.). Once every 5 or 6 years, the calendar falls differently and when you
> count back 10 days it falls on the last sat. in september. The pumpkin
> competition at Topsfield is the largest one I know of in the world with 105
> entries last year, 4 lifting teams, 2 digital scales and 3
> forklifts.........truly amazing to see. The pumpkin weighoff is the #1
> attraction at the Fair and the 3 major tv networks are usually there.
> Topsfield puts up apx. $8,500 in prize money...plus the top prize is boosted
> to $10,000 if someone hits 1,000 pounds they even pay $250 for 50th place!
> The pumpkin competition kicks of the fair and the tv networks all run it on
> the 6 oclock news to announce the beginning of the fair. It is extremely
> important to have all the weigh off sites go off on the same date so we don't
> have to wait around to proclaim the GPC champion. The one good thing is that
> the weighoff is before anyone else so it gives the rest of the GPC something
> to shoot at. If topsfield pops a potential world record holder (which has
> happened in the past) the top grower at Topsfield must wait a week to see if
> anyone else can beat him or her. Weighing off a week later than the rest of
> the GPC would be a disaster and wouldn't be fair, for all the other sites
> would have to wait a week. Luckily, no one weighs off later than the rest of
> the group. This quirk in the calendar only happens once in 5 or 6 years and
> the last time it happened , everything ran smoothly. The top grower at
> topsfield just has to sit and wait to see the gpc results.
> pumkinguy
>
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