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Judging Controversy
All,
This past weekend our society installed a floor display (100 sf) for a local show. Because of the hurricane losses so many growers have had down here, there was only one other society participating (usually there would be a minimum of four). An aside: when we got up there and discovered there would only be the two societies, Frank suggested that we simply throw the plants on the plastic foot print and shoot for second place. We voted him down, LOL.... We were fortunate enough to be judged the best display, and out of the 43 plants we displayed 30 won ribbons and we had four Best in Show awards. Not a bad day! But here's the rub. The other display, with far less ribbons and judged to be less worthy than ours (though beautiful, for sure!), was given the AOS Trophy. Huh? Turns out that the judging teams had some infighting - mild understatement - and one team decided to give the Trophy to the other society. The gal running the show went into the judging room and asked if someone could tell her what had happened. The judges replied, and I quote: "No". Just "No". The trophy doesn't matter to us. It was clearly stated that we won hands down. Is this stuff common, though? Agreement on who had the best display and one group of judges unilaterally deciding to place an AOS Trophy on its own? Maybe this is why I'm not in the judge's pipeline. Enough politics without extending it to orchid shows! Comments? Diana |
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