Hi All,
Just received a September 2014 “The Daffodil Journal.” It could be an early copy. Excellent work as usual. Loved the colored pictures.
Also got a kick out of Bob Spotts Article “Successful Daffodil Show Exhibitors, 2000-2014.” I didn’t realize there was a “competition” for individual ADS awards at the daffodil shows. I am a large exhibit shower and on page 20 ranked 4th in the Mid-Atlantic Region. I noted that on page 21 I was rated 11th on a national basis, Richard Ezell is 12th, Kathy Anderson is 15th, and Ann Donnell Smith is 22. In addition to the list on page 20, I also compete with Richard, Kathy and Ann Donnell. Richard and Kathy are not in the Mid-Atlantic Region but close enough to compete in our shows. Think 5 Quinn collections shown in the same show!!! If you want to compete with the “World Masters” level of Daffodils for a “Quinn” award, compete with Kathy Welsh, Richard Ezell, Kathy Anderson and Ann Donnell Smith. As a large collection shower, compete with the “Throckmorton” King, Bob Huesmann. Mitch and Kate Carney are the hardest ever to compete with the ADS collections of five, and purple ribbons. Myself, I compete with the large collections and I also love the three stems, and the divisional collections of five. I have yet to enter a daffodil show that I have not ended up competing for the Silver Ribbon (along with winning a major ADS award or two), but I never just try to win the Silver Ribbon. I just show a lot of daffodils.
Bob, thanks for the whole article and your review of Show Success over the years. I even saw my mentor’s name, Marie Bozievich.
Clay
Clay,
There are three types of exhibitors. Those who specialise in one type of flower and limit their entries to those classes, those who target certain awards and only enter those classes and, more importantly, those who enter everything, maybe with lower quality because of time constraints but these are the people who make the show attractive to the public. Quality flowers are vital but, in my view, more important are attractive, full show benches. We co depend.
Dave
How’s this. My September Journal arrived in Christchurch this morning. I also accept Phyllis’s comment in the Journal that NZ Post may have been the problem with the last journal. It some times takes five days at the moment to get a letter 2km.
Dave
Dave,
I agree. I guess my point went astray. I was trying to say that I thought I did well while not targeting ADS awards. I filled out the show with three stems and divisional Collections of Five. If all blue ribbons were counted, not just ADS awards, I’m sure that I would have been competing with Bob Spotts himself for 1st place. However, I don’t just try to win ADS ribbons.
However, my other point is that I found Bob’s article to be extremely interesting about how he took in a lot of history for ADS. I enjoyed the Article and was not surprised as to how I was accounted. Great job Bob.
Clay
So happy to hear your Journal arrived so promptly!!!
Phyllis