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Section 23:FLORICULTURE--ARRANGEMENTS

ENTRY FORMS DUE: Friday, August 15, 2008
EXHIBITS DUE: 10:00 p.m., Thursday, September 11,2008
JUDGING BEGINS: 9:00 a.m, Friday, September 12, 2008
RELEASE TIME: 7:30 p.m., Sunday, September 14, 2008 for walk-in/out

  1. LIMIT: One entry per exhibitor per class. No arrangements accepted over 24" in diameter or 4' in height unless otherwise stated.
  2. Only one person to work on arrangement.
  3. An arranger MUST stay in division - they can neither go in a division higher nor lower.
  4. All arrangements must contain some fresh material, unless otherwise stated.
  5. Fresh cut plant material means: flowers, foliage, branches, fruits, vegetables, succulents. Exhibitor's choice of material means: Any kind of fresh and/or dried plant or spray-painted or treated plant material. No dyed fresh flowers or imitation or artificial plant material permitted.
  6. NO POISON OAK!
SCORECARD FOR JUDGING ARRANGEMENT
Color Combination 25%
Relation to Container 10%
Design 25%
Distinction and Originality 20%
Suitability of Combination of Material 10%
Condition 10%
TOTAL 100%
AWARDS FOR DIVISIONS 82 thru 86 :
ELMYRA BABCOCK BEST OF SHOW TROPHY
SWEEPSTAKES FOR DIVISIONS 82 thru 86 :
1st $10.00    2nd $5.00
Premiums offered per class
1st $3.00    2nd $2.00    3rd $1.00
Division 82: NOVICE ARRANGEMENTS

ClassNotes:

1: ``Backwoods Boy" Use wood in arrangement

2: ``Give My Love To Rose" A romantic mass arrangement

3: ``Rock My World Little Country Girl" Use a round object and rocks in arrangement

Division 83: AMATEUR ARRANGEMENTS

ClassNotes:

1: ``The Last Country Song" An item referring to music required

2: ``Rainbow Stew" a collerful arrangement in any cooking pot

3: ``Blue Eyes and Freckles" An ``airy'' arrangement using many small flowers based in a blue container

4: ``Rusty Cage" Rusty object with foliage and fruit, no flowers

5: ``The Way He was Raised" A vertical arrangement

6: ``Get Rhythm" Arranger's interpretation

Division 84: INTERMEDIATE ARRANGEMENTS

ClassNotes:

1: ``Ladies Love Country Boys" A rhythm design, Be playful

2: ``Backroads" Background required

3: ``When the Sun Goes Down" A single yellow flower surrounded by complimentary color.

4: ``Two of a Kind--Workin' on a Full House" Two mass arrangement in identical containers, confined within a frame

5: ``If That Ain't Country'' Arrangers interpretation

6: ``Mendocino County Line" Use accessories that represent our county, on a line design

Division 85: ADVANCED ARRANGEMENTS

ClassNotes:

1: ``Settin' the Woods on Fire" Imagine something ``hot,'' must use wood in design

2: ``Keep it Between the Lines" An arrangement between two parallel lines spaced at 20'' apart

3: ``Red Dirt Road" Must use red in a long and winding arrangement

4: ``All Over Again" Two identiacal arrangements

5: ``Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" Arrangers interpretation

6: ``Honey I'm Home" Must use a frame in design, accessories permited

Division 86: SPECIAL CATEGORY
  1. Not open to Commercial exhibitors.
  2. One person only to work on arrangement.
  3. One entry per exhibitor per class.
  4. No arrangement accepted over 24" in diameter or 4' in height.
  5. Roses used in this arrangement must have been introduced or known to be grown before 1900.
  6. SPECIAL NOTE: A display card must accompany the arrangement indicating the names and dates of introduction of the roses used in the arrangement (card not to be judged).

Class

1: Heritage Rose Arrangement