On Aug 20, 2004, at 10:19, Clay Blackwell wrote:
Because Tamara said that she had not yet received her State Fair handbook, I'll jump in here...
I have found no reference to limiting the entries to residents of Virginia, [...]
In fact, in Item VII, it clearly states,
"Competition is generally open to the world."
My Handbook still hasn't arrived, but I checked the website and, what Clay says is, indeed, correct.
How new that rule is, I have no idea; it may have been in place for a year or two, without me noticing the change. But a change in policy it is, possibly resulting from the drop in the number of entries. There are a couple of remnants of the old regime (like appendixes <g>). In the Youth part of competition rules, the kids must still attend a school in Virginia (originally, that was meant to allow kids who went to private schools in VA but weren't residents of the State, to participate). And, even more telling... Section 36 - multi-generation projects - *specifies* that the competition is *not* limited to residents of Virginia :) Stands to reason - a grandchild is likely to reside in a different place than a grandma - but it wouldn't have been mentioned if it weren't something special...
So to all of you who would like to send your lace to the Virginia State Fair, I suggest that your first step is to visit the website: http://www.StateFair.com.
Let's knock their socks off!! ; )
Just don't forget two "little" details...
1) to have the items reshipped to you, you need to include a check or money-order for the amount *plus* $15 handling fee... That's where a dedicated lacemaker, who lived in the Richmond area, would have been handy; she could present the stubs (sine qua non), collect the pieces, and send them back at real cost, without the extra... That is also where people who are willing to drive over and deliver/collect (but, *collect* more than anything else) for a group from a single locality (Louise Hume did that once or twice, for the Lynchburg group) to redistribute at home, are simply *invaluable*.
2) Is a long story (apologies to Robin and Alice who've already heard it)... There is a rule - apparently immutable, though slightly bendable - that says a class cannot be judged unless there are at least 3 entries in it. With the continuing drop in the number of entries, it seemed sensible to cut down the number of classes, to insure that we would *have* 3 entries to judge; in the past, we were supposed to (though didn't) disqualify single entries, even if they were of "best of Show" quality, and even though it was no fault of the entrant, that nobody else submitted anything in that particular class.
So far, so good; with luck, we'll be able to have 3 entries in at least some classes... But there's also another rule - and that one sems to be impossible to dislodge - which says you can only enter one item per class. IOW, you cannot compete against yourself. Seems silly to me, but there you are... In the past, that rule was by-passed by placing different items in a multitude of classes; now, it will be much more difficult, unless you're truly versatile (or want to show a piece from before you had your 2 yrs of the technique, and one from after. Both achieved in the past year <g>)... But, if you have two pieces of continuous BL - say, one a hankie edging in Torchon, another a bookmark in Binche - it's no go...
Yours, frustrated (but happy I'm not a lawyer and a real judge <g>),
--- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush.
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