What to
expect as a
judge in the JA RING
This
is an
email sent to Harley to describe what had happened in the past JA
ring.g. Please email your Regional Liaison if if you have any
questions or suggestions.
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Hi
Harley,
This is still
so new, I wanted to briefly let you know what occurred at the first
ring.
Thank so much for jumping right in and helping us test and refine the
judging
portion of the Junior Achiever program. Let me know anything that
you
feel should be added or what we can do to make it easier for the next
judge.
Fate sat at
the side of the table like where a clerk would sit and
afterwards felt he
should have sat in the front so the Junior Achievers would be speaking
forward and
not
looking to the side toward him.
Fate has done
this once before in Denver and
seemed very comfortable.
He called
for the ring at his discretion.
We
will
have the numbers ready for the JA ring. (we have blank
laminated
number
cards to write with erasable marker the JA entries. We do not have to
interfer
with the Ring clerk's cards by pulling the different numbers out of
their
cards.
This is done as soon as we find the entries and ready to go when the
judge
calls for the ring)
Ribbons for
each JA will be there. (order new, get sponsors or recycle and
just order
center ribbons or make new centers) We try to keep costs down.
We will
have the kid's names and info on the judging sheets dot matrix in
triplicate.
(see at http://www.justcats.org/TICAJA/JAEvaluationForm.html ) Sherry Kern
donated a case of these for us and keeps them ready for us.
Not
everyone has a dot matrix printer.
He briefly
introduced the concept to the audience with the kids in the front
row.
You can call the numbers up any way you wish. We have since
learned
to call the most experienced kids up first so that the newer ones can
see what
is going on from them.
We have let
the kids know that they can introduce themselves and their
cats. Some will plow right on through a presentation, but
most will
run out of steam and get lost. Many have had several
practices and a
ring at OBC, but it is still very new. We will try to run them
through
another quick practice early Sat am. They should be able to
explain
what the judge looks for in their breed or hhp. However, Fate also
asked
questions as they presented, especially if they needed prompting.
For
example, he asked what was special about a certain breed
that they
were showing. One junior looked like a deer in
headlights.
However, that was a viable question...the JA could have said
anything from
the country they were from to something cute that the cat did at
home.
You will recognize when to prompt or when to give up..lol The hhp
person
should know why the nails are clipped and ears checked and what you are
looking
for. They should be acquainted with their basic
standards. You will
see who is comfortable to go deeper and who to let by easier.
When they
are finished, they should put their cat back into the cage and
clean the
table for the next JA.
If the cats
are called to other rings, we try to listen and quietly prompt the JA
to go to
that ring or we will have someone quietly remove a cat not being shown
at that
time to get it to and from another judging ring.
After they
all show, everyone is presented with a rosette and the ring
dismissed. At
this point they are all equal since they all participated. There was a
good
sized enthusiastic audience at the first ring and I expect the same for
you. This is also your moment to share your nuggets of
important
information to the kids, too.
Fate
calculated his own results after dismissing the ring, but we can or you
can. We do not give the kids the score you tabulate since they
tend to
look like grades. Deborah Mordente (SC JA Liaison) will get
a copy and
you can keep a copy if you want. Your suggestions on how to make
the
the form better for judges are welcomed. We do not want
a tie,
so you will have to decide one over the other if they have a tie on the
score. You can decide to give out the 1st, 2nd and 3rd or you can
turn
the scores to us and we will take care of it. I asked a bunch of
Judges
at the OBC show if they had a problem with us announcing the results
over the
speaker and they all felt it would be fine. Just let us know how
we can
help. You can call the winners back to your ring, or we
will announce them and take care of it.
I will
bring you a list of questions that they should know in the first step
that you
can ask each JA one or two. You will know. It was fun to
watch the
kids on this one. Questions are like why are nails clipped?
What
does TICA stand for? Who is the president of TICA? and many
more.. they were well prepared, but I gave them a list of
the
questions and answers for their first show. The questions are in
their
notebooks, but no answers from me this time.
Online JA
Judges' Info http://www.ticaja.org/JAJudgeCorner.html
Questions
that the Juniors should know in their first step as a novice: http://www.justcats.org/TICAJA/TICAjuniornovicequestions.html
Shirley
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