Windham Show

We received this email from Andy - his take on the Windham Show:

"Hey Bill, It's Andy. Wanted to fill you in on the makings of the Windham Auto Show today. Despite some cloudy rainy weather to start off the day it was definitely a great turn out. There classing system was the best I've seen in a while. They had it divided into 4 colors with classes under each color. They had a group of judges for each color so that way the judging process didn't take all day which was great. Although the judging went well and smooth I was not entirely please with what I saw. I saw 4 judges come by, at different times, by the class and they looked at all the cars but not in a fair manor. The cars that had more modification they judged those cars correctly looking up and down and all around. Then other cars that were not as modified they pretty much just walked up, look, and walked away. So to me the cars that were more apt to win did place but not every vehicle had a fair chance and a fair judging. I happened to get a look at the judging sheets and they were not fair. It was not any type of judging ballot for sure. From what I could see it was basically the number of the car registration and the information off there window ballot that you place on your vehicle. Other then that it was a great turn out and definitely a well organized show. There were a few vehicles that were in the wrong classes but for the most part everything was right where it should be.

-Andy"

Thank you Andy. This is exactly the way they did it last year. And that rather poor judging system is the primary reason so many folks went to Settler's Green today. What you wrote about this year's judging is pretty much what folks - including myself - wrote about it last year.

Fully half of the folks who showed up at the Green today are from the Windham area. What can I say? If a show does not wish to improve, and offer the folks a good and fair venue, the folks will (and in this case many did) go elsewhere.

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