[MR] A&S Questions

[Pat]

This is fair comment.  Unfortunately this sort of judgmental remark is more
often the case than not.  It is quite a disservice to people who sincerely
spend hours of painstaking work putting together an exhibit with
documentation.

We have some very gifted people in the SCA and I think it is unfortunate to
trivialize their efforts with this sort of thoughtless "critique."  It is
certainly no encouragement to future exhibitors.

Mali O'Gaul-Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty Eyer" <betty_eyer at yahoo.com>
To: "Terry L. Neill" <t_neill at hotmail.com>; <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [MR] A&S Questions


> Speaking of which...
>
> There was a hat competition during the reign of
> Stephan and Niobe.  I entered it with a veil wrapped
> padded roll.  I had a little booklet of documentation
> including mostly northern school paintings and one
> perticular "descent from the cross" that had lots of
> flemish ladies all wearing hats.  One of the judges
> (and they were all female) wrote nothing on the
> comment sheet except something like "The lady in the
> descent from the cross painting is a gypsy".  She did
> not indicate who she was.
>
> This comment frustrated me immensely, and I would love
> to hear more.  Because of timing issues at the event,
> the whole competition closed and dispersed rather
> quickly after judging to make way for court, so I was
> never able to find out who made the comment. Questions
> came to mind like: "Huh?", and "Does that disqualify
> my entry as a period hat or this painting as valid
> documentation?",  "Of all the work that I did, why was
> that the only thing you felt that you should comment
> on.", "Which lady, there are 5 or more in this
> painting all wearing hats???",  "Where do you get
> documentation about gypsy's and what makes you think
> there is one in this picture?", "Am I supposed to
> learn something about hats from that comment and if
> so, what???" "Why would Van der Weyden put a gypsy in
> a very religious painting?".   So if that is you,
> please contact me cause I am still very curious on
> this gypsy/hat question.
>
> Magdalena
> --- "Terry L. Neill" <t_neill at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >From: "Martha Wallenhorst" <lghthse at gte.net>
> >
> > >There are times when knowing the judges can be very
> > important,
> >
> >
> > I am of the opinion that there should be no
> > circumstances where either the
> > judge or a commenter is anonymous.
> >
> > Anyone commenting on a piece should sign his or her
> > name--or don't leave the
> > coment.
> >
> > All judges should be known to all competitors.
> >
> > Regards!
> >
> > - Anarra
> >
> >
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