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Greetings From the Rose Show Chair
If you have attended or been around a highly competitive environment such
as dog or horse show, or a boxing match, you probably can't imagine the
combination of competition and roses. Don't worry--the tradition of
"backstabbing competition" in rose shows stops here!
That is why we're calling this "Not Your Mother's Rose Show". This
translates, to me, as a low key, fun, non-competitive event. Yes, your entry
will be judged, and yes it will be judged by an ARS accredited judge. But all
along the way, you will be helped, provided workshops to attend, supported, and
coached. Entrants will be invited to joke, laugh, and kibbitz with each other as
roses are groomed and arranged toward perfection.
How? Well, its easy. You start out by coming to the regular program
meeting on May 25th at the Botanical Garden at 7PM. There, Judith and I will
unravel the mysteries of the rose show schedule. We'll go over the different
classes for competition, what the judges are looking for, how the judging is
done. We will also decipher such phrases as "stem on stem', "foreign material",
"fully-opened bloom", and "bubble bowl". Arrangement classes will be reviewed,
and definitions/descriptions of the arrangement terms "line design, line/mass
design, and mass design" will be explained.
As always with the "Judith and Janet Show", this will be an interactive
session, and only the first of a two-part series to get you ready for the Rose
Show.
The second is the Prep Workshop held on Friday, June 4 at 7PM, at Mesa
State Social Hall at 11th and North. ARS judge Carol Macon and her husband Jerry
will start at 7PM at the social hall, teaching you how to prepare your roses.
You'll need to bring a selection of your own roses, or roses from someone
else--to the Friday session. These will be practice sessions. This is a hands-on
demonstration. Bring your roses in buckets of water. Not your best roses, and
only a few. Save best for next day. Bring some pictures of simple rose
arrangements that you might try to duplicate.
The next morning at 7:15AM, Jerry Macon will again be available in the
prep area for further coaching. He can't touch the rose you're entering, but
will demonstrate on another rose, and then allow you to do it on your entry
rose. How much easier can it be?
The Rose Show is another chance to get together and have fun with other
rose lovers There will be prizes, as well as a wonderful potluck to attend. See
you May 25, 7PM for the program, June 4, 7PM for the prep training, and then at
THE ROSE SHOW on June 5th!
Janet Coleman
Rose Show Tidbits:
 | All rose show entries are anonymous while being judged. The judge has no
idea whose entry is under consideration. |
| All entries must pass through Classification and be correctly named to be
accepted. The name must be listed in an authority recognized by the ARS. |
| Once classified and labeled, entries will be placed on exhibit tables in
alphabetical order. Classes will be expanded to create a class for each
variety shown. |
| Roses entered in the show become the property of GVRS until released. They
may not be moved until the show closes. |
| Anyone who grows roses in his/her outdoor garden, or is a principle
maintainer of an outdoor rose garden, may enter roses in a rose show. |
| In most cases, an exhibition bloom is considered to be at its most perfect
phase when it is one-half to three-quarters open, with petals symmetrically
arranged in an attractive circular outline, leading toward a high center. |
| The Rose Show has been integral to ARS since its inception, and the
tradition has become lavish in places with long-established Rose Societies.
Pasadena, California has a long association with roses and ARS headquarters
are in another famous rose city, Shreveport, Louisiana. Rose shows in places
like Portland, Oregon, can last for three days! |
| Challenge Classes usually call for a collection of roses, with each bloom
standing in a separate container. In evaluating them, the judges first apply
the criteria for judging individual flowers, sprays, or clusters, and then
assess 10 additional points per bloom for how the collection looks as a whole.
Winning entries are those collections whose roses have complementary colors
and are ideally the same size and at the same stage of development. The more
closely matched the individual flowers in the collection, the better the
chance that the collection will win the trophy. Challenge classes may also
include exhibits of single roses which meet the defined criteria of the class. |
| Award divisions include categories for Hybrid Teas, Floribundas,
Grandifloras, single and double bloom displays, sprays of blooms, Hybrid
Perpetuals, Old Garden Roses, Polyanthas, climbers, shrubs, and miniatures.
There will be awards for "most fragrant" as well as rose blooms displayed in
"bubble bowls". There's a category for "bouquets" of your roses, or displays
that show the "phases of bloom cycle", and an award for "Best Fully Opened
Rose". It's not all about a single perfect bloom! |
| Arrangements of roses grant the greatest latitude for enhancing a bloom's
value with a little artistry. Janet has decided that the arrangements should
be themed "A Yearlong Celebration", so there's an opportunity to design a
holiday-themed arrangement. Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's Day, Fourth of
July, birthdays, Memorial Day, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, etc., are all fair
game as design themes. |
List of Rose Shows in Colorado:
| Rocky Mt District Convention and Show; June 25-27, Colo Springs |
| Denver Rose Society: Old Garden Rose Display; Sunday, June 6,
Denver Botanical Garden |
| Denver Rose Society Annual Rose Show; Sunday, August 15, Denver
Botanical Garden |
Scale of points for Judging Specimen Roses
Form...............................................................25
Color..............................................................20
Substance.....................................................15
Stem and Foliage........................................20
Size................................................................10
Balance and Proportion.............................10
TOTAL 100
Scale of Points for Judging Rose Bowl Classes
Form Typicality.............................................25
Color...............................................................20
Substance.....................................................15
Overall aesthetic appeal.............................30
Size.................................................................10
TOTAL 100
Scale of Points for Judging Fragrant Rose Class
Fragrance......................................................80
General Condition........................................20
TOTAL 100
Join the American Rose Society!
If you love roses, an ARS membership will help you get the most out of your
gardening experience. As an ARS member, you'll receive American Rose magazine,
one of the most beautiful publications you'll ever see, as well as a Handbook
for Selecting Roses, and the American Rose Annual. Fees for joining include
senior discounts, and you can find out more at
www.ars.org, or at 1-800-637-6534.
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