Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Hi Sue
Thank you for your response.  Your over excited state is excused!  LOL.  My concern was only that people who may be thinking of taking part in the fair or competition might be put off if they felt that the fair was not advertised properly and there was no communication of the results after the competition.  I fully understand that anyone working for many weeks to take part in a competition must get excited, even anxious about the results.  I also did say that I knew some of it was “tongue in cheek†.
I think the new NTBAA is a great step forward and it will be very exciting to see the new Classes next year.  They look like something really different and proper rules and judging can only improve on what has been seen so far.
Big Bear Hugs
Val

Hi To You All especially Katy, Nicky, Sue and the Others that commented on not receiving the results at the National Awards.  I am sorry I have only just discovered this website and the forum.

I attended these Awards and I must say I was very impressed with the competition, the show and the professional organization.  How many teddy bear fairs/awards even have a PA system?  Although the comments were "tongue in cheek" I have never heard of one that would reach from Minstead to Scotland or Portugal!  I have heard of the internet and it is obvious that all the comments were posted on the forum by people with internet access.  These people were complaining about not receiving results on the day following the Awards.  I suspect that the organizers were working long after the show closed to clear away the hall and all the other things that needed to be done.  I feel that to expect every competitor to be given a personal communication by the organizers on the following day was asking just a little bit too much.  However, as one of the competitors pointed out ALL of the results were on the web within two days.

The attendance was described as poor although I would disagree and someone else made the point that a friend of a friend in their place of work had not heard that the fair was on.  Again, I thought the fair was very well advertised.  There were road signs well placed all around the area and it was announced on Wave105 radio.  I also saw advertisements in two newspapers and Collect It magazine.

I am writing because I think these Awards have raised the Standards tremendously and I think that can only be a good thing for teddy bear fans.  I hope the positive nature of my comments does something to redress the negativity.  It would have been nice if all the people complaining had, on receiving notification of the Awards results, come back to the forum and said so.

To end on an even more positive note, why not visit these Awards yourselves - I am certainly looking forward to May 2011.

Val