Yes - we used to give the "People's Choice" Award at our Shell Show.  We have
discontinued that award.  It usually was given on the "most beautiful" exhibit
that was the most attractive to the public.
 
We soon found there were members of other clubs coming in and voting on their
members' exhibits and it became a popularity contest....so we discontinued the
award.
 
Bobbi Cordy
Chairman of Astronaut Trail Shell Show
 
Sylvia Mail wrote:
 
> Has any club ever had a shell show and included a "People's Choice" award?
> I wonder how different the choices would be between people's choices and
> judges' choices.  I know in stamp shows it makes a big difference.  Peoples
> choice seemed to voted on the popularly of the topic, rather than the
> quality of the display.
>
> Sylvia Edwards
> Huntsville AL
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas E. Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 8:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] "Most Beautiful Species" -NOT!!
>
> >An interesting way to hang a most beautiful label on a shell might be to
> >have someone look at the shells who DOESN'T know the values.  I
> >guarantee  that if you lay down a row of pecten shells with a
> >Gloriapallium pallium, a Volachlamys tranquebaria, a Gloriapallium
> >speciosum, a Chlamys australis, and maybe a Decadopecten superbus --
> >there would be know way of telling which shell would win.  These are all
> >pretty shells and vary from the very inexpensive G. pallium to the
> >pricier D. superbus.  On the other hand, a shell collector might let
> >rarity influence his or her choice.  Notice how I stayed away from
> >Cypraea or Conus.
> >
> >My problem is at this moment I could say which shell I think is tops in
> >most every family, but then tomorrow I would see a great image on Bret
> >Raines web page, or Guido Poppe's page, or the Jacksonville Shell Club
> >page, or any of the many pages with great shell images and my
> >convictions might just waver.
> >
> >Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA (just passing the time)
> >
 
--
Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
 
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
 
Bobbi in Shell Creations