I sooooo agree with Dania. It is just NO FUN sitting in a hotel room all alone.... HELEN FRANKLIN Dania writes: DaniaKarloff@xxxxxxx wrote:We have been hearing from judges and some "not so happy" listers about judges attending dinners prior to the show or co-mingling with exhibitors prior to the show. I have a different perspective - that of the hosting club. We are in the South and showing hospitality to our exhibitors and our judges is ingrained in our most inner beings..... and we love to talk dogs. Our club organizes a big "gathering" with lots of good food for the after show dinner on Saturday of a double show weekend - we ALWAYS invite the Sunday judge and hope that he/she attends. It is many of our members' only opportunity to talk about the National, what the knowledgeable people think of the state of the breed, the bloodlines of the day, etc. Conversation about that day's winners is avoided and I don't (nor any of my club's members) think that these enlightening conversations would sway the Sunday's judge opinion - we have a much higher opinion of them (else we would not have invited them to judge our show). It is all about fun, camaraderie and good ol' dog talk..... and that is how it should be. Dania ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================