Page 21 Georgetown Fall Fair Prize List 3. The OAAS will award a ribbon and prize money of $25 for 1st place, $15 for 2nd and $10 for 3rd to Exhibitors of winning hand quilted quilts at each District Competition. 4. All District entries must be registered on the OAAS Championship Quilt Entry Form, returned to the OAAS, c/o Kathryn Lambert, by Dec. 1st for payment of prize money. (NOTE: Late entry forms may disqualify the District Quilt entry from competition.) OAAS CHAMPIONSHIP QUILT COMPETITION 1. Judges who officiate the Championship Quilt Competition at the Annual Convention will be appointed by the OAAS. 2. All quilts, entered in the competition must be hand quilted. 3. All quilt entries must be received for judging by the Competition Coordinator in the designated room between 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Friday of the Annual Convention of the OAAS. 4. The Competition Coordinator will assign a number for each entry. Entries will only be designated by this number during the judging process. 5. No Exhibitor shall be permitted to place or attach any Fair or other Exhibition identification on their quilt entry. Please remove all tags, ribbons, etc. 6. No persons other than the judges and designated officials will be permitted to enter the designated judging room until after the quilt judging and winner has been announced. 7. Any Exhibitor or any person acting on behalf of the Exhibitor who violates any of the Rules and Regulations or who interferes with the judges or the judging process, shall be disqualified and the quilt will be removed from the competition. 8. No quilt exhibit shall be removed from the display viewing area until the official closing of the viewing room and designated time of pick up. 9. The OAAS shall not be held liable for any loss occasioned by fire, theft, accident, condition of quilt, the negligence of other Exhibitors, officials or otherwise. 10. Any protests must be made to the Homecraft Committee of the OAAS in writing within 5 working days after the last day of the Convention. 11. The entry judged Best of Show at the February Convention will be declared the OAAS Championship Quilt. A $500 Grand Prize will be awarded and the Exhibitor will retain ownership of the quilt. A certificate and ribbon will also be awarded to the winner. Wall hangings at more than one Fair, the other Fairs at which this quilt was entered and won, should enter their Reserve Champion or Second Best of Show of All Eligible Quilt/Wall Hanging in the District Competition. Note: If an Exhibitor wins Grand Champion or Best of Show of All Eligible Machine-Quilted classes at other than his/her own Fair, or at more than one Fair, the Exhibitor must consider the Agricultural Society nearest his/her home address as the one from which the Quilt/Wall hanging will be sent to the District Meeting. 2. An Exhibitor who wins more than one Best of Show title with a different Machine Quilted Quilt/Wall Hanging at different Fairs shall be entitled to enter each winning Quilt/Wall Hanging to compete at the District Competition. 3. Local Homecraft Divisions are requested to judge a Grand Champion or Best of Show of All Eligible Machine-Quilted Quilt/Wall Hanging as well as Reserve Grand Champion or Second Best of Show of All Eligible Machine-Quilted Quilt/Wall Hangings. The Grand Champion and the Reserve Grand Champion are judged from All First and Second Prize Eligible Machine Quilted Quilts/Wall Hangings. DISTRICT COMPETITIONS 1. Judging quilts at the District Competitions will be the responsibility of each OAAS District. 2. The first place winning machine quilted Quilt/Wall Hanging from the District Competition is eligible to enter the OAAS Championship Machine Quilting Competition at the Annual Convention. In cases where the winner of the District First Prize Machine Quilted Quilt/Wall Hanging decides not to enter the Final Championship Competition, the Second Prize Quilt/Wall Hanging winner at the District Competition will be eligible. 3. Ribbons will be awarded at the District Level for 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize. 4. All District entries must be registered on the OAAS Championship Machine Quilting Entry Form, returned to the OAAS Secretary, Kathryn Lambert, Box 189, Glencoe, ON N0L 1M0, by Dec. 1st. (NOTE: Late entry forms may disqualify the District Quilt/Wall Hanging entry from competition.) OAAS CHAMPIONSHIP MACHINE QUILTING COMPETITION 1. Judges who officiate the Championship Machine Quilting Competition at the Annual Convention will be appointed by the OAAS. 2. All articles entered in the competition must be machine quilted on a short arm machine. 3. All quilt entries must be received for judging by the Competition Coordinator in the designated room between 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Friday of the Annual Convention of the OAAS. a) The Competition Coordinator will assign a number for each entry. This number will only identify entries during the judging process. 4. No persons shall be permitted to place or attach any Fair or other Exhibition identification on his or her entry. Please remove all tags, ribbons, etc. 5. No persons other than the judges and designated officials will be permitted to enter the designated judging room until after the quilt judging and winner has been announced. 6. Any Exhibitor or any person acting on behalf of the Exhibitor who violates any of the Rules and Regulations or who interferes with the judges or the judging process, shall be disqualified and the quilt will be removed from the competition. 7. No machine quilted Quilt/Wall Hanging shall be removed from the display viewing area until the official closing of the viewing room and designated time of pick up. 8. The OAAS shall not be held liable for any loss occasioned by fire, theft, accident, condition of quilt, the negligence of other Exhibitors, officials or otherwise. 9. Any protests must be made to the Homecraft Committee of the OAAS in writing within 5 working days after the last day of the Convention. 10. The entry judged Best of Show at the February Convention will be declared the OAAS Championship Machine Quilted Quilt/Wall Hanging. A Grand Prize will be awarded and the Exhibitor will retain ownership of the quilt. A certificate and ribbon will also be awarded to the winner. Ontario Association of Agriculture Societies ANNUAL MACHINE-QUILT/WALL HANGING COMPETITION General Conditions A. Quilt/Wall Hanging must be solely made and quilted by the exhibitor and exhibited and judged at a local Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies' (OAAS) fair to be eligible for this competition. B. Quilt/Wall hanging to be measured on the perimeter. Total perimeter measurement to be a min. of 192 inches or 480 cm. Note the article can be square, rectangular etc. C. Judging willoccur at local fairs and district levels. A Provincial Grand Champion Machine Quilted Quilt/Wall Hanging will be selected at the Annual Convention of OAAS. D. Upon making an entry into the OAAS Machine Quilting Competition, the Exhibitor agrees to participate in any promotional activities related to the competition. E. The winning OAAS Machine quilted Quilt/Wall hanging will not be eligible to compete in any future District and/or OAAS Provincial competition. F. The winner's name to be displayed at the Fair on sign provided by OAAS. G. The Quilt/Wall hanging must not be quilted using a long arm machine and must be machine quilted by the Exhibitor. H. Quilt/Wall hanging must have visible machine quilting. LOCAL FAIR COMPETITIONS 1. Each local fair is entitled to send only the Grand Champion MachineQuilted Quilt/WallHanging, judged Best of Show of all hand quilted Quilt/Wall Hangings to the District competition. OR If any entry wins Grand Champion or Best of All Eligible Machine-Quilted Quilts/