THE NATIONAL


EXHIBITION 7TH OCTOBER 2018


BY LES RANCE I


t is now eleven years ago that The Parrot Society started out on a venture of hopefully rebuilding “The


National Exhibition” that had been run up until 2003 at the Birmingham NEC. The defining factor was whether it was possible for all branches of our hobby to jointly pull together and ‘make it work’ after recording such a success in the first year the question was then whether the enthusiasm would be sustained.


It has


indeed worked each year since the first Show in 2007 the numbers of exhibits have increased and we are working hard to ensure that even more varieties of exhibition quality canaries are on the show bench for the 2018 event, the Yorkshire Canary Club will be joining our ranks this year so do look out for these special canaries at the exhibition. The Parrot Society can only thank the


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bird club officials that have all worked so hard to increase the number of exhibits year on year and made this exhibition the success it has become. We are pleased that the Norwich Canary Club and the London Fancy canary club two of our newer recruits are settling in very well and are both enjoying being part of the National Exhibition. At our annual National Exhibition


management committee meeting held in Coventry on 13th May a proposal, placed before the Parrot Society six months previously, that the National Exhibition should be extended to a two day event was discussed in detail. There is no doubt that clubs with large entries like The Fife Fancy have to work very hard to stage and judge the birds in just one morning. Clubs with smaller entries can cope very well. The clubs had discussed the


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