The Rating Game

As I have written in a previous Blog (Gary’s Blog), Judi and I don’t formally evaluate or rate the festivals and events we visit. We do, however, have “opinions” and to lessen the tedium of long trips, we have developed an “Event Evaluator”. The “Evaluator” helps us organize our thoughts into clear sections - Promotion, Curb Appeal, Site Layout, Event Theme, and Miscellaneous Final Thoughts. It’s not a “scientific” evaluation, but it suits our “discussions”. I can’t say that we always agree, but that’s natural when we have two different sets of eyes and minds taking in the sights and sounds of festivals. Over the past 5 years, Judi and I have visited over 250 festivals and events, and we have, to some degree, discussed each one of them. We even have written “Event Evaluators” on many of them. Also, for most of these 5 years I have written more than 200 Adventures of the Festival Nomad Blogs. In them, I write about the events we have visited, the people we have met and the communities we have discovered. However, I have not, once, rated or evaluated any of the events we have visited … that is, until now! Starting in two weeks, I am going to begin a new series … FESTIVAL/EVENT RATING. Since we don't visit many events during the winter months, I will be beginning the series by rating some of the events we visited last year. To begin things off, the first Festival/Event to be rated will be the NORFOLK COUNTY FAIR & HORSE SHOW. Next week I will explain how our "RATING" system works.

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