Evolution 2024 is in the books!

First, we’d like to thank all of the outstanding people who supported our first foray into the Open Judging System. Thank you to all of the judges who volunteered their time to learn and execute a new system. Your help was truly appreciated. Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped setup and run this party. Thanks to all of the attendees and contestants – without you we couldn’t call it a model show. Thanks to the vendors who showed up to sell their wares. And thanks to everyone who stepped up at the last minute to get the show on the road, so to speak.

There were 80 contestants who put 325 models on the tables. That’s 50 models over what we had last year! Certainly a high-water mark in recent memory for us. The open judging went very smoothly overall. The bulk of the judging was done by 1:00pm, and the balance of the time was spent determining the Best Of’s from the Gold medal winners. Of course, there were a few hiccups, and they will be addressed by next year. From what we’ve been hearing among the modelers in attendance and the spectators, we got favorable reviews.

So, thank you from us to everyone who helped and supported the show. We’ll see you in 2025!