For Ernesto’s full account of Cesena 2018, see C&AB March 14, April 4 and April 18 2018
WHEN the news broke that the total bird entry at the World Show in Cesena had exceeded the 32,000 mark, expectations ran wild.
Just think of putting together staging and cages for such an inordinate number of birds. With the World Show, the preparation for each starts before the previous one has been staged. Yet this record entry of 32,062 birds caught everyone by surprise, to the point that extra judges had to be drafted in hence my luck.
Receiving a last-minute invitation to judge - over the phone and direct from the general secretary of the OMJ Executive Committee - was unbelievable. My affirmative reply still reverberates in my mind. My good
