Since there is no one person designated as the RedSquare official at the show, the picture just sort of happens when it happens. The WHCC runs the schedule of events, and the announcement via the public address systems is done as a courtesy for us. This is only my third show, and the job of "group picture coordinator" has seemed to fallen on my shoulders since the pictures are taken in front of my and buckrancher's red canopies (thought by some to be the official RedSquare area). There is NO official RedSquare area, but we don't mind that our canopies are used for that purpose.
There were several RS members that expressed a concern that some other members had not gotten to the show yet at 11:00 am when the we wanted to schedule the shot. So I asked Bill Pearson to announce that the picture would be taken immediately after the parade. Little did we know that the parade would last as long as it did.
On Saturday, only one announcement was made, and unfortunately many missed it.
I have some thoughts on next years show, and I will post a thread later to see what the general feeling is of the RedSquare members that actually attend or plan to attend the show.
So, if there are any complaints about this years group picture, you can address them to me...
Here is Friday's picture. I am still waiting for the other pictures that were taken both Friday and Saturday to get the best one to use for the final picture with names.