| | | | | Exhibitors |  | | | Novice Exhibitors Going Advanced Exhibitor
| | | | | | | An exhibitor moves up to advanced once he or she has won a Best Novice Award and placed four or more different birds, Bred and Banded by the Exhibitor, on the Top Bench in a Major Show(s), or six or more different birds on the Top Bench in a Minor Show(s).
If an exhibitor chooses to move to Advanced standing before this point, he or she may do so, but will not be permitted to return to Novice for future shows. Although exhibitors are encouraged to move up to Advanced as soon as they qualify, they are permitted to finish the year (they qualify) in Novice.
If an exhibitor has exhibited as advanced in another society (providing a novice section was available to them) they must exhibit as advanced in this society. All Cockatiels Bred and Banded by Advanced Exhibitors must be entered in the Advanced Sections even if owned and exhibited by a Novice (this does not effect the status of the Novice exhibitor.) Look up Advanced Exhibitor's Band Code.
All Cockatiels entered in the Advanced Sections must have a Closed, Traceable Band. Cockatiels without closed traceable bands may be entered in the Novice Sections by a Novice Exhibitor and receive novice awards it earns. No unbanded birds shall be allowed on the Top Bench. At the judges discretion, an unbanded bird maybe worked into the TopTen to show the owner where the bird would have placed if banded.
Young and Old Classes: For a cockatiel to be exhibited as a young bird it must have a closed traceable band stamped with the current year. Birds not meeting this requirement are classified as old since there is no
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