Message #103252

[drocknut]

My advice, just go for it.  It doesn't have to be perfect your first time out and you will learn more each time you do it.  I've been doing displays for the show here for three years and seem to learn new things every year.  I finally got my case liners looking respectable but still need to work on my labels and such.  Our club's show is fairly small so not high powered competition, judged by club members so political, and basically just for fun. 
I will say, if they do have a theme try to follow that.  This year our focus is on garnets.  Don't know if I'll actually be able to put in an all garnet case but it will be fun to try I suppose. 
If you have outstanding specimens, use those since they will stand out from the crowd. 
Most of all, have fun.  Best of luck to you.  Hope you post pictures of your display on here so we can see the cool stuff you have.