American Singer benching is simply the physical placement of birds which have been entered into an American Singer exhibition into their respective classes.

Class placement is random, with preferably no more than two birds from a particular placed in the same class to prevent exhibitors having to compete against themselves. This is not always possible- as when an exhibitor enters three times more bird than there are classes- but it generally is the case that most exhibitors will only have a single bird in entered in a class. Class placement is done by the Show Secretary.

Though methods vary by show and you should inquire with the show secretary as to the procedures of a particular show, in general benching is done after entering has been completed. All of the birds are set aside in their cages and index cards which note the Class Designation (i.e. "A", "B", etc)  and the cage tag numbers assigned to each class are laid out on the tables where the birds will be placed.

With the assistance of exhibitors and club members (or anyone else willing and able) all birds are sorted out into their classes into groups of 5-7 cages. Classes are checked to make sure birds are where they ought to be and then the entire class is covered with a white sheet, where it will remain until approximately 10 minutes before they are to go in before the judge.

This is how the random jumble of cages on Friday at the end of entering birds is transformed into an orderly grouping of cages ready for judging.