Upcoming Northern California Cat Shows In 2008! Anyone Interested In Attending?
Hi,
I haven't been to a cat show since Jan.2007 so I really need another cat show experience very soon.:) I went through the Cat Fanciers Association website for 2008 and this is what I came up with.
Jan.2008:
05-06(L). CA, SAN MATEO: San Mateo Expo Center - Cypress Hall, 2495 South Delaware Street. Tails and No Tales Cat Club. 6AB, 2Spec. Judges: White(AB), Trevathan(AB), Wilford(AB), Osier(AB), Newkirk(AB), TBA(AB), Webster(LH/SH), Lyons(LH/SH). Entry limit 225. Info: Ken Brown, 16355 San Ramon Drive, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. 408-779-0092. Fax 408-779-5192. Email [email protected].
March 2008:
08-09(L). CA, HAYWARD: Centennial Hall, 22292 Foothill Boulevard. Franciscan Silver & Golden Fanciers. 6AB, 2Spec. Judges: Ayers(AB), Miller(AB), Auth(AB), Harding(AB), Nye(AB), Yurchick(AB), Jaeger(LH/SH), Webster(LH/SH). Entry limit 225. Info: Neta Cox, 3226 Filbert Avenue, Clovis, CA 93611. Phone/Fax 559-322-5278. Email [email protected].
For You AmberLee:
29(L). CA, STOCKTON: San Joaquin Fairgrounds 1658 South Airport Way Building 2. High Sierra Cat Club. 6AB. Judges: Gradowski(AB), Dodds(AB), Lyons(AB), Ayers(AB), Rogers(AB), TBA Baugh(AB). EF $49 1st & 2nd, $36 3rd+, CD March 23; entry limit 225. Info: Nancey Abbott, 10571 Foothill Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014. 408-564-5442. Fax 408-564-5832. Email: [email protected].
April 2008:
05-06(P). CA, PLEASANTON: Crow Canyon Cat Club. Judges: Newkirk, K. Lawrence, Rothermel.
Nov. 2008:
01-02(P). CA, SAN JOSE: Santa Clara Valley CF. Judges: Colilla, Honey, Webster, Newkirk, Nye, Orlando, Everett-Hirsch. This may be the one that's held at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
Of course these are all subject to change. Right now I'm hoping to be able to go the San Mateo cat show which is on Jan. 5th and 6th. Does any one else want to go?
San Mateo Cat Show Update!!!
Hi, Don Juan's Mom and I went to the San Mateo cat Show today. She drove which was just as well because I'm still not too familiar with the area and it started raining again and was a bit windy. We got there at around 10:30am or so and had to walk around to find the hall where it was located.
There were very few people there at first which I thought was great so we could easily walk around and look at all of the gorgeous cats.:) Now I wish that I had brought my camera with me. I saw a new breed of cat that wasn't supposed to happen. It was an Abbysinian kitten with flat ears like a Scottish Fold. Yes, it was a mix of the two purebred cats and there were 2 kittens that looked like this in the litter. They were the one of the cutest kittens that I've ever seen.
The other 3 or 4 other kittens had normal ears and had more white on them and more tabby markings than the other 2. They were all up for adoption and the cost was only $200. They've already been spayed and neutered and they would also come with a health guarantee. That's not bad considering that our local Humane Society has increased it's adoption fees to at least $150 per cat. They may even be more by now. I paid $125 for Sky from them and this was about 4 1/2 years ago.
The lady said that her daughter was watching her cats for her and her male Scottish Fold got loose and must have gotten together with her female Abbysinian. She said that these kittens act more like Abys than Scottish Folds and that her other Abys keep her Scottish Folds more active than they would normally be. I sure wish that I had room for another kitty because I would have adopted the reddish looking Aby/Scottish Fold Mix with the flattened ears in a heart beat.:)
I ended up buying some Laurel Burch items. I bought a cloth handbag which the lady told me would be the last of it's kind in this style. It's from the Sun'N'Sand collection. I also bought a new larger wallet in black with the colorful cat faces on it. I also bought a leather cat key chain. I'll use my old one as just a coin purse because it was a key chain/coin purse combo. I also bought a sweatshirt that has pawprints on the front of it and it says "My Cat Walks All Over Me". It should say "My Cats Walk All Over Me".:)
Don Juan's Mom also bought a Laurel Burch cloth handbag which is very nice and quite a bit larger than the one that I bought. She also bought a mouse pad that has a cute little kitten sitting in a cat dish and it says "Killer Cat". She also bought 3 peacock feathers for her cat Don Juan. I think that's about it.
We had to leave by 2pm because Don Juan's Mom had an audition to get to. I hope that she did well. I also forgot to mention that the power went out 2 times while we were there:( and it was thundering outside. Luckily they were able to restore the power fairly quickly. One lady said that she heard that it had been hailing. When we left, part of the parking lot had become flooded. Unfortunately it was in the area where we had parked.:( Don Juan's Mom had to wade through the water to her car while I waited in another much drier area of the parking lot. Now we know not to park in this area during a rainy season. All in all I had a great time and I look forward to getting together with other PT'ers at more cat shows in the future.:)
