Cat Show -- revisited!

[AmberLee]

Hi all,

Wolflady (Karen T.) and I are talking about attending another Cat Show. TICA (The International Cat Assn) is holding one -- with a Gatsby theme, what fun -- Sat. 20 Jul and Sun. 21 Jul in Pleasanton, CA. Here is an excerpt from their flyer:

What Can You See at Our Cat Show?


200 Pedigreed and Household Pet Cats on Exhibition


Maine Coons, Persians, Siamese, Abyssinians, Devon Rex,
Japanese Bobtails, Sphynx, Bengals, and many more breeds represented


Adoptable Cats and Kittens from Tri-Valley Animal Rescue


Special "Adoption Rings" at Lunch Time Each Day
to Present Adoptable Cats to the Audience


20 Vendors Selling Cat Supplies, Cat Trees, Jewelery,
Clothing and Much More

When: July 20-21, 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM
Where: Exhibition Hall, Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, California.
Parking: Enter the Fairgrounds at Gate 8. For map and directions, click here.
Admission: $5/Adults, $4/Seniors, $3/Children, $12/Family of 4 (up to 2 adults and 2 children)

For More Information, Call 925-846-3858 or email

We haven't worked out all the details yet, but tentatively are planning on car-pooling. Wouldn't it be to have a mini -'Pet Talk' get together there?

Note: last time there was a $5/car parking fee, too.

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

I would love to go to a cat show....
I know Tinky would win one hands down , I can't enter her though because she is declawed... OH WELL!!
Hope yall have a good time!!

[Uabassoon]

I'm going to my first cat show in Sept. I think it should be a lot of fun and Zasper would love the attention.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'd like to go to AmberLee. I'll PM you for details okay.

[AmberLee]

Ooh, ooh, ooh!

So far it looks like KrazyAboutKatz, TigerBlossom and one of her sons, Wolflady and her sister and mother, and I are all going. It sounds like it will be a Pet Talk/family get together like we hoped!! Hee, hee.

Hope you enjoy yours, too, UABassoon.

[NoahsMommy]

Soon I'll be able to go to these with you and Karen...hmmm...how many days?? hee hee

Have fun!!!

[purrley]

OOOH wish I could fly out. I'll tell my sister-in-law about it. She's a cat fancier and lives in the suburb close to Pleasanton, which is Livermore.

[AmberLee]

Oops -- TigerBlossom isn't sure she can make it afterall. We (the rest of us) should still have a good time though. Too bad you can't join us, Purrley. Maybe waiting til we have a BIG cat show makes more sense though!

[moosmom]

Cat shows are a blast!! I've shown both my Sphynx (MooShoo), my munchkin (Shorty), my American Curl (Carly the Curly Girl) and my Siamese mix (Maya Linn) at AACE and TICA shows.

Maya placed 4th Nationally in Best Household Pet Kitten division and MooShoo placed 13th Nationally in the same category. It gets a little expensive to show with travel and lodging but it's alot of fun and you meet so many great people.

Have fun guys! Let me know how it was.

[lovemymaltese]

I have never been to a cat show, is it similiar to dog shows?

[Former User]

I have to find out if there's Cat shows in Belgium, I'd love to go and see one!

AmberLee + gang, have fun then ok!

[AmberLee]

Niina,

I looked up "The International Cat Association (TICA)" website and found this for Belgium:

October 12-13, 2002

Belgian Cat Lovers (EN Regional)
St. Truiden, Belgium

Judges:
Baudoux, Caillard, Devilbiss, Tullo, van de Water, Vlach

Entry Clerk:
Christine Vandebuerie
Meertsveldstraat, 88 - 2570 Duffel, BELGIUM
*32(0)15.31.90.96
Fax: *32(0)15.31.90.96
[email protected]

Other:
12 Allbreed rings

Info:
Lisette Baudoux *32(0)11.48.58.69, fax *32(0)11.48.70.03, [email protected]

Flyer:
http://www.tica.be

Is it anywhere near you? I found lots on
TICA's calendar page for France and Germany, but not all that much for Belgium. Good luck. Karen and I had a BLAST at the last one we went to.

[AmberLee]

Hi all,

KrazyAboutKatz and I (and my nephew) went to today's cat show. I, for one, had a blast and am dropping in my sneakers from running around. I got 7 (seven!) new thimbles for my collection with the cutest cats on 'em, some cat toys and a modular cat condo, and a gift for my niece (A Cat-erpiller: stuffed animal in blue with glittery jeweled wings on a cute blue cat body). I was enthralled watching cats, cats, cats, cats, cats get judged. The youngest was 4 months and the oldest that I know of was 14 years (didn't look a day over two ) My nephew tolerated me and my obsession... I won't give KAK's surprises away, but she bought some lovely things and I hear she's got some photos with her happy cats already.

I think the only negative note was that WolfLady had to cancel due to family commitments and we missed connections/were worried about her... She's fine, but missed a great show. [Oops, I meant to go back and buy a 'Cat-opoly' game, too, but ran out of energy and checks ]

Hope you each had a happy day, too. (Go see a cat show if you get a chance. They are fun.)

[krazyaboutkatz]

Yes, I had a great time too. I bought two tents, six cat t-shirts, and a cat with a bobbing head (the kind you put in your car). It was my first cat show and I enjoyed it very much. There seemed to be a lot of Bengal cats and Main Coon cats for some reason or other. I could never be a judge because I thought that they were all beautiful and perfect cats. Here are some pictures of the stuff I bought. Here are the tents.

Here's Pepper checking out one of the tents. He and Storm had both been in one of them already but I didn't have the camera next to me.

Here's Sunny in the tent.

Here's Storm sitting beside the tent.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Here are the cat t-shirts that I bought. I think that six should be enough for now don't you?











Here's the cat with the bobbing head.