2010 AFCNA CONTINENTAL FLEECE SHOWINFO FOR EXHIBITORSBelow is a complete listing of registration policies and deadlines for the 2010 AFCNA Continental Fleece Show: · Show registration will open as of Friday,
May 28, 2010. · Registration opens on Friday, May 28, 2010. Registrations will be logged in based on postmark date. · Registration deadline is Friday, July 16, 2010. Your registration materials MUST be postmarked NO LATER than July 16, 2010. · To simplify the process for both breeders and our registration team, we will accept mailed, faxed and emailed registrations. Please include a fleece sample for each fleece entered with your registration materials. A copy of the ARI Certificate for each alpaca, and a Buyer's Permission to Show form, if applicable, must be included. · Mail all fleeces and payments to: 2010 AFCNA Continental Fleece Show c/o Alpaca Website · Mail all paperwork to: Cindy Vars Autumn Hill Alpacas · On-Line processing of Credit Cards, Checks and Money Orders will be accepted. · In order to promote the AFCNA Continental Fleece Show, we will accept late fleece entries until Friday, July 23, 2010 (last postmark date). Please check the registration and entry forms for all important dates and entry fees. · Health Requirements Additional Event InformationIn addition to ribbons in six places, you will also receive a free DVD of the judges' reasons for ribbon placement - this represents a terrific new way to understand exactly what judges look for in award-winning fleeces. The organizers will offer free seminars throughout the event.Your attendance at all seminars is free, and all of the seminars will be filmed and included on the DVD...also an invaluable tool to help you understand nutrition, husbandry and selection for top-quality fleece production in your herd, whether large or small. Every entrant will be given this free DVD - whether you enter one fleece or one hundred! This is a great opportunity, and one not offered by any other shows - ever! Your fleece scorecard and any earned ribbons will also accompany your fleece home. By entering this show, you give the organizers rights to film your fleece and scorecard in confidence and anonymity - and you get the DVD with seminars for free! You may also choose to donate your fleece to the AFCNA after it has shown. Your ribbons and scorecards will be returned to you, whether you donate your fleece or not. Should you choose to donate your fleeces to the AFCNA, no return postage is required, but if no return postage is included with your fleece, AFCNA will be awarded your fleece, with their thanks and compliments. Entry Requirements:· You must supply copy of ARI Registration Certificate with each entry, and a Buyer's Permission to Show Form, if applicable. · You must complete a Registration Form; Entry Form; and for each entry, one Fleece Tag. · The Entry Fee is $40 if entry form is postmarked on or before July 16, 2010. If you send a fleece sample, you may bring your fleece to the show facility. You are welcome and encouraged to attend this event in person! · The Late Entry fee is $50 if entry form is postmarked between July 17 and July 23, 2010. If you send a fleece sample, you may bring your fleece to the show facility. You are welcome and encouraged to attend this event in person! · Fleece must have been shorn between July 16, 2009 and July 30, 2010. (This is 380 days.) · Breed type: H = Huacaya, S = Suri · Gender: M = Male, F = Female, NB = Non-Breeder Age division at time of shearing:A: 6 through 12 months (juvenile) B: First birthday through 24 months (yearling) C: Second birthday through 36 months (two-year-old and older) D: Third birthday through 60 months (adult) E: Fifth birthday and older (mature) Length of fiber:Minimum fleece length: 3" regardless of age or type of alpaca (Huacaya or Suri) Huacaya: no maximum length for alpacas 12 months or younger. Huacaya: 8" maximum for first birthday and older Suri: no maximum length for alpacas under second birthday Suri: 9" maximum for second birthday and older. See page 61 of the 2010 AOBA Show Book. Fleece must be presented in a clear plastic bag with its fleece tag, and no other labels or writing. Color: match to ARI color chart and AOBA 2010 Show Division Handbook color definitions. (Color groups and abbreviations are listed in Part 7, pages 33 through 44 of the 2010 AOBA show division handbook.) Entries limited to: maximum of three entries per owner, per breed type, per gender, per age division, per color designation. (For example, 3 Male Huacaya Juvenile White Fleeces.) 1st through 6th place ribbons will be awarded, as will a free DVD for each entrant. Fleeces must be mailed to the show no later than July 23, 2010, or hand-carried to the show facility on July 30, 2010. You are encouraged to bring your fleeces to the show site when you attend the show, but mailed-in entries are also welcome!Fleeces and samples may be mailed to: 2010 AFCNA Continental Fleece Showc/o Alpaca Website Please remember to include postage or a shipping label for the return of your fleeces. Mailed fleece must arrive no later than July 23, 2010. Use an express mail service if necessary to make sure the fleece arrives by July 28, 2010 if mailed, or July 30, 2010 if hand-carried. **If you do not arrange to have your fleece(s) picked up at the show or mailed back to you at your expense, your unclaimed fleece(s) will be donated in your name to the AFCNA. **Fleeces must be left on display until 3 pm on Sunday, August 1, 2010. Please refer to the 2010 AOBA show division handbook for complete rules.Judges:
Wade Gease Superintendent:Cindy Vars – 716-353-2963 Free Seminars all weekend by: (To Be
Announced)
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