Well we (SOJAA) have now received accreditation from AOBA for our annual alpaca show called AlpacaMania.

The AlpacaMania show features Halter and Fleece plus new for this year Skein & Fiber Arts

The show takes place at Jackson County Fairground in Central Point, OR.

For full details and entry forms please visit Show Website: http://www.alpacamania.net

This year the dates of the Show are October 6-8, 2006

In the halter class we will have:

Full Fleece; Color Championships (if minimums are met); Shorn;
Get of Sire; Produce of Dam; Breeders Best Group of Three;
Bred & Owned Yearling

This year the judges will be Wade Gease judging the Halter Classes and Robyn Houts judging the fleeces. We expect about 200 alpacas to be entered and about 150 fleeces.
This will be the first year we have a fibre arts show and we have set ourselves a huge target from a standing start. I won't say exactly what the target is but if we get there it will make us the largest alpaca fibre arts show in the world!



One of the popular features at the show is the silent auction which always includes a number of breedings donated by the owners of some special herdsires. The highlight of this years is going to be Snowmass Perfection. His breedings normally sell for $5,000 so I expect there will be several breeders interested in getting his genetics into their herds.

The breeding to Snowmass Perfection has been generously donated by Al Cousill and Jude Anderson of Pucara Alpacas in Oregon.



Adrian Stewart