2023 Show Schedule

 

Friday, April 28 (Exhibitors & Vendors)

Noon-6 p.m. – Exhibitor Check-in, Vet Check & Color Check

Noon-6 p.m. – Vendor setup

4-8 p.m. – Breeders' social time

6 p.m. – Judges' Color Verification

6:15 p.m. – Exhibitor Meeting

9 p.m. – Doors close for the day

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Saturday, April 29

7 a.m. – Doors open to exhibitors and vendors

8 a.m. – Judging begins

8 a.m. – Doors open to public

8:30-10 a.m. – "Wet Felted Soaps," Bethanea Kottwitz

10 a.m.-4 p.m. –  "Just Weave -- Rigid Heddle,"

Nancy Wilson, Mark Aycock, and Laurie Thalacker,

Lost Art Fiber and Textile Studio

9-11 .m. – "Alpaca Health 101," Dr. Raul Landeo, Hillsboro

Alpaca Ranch

11 a.m.-noon – "What to Do With Your Fiber," Georgia Meyer, 

Silver Creek Farm

12:30-1:30 p.m. – "Raising Alpacas -- Everything You

Need to Know," Kevin Stoer, LondonDairy Alpacas

5 p.m. – Judging concludes and doors close to the public

6 p.m. – Dinner and fashion show for exhibitors

9 p.m. – Doors close for the day

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Sunday, April 30

7 a.m. – Doors open to exhibitors and vendors 

8 a.m. – Judging resumes

8 a.m. – Doors open to the public

8-9:30 a.m. – "Wet Felted Geodes," Bethanea Kottwitz

8:30 a.m. – "The Advantage of Joining the Alpaca

Owners Association in Growing Your Business," Robin

Gifford, Executive Director of AOA, and Elden Harms,

Token Creek Alpacas

10-11 a.m. – "The ABCs of Processing Your Fiber,"

Jessie Moson from The Yarn Factory

10-11:30 a.m. – "Play with Mohair and Suri Silk,"

Erin Arnevik, Stitch Stuff Yarn

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – "All About Fleece Spin-offs,"

Chris Rogers of Whisper Meadows Alpacas

3 p.m. – Show concludes

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