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Upcoming Shows and Events 2008

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Western Shows and Events

April 19, 2008 – 29th Annual Shepherds’ Extravaganza, Puyallup, WA. Contact 425-432-3455 www.shepherds-extravaganza.com

May 22-26, 2008 – Open & Junior Wool Show/Spun Fiber Show – Open to residents of CA, OR, WA, ID, NV, AZ, AK, HI & Western Canada – www.sacfair.com

May 29-31, 2008 – Nugget All-American Show & Sale, Sparks, NV – Contact 309-785-5058

June 14, 2008 – Inland Northwest Sheep Show & Sale, Coeur d’Alene, ID – Contact 208-689-9274

June 22-22, 2008 – Black Sheep Wool Gathering, Eugene, OR – Contact leslie@fishwhistle.com or www.blacksheepgathering.org

2008 ARBA Region 4 Show

Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR will host ARBA’s 2008 Region 4 Romney show where Romneys will be the Featured Breed. There will be natural colored and white Junior shows, natural colored and white Open shows plus a Romney wool show. The tentative date is set for August 23, 2008. Extra awards and premiums are planned for these shows. Since plans for this event are still in the making, please watch for more information here on the ARBA website as well as the June issue of the Romney Ramblings newsletter. District 4 Director Maria Rooney is the coordinator for these events. She can be reached at: 503-873-6447 or Kendal@teleport.com

August, 2008 – Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR – ARBA District 4 Regional Show – Contact – www.oregonstatefair.org, Maria Rooney (ad above), or ARBA office 541-476-6428

Midwestern Shows and Events

April 26, 2008 – Wisconsin Invitational Sheep Show & Sale, Janesville, WI – Contact 309-785-5058

May 10, 2008 – Upper Valley Fiber Festival, Troy, OH www.ewetopia.net/UpperValleyFiberFestival.htm

May 10-11, 2008 – Shepherd’s Harvest Festival, Lake Elmo, MN – Contact www.shepherdsharvestfestival.org

May 17-19, 2008 – Missouri Fiber Arts Conference, Fayette, MO Contact 573-443-1731 dprost@socket.net

May 22, 2008 – 39th Annual Sheeprofit Day, Lexington, KY – Contact 859-2717

May 24, 2008 – 13th Annual Great Lakes Fiber Show, Wooster, OH – Contact 330-264-9665

June 6-7, 2008 - Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Fair, Franklin, IN – Contact – www.hhfiberfest.com

June 14-15, 2008 – Fourth Annual Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival, Adel, Iowa – Contact 563-926-2573 or tipperaryfiberstudio@yahoo.com or www.iowasheep.com

August 13-17, 2008 - 2008 Michigan Fiber Festival Workshops, Allegan, MI – Contact 269-948-2497 www.michiganfiberfestival.info

September 5-7, 2008 – Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI – Contact 608-868-2505 www.wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com

October 18, 2008 – Southern Indiana FiberArts Festival, Corydon, IN – Contact fiberexchangefuild@yahoo.com or www.southernindianafiberarts.com

Eastern Shows and Events

April 19, 2008 – Averasboro Fiber Arts Festival, Dunn, NC Contact – 910-891-5019 www.averasboro.com

May 3 – 4, 2008 – Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, West Friendship, MD – contact 410-531-3647 info@sheepandwool.org or www.sheepandwool.org

May 16-18, 2008 - Northeast Livestock Exposition, Windsor, Maine. Contact 207-785-2978 quinridge@gmail.com www.northeastlivestockexpo.org

May 16-27, 2008 – Annual Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair, Cummington, MA www.masheepwool.org

May 26-27, 2008 – Annual Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair, Cummington, MA – Contact www.masheepwool.org

July 12, 2008 – Stars & Stripes Livestock Show, Creamridge, NJ Junior & Open Shows Contact Charlene Carlisle – 856-866-1747 or 609-760-0399 or ccshep1@aol.com

2008 ARBA Region 6 Show

The current plans are for the Mountain State Fair, Fletcher, NC to host ARBA’s 2008 Region 6 Romney shows September 11-13, 2008. There will be an open show, junior show plus a fleece show. ARBA’s District 6 Director, Jane Caulfield, tells us that this is a “wonderfully friendly and fun sheep show for Wool breeds that starts with a Pot Luck chicken dinner on Friday night for the sheep exhibitors and their families.” Since plans are currently in the making, please watch for more details on this website and in the June issue of the Romney Ramblings newsletter. For more information or to volunteer help with these events, please contact Jane at 931-293-4466 or jcaulfield@vallnet.com

September 5 – 14, 2008 – ARBA District 6 Regional Show (tentative location) @ North Carolina Mountain State Fair, Fletcher, NC – Contact – www.ncagr.com, Jane Caulfield (ad above), or ARBA office 541-476-6428

2008 ARBA Region 2 Show

Romneys at Rhinebeck: A Celebration of Romney Sheep.

            Romneys will be the featured breed at the 36th annual New York State Sheep and Wool Festival (http://www.sheepandwool.com), October 17, 18 and 19, 2008, in Rhinebeck, and will have the only breed-specific sheep and fleece shows of the weekend. Many other read more activities are planned, including the ARBA’s Celebration Banquet and Annual Meeting.
            For sheep and fleece shows, contact District Director Mary Pratt, 518-753-7838, eihufarm@localnet.com. For the youth show (combined with open), contact Ron Andress (610) 847-5419, andress@enter.net). Lead Line exhibitors, contact Carole Foster, 518-695-3058, foster_farm@yahoo.com. Entry forms will be on the Festival’s web site.
            For the special cooperative vendor booth to sell your Romney products in the Wool Nook, contact Anne McIntyre-Lahner, 203-458-3070, anne.mcintyre-lahner@ctsheep.org. To volunteer in the Wool Nook, contact Vicky Lentz (607-263-5425, lentzvm@oneonta.edu). Everyone is welcome to help out with any of the events by contacting the ARBA members listed here.
            ARBA Annual Meeting, location to be announced. The Association has reserved a block of rooms at the Quality Inn, Kingston (845-339-3900), $109 per night (1 to 4 persons per room).
            Steve Shafer (shpcount@earthlink.net, 845-246-4947) is overall coordinator of Romney events for Romneys at Rhinebeck. Contact him to receive periodic updates by email. Read more.

October 18-19, 2008 – New York Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck, NY – ARBA District 2 Regional Show and ARBA annual meeting and banquet – Contact www.sheepandwool.com or ARBA office 541-476-6428. Romneys will be the feature breed of the overall show. Read more.

International Shows and Events

Last updated 4/16/2008

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