For
the ALSA llama show, Saturday was performance
day including driving classes! Sunday
was halter day and we again had dedicated
suri classes - which were quite full! Gayle Woodsum
from Laramie, Wyoming was our judge this year and she was assisted by
and instructed Terry Spekreijse from New Zealand who was our
apprentice. Gayle - Thanks for your ready smile and laughter,
it makes the show so much more pleasant, and Terry - thanks for
speaking
slow enough that we could understand you!



From my perspective,
the show went well and I hope everyone had a good time. I
will be putting together a short list of champions for this page, (I
have pasted
in some pictures), but two are easy. First, congratulations
to Rick and Mary Adams
(Wild Oak Llamas, Grass Valley, CA) and their llama "Anastasia" (not her
full name - pictured top right). Anastasia was the Heavy Wool
Female Grand
Champion and also the OFFF
Diamond Best of Show Llama!
The second big award
was llamas capturing a second Diamond Award! In the raw
fiber/fleece competition for all species and breeds, our own llama, Chocolate Creme Puff
("Coco"), produced the fleece selected as the OFFF Diamond Best of Show Fleece.
Yahoo!!! - it is so cool when other fiber folks recognize how
nice llama fiber is!
Other winners
pictured above are a suri llama from Dan and Marilyn Milton, Highland
Llamas (top left), a
winner from Bob and Marilyn Wynia, Sijama Llamas (middle left), Mary
Adams with the
Champion Gelding
(middle right), Koenig's Wool-N-Fir Farm "Rosario" (bottom right), and
Terry and Kathy
Ross' winner "Wicked," Black Tie Llamas
(bottom left)
Llamas were the featured
animal at OFFF this year. We had a GREAT
display that Dan and Marilyn Milton (Highland Llamas,
Jacksonville, OR) provided. The display included
llama
roving, skeins of wool, beautiful llama wool garments and a "Llamas
101" slide show
that ran throughout the weekend. Let me provide a big "Thank You" from the
llama community to Dan and Marilyn for putting this together - you have
"done us proud."
Thanks
to all of our llama friends who were able to attend the 2007
show. First, a HUGE THANK YOU to Brandy Chastain the
Festival Manager who pulls
this all together with a staff of volunteers and has
included an ALSA llama show as part of the weekend. Another THANK YOU
to our Championship sponsors,
class sponsors and all of this year's volunteers (listed below) - from
the ring stewards, gate keepers, announcers, "check-in" crew, entry and
catalog proof-readers, poop scoopers, obstacle re-arrangers, obstacle
design (Thanks Joanne and Julie!), and my *heros* the crew that took
apart and made stacks of panels Sunday afternoon (I had nightmares
about
carrying the last panel out of the barn by myself at 11pm and not being
able to get it into the trailer :-(
The show ran as well as it did because of all the volunteer help!
Thanks
for everyone's
help!
Hal
** I hope I did not miss anyone - I
certainly appreciate your help!
Here is the 2007
OFFF Honor Roll!
2007
Championship Sponsors
Bill
& Jeanie Fogle, Vaughn Fogle Farm, Veneta, OR
Rick
& Mary Adams, Wild Oak Llamas, Grass Valley, CA
Oregon
Flock & Fiber Festival for the Diamond BEST of SHOW Award
2007
Class Sponsors
Dan
& Marilyn Milton, Highland Llamas, Jacksonville, OR (twice!)
Beth
Schultz, Logie Trail Llamas, Hillsboro, OR (twice!)
Julie
& Hal Koenig, Koenig’s Wool-N-Fir Farm, Corvallis, OR
Sean
and Dr. Michelle Kutzler, Spit Happens Ranch, Philomath, OR
Sandy
Raley, Rock’n R Llamas, Vancouver, WA
Kathy
& Terry Ross, Black Tie Llamas, Ft. Jones, CA
Randy
& Dianne Sanders, R+D Ranch, Gold Hill, OR
2007 Volunteers
Shawn
Bussey-Stolk
Cody Becker
Deanna
Duncan
Bill Fogle
Debby
Gremmels
John Gremmels
Dale
Lysne
Heather Koenig (my own "energizer bunny" :-)
Dan
Milton
Glen Pfefferkorn
Joanne
Shook
Morris
Wendorf
Marianne
Moore
Chris Koenig
Debbie
Simpson Julie
Koenig
Terry Ross
Bob Wynia
and many others that stepped forward to help with all the
details, including the members of the Lucky Longneck Llama 4-H
Club.
Special
Thanks to:
Gayle Woodsum, ALSA judge, and Terry Spekreijse, apprentice judge, for
judging our 2007 show and our performance
crew - Joanne Shook for designing pack
and obstacle classes and
hauling the "parts" from Bend, and Julie Koenig for designing the
public relations classes.
And
one more Thank You to Dan and Marilyn Milton for the
great display to recognize llamas as the featured animal this year!