Friday was Day 2 in Atlanta with a full programme and something for everyone including The Trudy Brown Albrecht Memorial Rally judged by Geoffrey Porter (Ringcreevy) from Northern Ireland, handling classes for Children and Seniors under the auspices of Gwen Wells, and in the evening, cocktails and buffet and the exciting Top 20 Gala.
Best Dog and Best in Show......Ch Melrose Gold For Bonitos Companeros, JW
Best Bitch
Reserve Best Dog/Best Puppy - Forestcreek Double O Seven, JW
Reserve Best Bitch
Best Veteran
two of the AWARDS OF MERIT
other Awards of Merit were...Ch Aranel Revelation and Ch Grandeville Butterscotch Kiss of Infinidad (sorry no pics)
Judi Geldermann, Paula Ayers, Margaret Hubbard
Joanna Bronowicka and Missy Crane
Wesely Schifmann and Norma Inglis
some wonderful prizes on offer
and what we girls spent our money on!
LES LIZ....O'Brien and Keane
Sandra Moger, Ginger Harrison, Curt Bucy
Curt, Katherine Kates, Nancy Maddox, Mirian Lovett, Earline Barrois, Jennifer F Foster
a few of the Auction items
HANDLING
in the capable hands of Gwen Wells
TOP TWENTY GALA
The “Top Twenty” is an annual competition of the year’s most successful CKCSC, USA conformation Cavaliers who were formally invited to enter and participate in what proved to be a Gala evening. Each of the Top Twenty Cavaliers were judged individually by three judges, Joan Twigg, Norma Inglis and Rebecca Kestle whose names were kept secret until the moment of the competition. There was no conferring between the judges and they scored each exhibit on a sheet awarding points as to their close adherence to the Breed Standard.
and the dog who came out on top, by a whisker, was
During the evening, as the Top Twenty Cavaliers were being judged, spectators were given a chance to participate in the People’s Choice Award - where they became ringside judges, filling in a ballot to indicate their personal favourite from the Top Twenty. These ballots were also tallied and the winner of the People’s Choice Award announced at the Banquet the next evening...
.....looking forward to Joakim Ohlsson's assessment on Day 3....y'all come back now!
Stone Mountain....Atlanta...
Stone Mountain features the largest Bas-relief sculpture in the world.
Started around 1916 by Gutzon Borglum, later commissioned to complete
Mount Rushmore, it wasn't until 1972 that the sculpture was considered
finished. Commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the
sculpture depicts Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and
their horses, Blackjack, Traveller, and Little Sorrel.