Northern California Angora Guild: 12/15/13

Youth Top Winners on Saturday at Red Bluff

The double youth shows are sponsored by The Rabbit Club.

Judge Uno from NV picks Juliette's Jersey Wooly as the youth Best In Show in show A.

Emma's Holland Lop wins the youth Reserve In Show from judge Uno in show A.

In show B, judge Mike F. awards the youth Best In Show to the Netherland Dwarf shown by brothers Riley (left) and Brody (right).

Leo's Mini Rex wins the youth Reserve In Show from judge Mike F. in show B.

McKenzie Wins another All Breed Best In Show on Sunday at Red Bluff

The Sunday double shows are sponsored by the California Rabbit and Cavy Shows.

In the first show on Sunday, Karen's Californian gets the Best In Show win from judge Allan O. from Utah.

Carol G.'s French Angora white buck HGF Ben Franklin gets the Reserve In Show nod from judge Allan O.

The second show on Sunday brings the most Angora win: judge Cathy chooses Betty's English Angora Chu's McKenzie as the Best In Show and Betty's French Angora HGF Jim as the Reserve In Show.

This is McKenzie's 11th all breed Best In Show win in 3-1/2 months; and this is the first for Betty to have her animals winning the Best In Show and Reserve In Show in the same show.

McKenzie Wins Best In Show and Reserve In Show on Saturday at Red Bluff

The double shows on Saturday are sponsored by The Rabbit Club.

In show A, judge Nate from Utah awards the Best In Show to the Jersey Wooly shown by Timmy and Danielle.

Show A Reserve In Show goes to Betty's English Angora doe Chu's McKenzie.

In show B, judge Mike F. from Texas selects Betty's English Angora as the Best In Show.

This is McKenzie's 10th all breed Best In Show.

The Reserve In Show goes to the black New Zealand shown by Carter and Katie.

McKenzie Wins All Breed Best In Show in Friday Show at Red Bluff

The Red Bluff weekend starts on Friday, December 13 with a night all breed show. Open and youth are all shown together.

McKenzie is going strong with her prime coat; on Friday night, she receives her 9th all breed Best In Show.

Judge Bryan awards the Best In Show to Betty's English Angora doe McKenzie and the Reserve In Show goes to Chris Z's Holland Lop. These two rabbits were also the top winners at Hollister the week prior.

Melissa is the Angora judge of the Friday night show.

Judge Bryan checking on the BOB rabbits that are competing for Best In Show.

Bryan flies to CA from Michigan. This is his first show after receiving his judge's license very recently.

Allen Receives ARBA Distinguish Service Award

It's a huge show weekend at Red Bluff, CA from Dec. 13-15, 2013. Exhibitors came all over CA and neighboring states such as Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona. In addition to many CA judges, there are judges from Utah, Michigan and Texas.

Allen Mesick has done a lot for the rabbit industry not only in the US but also in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Before announcing the top winners in the first show on Saturday, judge Nate from Utah read from a list of Allen's accomplishments.

Allen is very moved, standing at the side and wiping tears.

Allen and others listen to Nate's announcement of ARBA awarding Allen of the Distinguish Service Award.

Allen and Nate hug after the announcement.

Allen shows appreciation for the award and the encouragement he received from his peers and exhibitors.

Color of the Year 2014

The website Pantone is known for setting color trends. It recently announced that the "Color of the Year 2014" is Radiant Orchid.

Parade Magazine called this color "Fuchsia", Wall Street Journal called this color a "New Pink" and some others called it pink purple, magenta, ...

Whatever is called, Betty tries to match the color by dyeing her Angora yarn.

What do you think?