Remember When: 1991 ARBA Convention at Pomona, CA

The 1991 ARBA convention was held at Pomona, CA.   Suzanne Brady wearing long hair and I are at the NARBC booth.   The person on the left looks like Chata Clayton but I am not sure.  The booth was decorated and staffed by California Angora Rabbit Society (CARS), the counterpart of NCAG in So. CA.   You may notice that the NARBC logo has two rabbits, the English Angora and French Angora.   The Satin Angora was accepted into SOP in 1987 and the Giant Angora was accepted in 1988, the NARBC logo had yet to catch up to the change from 2 breeds to 4 breeds in 1991.   

The NARBC occupied double spaces, one space for club stuff and the other for displaying the entries of wool, skein and garment contests.   In front of the WSG display are Suzanne Brady, Betty Chu, Chris Oliver and Sandy Kelly.   Sandy Kelly was the president of NCAG at the time, Betty the secretary, Suzanne the vice president.   Chris Oliver flew in from MA, she was an associate member.  You may notice the garment just behind Sandy Kelly, it's a basket weave sweater.   As I mentioned in the 1990 post, the basket weave pattern was very popular in the 80s and early 90s, we all try to make sweaters or vests with that pattern.      

From left to right are: Betty Chu, Susan Conley and Suzanne Brady.    Susan Conley was the queen of Angora in the early to mid 1980s.   She was the number 1 English Angora breeder in the nation when I started.

From left to right are: Betty Chu, Janet Jackson from Michigan and Suzanne Raap from Iowa. 


  

While other breeds were in stacked coops, the Angoras were given one tier wire bottom coops.  Poops and pee dropped to the ground that was protected with plastic sheets and shavings.   It was a treat to have such a set up.  Never before or after we were given such great arrangements.