Mid Autumn Festival 2026

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also called Harvest Moon Festival, it is one of the three major festivals in Asia.   This is the only Asian festival that has a rabbit in the folklore.   The folklore was told in older blogposts, here is the earliest one:
Northern California Angora Guild: Harvest Moon Festival
If you are not familiar with this folklore, click and do a read.

It's intereting that our next show coming up uses the rabbit and moon cake in the cover of the catalog.  Got to share this cover.  If you are interested in showing or visiting this show, it's on October 3, 2026 at the fairgrounds in King City, CA.

Rabbit and moon cake are associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival, but not cavy.  Guess the cavy is added on to reflect the show at King City includes a cavy show.

 

Show A Best In Show Judging at Cloverdale

Show A Best In Show judge is Ted Deloyola from Oregon.   Juliet Hamak is working on her rabbit judge's license, doing the "assist" under judge Ted.   Juliet is a long time cavy judge.

Another view of judge Ted at the Best In Show table.

More Best In Show judging.

Reserve In Show is Beth Nelson's Tan.

Best In Show is Janice Skerik's American Fuzzy Lop.   

 

Show C English Angora Judging at Cloverdale

Judge Ray places the BOV English Angora, a white senior doe.

English Angora colored senior buck.

Colored senior buck, also the BOSB winner.

Judge Ray examines the colored senior doe.

English Angora colored senior doe wins the BOB and advances to the open Best In Show.

For a list of winners, go to:

 NCAG Show Results: September 13, 2026 Angora Showing at Cloverdale

Show C Satin Angora Judging at Cloverdale

Ray Stacy is our judge for our Angoras in show C.

Casey is the table clerk for judge Ray.

White senior does on the table.

Judge Ray examines the white Satin Angoras. 

White senior doe is the BOB Satin Angora.

The black junior buck is nice but still needs time to grow.

For a list of winners, go to:

 NCAG Show Results: September 13, 2026 Angora Showing at Cloverdale

Show B English Angora Judging at Cloverdale

Judge Cathy starts English Angora judging with the white variety.

Judge Cathy placing the first place white senior buck.

When Charlie was showing, his specializes in English Angora, especially the REW.

Judge Cathy has good blowing power!

Senior doe or senior buck, who gets to be the BOV white variety?

The BOV goes to the white senior doe.   

The next class is the colored senior buck.

The two finalists for the English Angora colored senior buck class. 

The chocolate tort buck on the left gets the first place.

The colored senior doe is on!

The colored senior doe is the English Angora BOB, the BOSB goes to the white senior buck.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 13, 2026 Angora Showing at Cloverdale

 

Show B Satin Angora Judging at Cloverdale

Show B judge for Angoras is Cathy Szychulda.

Here is Charlie!  Charlie is the president of NCAG.  Though he no longer shows rabbits, he is still very much in contact with us and attends shows if the show is within a couple hours of his.   He has lots of catching up to do with judge Cathy who is a top breeder of Rex; believe it or not, Charlie had a Rex in the past.

Here is the nice Satin Angora junior buck.  If you recall, he was a tiny newborn when he became a foster child of the first place English Angora Rabbit of the Year Chu's Raeberta.   Look at him, he is growing well.  


For a list of winners, go to:


NCAG Show Results: September 13, 2026 Angora Showing at Cloverdale

 

Show A English Angora Judging at Cloverdale

English Angoras are sitting in coops waiting for judge Stephany to complete Satin Angora judging.

It is very unusual that both the English Angora and the Satin Angora have more white than colored shown.

Casey is clerking for judge Stephany when she is working on the Satin Angoras.

Next to be judged are the white English Angoras.  Betty is the clerk.

Judge Stephany is happy to see white English Angoras on the table.   Stephany dabbles on white English Angora as well, except that hers have baby blue eyes while those on the table are all ruby eye whites.

Judge Stephany likes the white senior doe, ...

... and places the senior doe the first place, but ...

.... she likes the senior buck even better, so the white senior buck is the BOV white.

The next class is the colored senior buck, this buck gets the second place.

The first place colored senior buck is also the BOSB, over the BOV white buck.

Then there is the colored senior doe.

The English Angora BOB is the colored senior doe.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 13, 2026 Angora Showing at Cloverdale

 

Show A Satin Angora Judging at Cloverdale

The judge for Angoras is Stephany Brundage. 

Judge Stephany's first Angora breed on the table is the Satin Angora.

There are 4 beautiful white and one black Satin Angoras. 

The BOB and BOSB go to the white senior doe and white senior buck.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 13, 2026 Angora Showing at Cloverdale

 

Open Top Winners at Cloverdale

Mendo-Lake RBA sponsors triple breast cancer benefit shows at Cloverdale, Ca. on Sunday, September 13. 2026.

Show A Best In Show judge: Ted Deloyola, OR.
Assist: Juliet Hamak.
Best In Show rabbit: Jan Skerik's American Fuzzy Lop.

Show A Reserve In Show is Beth Nelson's Tan.

Show B Best In Show judge: Kathi Groves, CA.
Best In Show rabbit: Mini Rex shown by Lillian and Airi Bearden.
Reserve In Show rabbit: Californian shown by Theresa Gowen.

Show C judge: Jordan Miner, CA.
Best In Show rabbit: Betty Chu's English Angora.

 

Show C Reserve In Show is Theresa Gowen's Californian.