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I am posting this for Lyn Shuster of Lyn's Chins (Central Florida Chinchillas). She asked me via email to post this on all the forums regard the SEC show that would have been held in Nov. of this year. I don't have any other info that what is contained in the posting below.. feel free to contact Lyn. Her contact info (phone # and email address) are on her site.
Announcing the FIRST FLORIDA CHINCHILLA SHOW—COME make history!
Hello Chin lovers: You all are folks who have acquired a chinchilla
from me or another Central Florida chinchilla breeder, or someone we
know to be interested in chinchillas or a breeder yourself. I wanted
to let you know of a wonderful opportunity to learn more about
chinchillas and see great examples of every chin color there is in one
place at one time.
Your regional divi
sion of the Mutation Color Chinchilla Breeders’
Association (MCBA), the Southeast Coastal Chapter, is having its next
Chinchilla Show in Orlando on February 13, 2010 (President’s day
Saturday)—this will be the first chinchilla show EVER in Florida. You
don’t have to be an MCBA member to attend, or even to enter a chin in
the show. Chin shows are fun experiences, whether you bring a chin to
enter or not, and we have picked a location which is easy to
find—Holiday Inn Universal Studios, a stone’s throw from the Florida
Turnpike intersection with Interstate 4, and about l0 minutes away from
where the Beachline/528 ends in I-4. This hotel is near ALL the
attractions—Walt Disney World, SeaWorld —and across the street from the
entry to Universal. There are many good restaurants in walking
distance, good shopping nearby, and a 45 minute drive to Cocoa Beach,
less to airboat rides on the St. Johns River. Busch Gardens in Tampa
is about an hour away too.
SO are you interested? Do you think you might attend and bring a
spouse, friend, child (small children probably should be left with a
babysitter, older interested children are welcome at the show—and if
you want to make it a “whole family trip,” I can probably find you a
babysitter)? Would you perhaps spend a night or two, or more, at the
hotel or just come for the day? Chin shows get underway20after all the
chins have been groomed, generally about 9:30 or l0 am, and end after
all chins have been judged, which depending on the number of chins can
be 3-5 pm, with a one hour break for lunch. Getting even a rough idea
how many folks might come doesn’t commit you to anything but really
helps us out with our planning—show room size, lunch menu, how many
hotel rooms to hold at a discounted rate, even how many 1st to 4th
place ribbons to order. We are thinking of having a get-together event
Friday night so that you could come Friday, have a relaxed fun time
with other chin lovers that evening and then be on hand early for the
show Saturday without a long drive from anywhere. Saturday night we’ll
have a “social” with the judge—pizza and snacks—which is also a good
time to talk to chins breeders and chin lovers.
Thanks and just click on reply and tell me whatever you can.
Lyn Shuster, Florida Chinchilla Show Chairperson,
Lyn’s Chins, www.centralfloridachinchillas.com
P.S. You do not need to have a pedigree for your chin to enter it in
show. You do need the breeder’s permission though, if you know who
that is, but whatever ribbon or trophy you win is yours. You should
know something about show preparation of a chin, however, and future
newsletters will tell you that and, if there if enough interest, the
planners for the show with me,
all Central Florida chinchilla breeders,
are considering one or more live grooming sessions that you could
attend.
Announcing the FIRST FLORIDA CHINCHILLA SHOW—COME make history!
Hello Chin lovers: You all are folks who have acquired a chinchilla
from me or another Central Florida chinchilla breeder, or someone we
know to be interested in chinchillas or a breeder yourself. I wanted
to let you know of a wonderful opportunity to learn more about
chinchillas and see great examples of every chin color there is in one
place at one time.
Your regional divi
sion of the Mutation Color Chinchilla Breeders’
Association (MCBA), the Southeast Coastal Chapter, is having its next
Chinchilla Show in Orlando on February 13, 2010 (President’s day
Saturday)—this will be the first chinchilla show EVER in Florida. You
don’t have to be an MCBA member to attend, or even to enter a chin in
the show. Chin shows are fun experiences, whether you bring a chin to
enter or not, and we have picked a location which is easy to
find—Holiday Inn Universal Studios, a stone’s throw from the Florida
Turnpike intersection with Interstate 4, and about l0 minutes away from
where the Beachline/528 ends in I-4. This hotel is near ALL the
attractions—Walt Disney World, SeaWorld —and across the street from the
entry to Universal. There are many good restaurants in walking
distance, good shopping nearby, and a 45 minute drive to Cocoa Beach,
less to airboat rides on the St. Johns River. Busch Gardens in Tampa
is about an hour away too.
SO are you interested? Do you think you might attend and bring a
spouse, friend, child (small children probably should be left with a
babysitter, older interested children are welcome at the show—and if
you want to make it a “whole family trip,” I can probably find you a
babysitter)? Would you perhaps spend a night or two, or more, at the
hotel or just come for the day? Chin shows get underway20after all the
chins have been groomed, generally about 9:30 or l0 am, and end after
all chins have been judged, which depending on the number of chins can
be 3-5 pm, with a one hour break for lunch. Getting even a rough idea
how many folks might come doesn’t commit you to anything but really
helps us out with our planning—show room size, lunch menu, how many
hotel rooms to hold at a discounted rate, even how many 1st to 4th
place ribbons to order. We are thinking of having a get-together event
Friday night so that you could come Friday, have a relaxed fun time
with other chin lovers that evening and then be on hand early for the
show Saturday without a long drive from anywhere. Saturday night we’ll
have a “social” with the judge—pizza and snacks—which is also a good
time to talk to chins breeders and chin lovers.
Thanks and just click on reply and tell me whatever you can.
Lyn Shuster, Florida Chinchilla Show Chairperson,
Lyn’s Chins, www.centralfloridachinchillas.com
P.S. You do not need to have a pedigree for your chin to enter it in
show. You do need the breeder’s permission though, if you know who
that is, but whatever ribbon or trophy you win is yours. You should
know something about show preparation of a chin, however, and future
newsletters will tell you that and, if there if enough interest, the
planners for the show with me,
all Central Florida chinchilla breeders,
are considering one or more live grooming sessions that you could
attend.
I wasn't keeping my hopes up since it was all the way in FL.
