Sadly I come home with no ribbons. The competition was tough and I got nervous on the tabel but other than that ginger and I performed to our best ability. I couldn't have asked more from her so I'm very proud of her. She got a big cookie when we got out of the ring. The show was spectacular and the hotel too. The dog shows was held on the hotel premisis. I was so glad i got to go to the banquet, it was amazing we got a coffee mug and tabel mat that said 2006 cardi nationals it has 4 corgis on it with them slaying a dragon one was actually aiding it though lol I also got the center peice of the tabel a beautiful jelly candle with a cardi in it a dragon and a castle. They had recently (i believe a week or two ago) lost a huge person in the cardi world Paul Sawaboda so the banquet was really emotional. He was one of the major reasons why the cardi name was finally changed this year to Cardigan Welsh Corgi instead of Welsh Corgi Cardigan......Before I was even really into the cardi world i remember the name already bothering me so I'm glad that he did that. Gosh the said that each junior would get a goody bag and I was like cool I get some candy, well it wasn't just a bag of candy it was more like a Eukanuba Duffle Bag full of stuffs from gum to doggie treats, to human cookies, plus a crate fan, a big huge blanket that says Cardis rule and Dragons Beware lol,a deck of cardi, those really nice dog buckets, a dowl, a collar that says cwcca 2006 on it, a bandana that has a worrior corgi on it lol, a dog brush... .I defanitly got my entry worth out of it. I got to meet soooooooo many great new people. I told my mom before I let I don't want to go home. I'm hoping to get to go to the nationals next year for the cardis and we'll see how that goes. I will have great memories of my first cardi national for the rest of my life, I'll never forget it. Hope everyone had a great weekend at the dog show!!!! Love, Melissa ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================