Yup... for $500 or more each way. Joan ----- Original Message ---- From: ANN SCHULTZ <edangsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx; TISHW@xxxxxxx; Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx; ELG440@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:48:33 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurity/Maturity Entries Continental ships all year round, no matter what the temp is. Ann --- Joan Fox <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Also, you must factor in the weather... that narrows > the window for any clubs too far South or North and > then you must remember that shipping embargos go > into effect May 15th or there abouts. > Joan > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "TISHW@xxxxxxx" <TISHW@xxxxxxx> > To: Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx; ELG440@xxxxxxx; > showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 11:28:34 AM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurity/Maturity Entries > > > In a message dated 3/21/2008 10:14:54 A.M. Eastern > Daylight Time, > Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Many clubs have moved their shows to the three > months that are essentially > the Futurity Season, of course this is a boon when > you have the Futurity, > but on the off years, you are stuck competing with > all the other clubs that > now have shows on the same dates and close enough to > cause your(and their) > entries to drop. The exhibitors, running on the > discretionary income now > > > > > This is true but there is another contributing > factor to the problem. Clubs > had back-to-back shows with another club in their > region. In Northern VA in > the Spring, Eastern VA in the fall. In ABQ in the > spring, in Amarillo in > the fall. Now clubs can have both specialities in > their name on one weekend. > This doesn't apply to NoVA/East Va but in the case > of Sacramento I believe > they are having 2 Sacramento Spec. shows and 2 Reno > Spec. shows. Central NM > does 2 shows in the spring. Amarillo has since > gone out of existence so there > is no show over there in the fall. > > In the fall the specialty clubs want to have their > shows prior to the > National so that dogs needing to finish before the > National can enter. They also > do not want to compete (at least in some areas) with > the Canadian National or > the American National. That leaves September and > maybe a week in October for > good weekends. Summer in many areas is too hot. > > And of course there are the All Breed shows to > contend with for dates. I > happened to notice in the Gazette (now that I am > back in VA) that the Old > Dominion Kennel Club show which used to be a large 4 > show circuit with other all > breeds in the No VA area is now being held over in > Maryland on a different > date in April. I'm wondering what happened there. > > Bottom line is changing dates is difficult for most > clubs. 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