What a wonderful weekend, cudos to the Greater New Haven club and all the help and supporters you had~ It was a memorable, FUN weekend of which we have so little of these days~! Thank you for all you do, please keep it up...and see ya next time~ Donna Donna M. Calabrese, AKC Breeder of Merit & Member of the GSDCA Aramist Enterprises & Kennels www.aramistenterprise.com Donna's Doggie Dooz www.facebook.com/DonnasDoggieDooz -----Original Message----- From: Masstana <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: List The GSD <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 12:25 am Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Northeast Futurity weekend > We were blessed to have a great weekend for our two specialities and the Futurity in Trumbull Ct this past weekend. The sun shone brightly and there was very little humidity, so even though it was in the 80s, it was not too bad. Our show site was able to handle the large entries and most folks could find shade just a few feet from the ring. On Saturday we had two specialities with the first show having entries of 21 dogs and 32 bitches and 6 champions. The 2nd show had an entry of 26 dogs and 40 bitches and 5 champions. We ended up with 5 points being awarded all around so I guess we had some happy people there. > > On Sunday our club hosted the NE Futurity which started with the Amateur Futurity with Jason Lyle judging. Then the regular Futurity with Ben Bigornia judging. Big congratulations to all the winners and particularly to club member,Linda Ciocci, who shepherded us through all the intricacies of putting on this Futurity/maturity weekend. Also particularly noteworthy was the work done by Ralph Ciocci and his daughter, Lindsey, her husband and her young kids, in keeping the food flowing. Standing over a hot grill is hard work, especially in 85 degree weather, and Ralph did a great job. Also the Ciocci's are to be congratulated on their young dog, Nelson, for going Reserve Maturity Dog under Ben. > > Other club members who worked tirelessly to make the days go smoothly were > Bob and Edie Trocki, Nancy Vaught, Sue Lapinski aided by her husband Frank, Richard Lewis and his sister Linda Mazza and Jim Martin who was chief steward for the specialties. Richard, as Show Secretary, put in countless hours in getting everything in to AKC, sending out the premium lists, receiving the entries, preparing the judges books and producing the calalogs for the Saturday shows. Dick also serves as our club Treasurer and is so valuable to our club it's impossible to quantify. And also big thanks to our President,Sue Lapinski, for creating and donating the auction baskets which helped the club make some needed money and also for bringing the Strawberry Shortcake which was given to all who were there before it ran out. > > On Saturday evening, after the show, we had a buffet dinner at a local resturant followed by a presentation by Shree Moses on temperament in German Shepherds, then followed by Jim Moses giving us some feedback on the GSDCA and what was happening there. This was followed by a question and answer session which I think was very informative for the attendees. All in all it was a very successful weekend and our club hopes everybody had fun and appreciated the effort that went into making it so. > > Finally we all wish to thank our judges Bob Drescher, Dan Dwier, Jason Lyle and Ben Bigornia for their work and help in making these shows so successful. You guys were/are great! > > A very tiring weekend but worth the effort. I think. > > John Vaught > Show Chair for Specialties > > Masstana German Shepherds, > Masstana@xxxxxxx, > www.masstana.com ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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. 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