Last weekend at this time I was enjoying the Reno Weekend, eating some great food, hanging out with Evan (buying T-shirts, gambling some, laughing alot) and Paula who is still wondering about what I grabbed....haha I had wanted to post something about the weekend because once again I realized that it does take a village to raise a child and it does take many of us to put on a great dog show. This morning I read a post from Alycia Partei wanting to know what others spent on an average dog show weekend. Please take a few minutes and respond to Alycia, send me a copy too because this is the data I would like to collect and share with other Regional Clubs. Now back to Reno, Alycia, her husband Scott, her Dad, Dave and her Mother, Linda are the Reno Club. Now you add Doris Estabrook and Bill Peterson to help run the show and you begin to wonder just how this wonderful weekend happens. Now start to notice the wonderful food prepared by other folks, Eric, Joan, Paul, Ben and I am sure others. You watch as Cindy, Ruth, Tedi and others help set up and take down the ring. You listen as everyone thanks Evan for going out and buying some ribs for the after show dinner and you hear Terry's camera clicking, recording everything. So, thank you Reno and all you wonderful people who have given me so many new ideas that will help all of the Regional Clubs, especially those with just a few members who wonder how they can continue to host the shows. We have learned that you MUST depend upon your exhibitors to help and they will. For those of you who want a first hand lesson, plan on going to Reno next year. Even if you don't show, take a day or two to go enjoy the sights, the city, the wonderful people and the really nice dogs. It will give you a lift. And if you are lucky you might also find those wonderful teenage boys who managed to harvest a nice bunch of crawfish right from the river running alongside the show grounds. They boiled them for the club's dinner and they were great too. Sorry this is so long but let me tell you, go visit Reno, you will love it. Lew ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================