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GMAF Schedule

FOR REFERENCE ONLY -- will change for 2011...

Friday, April 23 - Set up and Check-in

Time

Event

Location

8am

Fleece Judging begins - closed process

Upper Mezzanine

12-7pm

Alpaca Check-in

Main Floor - North Entrance

12-7pm

Color Check

Coliseum Main Floor

3-8pm

Vendors Check-in and set up

Mezzanine


Saturday April 24 - Open to the public

Time

Event

Location

8:30am

Silent Auction Begins

Coliseum Main Floor

8:30-8:45am

Exhibitors' Meeting (required)

Show Rings

9-5am

Fiber Demos
Vendors Open
Fleece Show Open for viewing

Mezzanine

9am-5pm

FIBER DEMO: Spinning Wheel Spinning

Mezzanine

9am-12:30pm

Halter Show

Show Rings

9-10am

FIBER DEMO: Drum Carding

Mezzanine

9-10am

FIBER DEMO: Hand Carding & Combing

Mezzanine

9-11am

FIBER DEMO: Machine Knitting

Mezzanine

10-11am

SEMINAR: Mike Kovacs, CPA  “Tax and Financial Aspects of Alpaca Breeding”

Mezzanine (Coliseum Club)

10am-12pm

FIBER DEMO: Needle Felting

Mezzanine

10am-12pm

FIBER DEMO: Hand Loom Weaving

Mezzanine

11am-12pm

FIBER DEMO: Skirting a Fleece

Mezzanine

11am-12pm

SEMINAR: Dr. Lynn Peterson, DVM  “Alpaca Health 101”

Mezzanine (Coliseum Club)

12:30-1:30pm

Lunch Break

Concession Stand - Mezzanine

12:30-1:30pm

Herdsire Viewing

Show Ring

1-2pm

FIBER DEMO: Inkle Loom Weaving

Mezzanine

1-2pm

SEMINAR: Wade Gease “How to start in Alpacas” (beginner audiences)

Mezzanine (Coliseum Club)

1-3pm

FIBER DEMO: Drop Spindle Spinning

Mezzanine

1:30-?pm

Production Classes and Halter Show

Show Rings

2-4pm

FIBER DEMO: Machine Knitting

Mezzanine

2-4pm

FIBER DEMO: Needle Felting

Mezzanine

2:15-2:45pm

SEMINAR: Wade Gease “Alpaca Fiber Coop, Got Fleece!” (all audiences)

Mezzanine (Coliseum Club)

3:30-4:30pm

SEMINAR: Dr. Lynn Peterson, DVM  “Internal Parasites – A new look at an old problem.  Identifying, treating and controlling"

Mezzanine (Coliseum Club)

4-5 pm

FIBER DEMO: Skirting a Fleece

Mezzanine


Sunday, April 25 - Open to the public

Time

Event

Location

8-10am

Performance classes

Show Rings

8am-finish

Halter Show

Show Rings

9am-12pm

Fiber Demos
Fleece Show Open

Mezzanine

9am-12pm

FIBER DEMO: Spinning Wheel Spinning

Mezzanine

9am-12pm

FIBER DEMO: Drop Spindle Spinning & Hand Carding

Mezzanine

9am-1pm

Vendors Open

Mezzanine

9-10am

FIBER DEMO: Drum Carding

Mezzanine

9-11am

FIBER DEMO: Machine Knitting

Mezzanine

10-11am

FIBER DEMO: Skirting a Fleece

Mezzanine

10am-12pm

FIBER DEMO: Needle Felting

Mezzanine

10am-12pm

FIBER DEMO: Hand Loom Weaving

Mezzanine

10:30am-12pm

SEMINAR: Mike Kovacs, CPA and Dr. Lynn Peterson, DVM   “Alpacas 101 – Q&A”

Mezzanine (Coliseum Club)

11am-12pm

FIBER DEMO: Inkle Loom Weaving

Mezzanine

12pm

Silent auction bidding closes

Coliseum Main Floor