Georgia Alpaca Association

The 2012 Royal Alpaca Challenge

November 3 - 4, 2012
Georgia International Horse Park
Conyers, Georgia

Free to the Public - Sat 9 -5, Sun 9 - 4

Meet established breeders ready to answer your alpaca questions, fiber arts demonstrations and a fabulous shopping opportunity with all kinds of alpaca products and fiber arts supplies. Watch as alpacas from around the country compete for top prizes.

Attention Spinners, knitters and all fiber enthusiasts.  Please join us this year in the "Royal Alpaca Fiber Lounge".  There will be felting stations, drop spindle stations, spinning circles hosted by Roo Kline of Moonwood Farm and other fiber related demonstrations and discussions.   Bring your knitting or wheel and join in the fun!!  Learn about and share the joy of working with alpaca!

Doing things a little differently...

JACKPOT PAYOUTS

All entries placing third or better in each halter and several production classes will receive monetary winnings commensurate with their placing and the total number of entries in said class. We paid over $7,000 in jackpot prizes in 2009.

THE ROYAL ALPACA CHALLENGE PARTY & SPONSOR HOUR (Complimentary!)

We invite all exhibitors and vendors to join the GAA in celebrating the Royal Alpaca Challenge Show & honoring our sponsors. Friday night a "Sponsor Hour" party will allow you to relax with friends while listening to some of our home grown music by "The Nearly Brothers" as well as nosh on some really good food...all complimentary. Saturday night, join us for the GAA RAC party. Heavy appetizers, good conversation, cash bar & entertainment on arena mezzanine.

THE FIBER LOUNGE

A room dedicated to the love of alpaca fiber! This is where you find the 2011 Spin-Off results and see fiber arts demonstrations. Shop with a host of vendors selling all things fiber, alpaca and more! We will also host our needle felting station and drop spindle stations in the Fiber Lounge, where you can play to your hearts content with the directions and materials provided for you. Or just sit in a comfy chair and share the fiber arts with new friends.

THE ROYAL "LOVE LOUNGE"

The Love Lounge and Herdsire Breeding is offered as a convenience to our exhibitors. November is a great time to breed for fall cria. If you have at least one animal registered for a halter class at RAC you may also sign up to bring a herdsire or dam to conveniently make the love connection and breed right at the show. No fees to do so. However if you would like to enter your herdsire in the Royal "Love Lounge" he will be featured on the RAC website, listed on one of our National email blasts as well a stall listing in the showbook, all for a small fee. Some rules and restrictions apply, for details go to the Downloadable Forms Page and download the "Love Lounge and Breeding Form. The herdsire website will be active soon.

HIGH VOLUME OF VISITOR TRAFFIC

The show is located 28 minutes from Atlanta. We have an extensive marketing program put together to encourage outside visitors and folks interested in learning more about alpacas and alpaca end products. Our gal, Sherry Ammen of Kryia Suri Alpacas did a fabulous job for us last year. We had a wonderful turnout of public in 2010 and expect nothing less in 2011!

"FIRST TIME SHOWING" INFORMATION PACKS

A helpful information pack is available to all first time show exhibitors upon registration. Designed to answer your questions about what you need to do to prepare for the show and what to expect upon arrival in regards to check-in, show ring preparation, and ring etiquette. The more you know ahead of time the more you will enjoy your experience.

EASY AND ORGANIZED CHECK IN

Easy check in, especially for the ROYAL and PEACH SPONSORS in 2011. You will be able to drive in the arena, do color check, unload and load at the end of the show, right in front of your stalls!!! Doesn't get any easier then that.

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List of Vendors for 2011

(if you would like to be a vendor in 2012, click here)

Name: Lardworks Glass, Fiber & Jewelry Studio at Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm
Product: Hand blown Glass Jewelry and wearable fiber art
Address: 106 Agape Drive Blairsville, Ga 30512
Phone: (706) 835-1837
Email: info@alpacamoon.com
Website: www.alpacamoon.com

Name: Vivid Creations Fibers
Product: Vivid Creation Fibers is a homegrown dye operation based out of Duluth, Georgia.  All creations are made with professional grade acid dyes in a smoke-free, cat friendly environment.  Our goal is to bring you exciting and vibrant colors that inspire you to take your knitting, crocheting, or spinning to a whole new level. patterns. We also have felted wine sleeves and coasters and hand knit washcloths, 20% of the proceeds go to help orphans in Eastern Europe and Russia
Address: 1525 Laurel Crossing Parkway #1223, Buford, GA 30519
Phone: (770) 380-3128
Email: info@vividcreationfibers.com
Website: www.vividcreationfibers.com

Name: The Alpaca Bean Coffee Company, LLC
Product: The taste of the alpaca lifestyle....Alpaca Bean Coffee and a variety of related items. Alpaca Bean Coffee is imported as green coffee from the lands of the alpaca...Peru and Bolivia. Once we get the green beans, they are roasted to perfection on our farm, Walnut Knoll Farm. We offer a variety of coffee blends and roast levels for you pleasure, as well as beautiful hand thrown mugs...each with its own character. 
Address: Canon, GA
Phone:  (706) 245-0821
Email:  bestcoffee@thealpacabean.biz
Website:  www.thealpacabean.com

Name:  Scentsy Wickless Candles
Product:  Ceramic warmers use a low voltage bulb to warm a fragrant wax.
Address: 3041 Black Fox Drive, Loganville, GA
Phone:  (404) 379-5776
Email:  imtheagent4u@yahoo.com
Website:  www.smith2008.scentsy.us

Name:  Gore Trailer MFG, Inc.
Product:  Alpaca Trailers
Address: 3041 Whiteville, NC 28472
Phone:  (910) 642-4298
Email:  sales@goretrailers.com
Website:  www.goretrailers.com

Name:  Black Sheep Farm
Product:  Wool roving (finn, romney, merino, shetland and handmade baskets)
Address: Morganton, NC 28655
Phone:  (828) 390-2240
Email:  finnsheep@charter.net
Website:  www.blacksheepfarmnc.com

Name: Moonwood Farm
Product: The luxurious spinning fibers specializing in alpaca, milk and moonbeams, as well as high quality raw alpaca fleece and fiber arts supplies.  We will be hosting spinning circles at the show, please join us!
Address: 8000 Madison Blvd, PMB 187, Madison, AL  35758
Phone:  (870) 656-1153
Email:  roo@moonwoodfarm.com
Website:  www.moonwoodfarm.com

Name: Lanart
Product: Quality alpaca products for men, woman and children.  Felted animals, lap throws, alpaca socks for all occasions and Classic alpaca Teddy Bears and many more.
Address: 202 South Old Statesville Road, Huntsville, North Carolina  28087
Phone:  (704) 875 - 1972
Email:  orders@lanart.net
Website:  www.lanart.net

Name: Beaded Sisters
Product: We offer unique, handcrafted jewelry with a Native American influence.  Our products are fun and beautiful.  We love opportunities to show our jewelry to the public!
Address: 50 Coldwater Way, Covington, GA  30016
Phone: (678) 209-9591
Email: beadedsisters@gmail.com

Name: Twisted Fence Ranch
Product:  Alpaca and wool fiber, yarn, Kromski Spinning Wheels and Looms,
kids looms, drop spindles, felted goat milk soap, needlefelted dryer balls, needlefelted pin cushions, small alpaca paintings, feedbag grocery bags and more.
Address: 134 Misty woods Drive, Grovestown, GA
Phone:  (706) 863- 2120 (store) - (706) 863 - 8952 (Judys cell)
Email:  fuzzy@twistedfence.com
Website:  www.twistedfence.com 

Name: Knitty and Color
Product: Handspun roving/top in many varieties of wool as well as Alpaca, handcrafted batts, handpainted yarn, handspun yarn.
Address: Akworth, GA
Phone:  (404) 660-6287
Email:  knittyandcolor@gmail.com
Website:  www.knittyandcolor.com 

 

Name: Gabash International
Product: Alpaca and other clothing items from Peru
Address: St Paul, MN
Phone:  (763) 300-9448
Email:  mschreus@aol.com
Website:  www.gabash.net

 

Name: Ooh LaLa Souffle
Product: H100% Organic combination of unrefined coconut oil, unrefined shea butter and grape seed oil, carefully blended by hand in small batches on site.  The finished product looks like whipped cream in a jar and the feeling of it on your skin wil concur why we say it is food for the skin.  We can infuse the souffle with our organic farms grown herbs including Comfrey, Black Walnut, Sweet Basil, Sage, Lavender and much more.
Phone:  (404) 274-9770
Email:  oohlala.souffle@yahoo.com

Name: Make-Ur-Fun
Product: Face painting, glitter temporary tattoos and airbrush temporary tattos
Address: Lilburn, GA
Phone:  (678) 977-8068
Email:  rich0125@comcast.net
Website:  www.cheekyart.com 

Name: New Era Fiber/Long Hollow Suri Alpacas
Product:  Yarns, patterns and fiber processing
Address: L698 Wallace Road, Gallatin, TN 37066
Phone:  (615) 452-7852
Email:  janh@longhollowalpacas.com
Website:  www.newerafiber.com 

Name: Dryco Alpaca Panels
Product:  Light weight stalling panels and tack supplies
Address: PO Box 343, Mansfield, TX 78063
Phone:  (817) 477-3441
Email:  kristi@drycoskylights.com
Website:  www.drycoskylights.com 

Name:  Quality LLama Products
Product:  Alternative Livestock supplies
Address: PO585 Park St., Lebanon, OR 97355
Phone:  (800) 638-4689
Email:  sales@llamaproducts.com
Website:  www.llamaproducts.com 

Name: Mays Hill Alpacas
Product:  Woven Alpaca Rugs and Placemats
Address: 2400 HWY 23 N. Perkins, GA  30822
Phone:  (912) 657-6017
Email:  glenmays@wildblue.net
Website:  Mays Hill Alpacas

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Silent Auction Donations for 2011

(if you would like to make a donation for the 2012 show, click here)

• Sharon Bogenschutz
  Georgian Oaks Farm
• Ric Larred & James
  Suki Farms 
• Courtney & Holly Williams
  Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm
• Donnie and Tracie Elder
  Webber Meadows Alpaca of the Carolinas 
• Laura and Rick Steere
  Infinity Alpacas and the VA 4-H Club
• Barbara Smith
• Gail & Steve Scherer
  Woodsong Alpacas
• Kathy Gholston
  Garland Farm Alpacas
• Rosalie Moffet and Dennis Watts
  Thunder River Suri Alpacas
• Michelle Atkins
  Wilderness Farms, LLC
• Sherry Ammen
  Kriya Suri Alpacas
• Bill Nutt
  Nutt Farm Suri Alpacas
• Darrell, Ann and Kelly Addison
  Annie's Dream Alpaca Farm
• Nicole Morelli-Taylor
  Adonai's Alpacas
• Paula Puckett
  AMB Alpacas
• Pam and Jerome Scruggs
  Jerae's Unity Alpacas
• Michael and Melissa Hall
  Mystic Mountain Alpacas
• Kevin and Wendy Stone
  Stone's Trow Alpacas 
• Keena Hardin
  Single Acre Farm 
• Kate Robie
  Springwood Farm
• Larry Dietch
  Destiny Alpacas
• David Carrell
  Carrell Farms, Inc. 

• Terrill Esposito
  Legacy Alpaca Farm 

• Phillip Volz, Andre Eduwardo, Angel Rivera, Kim Robertson, John Robertson
  Papa's Alpacas