Georgia Alpaca Association

The 2013 Royal Alpaca Challenge

November 2 - 3, 2013
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!

RAC photo contest, for details, click here.

More information coming soon:

Fiber Arts Classes, click here. 
Free Demos, click here 

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 almost $10,000 in jackpot prizes in 2012.

THE ROYAL ALPACA CHALLENGE PARTY & SPONSOR HOUR 

We invite all exhibitors and vendors to join the GAA in celebrating the Royal Alpaca Challenge Show & honoring our sponsors. The Friday night  "Sponsor Hour" party will allow you to relax with friends and enjoy delicious appetizers and free wine & beer.

Saturday night, join us for the GAA RAC party. Full southern comfort dinner, good conversation, cash bar & entertainment by the New Orleans band, The Blues Generation.

Two complimentary tickets are given to each farm or vendor that purchases at least one stall/vendor space. Additional tickets can be purchased for a minimal $15.00 for Fri or Sat only or $30 for both Fri and Saturday's party.  Includes great food, wine and beer on both nights.

THE FIBER LOUNGE

A room dedicated to the love of alpaca fiber! This is where you find the 2013 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.  Sign up for fiber arts classes!

"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 SPONSORS in 2013. 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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2013 Vendors (sign up today!)

Name: Gore Trailer MFG, Inc.
Product:  Alpaca Trailers
Address: 305 Gore Trailer Road, NC 28472
Phone:  (910) 642-4298
Email:  sales@goretrailers.com
Website:  www.goretrailers.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) 847-8547
Email:  orders@lanart.net
Website:  www.lanart.net

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

 

List of Vendors for 2012
(if you would like to be a vendor in 2013, click here)

Name: Tamashi Inspirations & Angora Acres
Product: Felted purses, crochet felted yarn bags, hand carded llama and alpaca, merino/bamboo/BFL and alpaca roving, decoupage heads for knitted/crochet hats, dyed roving, dyed angora locks, felting kits, soap felting kits.
Address: Clanton, AL 35046
Phone: (205) 217-5495
Email: tamashipm@yahoo.com

Name: Tochays Rainbow Yarns
Product: Hand spun, dyed and plied fiber yarns.
Address: 4161 Duesenberg Drive, Tucker, GA  30084
Phone: (678) 591-6064
Email: tochays@surveysystemsatlanta.com

Name: Mountain Cottage Soaps
Product: We offer handcrafted soaps and bath & body products.  Soaping is our passion.

Address: 1745 Whispering Circle, Cumming, GA  30040
Phone: (678) 520-3771
Email: heidi@mountaincottagesoaps.com
Website: www.mountaincottagesoaps.com

Name: The Spotted Circus Alpaca & Llamas
Product: We offer alpaca and camel combed topped for your spinning and felting pleasure.  We also carry several sizes of project bags, spindles, silk hankies and long lusious locks
Address: 7675 Ault Road, Freedom, IN  47431
Email: Spottedcircusalpacas@yahoo.com
Website: www.spottedcircus.com

Name: Doherty Duggan and Rouse Insurors
Product: A full service independent insurance agency.  We have agents that represet the full line of services from Property & Casualty, to Employee Benefits, to Personal Insurance.  We have an in house claims department that is available 24 ours a day, 7 days a week to help our clients with claims.  Being there for our clients is our number one priority.
Phone:  229-888-2040 or 1800 624-2040
Address: 2301 Dawson Rd, Albany, GA  31707 
Email: rdoherty@ddrins.com
Website: www.ddrins.com

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: Zibeline Knits, LLC.
Product: Zibeline Knits is a purveyor of fine, hand painted and hand dyed yarns, including alpaca fingering weight, alpaca, lace weight, and alpaca DK weight yarns. Hand spun alpaca is available, as well. All products are locally produced by Keya Kuhn, the company's owner. Visit http://www.etsy.com/shop/ZibelineKnits to view the Belle Luxe and Cielo labels (alpaca currently in stock).
Address: Covington, GA 30014
Phone: (678) 468-7077
Email: zibelineknits@gmail.com
Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ZibelineKnits

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: Gore Trailer MFG, Inc.
Product:  Alpaca Trailers
Address: 305 Gore Trailer Road, NC 28472
Phone:  (910) 642-4298
Email:  sales@goretrailers.com
Website:  www.goretrailers.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: American Livestock Magazine and Publishing
Product: We are a Diversified Publication covering all of the US in print and online. We also offer full service printing:  Logos, business cards, banners, catalogs, yarn labels and other printed materials.  Call today! 
Address: 612 East Leon, Gatersville, TX  76528
Phone:  (888) 439-2748
Email:  info@americanlive.com
Website:  www.americanlive.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) 847-8547
Email:  orders@lanart.net
Website:  www.lanart.net

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: 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: 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: Thunder River Alpaca Company Paca Tees
Product: Artist qualtity alpaca inspired T-shirts and other unique alpaca gifts.
Address: 27830 Thunder River Way, Cumming, GA 30028
Phone: (717) 994-3760
Email:  info@thunderriveralpacas.com
Website: http://thunderriveralpacas.com/Paca_Tees.php

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Silent Auction Donations for 2012

(if you would like to make a donation for the 2013 show, click here)

Foster's Trail & Alpaca Farm
Peter and Susan Goodwin
Bottle of Dom Perignon, elegant champayne for all occasions

Chee Guitars/Kriya Suri Alpacas
Chee and Sherry Ammen
Diana DeGarmo's Tour Memorabilia.  Includes a copy of the 1st edition of American Idol Magazine, Pictures of Diana and a couple of back stage passes to two of her shows. Diana Degarmo now works on Broadway.
Ceramic Suri business card holder made by artist Judy Evans Steele. 

AMB Alpacas
Paula Puckett
One alpaca beaded necklace and earrings.

The Wild Horse Saddlery
Powder Springs, GA
One feed bucket and lead line.

Lion's Gate Alpaca Farm
Linda and Michelle Rivers
OA Teatime basket which includes a ceramic teapot, handcrafted tea cosy, 3 selections of loose-leaf tea, set of 6 teasponos, 3 teacups and saucers, tea strainer.

Virginia Owners and Breeders Association
One half page color ad in VAOBA showbook.

American Livestock Magazine
One full page ad in the 'new' American Livestock Magazine (New ownership and direction).

Nutt Farm Suri Alpacas
Bill and Barbara Nutt
TBD

Southern Estate Alpacas
Jerry and Liz Bates
Alpaca Art, 4 foot x 5 foot collage.

The Alpaca Ranch at Cobb Creek Cabins
Veronica and Jimmy T
A Three night stay for two people in one of our lovely creekside log cabins on the historic Cobb Creek Estate. Value $400.

Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm
Courtney and Holly Williams
One hand sculpted glass alpaca suri pendant
One hand sculpted glass alpaca huacaya pendant
One hand felted and beaded alpaca scarf
One gift certificate for a nuno felting class 

Southern Sunrise Alpacas
William and Mary Rogers
TBD

Walnut Knoll Farm and The Alpaca Bean Coffee Company
George and Judy Dick
A gift basket filled with home roasted Alpaca Bean Coffee and other related products, $120

Alpaca Magic USA
Jean Riley
One hand crocheted alpaca hat  and scarf 
One large alpaca nesting ball 

Double O' Good Alpacas
Ernest Kellogg
Snowmass Ferrari breeding (worh $2,500) Closed to outside breedings.

Two Crows Farm
Mike and Woody Ham
Three piece hand knit alpaca set:  Sweater, hat and booties.
One Case pocket knife 'Johny Cash' Collector's edition. 

New Era Fiber/Long Hollow Suri Alpacas
Karl and Jan Heinrich
Five pounds of fiber processing at New Era Fiber Mill

Mystic Mountain Alpacas
Michael and Melissa
Alpaca Hat and Matching Glove Set

Choice Alpaca Footwear

Purely Alpaca
Two Pairs of Choice Alpaca Socks - Super thick

Lanart Quality Alpaca Products
Olga and Angelo Ponce
100% Alpaca throw

Poplar Hill Alpacas
Les and Patty Fuller
One breeding to 12x Champion, Renosant's Peruvian El Corazon
One breeding to true black Champion AG Peruvian Alejandro 

Blackberry Hill Alpacas
Debra Merrill
Weber barbaque tool set
Alpaca barbaque apron

Alpaca Fiber Solution, Inc.
www.alpacafibersolutions.com
Red Oak triloom (will make 2.5 foot shawlette)
Handspun alpaca art yarn to make a fringed triloom shawlette

Rocky HIll Farm Alpacas
Diane and Weyman Cochran
Extrme alpaca socks size 6-8.5
Alpaca knit tobaggan hat

Florida Alpaca Breeders Association
A full page color ad in the showbook for the 2013 Sunshine EXPO and Auction.

Gabash International
Chiky Schreus
Adult Embroidered Arpillera Cotton Sweater

Annies Dream Alpaca Farm
Ann, Darrell and Kelly Addison
4 skeins of Annies hand spun yarn

Tamashi Inspirations & Angora Acres
Pamala Minor
3 oz. of dyed Angora locks

Ridgeview Farm Southern Suris
Juanita and Bill Crake
The best of James Harriot - book
Cloisonne cache pot
Alpaca notecards
Handcrafted basket

Avid Id Livestock Division
$50 gift certificate

Papas Alpacas
Phillip Volz, Andre Eduwardo, Angel Rivera
Breeding to Ausable Valley's Ascent 
Breeding to Aussie's REO Speedwagon

Thunder River Suri Alpacas
Rose Moffett & Dennis Watts
Three T-Shirts from Thunder River Paca-T's unique designs.

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Our Wonderful Volunteers for the Royal Alpaca Challenge

(if you would like to volunteer in 2013, 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 
• Gail & Steve Scherer
  Woodsong 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
• Michael and Melissa Hall
  Mystic Mountain Alpacas

 

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