First Post of the Day
Excitement and anticipation were through the roof on July 27, 1995. The first NAN drew 106 entrants from 29 states and thus was the biggest show ever held in the hobby to that date.
Other shows may have had bigger class lists or been spread over two days, but since every model at NAN had to qualify to enter by winning a first or second in a NAN qualifier show, the models entered in this show were the best of the best in the hobby.
First a disqualifier about the photos. Due to the fragility of the album they are in, I decided to leave them in it as is and take photos of the photos. There is glare and there is distortion, but this was not the time to remove them. When I do it will need to be permanently because the photo album will not survive their removal.
Beth Dickinson, me, and Kathy, ready to show! (And nervous and hopeful, too!)
It was fun to see Beth's name along with Kathy's, mine, and other friends from Illinois and Indiana.
Top Tens for both Kathy and Beth in the OF China/Resins Other Light/Gaited class!
And Beth won Reserve National Champion for that class!
A Top Ten in one of the Spanish classes for my Favory Furioso.
I received a Top Ten for my circus horse entry. I made the doll, the tack, and the ring.
My Windsong Sherif won a Top Ten in the Arabian class where foals were competing against adults but I don't have a photo of that for some reason.
So here he is in a pic used for photo showing.
More success for Beth - another Top Ten in the OF China/Resins Draft Breeds class.
A Top Ten for Andrea Morden-Moore in the OF Plastic Mustang/Mustang Cross class.
Laura Doll showing her National Champion plaque for a performance entry.
A photo of a performance class. (As you can tell, it was crowded in that ballroom.)
A harness class. (I would not have wanted to be the person who tacked up that team of eight horses! Wow!)
Arabian Costume class.
Someone preparing her entry for the class.
Another Arabian Costume.
Kathy's Bismarck with championship ribbons from this and past shows - NAN 1995, BreyerFest 95 Live, Halter Madness 1996, and an unknown rosette.
More to come tomorrow, so stay 'tooned!
That team of eight is amazing! Would love to see that in person.
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