http://www.alpacashowreg.com/

Find our digital Show Book at: http://www.txolan2023.com/

Thank you to our Fleece Show sponsor:

DUE DATES FOR FLEECE SHOW:

-  Mail in fleeces must be received by February 4, 2023.

- Carry in must be received by Thursday, Feb 9, 2023  by 12:00 pm.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

• All Fleeces being shown at the TXOLAN Alpaca Spectacular 2022 must not be over 380 days since shearing. They MUST have been shorn after January 30, 2022.
• Juvenile Fleeces must be 183 days at time of shearing or 6 months of growth to be eligible.

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS:

.Go to the TXOLAN Alpaca Association website www.txolan.org and click on the link for registering for the show. Call or Email Lynn Betts, [email protected], or 281-794-8603 for Fleece Show registration help.

When registering, there are three (3) important items needed:

·         ARI certificate for each fleece entered. 

·         Exhibitor Disclosure Form. This is now online (see instructions on 2023 How to Register tab). If your alpaca is co-owned and you would like both owners listed in the final results, be sure to get the co-owner to log into the registration system for the TXOLAN show and sign the disclosure. They do not have to enter the actual show to do this. Please read the disclosure carefully and check the appropriate boxes. 

·        Owner of Record Form. If the certificate is still in another farm's name, you will need an Owner of Record (OOR) form signed by the previous owner giving you permission to show. It must be filled out, signed, with dates. Scan and upload. Scan separately from certificate. There is a specific spot on the registration site to upload OOR.

·         When scanning, set scanner to 300 dpi and the resulting PDF image should load to the registration site. The official registration image from AOA (with holographic seal) should be of proper size to load. 

After registering your selected alpacas, print off a copy of each fleece tag and place them with your fleece in a clear plastic bag of 1 mil thickness or less, approximately 30 gallons.

Two options for fleece check in:

• If you are arriving at show prior to 12 pm on Friday, February 9, 2023, you may bring your fleece to the fleece judging room.
• Mail your fleeces to:
  Lynn Betts TXOLAN Alpaca Spectacular 
  15353 County Road 355 
  Plantersville, TX 77363 

Entry Deadline: All Mail-in fleece entries must arrive by Friday, February 4, 2023.

UPS and FedEx and USPS are all acceptable shippers to this address. Unless you have a prepaid label from UPS or FedEx, all fleeces will be mailed back using the USPS. Choose “Fleece Mail Back” on the registration site if you would like pay upfront to have your fleeces mailed back to you after the show for $15.00 per fleece, $7 per additional fleece.

To provide a prepaid label when you ship your fleeces out, bring your fleece to UPS or FedEx with the box UNSEALED so that you can slip your label in the box before shipping. 

• Create an account at Fed Ex or UPS
• Print out a shipping label with your address on it
• After the show I will put this label on your box along with any ribbons or special awards and ship it back to you. When it gets scanned, your account/credit card gets charged.
• DO NOT send a prepaid Priority Mail label from the USPS. It will not include the extra weight added by the ribbons and therefore not have enough postage.
• DO NOT send stamps.

Have your Fleece mailed back to you along with your ribbons for $15.00 per fleece, $7 per additional fleece.   

For a complete set of rules, please refer to the AOA Show System Handbook here: https://d1zbsmr931x3w0.cloudfront.net/8b05-697685-show-system-handbook.pdf?versionId=Y6gDlJhm_cdkmPD3Yya42ezPtMS_BcyW

PART 19.  (APPENDIX C) GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF FLEECE FOR SHOWING

PART 9 SECTION 1   FLEECE COMPETITIONS.

These may be located on the AOA Website under the tab ALPACA SHOWS and may be selected on the left hand side menu.