We had a wonderful show this past weekend! Lots of good looking fish, and of course our core group of awesome CBS club members :) I am grateful for being a part of such a wonderful club! It was also the very first show that I officially judged!
One worrying thing was the small number of entries. We had only 160 fish show up, which is roughly half of our normal numbers. People, send your fish! It's the only way that we can keep putting on our shows twice a year, one of the few clubs able to do so. We are in serious need of fundraising before our next show, which we hope to put on during the spring as usual.
One worrying thing was the small number of entries. We had only 160 fish show up, which is roughly half of our normal numbers. People, send your fish! It's the only way that we can keep putting on our shows twice a year, one of the few clubs able to do so. We are in serious need of fundraising before our next show, which we hope to put on during the spring as usual.
David and Rich walk our apprentices Sam and Martin through some Best of Variety judging
Betta People!
 Borin photographing fish while Rebekah (all the way from Washington!) looks on :) |  Martin and Yvonne, avoiding my paparazzi photo skills lol |
Yay new members! Love them :)
Ariel working over time while Rachelle cuddle a kitty :)
Don't mess with CBS. We GANGSTA
 Christine photographing all the feesh |  Judge David Specter photographing his favorite ones :) |
The tireless Nelson!
The real stars of the show - KITTEHS
Rachelle found these poor little pair of kittens on the side of the road! They needed to be fed and pooped every 3 hours, so leaving them at home wasn't an option. That's ok, they were thoroughly cuddled by all!
On the prowl! They wanted to check out my camera :)
 So determined! |  Rich taking some pics of them :) |
Some of the show fish!
A testament to how tiny they are! Those are Rich's shoes!
 Gorgeous red HM male strutting his stuff |  One of my metallic CTPK boys |
 Another one of my CTPK males...their color is difficult to capture!  I believe this is the BOS male of the show! |  Red CT male, amazing attitude  Beautiful red and black PK male |
Super popular guy! Full copper coverage is so hard to achieve!
 Marble PK |  Blue and yellow has to be one of my favorite color combinations. |
 Red butterfly DT male  Another beautiful marble PK |  Marbled up DT male!  Beautiful butterfly pattern! |
Flowing skirts on this royal blue HM
One of my metallic CTPK females
 Big DT male |  Such gorgeous colors! |
 Red red red |  Such a cool combination of full coverage dragon scaling and yellow fins |
Two boys doing the boogie
 Beautiful, clean opaque female |  The new breeder fish looked great! |
RBOS female!
 Striking color contrast on this girl  Lovely marbling on this guy |  Another fantastic HM butterfly male from the new breeder classes  Beautiful! |
Black BOS female by Yvonne Chaban!
Judging
The winners! They are a bit difficult to see...refer to the above pictures for close-ups
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Auction time
There is also some video of the winning show fish in this video! Nothing more beautiful that a fish in full flare.
My placings
We managed to take home a few placings. I am happy that this was the debut for the crowntail plakats that I brought back from Europe. Hopefully it becomes a real class after this first year as a trial class! I showed as many as I could and also entered a few in the auction.
2nd Traditional Form Male (out of 5)
1st and 3rd Traditional Form Female (out of 5)
3rd Solid Show Plakat Female (out of 4)
3rd Solid Show Plakat Female (out of 4)
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Shortfin Crowntail Male (out of 7...all mine LOL)
1st and 2nd Shortfin Crowntail Female (out of 2...again all mine)
Best of Variety Crowntail Female
Reserve Best of Variety Crowntail Female
1st and 3rd Traditional Form Female (out of 5)
3rd Solid Show Plakat Female (out of 4)
3rd Solid Show Plakat Female (out of 4)
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Shortfin Crowntail Male (out of 7...all mine LOL)
1st and 2nd Shortfin Crowntail Female (out of 2...again all mine)
Best of Variety Crowntail Female
Reserve Best of Variety Crowntail Female
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