Shows
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BLU Member Nancy Starkey reports from MS&W festival
Photos by permission by Marcus Skeel Mark Soper and I (and our wonderful sheepdogs) perform the Working Sheepdog Demonstrations at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival each year, and we use yearling Bluefaced Leicester ewes from my flock in the demos. These young BFLs are probably the classiest “demo sheep” around, and they certainly catch the attention of the festival crowds. …
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“Bleatings” from Oregon
Submitted by Robina Koenig, Tumble Creek Farm Another Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival is long past and winter is setting in here on the high desert. Fond memories and plans for 2013 shows, projects for Christmas on the knitting needles, the ewes and rams getting friendly, and finishing up the yardwork for winter occupy the…
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News from Rhinebeck
Comments on Rhinebeck festival from Joan Chapin. This year, as in years past, my son and his wife, children, and I went to Rhinebeck with my Blue yearling ewes and Wes/Hil’s Romneys. We went on Thursday, got there late afternoon, and since the wind was coming into our pens along the side, we decided to…
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MidOhio Fiber Fair
BFL fiber was well represented at the recent MidOhio Fiber Fair, held in Newark, OH. Breeders Anne Bisdorf and Lisa Rodenfels had adjoining booths at the show. Anne had raw fleeces and natural rovings; while Lisa’s booth featured natural white and dyed BFL yarn and dyed locks in a rainbow of colors. Here is Anne’s…
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BLACK SHEEP GATHERING, EUGENE, OR 2012
by Sue Gustafson, Four Oaks Farm, Sebastopol, CA Every year at the beginning of June the tingle starts. Black Sheep Gathering is in three weeks! The new lambs have been closely scrutinized, the decision has been made about which sheep are going to the show, and the entries are paid. Now it’s time to join…
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Your $$$ at work
As the sheep show and fiber festival season draws to a close with a flurry of fall events, BLU would like to remind our members of the advertising dollars spent promoting the breed and the breeders during the year. Since 3 of BLU’s stated goals are promotion related: To engage in the education and promotion…
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2014 National BFL Show Proposals Wanted
The BLU National Show Committee is now taking proposals for the 2014 National Bluefaced Leicester Show venue. The deadline to make proposals is JANUARY 1, 2013. Here is the new proposal form. If you are interested, please fill it out and submit to Robina Koenig. 2014 Show Proposal Form You will also find the proposal…
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Results of BFL show at the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene, Oregon
Sue Gustafson, Four Oaks Farm CA-Champion Ram (on right) Robina Koenig Tumble Creek Farm OR- Champion Ewe (on left) Bear Hill Farms CA (Kathy Gasson)- had the Res Champion Ewe Robina also had Res Champion Ram and Young Flock Here is the complete list of class placings: Yearling Ram (4) Four Oaks Farm,…
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National Show Skein and Fiber Art photos
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Champion Fleece at national show