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Kids Corner-AV Fair 2006 AV Fair 2006 By Meagan Browne age 14 Golden Browne Llamas - Phelan, CA
This year at the AV Fair, they offered Youth Judging Classes. We had to judge a Performance Class, a Showmanship Class, and a Halter Class. It was scored on how we placed the class compared to how the judge placed the class. I learned a lot from it, and saw things from a judge’s point of view.
On the first day of the show, there were no classes, but everybody was hurrying to get their llamas in their pens and set everything up. Then everyone talked about llama stuff, and I hung out with my friends Dylan, Jeremy and Bridget…..and Matthew.
The fairgrounds were really small, and couldn’t have been more than a mile and a half wide. The food there was great, and you certainly got enough to eat! It was available to play Paintball and Laser Tag there, and I did Laser Tag with Jeremy and Justin.
On Saturday, all the performance classes were held. First they did the Obstacle class, starting with the juniors and then doing intermediates, seniors and open. When I went in, I was slightly nervous because at the last show I went to, my llama Checkers didn’t do as well as usual. But I was relieved when he did alright and didn’t mess up. The second class was Public Relations. Like Obstacle, they started with juniors and so on. The obstacles were well made and fun to go through and I really enjoyed the course. The weave was the best, because it was long and windy, and going through it just seemed really fun. We did very well in that class and everyone did really good in it. The third and final class for the day was Pack. Like the other two they started with juniors and ended with open. The pack course was completely green, and almost every obstacle was covered in leaves. Because the arena was so small, it was a windy course, and every time you thought you were supposed to go one way, you had to go the other. Checkers was perfect and so was I. I loved the course the best even though in the beginning I thought I would hate it because at the last show I went to Checkers tried to eat everything green! In the end I learned that I got a 100% score on Pack, and I was really happy.
On Sunday all the Halter and Showmanship classes were held. I did Youth Showmanship with our llama named Bounder. Usually Bounder and I do really well together in Showmanship, but he wasn’t at his best this time. In the class, he wanted to sniff all the llamas, and didn’t want to stand still. He went to the bathroom in the middle of the class, and when I thought he was finished, I took a step forward. He straightened up like he was done, took a step, and then went again! How embarrassing! For the rest of the class I didn’t have too much trouble, and I was glad of that. In the end I was glad I did not place last, so it turned out all right.
Now what you have all been waiting for, my placing…. In obstacle I won second place and I was really happy about it. In Public Relations I won first, and I was really excited. In pack I won first, and best of all, later when I learned my scores, I found out I got ten of ten on every obstacle!!!! In youth judging I won first place and it was only the second time I had ever done it. I was so happy! All in all, I won Grand Champion Intermediate Youth and High Point Intermediate Youth. It was a really good show and I thank Sharon Weisenberger and everyone else who helped put it together and for making it so wonderful!!
Next year my llama Checkers and I are going to be in the Annual Tournament of Roses Parade, so watch for us on TV! We are also competing in this year’s Southwestern Regionals, so see you there!!!!
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