CENTRAL COAST FEATHER FANCIERS

2005 Show Photos

All images here are © 2005 Sarah Spotten

Show floor west

Show floor west: Bantams classes SCCL, RCCL, AOCCL, and all large fowl chicken classes are set up over here.

Show floor east: Game Bantams (OEG, MG) and Feather Legged bantams, all waterfowl and turkeys are on this side. Note the giant chicken taking interest in the Moderns!

Show floor east
Mission Control

A view from the Show Secretaries' desk (Mission Control). Show Co-Superintendent Steve King and Co-Secretary Jenny Spotten, along with my computer, on which I digitalized show operations this year.

Hospitality Co-Chair Christina Stead heads up the hospitality table at the main entrance with a smile.

Hospitality table
Judges' hospitality table

Our unique Judges' Hospitality area just for our judges and their guests. Also a product of our great hospitality team!

An informational display on the Patricia Woodland Memorial Fund and fundraising incubator raffle.

Pat Woodland Memorial Fund display
Item raffle

The Item Raffle is always one of the most popular events at the show. And why not--there's some great stuff to win!

There is always a deal going down out back in the sales area.

Sales Area
Judging

Judge Frank Joseph and clerk Tobin Risner hard at work judging Aseels in the AOSB class.

The awards table display created by Phyllis Phelps and Jenny Spotten. Our chicken and turkey class awards this year were coffee mugs with a print from the original watercolor painting in the center, painted by Jenny Spotten.

Awards table display
Intermediate Showmanship

Don Barger judging part of the Intermediate Showmanship class. Don judged all classes of showmanship.

Senior Showmanship class--the competition was fierce!

Senior Showmanship

Chickens, kids, and muffins

Chickens and muffins and kids, oh my!

Chickens, kids, and muffins

Yes, she has discovered that chickens love muffins.

Our family fun activity this year, headed up by Julie Beaver, was The Great Poultry Look-Alike Contest! Here is the adult division, Mary Hoyt and Jackie Vosbrink (the mystery Giant Chicken actually wasn't part of the contest!).

The Great Poultry Look-Alike Contest
Smaller look-alikes!

Here is the kids division of The Great Poultry Look-Alike Contest. Some of these kids got VERY creative with the costumes for both themselves and their birds!

Look alikes

Hey, that's me! (Show Co-Secretary Sarah Spotten) And the lovely twins on the right, dressed up for the Poultry Look-Alike Contest, are Mary Hoyt and her Buff Laced Frizzle Polish Bantam.

More look-alikes

Is it just my eyes, or are there two Golden Laced Cochins in this picture?

More look-alikes!

More look-alikes
More look-alikes

Even more look-alikes!

I'd say the resemblance here is uncanny.

More look-alikes
Look-alike champ!

The overall winner of The Great Poultry Look-Alike Contest is decided!

We had a sold-out tri-tip banquet this year.

Banquet
Jay plays a song

Our very own Jay Horn entertains the banquet with a live rendition from his new album.

We were honored to induct poultry judge and CCFF founding member Frank Joseph into the Cal-National Hall of Fame at our banquet.

Frank and Steve
Frank speaks

Frank delivers an impromptu speech after receiving his Hall of Fame award.