Update on Chicago Suri Symposium
Last weekend, Jim attended the annual Suri Symposium held in Chicago instead of Estes Park, Co. The Symposium was a hugh success with approx. 90 attendies. There were all day clinics on Thursday with a classification clinic held at Leraso Farms followed by a cook out hosted by Ray and Maria Rodriquez. With beautiful weather, this got the symposium off to a flying start. Friday and Saturday were filled with lectures by notables such as Drs. Tibary and Walker. President Dick Waker gave talks on the new Suri Herd Improvemnt Program (SHIP) as well as catching us up on the long range plan. The SNPDC and Youth program were also presented.
Late on Saturday the 2 fleece Judges presented their awards. 256 high quality fleeces were judged with incredible competition in the whites. All champions received ribbons and Judy Steel pottery. Sweetbriar did very well with Santana winning the brown championship and Ashe winning the white females and getting second overall (male and female). Both Ashe and Santana got 18 points on luster. Crown Royale was a close second in the Get of Sire competition.
Next came the auction where 5 donated Herdsires were auctioned off. Close to 19,000 was raised. All in all it was an event well worth attending. Pictured is Santana.
