2013 Calendar
All meeting locations will be announced via email, unless otherwise noted on the calendar. The club is still actively seeking a more permanent location to hold our meetings.
January 5 - GAA New Years Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Hickory, NC)
7 - 4-H meeting 7pm (Canceled due to majority of club members being sick)
19 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC) - catalog
21 - 4-H meeting 7pm (Drafts)
26 - 30th Annual Southeast Winter Triple Crown Show - Triple Open Netherland Dwarf/Mini Rex/Holland Lop & Triple Youth Holland Lop
- (Spartanburg, SC) - catalog
February 4 - 4-H meeting 7pm (Pocock)
16 - Georgia State Rabbit & Cavy Assoc. Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, GA Bldg.) - catalog
18 - 4-H meeting 7pm (Pocock)
23 - NC Youth Rabbit Breeders Association - Double Open/Double Youth - (Fairview, NC) - catalog
March 2 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Triple Cavy - (Dalton, GA - North Georgia Fairgrounds)
4 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Neff)
16 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Cavy - (Conyers, GA) - catalog
16 - 12pm-3pm - Grace Church Community Easter Egg Hunt (5010 Monticello Road) - Rabbit Display
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Drafts)
18 - 4-H Project Books and Record Books Due (Early turn in date) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
22 - (5pm set-up) 5:30pm-8pm - Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Riverland Hills Baptist Church (Ms. Dolph's church) - Rabbit Display
23 - 10am-2pm (set up 9am-9:30am) - Cottontail Festival at Sesqui Park (we are with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - Rabbit Display
23-24 - North Carolina State Convention - NC Rabbit Breeders Association - 4 Open/4 Youth Shows over 2 days!, Mini Lop Nationals (AMLRC) - (Greensboro, NC) - catalog
April 1 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Hinds)
13 - Spring Fling and Rabbit Display - Trenholm Park (Columbia, SC)
? - 3pm-5pm - Caughman Road Park - Rabbit Display
13-14 - Kentucky Triple Crown Show - Holland Lop (Single Open/Double Youth), Silver Fox and Mini Lop Nationals (MLRCA) - (Louisville, KY) - catalog
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Fink)
15 - 4-H Project Books and Record Books Due (Final) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
26 - 5pm-8pm - H. E. Corley School (Irmo, SC) Rabbit Display (This is their Spring Fling) (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club)
27 - Coastal Plain & Eastern Carolina Rabbit Breeders Associations & MARCS Show - Triple Open/Single Youth - (Smithfield, NC) - catalog
27 - 8am-5pm (set up by 8am) - Sparkleberry Fair Rabbit Display (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - optional, but put
on by Clemson Extension
May 6 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Pocock)
11 - Smoky Mountain Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Single Youth/Double Cavy (Knoxville, TN) - catalog
18 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club, Double Open/Triple Youth/Double Cavy (Caughman Road Park, Columbia, SC) - catalog
20 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Pocock)
25 - Greater Appalachian Alliance Show - Double Open/Single Youth/Netherland Dwarf Specialty - (Taylorsville, NC) - catalog
June 3 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Neff) - End of year party; ARBA projects turned in (what is finished); planning for next year
8 - Central Savannah River Area RBA - Double Open/Double Youth/Youth Showmanship - (Grovetown, GA) - catalog
15 - North Carolina Youth RBA - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
June-July - Summer break
August 3 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC)
14 - Entry Deadline for NC Mountain Fair Show
16 - Entry Deadline for SC State Fair Rabbit and Cavy Show (at the $2 entry fee)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (1st meeting for the 2013-2014 school year) - Fink's house
24 - 4-H Rabbit Showmanship Clinic at TSC (Orangeburg, SC)
September 1 - Final Entry Deadline for SC State Fair Rabbit and Cavy Show (at the $4 entry fee) ***no more entries taken after this date***
2 - No 4-H meeting (Labor Day weekend) ***We will be meeting on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of this month only***
6-7 - Tennessee Valley Fair - Single Open and Invitational 4-H Rabbit Show (Knoxville, TN)
7 - NC Mountain State Fair Show - Double Open/Single Youth (Fletcher, NC)
9 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
14 - Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Cavy (Greensboro, NC)
23 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
28 - SC State Fair Rabbit Show (Columbia, SC) Single Open/Single Youth Show - strongly encouraged (the awards for this
show are cash premiums! = income)
October 4 - Postmark deadline for entries for the State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition
5 - Georgia National Fair Rabbit Show, Double Open/Double Youth (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, Multi-Purpose Building)
5 - Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair 4-H Rabbit Show (Seneca, SC)
6 - Anderson County Livestock Show (Clemson, SC)
6 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Winston Salem, NC)
7 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - ALL ARBA Youth Educational Projects must be turned in tonight unless you are attending the ARBA Convention!
7-13 National 4-H Week
9-20 Tractor Supply Company Clovers All Over Campaign
9-20 - SC State Fair (Volunteers needed to work the Rabbit/Cavy Booth in the Smallstock Building - short orientation will be required for new volunteers)
16-28 - NC State Fair - Open (17th)/Youth (18th) Show - (Raleigh, NC) ***cooped show*** - catalog
18-23 - ARBA Convention (Harrisburg, PA)
19 - State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition - (SC State Fair - Moore Building)
19 - 4-H Day at the SC State Fair - Roll Call at 12pm at the Rocket
21 - No 4-H meeting due to members and leaders attending the 2013 ARBA Convention in Harrisburg, PA
November 4 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
16 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Rabbit Show, Triple Open/Triple Youth (Conyers, GA)
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (tentative meeting - Thanksgiving week)
29-December 3 - National Congress - (Atlanta, GA)
December 2 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
7 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy - (Polo Road Park, Columbia, SC)
11 - Deadline for applications for Contestants and Escorts for the Miss 4-H Pageant
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - It will be a Christmas Party! (Possible Host home needed)
Shows in Blue are local ARBA shows in NC, SC, GA, TN which are OPTIONAL!
Most times someone in the club or Ms. Dolph are attending and can transport your rabbit(s) or cavy (cavies) to and from the show. Carpooling might be available for some of these shows. These are also good times to look at different breeds and possibly buy new animals.
Displays and other educational events that promote rabbits and cavies are in Green. Please participate in as many of these as possible as these are how we recruit more members of our 4-H club and help people learn about our animals. Often you are able to bring your own animals to these events. More information is available closer to the time of the events.
January 5 - GAA New Years Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Hickory, NC)
7 - 4-H meeting 7pm (Canceled due to majority of club members being sick)
19 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC) - catalog
21 - 4-H meeting 7pm (Drafts)
26 - 30th Annual Southeast Winter Triple Crown Show - Triple Open Netherland Dwarf/Mini Rex/Holland Lop & Triple Youth Holland Lop
- (Spartanburg, SC) - catalog
February 4 - 4-H meeting 7pm (Pocock)
16 - Georgia State Rabbit & Cavy Assoc. Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, GA Bldg.) - catalog
18 - 4-H meeting 7pm (Pocock)
23 - NC Youth Rabbit Breeders Association - Double Open/Double Youth - (Fairview, NC) - catalog
March 2 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Triple Cavy - (Dalton, GA - North Georgia Fairgrounds)
4 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Neff)
16 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Cavy - (Conyers, GA) - catalog
16 - 12pm-3pm - Grace Church Community Easter Egg Hunt (5010 Monticello Road) - Rabbit Display
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Drafts)
18 - 4-H Project Books and Record Books Due (Early turn in date) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
22 - (5pm set-up) 5:30pm-8pm - Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Riverland Hills Baptist Church (Ms. Dolph's church) - Rabbit Display
23 - 10am-2pm (set up 9am-9:30am) - Cottontail Festival at Sesqui Park (we are with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - Rabbit Display
23-24 - North Carolina State Convention - NC Rabbit Breeders Association - 4 Open/4 Youth Shows over 2 days!, Mini Lop Nationals (AMLRC) - (Greensboro, NC) - catalog
April 1 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Hinds)
13 - Spring Fling and Rabbit Display - Trenholm Park (Columbia, SC)
? - 3pm-5pm - Caughman Road Park - Rabbit Display
13-14 - Kentucky Triple Crown Show - Holland Lop (Single Open/Double Youth), Silver Fox and Mini Lop Nationals (MLRCA) - (Louisville, KY) - catalog
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Fink)
15 - 4-H Project Books and Record Books Due (Final) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
26 - 5pm-8pm - H. E. Corley School (Irmo, SC) Rabbit Display (This is their Spring Fling) (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club)
27 - Coastal Plain & Eastern Carolina Rabbit Breeders Associations & MARCS Show - Triple Open/Single Youth - (Smithfield, NC) - catalog
27 - 8am-5pm (set up by 8am) - Sparkleberry Fair Rabbit Display (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - optional, but put
on by Clemson Extension
May 6 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Pocock)
11 - Smoky Mountain Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Single Youth/Double Cavy (Knoxville, TN) - catalog
18 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club, Double Open/Triple Youth/Double Cavy (Caughman Road Park, Columbia, SC) - catalog
20 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Pocock)
25 - Greater Appalachian Alliance Show - Double Open/Single Youth/Netherland Dwarf Specialty - (Taylorsville, NC) - catalog
June 3 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Neff) - End of year party; ARBA projects turned in (what is finished); planning for next year
8 - Central Savannah River Area RBA - Double Open/Double Youth/Youth Showmanship - (Grovetown, GA) - catalog
15 - North Carolina Youth RBA - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
June-July - Summer break
August 3 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC)
14 - Entry Deadline for NC Mountain Fair Show
16 - Entry Deadline for SC State Fair Rabbit and Cavy Show (at the $2 entry fee)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (1st meeting for the 2013-2014 school year) - Fink's house
24 - 4-H Rabbit Showmanship Clinic at TSC (Orangeburg, SC)
September 1 - Final Entry Deadline for SC State Fair Rabbit and Cavy Show (at the $4 entry fee) ***no more entries taken after this date***
2 - No 4-H meeting (Labor Day weekend) ***We will be meeting on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of this month only***
6-7 - Tennessee Valley Fair - Single Open and Invitational 4-H Rabbit Show (Knoxville, TN)
7 - NC Mountain State Fair Show - Double Open/Single Youth (Fletcher, NC)
9 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
14 - Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Cavy (Greensboro, NC)
23 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
28 - SC State Fair Rabbit Show (Columbia, SC) Single Open/Single Youth Show - strongly encouraged (the awards for this
show are cash premiums! = income)
October 4 - Postmark deadline for entries for the State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition
5 - Georgia National Fair Rabbit Show, Double Open/Double Youth (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, Multi-Purpose Building)
5 - Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair 4-H Rabbit Show (Seneca, SC)
6 - Anderson County Livestock Show (Clemson, SC)
6 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Winston Salem, NC)
7 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - ALL ARBA Youth Educational Projects must be turned in tonight unless you are attending the ARBA Convention!
7-13 National 4-H Week
9-20 Tractor Supply Company Clovers All Over Campaign
9-20 - SC State Fair (Volunteers needed to work the Rabbit/Cavy Booth in the Smallstock Building - short orientation will be required for new volunteers)
16-28 - NC State Fair - Open (17th)/Youth (18th) Show - (Raleigh, NC) ***cooped show*** - catalog
18-23 - ARBA Convention (Harrisburg, PA)
19 - State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition - (SC State Fair - Moore Building)
19 - 4-H Day at the SC State Fair - Roll Call at 12pm at the Rocket
21 - No 4-H meeting due to members and leaders attending the 2013 ARBA Convention in Harrisburg, PA
November 4 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
16 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Rabbit Show, Triple Open/Triple Youth (Conyers, GA)
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (tentative meeting - Thanksgiving week)
29-December 3 - National Congress - (Atlanta, GA)
December 2 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
7 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy - (Polo Road Park, Columbia, SC)
11 - Deadline for applications for Contestants and Escorts for the Miss 4-H Pageant
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - It will be a Christmas Party! (Possible Host home needed)
Shows in Blue are local ARBA shows in NC, SC, GA, TN which are OPTIONAL!
Most times someone in the club or Ms. Dolph are attending and can transport your rabbit(s) or cavy (cavies) to and from the show. Carpooling might be available for some of these shows. These are also good times to look at different breeds and possibly buy new animals.
Displays and other educational events that promote rabbits and cavies are in Green. Please participate in as many of these as possible as these are how we recruit more members of our 4-H club and help people learn about our animals. Often you are able to bring your own animals to these events. More information is available closer to the time of the events.