2014-15 Calendar (it is always a work in progress)
All meeting locations will be at Radius Church, unless otherwise noted on the calendar.
August 2 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC)
13 - Entry Deadline for NC Mountain Fair Show
15 - Entry Deadline for SC State Fair Rabbit and Cavy Show (at the $2 entry fee)
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (1st meeting for the 2014-2015 school year) - Drafts' house
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***
1 - 4-H Membership Registration and Dues to county agents
5-6 - Tennessee Valley Fair - Invitational 4-H Rabbit Show and Single Open (Knoxville, TN)
6 - NC Mountain State Fair Show - Double Open/Single Youth (Fletcher, NC)
13 - Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Cavy (Greensboro, NC)
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
20 - SC State Fair Rabbit Show (Columbia, SC) Single Open/Single Youth Show - strongly encouraged (the awards for this
show are cash premiums! = income)
October 3 - Postmark deadline for entries for the State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition
4 - Georgia National Fair Rabbit Show, Double Open/Double Youth (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, Multi-Purpose Building)
4 - Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair 4-H Rabbit Show/Poster Contest (Seneca, SC)
4 - CAFLS Tailgate – Football Game at Clemson University – Clemson vs NC State
5 - Anderson County Livestock Show (Clemson, SC)
6 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Winston Salem, NC)
5-11 National 4-H Week
8-19 Tractor Supply Company Fall Paper Clover Campaign
8-19 - SC State Fair/4-H Livestock Poster Display
(Volunteers are needed to work the Rabbit/Cavy Booth in the Smallstock Building - short orientation will be required for new volunteers)
11 - 4-H Day at the SC State Fair
11 - State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition - (SC State Fair - Moore Building)
20 - 4-H meeting - ALL ARBA Youth Educational Projects must be turned in tonight unless you are attending the ARBA Convention!
31-November 6 - ARBA Convention (Fort Worth, TX)
November 8 - Clemson University Horse Judging Clinic (Clemson University Equine Center)
14 - Deadline for Horse Judging Contest Entries
15 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Rabbit Show, Triple Open/Triple Youth (Conyers, GA)
15 - ArborOne's 2014 Aim For Ag Sporting Clays Tournament
17 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
28-December 2 - National Congress - (Atlanta, GA)
December 6 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy - (Polo Road Park, Columbia, SC)
6 - 4-H Horse Judging Contest (Clemson University)
12 - Deadline for applications for Contestants and Escorts for the Miss 4-H Pageant
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - It will be a Christmas Party! (Possible Host home needed)
January 3 - GAA New Years Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Hickory, NC)
10 - Miss 4-H Pageant - (Laurens, SC)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
24 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
? - Registration deadline for Junior Teen Weekend
February 6 - Postmark deadline for 4-H Hippology & Horse Bowl Registrations
6-8 - Junior 4-H Weekend - Camp Bob Cooper
14 - Georgia State Rabbit & Cavy Assoc. Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, GA Bldg.)
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
21-22 - 4-H Horse Bowl Contest - (Clemson University)
? - Registration deadline for State Senior Teen Weekend & 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Summit & 4-H Performing Arts Workshop
March 6 - State 4-H Legislative Day - (Columbia, SC)
7 - SC Sporting Clay Tournament - (Live Oaks, Swansee, SC)
7-8 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Triple Cavy/Harlequin Nationals/Specialty shows - (Dalton, GA - North
Georgia Fairgrounds)
13-14 - State Senior Teen Weekend & 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Summit & 4-H Performing Arts Workshop
13-14 - State Forestry Clinic - (Webb Wildlife Center)
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
16 - 4-H Portfolios Due (early turn in date)!
21 - Regional Presentation Contest
21 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Cavy - (Conyers, GA)
21 - 10am-2pm (set up 9am-9:30am) - Cottontail Festival at Polo Road Park (we are with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - Rabbit Display 21-22 - North Carolina State Convention - NC Rabbit Breeders Association - Quad Open/Quad Youth/Double Cavy/Tan Nationals/Specialties -
(Greensboro, NC)
27 - (5pm set-up) 5:30pm-8pm - Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Riverland Hills Baptist Church (Ms. Dolph's church) - Rabbit Display
? - State Presentation Contest - (TBD)
April 6 - State 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest - (Clemson University)
10-14 - National 4-H Conference - (Chevy Chase, MD)
11 - Gaston County Rabbit Show Double Open/Double Youth - (Shelby, NC)
11 - State Poultry Judging Contest (Clemson, SC)
18 - State Engineering Event
20 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
20 - 4-H Portfolios Due (Final)!
23-May 3 - Tractor Supply Company Spring Campaign
24 - 5pm-8pm - H. E. Corley School (Irmo, SC) Rabbit Display (This is their Spring Fling)
25 - Coastal Plain & Eastern Carolina Rabbit Breeders Associations - Triple Open/Double Youth - (Smithfield, NC)
25 - 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
? - Spring Fling and Rabbit Display - Trenholm Park (Columbia, SC)
? - 3pm-5pm - Caughman Road Park - Rabbit Display
May 1 - Portfolios & Resumes for Presidential Tray due to State 4-H office - (Clemson, SC)
9 - Smoky Mountain Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Single Youth/Double Cavy/4-H Competitions (Knoxville, TN)
16 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club, Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy/Youth Showmanship (Caughman Road Park, Columbia, SC)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
23 - Greater Appalachian Alliance Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Taylorsville, NC)
30 - North Carolina Youth RBA - Triple Open/Triple Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
June - Summer break
2 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - End of year party; ARBA projects turned in (what is finished); planning for next year
6 - Central Savannah River Area RBA - Double Open/Double Youth/Single Cavy/Youth Showmanship - (Grovetown, GA)
6 - Deadline for 4-H Horsemanship Camp (Horses required) registration
8 - 4-H Project Record Books Due (final date) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
8-12 - Wild at Webb Camp - (Webb Wildlife Center)
15 - Applications for 4-H Teen Council due in at the State Office - (Clemson, SC)
15 - Postmark deadline for State Congress Registrations
17 - Interviews for Presidential Tray and National Conference - (Columbia, SC)
30 - Ambassador Reports due in at the State Office - (Clemson, SC)
July - Summer break
6-10 - SC 4-H Horsemanship Camp (Horses required) - (T. Ed Garrison Arena, Clemson, SC)
15-18 - State 4-H Congress - (Clemson University)
25 - Deadline for State 4-H Ambassador applications (4-H, Horse, & Healthy Lifestyles)
25 - Deadline for 4-H Volunteer Symposium applications
August - Summer break
1 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC)
8 - State Ambassadors Training (4-H, Horse, Healthy Lifestyles, & ? Livestock) - (Columbia, SC)
8 - SC Volunteer Symposium - (Columbia, SC)
Shows in Blue are local ARBA or 4-H shows in NC, SC, GA, TN which are OPTIONAL!
Most times someone in the club or is attending and is able to transport 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 a way we recruit members for 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.
August 2 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC)
13 - Entry Deadline for NC Mountain Fair Show
15 - Entry Deadline for SC State Fair Rabbit and Cavy Show (at the $2 entry fee)
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (1st meeting for the 2014-2015 school year) - Drafts' house
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***
1 - 4-H Membership Registration and Dues to county agents
5-6 - Tennessee Valley Fair - Invitational 4-H Rabbit Show and Single Open (Knoxville, TN)
6 - NC Mountain State Fair Show - Double Open/Single Youth (Fletcher, NC)
13 - Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Cavy (Greensboro, NC)
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
20 - SC State Fair Rabbit Show (Columbia, SC) Single Open/Single Youth Show - strongly encouraged (the awards for this
show are cash premiums! = income)
October 3 - Postmark deadline for entries for the State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition
4 - Georgia National Fair Rabbit Show, Double Open/Double Youth (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, Multi-Purpose Building)
4 - Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair 4-H Rabbit Show/Poster Contest (Seneca, SC)
4 - CAFLS Tailgate – Football Game at Clemson University – Clemson vs NC State
5 - Anderson County Livestock Show (Clemson, SC)
6 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Winston Salem, NC)
5-11 National 4-H Week
8-19 Tractor Supply Company Fall Paper Clover Campaign
8-19 - SC State Fair/4-H Livestock Poster Display
(Volunteers are needed to work the Rabbit/Cavy Booth in the Smallstock Building - short orientation will be required for new volunteers)
11 - 4-H Day at the SC State Fair
11 - State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition - (SC State Fair - Moore Building)
20 - 4-H meeting - ALL ARBA Youth Educational Projects must be turned in tonight unless you are attending the ARBA Convention!
31-November 6 - ARBA Convention (Fort Worth, TX)
November 8 - Clemson University Horse Judging Clinic (Clemson University Equine Center)
14 - Deadline for Horse Judging Contest Entries
15 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Rabbit Show, Triple Open/Triple Youth (Conyers, GA)
15 - ArborOne's 2014 Aim For Ag Sporting Clays Tournament
17 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
28-December 2 - National Congress - (Atlanta, GA)
December 6 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy - (Polo Road Park, Columbia, SC)
6 - 4-H Horse Judging Contest (Clemson University)
12 - Deadline for applications for Contestants and Escorts for the Miss 4-H Pageant
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - It will be a Christmas Party! (Possible Host home needed)
January 3 - GAA New Years Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Hickory, NC)
10 - Miss 4-H Pageant - (Laurens, SC)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
24 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
? - Registration deadline for Junior Teen Weekend
February 6 - Postmark deadline for 4-H Hippology & Horse Bowl Registrations
6-8 - Junior 4-H Weekend - Camp Bob Cooper
14 - Georgia State Rabbit & Cavy Assoc. Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, GA Bldg.)
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
21-22 - 4-H Horse Bowl Contest - (Clemson University)
? - Registration deadline for State Senior Teen Weekend & 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Summit & 4-H Performing Arts Workshop
March 6 - State 4-H Legislative Day - (Columbia, SC)
7 - SC Sporting Clay Tournament - (Live Oaks, Swansee, SC)
7-8 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Triple Cavy/Harlequin Nationals/Specialty shows - (Dalton, GA - North
Georgia Fairgrounds)
13-14 - State Senior Teen Weekend & 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Summit & 4-H Performing Arts Workshop
13-14 - State Forestry Clinic - (Webb Wildlife Center)
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
16 - 4-H Portfolios Due (early turn in date)!
21 - Regional Presentation Contest
21 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Cavy - (Conyers, GA)
21 - 10am-2pm (set up 9am-9:30am) - Cottontail Festival at Polo Road Park (we are with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - Rabbit Display 21-22 - North Carolina State Convention - NC Rabbit Breeders Association - Quad Open/Quad Youth/Double Cavy/Tan Nationals/Specialties -
(Greensboro, NC)
27 - (5pm set-up) 5:30pm-8pm - Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Riverland Hills Baptist Church (Ms. Dolph's church) - Rabbit Display
? - State Presentation Contest - (TBD)
April 6 - State 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest - (Clemson University)
10-14 - National 4-H Conference - (Chevy Chase, MD)
11 - Gaston County Rabbit Show Double Open/Double Youth - (Shelby, NC)
11 - State Poultry Judging Contest (Clemson, SC)
18 - State Engineering Event
20 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
20 - 4-H Portfolios Due (Final)!
23-May 3 - Tractor Supply Company Spring Campaign
24 - 5pm-8pm - H. E. Corley School (Irmo, SC) Rabbit Display (This is their Spring Fling)
25 - Coastal Plain & Eastern Carolina Rabbit Breeders Associations - Triple Open/Double Youth - (Smithfield, NC)
25 - 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
? - Spring Fling and Rabbit Display - Trenholm Park (Columbia, SC)
? - 3pm-5pm - Caughman Road Park - Rabbit Display
May 1 - Portfolios & Resumes for Presidential Tray due to State 4-H office - (Clemson, SC)
9 - Smoky Mountain Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Single Youth/Double Cavy/4-H Competitions (Knoxville, TN)
16 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club, Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy/Youth Showmanship (Caughman Road Park, Columbia, SC)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
23 - Greater Appalachian Alliance Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Taylorsville, NC)
30 - North Carolina Youth RBA - Triple Open/Triple Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
June - Summer break
2 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - End of year party; ARBA projects turned in (what is finished); planning for next year
6 - Central Savannah River Area RBA - Double Open/Double Youth/Single Cavy/Youth Showmanship - (Grovetown, GA)
6 - Deadline for 4-H Horsemanship Camp (Horses required) registration
8 - 4-H Project Record Books Due (final date) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
8-12 - Wild at Webb Camp - (Webb Wildlife Center)
15 - Applications for 4-H Teen Council due in at the State Office - (Clemson, SC)
15 - Postmark deadline for State Congress Registrations
17 - Interviews for Presidential Tray and National Conference - (Columbia, SC)
30 - Ambassador Reports due in at the State Office - (Clemson, SC)
July - Summer break
6-10 - SC 4-H Horsemanship Camp (Horses required) - (T. Ed Garrison Arena, Clemson, SC)
15-18 - State 4-H Congress - (Clemson University)
25 - Deadline for State 4-H Ambassador applications (4-H, Horse, & Healthy Lifestyles)
25 - Deadline for 4-H Volunteer Symposium applications
August - Summer break
1 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC)
8 - State Ambassadors Training (4-H, Horse, Healthy Lifestyles, & ? Livestock) - (Columbia, SC)
8 - SC Volunteer Symposium - (Columbia, SC)
Shows in Blue are local ARBA or 4-H shows in NC, SC, GA, TN which are OPTIONAL!
Most times someone in the club or is attending and is able to transport 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 a way we recruit members for 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.