2012
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 17 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
21 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
28 - 29th Annual Southeast Winter Triple Crown Show - Triple Open Netherland Dwarf/Mini Rex/Holland Lop & Triple Youth Holland Lop -
(Spartanburg, SC) - catalog
February 6 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
11- Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers - Double Open/Double Youth - (Sanford, NC) - catalog
18 - Georgia State Rabbit & Cavy Assoc. Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, GA Bldg.) - catalog
20 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
March 3 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Triple Cavy - (Dalton, GA - North Georgia Fairgrounds)
4 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Mini Rex/Flemish Giant Double Specialty Shows (Open only) - (Dalton, GA - North GA Fairgrounds)
5 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Topic - Rabbit & Cavy Health, Guest Speakers - Drs. Kevin and Valerie Blaes, DVM) - do not bring
animals!
10-11 - North Carolina State Convention - NC Rabbit Breeders Association - 4 Open/4 Youth Shows over 2 days!, Mini Rex (O) Specialty
Show Jersey Wooly Nationals, American Fuzzy Lop Nationals - (Greensboro, NC) - catalog
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Topic - Color Genetics, Guest Speaker - Mrs. Charlotte Ford)
19 - 4-H Project Books and Record Books Due (Early turn in date) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
24 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Cavy - (Conyers, GA) - catalog
24 - 10am-2pm (set up 9am-9:30am) - Cottontail Festival Rabbit Display at Sesqui Park (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club)
30 - 6:30pm-8:00pm - Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Riverland Hills Baptist Church (Ms. Dolph's church) - Rabbit Display
31 - 1pm-3pm - Grace Church Community Easter Egg Hunt (5010 Monticello Road) - Rabbit Display
April 2 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Topic - Rabbit Wool and Its Uses, Guest Speaker - Mrs. Dawn Harper)
7 - 3pm-5pm - Caughman Road Park Rabbit Display
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
16 - 4-H Project Books and Record Books Due (Final) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
21 - Coastal Plain & Eastern Carolina Rabbit Breeders Associations & MARCS Show - Triple Open/Double Youth - (Wilson, NC)
27 - 5pm-8pm - H. E. Corley School (Irmo, SC) Rabbit Display (This is their Spring Fling) (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club)
28 - 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 7 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
12 - Smoky Mountain Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Single Youth/Double Cavy (Lenoir City, TN)
19 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club, Double Open/Double Youth/Youth Breed ID Contest (Caughman Road Park, Columbia, SC)
21 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
26 - Greater Appalachian Alliance Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Taylorsville, NC)
June 2 - South Eastern Rabbit Breeders Association's Lop Extravaganza! - Triple Open Specialty Shows (English, French, Mini, Holland, and Fuzzy
Lops)/Triple all-breed youth show (Gray, TN)
4 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - End of year party; get workbooks and record books checked and ARBA projects turned in (what you have finished)
June-July - Summer break
August 4 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC) - catalog
20 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (1st meeting for the 2012-2013 school year)
September 3 - No 4-H meeting (Labor Day weekend)
7-8 - Tennessee Valley Fair - Single Open and Invitational 4-H Rabbit Show. (Knoxville, TN)
? - Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Greensboro, NC)
17 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
29 - (Saturday) - SC State Fair Rabbit Show (Columbia, SC) Single Open/Single Youth Show - strongly encouraged (the awards for this
show are cash premiums! = income) - catalog
October 1 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
6 - Georgia National Fair Rabbit Show, Double Open/Double Youth (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, Multi-Purpose Building)
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
25-31 - ARBA Convention (Wichita, KS)
November 5 - 4-H meeting 7pm
17 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Rabbit Show, Triple Youth Show (Conyers, GA)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (canceled due to member's plans for Thanksgiving)
December 1 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy - (Polo Road Park, Columbia, SC)
10 - 4-H meeting 7pm - It will be a Christmas Party!
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.
more permanent location to hold our meetings.
January 17 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
21 - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
28 - 29th Annual Southeast Winter Triple Crown Show - Triple Open Netherland Dwarf/Mini Rex/Holland Lop & Triple Youth Holland Lop -
(Spartanburg, SC) - catalog
February 6 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
11- Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers - Double Open/Double Youth - (Sanford, NC) - catalog
18 - Georgia State Rabbit & Cavy Assoc. Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, GA Bldg.) - catalog
20 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
March 3 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Triple Cavy - (Dalton, GA - North Georgia Fairgrounds)
4 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Mini Rex/Flemish Giant Double Specialty Shows (Open only) - (Dalton, GA - North GA Fairgrounds)
5 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Topic - Rabbit & Cavy Health, Guest Speakers - Drs. Kevin and Valerie Blaes, DVM) - do not bring
animals!
10-11 - North Carolina State Convention - NC Rabbit Breeders Association - 4 Open/4 Youth Shows over 2 days!, Mini Rex (O) Specialty
Show Jersey Wooly Nationals, American Fuzzy Lop Nationals - (Greensboro, NC) - catalog
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Topic - Color Genetics, Guest Speaker - Mrs. Charlotte Ford)
19 - 4-H Project Books and Record Books Due (Early turn in date) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
24 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Cavy - (Conyers, GA) - catalog
24 - 10am-2pm (set up 9am-9:30am) - Cottontail Festival Rabbit Display at Sesqui Park (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club)
30 - 6:30pm-8:00pm - Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Riverland Hills Baptist Church (Ms. Dolph's church) - Rabbit Display
31 - 1pm-3pm - Grace Church Community Easter Egg Hunt (5010 Monticello Road) - Rabbit Display
April 2 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (Topic - Rabbit Wool and Its Uses, Guest Speaker - Mrs. Dawn Harper)
7 - 3pm-5pm - Caughman Road Park Rabbit Display
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
16 - 4-H Project Books and Record Books Due (Final) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
21 - Coastal Plain & Eastern Carolina Rabbit Breeders Associations & MARCS Show - Triple Open/Double Youth - (Wilson, NC)
27 - 5pm-8pm - H. E. Corley School (Irmo, SC) Rabbit Display (This is their Spring Fling) (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club)
28 - 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 7 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
12 - Smoky Mountain Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Single Youth/Double Cavy (Lenoir City, TN)
19 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club, Double Open/Double Youth/Youth Breed ID Contest (Caughman Road Park, Columbia, SC)
21 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
26 - Greater Appalachian Alliance Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Taylorsville, NC)
June 2 - South Eastern Rabbit Breeders Association's Lop Extravaganza! - Triple Open Specialty Shows (English, French, Mini, Holland, and Fuzzy
Lops)/Triple all-breed youth show (Gray, TN)
4 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm - End of year party; get workbooks and record books checked and ARBA projects turned in (what you have finished)
June-July - Summer break
August 4 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC) - catalog
20 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (1st meeting for the 2012-2013 school year)
September 3 - No 4-H meeting (Labor Day weekend)
7-8 - Tennessee Valley Fair - Single Open and Invitational 4-H Rabbit Show. (Knoxville, TN)
? - Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Greensboro, NC)
17 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
29 - (Saturday) - SC State Fair Rabbit Show (Columbia, SC) Single Open/Single Youth Show - strongly encouraged (the awards for this
show are cash premiums! = income) - catalog
October 1 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
6 - Georgia National Fair Rabbit Show, Double Open/Double Youth (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, Multi-Purpose Building)
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm
25-31 - ARBA Convention (Wichita, KS)
November 5 - 4-H meeting 7pm
17 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Rabbit Show, Triple Youth Show (Conyers, GA)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (canceled due to member's plans for Thanksgiving)
December 1 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy - (Polo Road Park, Columbia, SC)
10 - 4-H meeting 7pm - It will be a Christmas Party!
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.