2015-16 Calendar (As always, it is a work in progress.)
All meeting locations will be at Club members' homes in Gilbert, SC, unless otherwise noted on the calendar.
August
1 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth - (Ladson, SC) - catalog
3 - Deadline for State 4-H Ambassador Training Applications (4-H, Horse, & Healthy Lifestyles) - flyer - registration form
3 - Deadline for SC 4-H Volunteer Symposium Applications - registration form
8 - State 4-H Ambassadors Training (4-H, Horse, & Healthy Lifestyles) - (Columbia, SC)
8 - SC 4-H Volunteer Symposium - (Columbia, SC)
8 - NC Cavy Breeders Association Cavin' Round the Mountain Cavy Show - Double Open Cavy/Single Youth Cavy - (Asheville, NC)
12 - Entry Deadline for NC Mountain Fair Show - catalog - entry form
14 - Entry Deadline for the Laurens County Youth Livestock Show (4-H/FFA Rabbit show & Poster Contest) - catalog & entry form
20 - Laurens County 4-H/FFA Rabbit Show & Poster Contest - (Laurens, SC)
24 - Informational 4-H meeting, for the 2015-2016 4-H year, 6:30pm (at Drafts)
September
1 - Entry Deadline for SC State Fair Rabbit and Cavy Show **no day of show entries** - youth catalog - instructions - online entry form
1 - 4-H Membership Registration and Dues to county agents
10 - 4-H Meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
5 - Music City Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Music City, TN) - catalog
11-12 - Tennessee Valley Fair - Invitational 4-H Rabbit Show and Single Open - (Knoxville, TN)
11-12 - RR&CC 4-H Club Overnight (for 4-H Juniors/Seniors) - Oconee County, SC
12 - NC Mountain State Fair Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Fletcher, NC) - catalog
16 - Entry Deadline for the Orangeburg County Fair Open 4-H Rabbit Show - Showmanship only - entry form
21 - 4-H Meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
19 - ArborOne's 2015 Aim For Ag Sporting Clays Tournament
19 - Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Single Cavy - (Greensboro, NC)
19 - SC State Fair Rabbit Show - (Columbia, SC) - Single Open/Single Youth Show - strongly encouraged (the awards are cash
premiums! = income)
24-27 - Southern Regional Teen Leadership Conference - (Crosswell, TN)
25 - Entry Deadline for the Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair 4-H Rabbit Show/Poster Contest - (Westminster, SC) - entry form
25-27 - Anderson County Livestock Show - (Clemson, SC)
26 - Lawrence County Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Lawrenceburg, TN)
October
3 - Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair 4-H Rabbit Show/Poster Contest - (Westminster, SC)
4-10 National 4-H Week
7 - National Youth Science Day
7-18 - Tractor Supply Company Fall Paper Clover Campaign
8 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts); Club Officer Elections
10 - Orangeburg County Fair Open 4-H Rabbit Show - Showmanship only (Orangeburg, SC)
10 - CAFLS tailgate - Football Game at Clemson University - Clemson vs. Georgia Tech
10 - Smoky Mountain Cavy Breeders Association Show - Triple Open Cavy - (Sevierville, TN)
14-25 - SC State Fair (Volunteers are needed to work the 4-H Booth & the Rabbit/Cavy Booth, in the Smallstock Building, - short orientation will be
required for new volunteers)
15 - NC State Fair Rabbit Show - Single Open - (Raleigh, NC)
16 - NC State Fair Rabbit Show - Single Youth - (Raleigh, NC)
17 - GA National Fair Rabbit Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, Multi Purpose Building)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds); ALL ARBA Youth Educational Projects must be turned in, unless personally attending the ARBA Convention!
24 - 4-H Day at the SC State Fair
24 - NC State Fair Cavy Show - Open Cavy/Youth Cavy - (Raleigh, NC)
24 - State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition - (SC State Fair - Moore Building)
31- ARBA Convention (Portland, OR)
? - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Winston Salem, NC)
November
1-4 - ARBA Convention (Portland, OR)
12 - 4-H Meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
16 - 4-H Meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
21 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Rabbit Show, Triple Open/Triple Youth - (Conyers, GA)
27-December 1 - National 4-H Congress - (Atlanta, GA)
December
1 - National 4-H Congress (Atlanta, GA)
5 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy/Specialties-Mini Lop, English Spot, Thrianta, Rex, Polish, Dwarf
Hotot/Youth Showmanship - (Bluff Road Park, Columbia, SC)
9 - Early Bird Registration for applications for Contestants and Escorts for the Miss 4-H Pageant
14 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts) - It will be a Christmas party!
January
1 - Registration Deadline for Contestants and Escorts for the Miss 4-H Pageant
2 - GAA New Years Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Hickory, NC)
9 - Miss 4-H Pageant - (Laurens, SC)
14 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
? - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
? - Registration deadline for Junior Teen Weekend
February
5 - Postmark deadline for 4-H Hippology & Horse Bowl Registrations
5-7 - 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.)
11 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
20 - 4-H Horse Bowl Contest - (Clemson University)
21 - 4-H Hippology Contest - (Clemson University)
? - Registration deadline for State Senior Teen Weekend & 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Summit & 4-H Performing Arts Workshop
March
? - State 4-H Legislative Day - (Columbia, SC)
? - State Garden Project
5 - 4-H 4K Race (York County)
5-6 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Triple Cavy/Specialty shows - (Dalton, GA - North Georgia Fairgrounds)
19 - SC Sporting Clay Tournament Fund Raiser - (Live Oaks, Swansee, SC)
?-? - State Senior Teen Weekend & 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Summit & 4-H Performing Arts Workshop
?-? - State Forestry Clinic - (Webb Wildlife Center)
10 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
21 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
? - 4-H Portfolios Due! (early turn in date)
? - Regional Presentation Contest
? - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Cavy - (Conyers, GA)
? - 10am-2pm (set up 9am-9:30am) - Cottontail Festival at Polo Road Park (we are with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - Rabbit Display
? - (5pm set-up) 5:30pm-8pm - Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Riverland Hills Baptist Church (Ms. Dolph's church) - Rabbit Display
April
2-3 - North Carolina State Convention Rabbit & Cavy Shows - Quad Open/Quad Youth/Double Cavy/Specialties/Youth Contests - (Greensboro, NC)
? - State 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest - (Clemson University)
?-? - National 4-H Conference - (Chevy Chase, MD)
? - Gaston County Rabbit Show Double Open/Double Youth - (Shelby, NC)
? - State Poultry Judging Contest (Clemson, SC)
? - State Engineering Event
14 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
? - 4-H Portfolios Due! (Final)
?-? - Tractor Supply Company Spring Campaign
? - 5pm-8pm - H. E. Corley School (Irmo, SC) Rabbit Display (This is their Spring Fling)
23 - Coastal Plain & Eastern Carolina Rabbit Breeders Associations - Triple Open/Double Youth - (Smithfield, NC) - catalog
23 - State Communications Contest (Horse Contest Included) - (Columbia, SC)
? - 8am-5pm (set up by 8am) - Sparkleberry Fair Rabbit Display (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - optional, but organized 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)
21 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club, Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy/American Sable National/Youth Showmanship - (Caughman Road
Park, Columbia, SC)
12 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
? - Greater Appalachian Alliance Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Taylorsville, NC)
? - North Carolina Youth RBA - Triple Open/Triple Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
June - Summer break
9 - 4-H Club End of Year Party - 6:30pm; ARBA Convention projects turned in (what is finished); planning for next year
? - Central Savannah River Area RBA - Double Open/Double Youth/Single Cavy/Youth Showmanship - (Grovetown, GA)
? - Deadline for SC 4-H Horsemanship Camp (Horses required) registration
8 - 4-H Project Record Books Due (final date) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
?-? - 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
? - Interviews for Presidential Tray and National Conference - (Columbia, SC)
30 - Ambassador Reports due in at the State 4-H Office - (Clemson, SC)
July - Summer break
13-16 - State 4-H Congress - (Clemson University)
29 - Deadline for State 4-H Ambassador Applications (4-H, Horse, & Healthy Lifestyles)
29 - Deadline for 4-H Volunteer Symposium Applications
August - Summer break
6 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC)
6 - State Ambassadors Training (4-H, Horse, Healthy Lifestyles, & ? Livestock) - (Columbia, SC)
6 - SC Volunteer Symposium - (Columbia, SC)
6 - State Food Plot Applications Due
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.
All Deadlines are in Red.
Please make sure you are aware of the dates by which various applications/entries are due.
Note: Not all of the rabbit/cavy show entry deadlines are listed. Most of them are due to the appropriate show secretaries by 9pm on the Tuesday or Wednesday before the show. Please check the show catalog for more details.
August
1 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth - (Ladson, SC) - catalog
3 - Deadline for State 4-H Ambassador Training Applications (4-H, Horse, & Healthy Lifestyles) - flyer - registration form
3 - Deadline for SC 4-H Volunteer Symposium Applications - registration form
8 - State 4-H Ambassadors Training (4-H, Horse, & Healthy Lifestyles) - (Columbia, SC)
8 - SC 4-H Volunteer Symposium - (Columbia, SC)
8 - NC Cavy Breeders Association Cavin' Round the Mountain Cavy Show - Double Open Cavy/Single Youth Cavy - (Asheville, NC)
12 - Entry Deadline for NC Mountain Fair Show - catalog - entry form
14 - Entry Deadline for the Laurens County Youth Livestock Show (4-H/FFA Rabbit show & Poster Contest) - catalog & entry form
20 - Laurens County 4-H/FFA Rabbit Show & Poster Contest - (Laurens, SC)
24 - Informational 4-H meeting, for the 2015-2016 4-H year, 6:30pm (at Drafts)
September
1 - Entry Deadline for SC State Fair Rabbit and Cavy Show **no day of show entries** - youth catalog - instructions - online entry form
1 - 4-H Membership Registration and Dues to county agents
10 - 4-H Meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
5 - Music City Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Music City, TN) - catalog
11-12 - Tennessee Valley Fair - Invitational 4-H Rabbit Show and Single Open - (Knoxville, TN)
11-12 - RR&CC 4-H Club Overnight (for 4-H Juniors/Seniors) - Oconee County, SC
12 - NC Mountain State Fair Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Fletcher, NC) - catalog
16 - Entry Deadline for the Orangeburg County Fair Open 4-H Rabbit Show - Showmanship only - entry form
21 - 4-H Meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
19 - ArborOne's 2015 Aim For Ag Sporting Clays Tournament
19 - Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Single Cavy - (Greensboro, NC)
19 - SC State Fair Rabbit Show - (Columbia, SC) - Single Open/Single Youth Show - strongly encouraged (the awards are cash
premiums! = income)
24-27 - Southern Regional Teen Leadership Conference - (Crosswell, TN)
25 - Entry Deadline for the Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair 4-H Rabbit Show/Poster Contest - (Westminster, SC) - entry form
25-27 - Anderson County Livestock Show - (Clemson, SC)
26 - Lawrence County Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Lawrenceburg, TN)
October
3 - Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair 4-H Rabbit Show/Poster Contest - (Westminster, SC)
4-10 National 4-H Week
7 - National Youth Science Day
7-18 - Tractor Supply Company Fall Paper Clover Campaign
8 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts); Club Officer Elections
10 - Orangeburg County Fair Open 4-H Rabbit Show - Showmanship only (Orangeburg, SC)
10 - CAFLS tailgate - Football Game at Clemson University - Clemson vs. Georgia Tech
10 - Smoky Mountain Cavy Breeders Association Show - Triple Open Cavy - (Sevierville, TN)
14-25 - SC State Fair (Volunteers are needed to work the 4-H Booth & the Rabbit/Cavy Booth, in the Smallstock Building, - short orientation will be
required for new volunteers)
15 - NC State Fair Rabbit Show - Single Open - (Raleigh, NC)
16 - NC State Fair Rabbit Show - Single Youth - (Raleigh, NC)
17 - GA National Fair Rabbit Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Perry, GA - Georgia National Fairgrounds, Multi Purpose Building)
19 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds); ALL ARBA Youth Educational Projects must be turned in, unless personally attending the ARBA Convention!
24 - 4-H Day at the SC State Fair
24 - NC State Fair Cavy Show - Open Cavy/Youth Cavy - (Raleigh, NC)
24 - State 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Competition - (SC State Fair - Moore Building)
31- ARBA Convention (Portland, OR)
? - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Winston Salem, NC)
November
1-4 - ARBA Convention (Portland, OR)
12 - 4-H Meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
16 - 4-H Meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
21 - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Rabbit Show, Triple Open/Triple Youth - (Conyers, GA)
27-December 1 - National 4-H Congress - (Atlanta, GA)
December
1 - National 4-H Congress (Atlanta, GA)
5 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy/Specialties-Mini Lop, English Spot, Thrianta, Rex, Polish, Dwarf
Hotot/Youth Showmanship - (Bluff Road Park, Columbia, SC)
9 - Early Bird Registration for applications for Contestants and Escorts for the Miss 4-H Pageant
14 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts) - It will be a Christmas party!
January
1 - Registration Deadline for Contestants and Escorts for the Miss 4-H Pageant
2 - GAA New Years Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Hickory, NC)
9 - Miss 4-H Pageant - (Laurens, SC)
14 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
? - Piedmont Triad Rabbit Fanciers Show - Double Open/Double Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
? - Registration deadline for Junior Teen Weekend
February
5 - Postmark deadline for 4-H Hippology & Horse Bowl Registrations
5-7 - 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.)
11 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
15 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
20 - 4-H Horse Bowl Contest - (Clemson University)
21 - 4-H Hippology Contest - (Clemson University)
? - Registration deadline for State Senior Teen Weekend & 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Summit & 4-H Performing Arts Workshop
March
? - State 4-H Legislative Day - (Columbia, SC)
? - State Garden Project
5 - 4-H 4K Race (York County)
5-6 - NW Georgia Cavy & Rabbit Club Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth/Triple Cavy/Specialty shows - (Dalton, GA - North Georgia Fairgrounds)
19 - SC Sporting Clay Tournament Fund Raiser - (Live Oaks, Swansee, SC)
?-? - State Senior Teen Weekend & 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Summit & 4-H Performing Arts Workshop
?-? - State Forestry Clinic - (Webb Wildlife Center)
10 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
21 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
? - 4-H Portfolios Due! (early turn in date)
? - Regional Presentation Contest
? - Decatur Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Double Open/Double Youth/Cavy - (Conyers, GA)
? - 10am-2pm (set up 9am-9:30am) - Cottontail Festival at Polo Road Park (we are with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - Rabbit Display
? - (5pm set-up) 5:30pm-8pm - Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Riverland Hills Baptist Church (Ms. Dolph's church) - Rabbit Display
April
2-3 - North Carolina State Convention Rabbit & Cavy Shows - Quad Open/Quad Youth/Double Cavy/Specialties/Youth Contests - (Greensboro, NC)
? - State 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest - (Clemson University)
?-? - National 4-H Conference - (Chevy Chase, MD)
? - Gaston County Rabbit Show Double Open/Double Youth - (Shelby, NC)
? - State Poultry Judging Contest (Clemson, SC)
? - State Engineering Event
14 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
18 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
? - 4-H Portfolios Due! (Final)
?-? - Tractor Supply Company Spring Campaign
? - 5pm-8pm - H. E. Corley School (Irmo, SC) Rabbit Display (This is their Spring Fling)
23 - Coastal Plain & Eastern Carolina Rabbit Breeders Associations - Triple Open/Double Youth - (Smithfield, NC) - catalog
23 - State Communications Contest (Horse Contest Included) - (Columbia, SC)
? - 8am-5pm (set up by 8am) - Sparkleberry Fair Rabbit Display (we will be with Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy club) - optional, but organized 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)
21 - Southern Pride Rabbit & Cavy Club, Double Open/Double Youth/Double Cavy/American Sable National/Youth Showmanship - (Caughman Road
Park, Columbia, SC)
12 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Drafts)
16 - 4-H meeting 6:30pm (at Hinds)
? - Greater Appalachian Alliance Show - Double Open/Single Youth - (Taylorsville, NC)
? - North Carolina Youth RBA - Triple Open/Triple Youth - (Mocksville, NC)
June - Summer break
9 - 4-H Club End of Year Party - 6:30pm; ARBA Convention projects turned in (what is finished); planning for next year
? - Central Savannah River Area RBA - Double Open/Double Youth/Single Cavy/Youth Showmanship - (Grovetown, GA)
? - Deadline for SC 4-H Horsemanship Camp (Horses required) registration
8 - 4-H Project Record Books Due (final date) - for Rabbit and Cavy Projects!
?-? - 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
? - Interviews for Presidential Tray and National Conference - (Columbia, SC)
30 - Ambassador Reports due in at the State 4-H Office - (Clemson, SC)
July - Summer break
13-16 - State 4-H Congress - (Clemson University)
29 - Deadline for State 4-H Ambassador Applications (4-H, Horse, & Healthy Lifestyles)
29 - Deadline for 4-H Volunteer Symposium Applications
August - Summer break
6 - Charleston Fancy Rabbit Breeders Association Show - Triple Open/Triple Youth (Ladson, SC)
6 - State Ambassadors Training (4-H, Horse, Healthy Lifestyles, & ? Livestock) - (Columbia, SC)
6 - SC Volunteer Symposium - (Columbia, SC)
6 - State Food Plot Applications Due
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.
All Deadlines are in Red.
Please make sure you are aware of the dates by which various applications/entries are due.
Note: Not all of the rabbit/cavy show entry deadlines are listed. Most of them are due to the appropriate show secretaries by 9pm on the Tuesday or Wednesday before the show. Please check the show catalog for more details.