2011 Farm News
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Ideuma Creek Alpacas | John & Denise Jacobus | Unadilla, NY | (607) 563-9174 | djacobus@mkl.com
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2011 looks like it's going to be another great year for ribbons for Ideuma Creek!
January 2011 - Our 2010 Show Season in Review
Judge’s Choice Fleece Award – Michigan International Alpaca Festival
Best Brightness Award – AFCNA Continental Fleece Show
Color Champion – Juvenile Black – AOK Blastoff Fleece
Color Champion – White Juvenile – AOK Blastoff Fleece
Color Champion – White Juvenile – Palmetto Alpaca Classic Fleece
Color Champion – White Juvenile – MAPACA Fleece
Color Champion – Light Yearling – MAPACA Fleece
Color Champion – Light Juvenile – Alpaca Fest Oregon Fleece
Color Champion – Dark Fawn Juvenile Female – AFCNA Continental Fleece Show
Color Champion – Dark Fawn Juvenile Male – AFCNA Continental Fleece Show
Color Champion – Light Juvenile – Michigan International Alpaca Festival Fleece
Reserve Color Champion – White Juvenile – Empire Alpaca Symposium
1st – Fawn Juvenile – Empire Alpaca Symposium
1st – White Juvenile – Txolan Alpaca Spectacular Fleece
1st – Light Mature – NJ Alapca Show Halter
1st – Black Juvenile – AOK Blastoff Fleece
1st – White Juvenile – AOK Blastoff Fleece
1st – White Juvenile – MAPACA Fleece
1st – Light Yearling – MAPACA Fleece
1st – Fawn Juvenile – Alpaca Fest Oregon Fleece
1st Fawn Juvenile Female – AFCNA Continental Fleece Show
1st Fawn Juvenile Male – AFCNA Continental Fleece Show
1st Fawn Juvenile – Michigan International Fest Fleece
1st Fawn Juvenile – Gold County Gathering
January 21-23 The AOK Blast Off in Shawnee, OK
Invasion Cria ROCK for Prarie's Edge Farm
Lynn and Kathleen Wedel of Prairie's Edge Farm purchased three weanling boys as possible future herd sires last winter. They took them to their first show, The AOK Blastoff, and this is how they did:
Ideuma Creek's Ridge (Rhonda X Invasion)
Reserve Color Champion in Fleece
Blue in Fleece
Blue in Halter (out of 15)
Ideuma Creek's Bo Jangles (Penny X Invasion)
Reserve Color Champion in Fleece
Blue in Fleece
2nd in Halter (out of 9)
Ideuma Creek's Roscoe
2nd in Halter (out of 5)
Fleece was not shown
Not bad for their first show! We hope the Wedel's are as pleased with their new Invasion sons show results as we are!
March 26 - MOPACA - Invasion Cria Do It Again
3 Blues - 2 Championships - Best Brightness Award
Best Crimp Award and Judge's Choice Award
That's right; 3 fleeces shown and each one took a blue. Each one would have taken a championship, but Ideuma Creek's Bo Jangles beige fleece didn't have enough competition. We're confident he would have taken a championship because he went on to win the JUDGE'S CHOICE! Kathleen and Lynn Wedel own both Bo and Ridge who also did excellent in halter.
Ideuma Creek's Roslyn
Championship in Fleece - Fawn
Blue in Fleece
Ideuma Creek's Ridge
Best Brightness Award in Fleece
Championship in Fleece - White
Blue in Fleece
2nd in Halter
Ideuma Creek's Bo Jangles
Judge's Choice Award in Fleece
Best Crimp Award in Fleece
Blue in Fleece
2nd in Halter
We're excited to be going to the 2011 New Jersey Show on April 30-May 1st this year. Last year I had my knee surgery and couldn't make the show. This year I'm going for sure! We'll be attending with our very good friends Kevin and Martha Cady of Gentle Breeze Alpacas. Together we'll be showing our co-owned herd sires, PHA Accoyo Zagot and Ideuma Creek's Accoyo Truman. Also going will be Log Cabin Alpacas - owners and good friends Helen Harris and Karen Clark - who will be showing several of their beautiful alpacas including an up and coming herd sire we co-own, Ideuma Creek's Accoyo Orinoco. In addition we'll be competing with our herd sires Accoyo Cuba Libre, and Ideuma Creek's Peruvian Kaptain. Ideuma Creek cria debuting at the NJ Show this year will be Peruvian Shilling (fawn), Peruvian Abby Dubbel (black), Accoyo Cadence (fawn) and Accoyo Elizabeth Tilley (white).
We're looking forward to a wonderful weekend spent with friends and alpacas. Please stop by and see us!
The New Jersey Alpaca Show and Sale
April 30-May 1
April 9 - Stratosphere Cria Rule at MAPACA
4 Blues & 2 Championships
We didn't attend MAPACA this year, but Genine Bednarski, our partner in PHA Accoyo Stratosphere did. She watched as Stratoshpere cria took ribbon after ribbon at one of the largest and most difficult shows in the country! Strat cria took blues in white, black, beige and brown! Genine's white girl, Accoyo Eleoquence went on to take the Reserve Color Championship in white and another Stratosphere cria took the Color Championship in black!
April 9 - Ideuma Creek's Accoyo Truman Takes Another Blue at The Minnesota Alpaca Expo!
While Stratosphere cria were racking up the blues at MAPACA, Ideuma Creek's Accoyo Truman's fleece was being shown in Minnesota. He didn't disappoint! Truman took a blue in fawn juvenile fleece over some pretty darn impressive farms!
