| Houston All Points Cat Club presents 9th Annual Show November 17 & 18, 2007 Fabulous Fall Felines Sheraton Hotel and Showhall in one! |
| With crystal chandeliers in the showhall, this show is always one of the most gorgeous, luxurious shows I have the honor of attending! The show does also come with the extremely tough competition of lots of campaigning cats and kittens! With an Allbreed kitten count of almost 70, the Ragdoll kittens were the largest class of kittens... They were a third of the Longhair count, with 8 gorgeous Ragdoll kittens... Showing my 2 - four month old babies was tough. We, however, held our own with one, or both, of my babies quite often in the Top Three of the Ragdoll breed! Our babies are both loving the show scene & are quite the little show-offs! Kay DeVilbiss said of Sweet William, "Watch for this one in the future... He's too pretty to be a boy & he won't be beat!" Our gorgeous Katydolls Sweet William of Blossom was BEST OF BREED in 2 rings, Adrianna Kajon and Richard Bailey... These 2 judges, however, had other beautiful kittens as their Top Ten Finals. Although disappointing for us, we also feel it quite an accomplishment for our FOUR MONTH old baby to have received BEST OF BREED and against many older Ragdoll kittens. Our Sweet William was also 2nd Best of Breed in 2 rings, Don Caruthers and Vicki Fisher ...And remarkably, where he was 3rd Best of Breed, with Ana Maria Sosa... He also received 7TH BEST LONGHAIR FINAL! ...Thank you to sweet Ana Maria! Our adorable Blossom Scarlet Sage Melody was 3rd Best of Breed in 3 rings... Lisa Dickie, Vicki Fisher, and Alex Chisholm |
| August 18 & 19 TICA SC Regional Show & Awards Banquet Waco, Texas This was a show weekend for the memory books! We had such a wonderful time with our kitties and our treasured friends! Blossom Ragdolls 2006-2007 Show Season Awards! RW SGC Riterags Jazzi Jasmine of Blossom International Best Blue Lynx Mitted Ragdoll SC Regional Winner - 13th Best Longhair Cat SC Region Best Ragdoll SC Region 2nd Best Ragdoll Kitten QGC Rags2riches Ms Buttercup of Blossom SC Region 3rd Best Ragdoll SC Region Best Blue Mitted Ragdoll QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom SC Region Best Seal Point Bi-Color Ragdoll TGC Rags2riches Daisy Sashay of Blossom SC Region 2nd Best Blue Point Bi-Color Ragdoll With about 65 Allbreed kittens showing, we presented our beloved, baby Blossom-bred girls! Here are our show results and some captured moments of the wonderful fun we had... BLOSSOM SUNFLOWER SUGAR COOKIE Sire: QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom Dam: Rags2riches Annabel Rose of Blossom 5 months 5th Best Allbreed Kitten - Juliana Slater |
| Beaumont, Texas August 4th & 5th, 2007 Debuting our beautiful 4 month old baby girl... BLOSSOM OOHLALA DAISY CHERIE Sire: QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom Dam: TGC Rags2riches Daisy Sashay of Blossom Cherie was Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in 7 out of 10 Rings She was BEST RAGDOLL KITTEN at this show Her finals were: Vicki Jo Harrison 9th Best Allbreed Harley DeVilbiss 10th Best Allbreed Lorre Smith 5th Best LH Specialty The kitten count was about 45 We're so proud of our sweet, baby Cherie! |
| BLOSSOM OOHLALA DAISY CHERIE QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom TGC Rags2riches Daisy Sashay of Blossom ...Blossom Cherie in training at this Orange show for her Beaumont debut! |
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| Orange, Texas June 23th & 24th, 2007 Debuting our beautiful 4 month old baby girl... BLOSSOM SUNFLOWER SUGAR COOKIE Sire: QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom Dam: Rags2riches Annabel Rose of Blossom Her finals were: Joe Edwards 9th Best Allbreed Toni Jones 5th Best Specialty We're so proud of our sweet, baby Cookie! |
| BLOSSOM OOHLALA DAISY CHERIE Sire: QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom Dam: TGC Rags2riches Daisy Sashay of Blossom 4 months 7th Best Allbreed Kitten - Marylou Anderson 10th Best Allbreed Kitten - D'Ann Kovic |
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| Evangeline Country Cat Fanciers Lake Charles, Louisiana September 29 & 30, 2007 We had such a wonderful weekend at this show! We had a remarkable time with our sweet kitten, our friends and we were there in support of this club's 1st show! ...And what a very successful show it was for them... With some of the very, very best TICA judges on Earth, and the best view from the showhall that I have yet experienced! The showhall had a solid wall of glass over-looking the beautiful lake of the town of Lake Charles, Louisiana... A setting fit for a resort town. This show management organized a Saturday night dinner that was casual and relaxing, yet a "white linen" Louisiana-style atmosphere... Nine stories high above the beautiful lake, all lit with the city lights of the town! A priceless night with precious friends! ...and then there's my wonderful BLOSSOM SUNFLOWER SUGAR COOKIE... Sire: QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom Dam: Rags2riches Annabel Rose of Blossom This baby girl, now a beautiful and very big 7 months, has begun to adore the shows! Cookie and I have quite the love affair going and have such fun together. She has a long list of beautiful qualities, but I believe due to her misshapen "V" she has quite the challenge to get past the kittens she competes with. We just have so much fun together... And hope the judges look beyond the "paint job!" There were 5 nice Ragdoll kittens at this show, and she was consistently BEST OF COLOR and 2nd BEST OF BREED all weekend. She was BEST OF BREED on Sunday, in Vickie Fisher's ring... 6th Best Allbreed Kitten - Vickie Fisher 5th Best Longhair Kitten - Ana Maria Sosa |
| T-Town Katz Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma October 13 & 14, 2007 "Love Never Fails" I Corinthians 13:8 We had a wonderful time in Tulsa... In more ways than one. We're learning, more and more, how important it is that we recognize our cat showing is not only for the betterment of our Ragdoll breed, but also for the betterment of our own spiritual & personal growth! Check out this list of our friends who we so joyously spent quality time with at this show... WOW!! ...It's not the destination, but how we make the journey... And our thanks to each of you for your precious and enriching friendship in our fabulous Blossom journey... Stormi Nell Helmi Flick Jo Parris Cynthia Tunello Joyce Buechler Dorothy Seils Charlotte Shea Anna Braun Peggy Thurston Elso Rankin ...and so many more! We showed our amazing BLOSSOM SUNFLOWER SUGAR COOKIE, now a gorgeous 7 month kitten! There was a total of 6 Ragdoll kittens in Tulsa... and 3 of them were Seal Bi-Color, including our Cookie! Our beautiful Cookie was BEST OF COLOR in 9 out of 12 rings... She was 2nd BEST OF BREED in 6 rings! ...AND COOKIE WAS BEST OF BREED IN TWO RINGS ON SUNDAY... Don Caruthers, Allbreed Judge, gave Cookie BEST OF BREED, but she did not make his final 10 kittens. SUSAN LEE, SPECIALTY JUDGE, GAVE OUR COOKIE 3RD BEST LONGHAIR KITTEN ...there were 30 LH kittens... I have to personally compliment Judge Susan Lee on her beautiful style of judging! All weekend, Judge Lee explained each and every cat and kitten as she judged them! She takes time with each and every cat and kitten she handles... Loving them, playing with them and closely examining them! ...She tells everyone around all she is seeing in her cats! This special time she takes in her judging is so rare and appreciated! It was fascinating how well she knew all the breed standards! As she presented her Top 10 Final of Longhair Kittens, Judge Lee took each kitten out to brag on it's qualities! Oh my goodness, what a joy it was to finally have a judge make the list of my Cookie's wonderful qualities that I also see in her! ...Long bodied with a long gorgeous tail to match, beautiful big boning, amazing silky coat, scoopy profile with a strong chin and deep sapphire blue eyes ...And I was so impressed to hear Judge Lee also then talk, at length, about how the Ragdoll should have a nice, wide muzzle and wide space between the ears... As my Cookie's!! ...It all still gives me goose bumps! We may have only gotten one final... But my oh my... I was so impressed with Judge Lee! These Helmi pictures, below, were just taken Sunday at this show! Click on the smaller thumbnail show ring photos for a larger view to see Cookie with sweet Judge Susan Lee... You can even see the relationship between them! .....Our Sugar Cookie.... |
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| Heart of AmeriCats presents Show Me Your Pride! All Breed & Household Pet Cat Show Springfield, Missouri November 3rd & 4th, 2007 An extraordinary weekend for Blossom Ragdolls with our friends and our precious kitties! We have a gorgeous new Champion girl at Blossom Ragdolls! CH BLOSSOM SUNFLOWER SUGAR COOKIE! Sire: QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom Dam: Rags2riches Annabel Rose of Blossom This show was her 8 month debut in the Championship class. There were some beautiful adult Ragdolls attending this show! Cookie's final for her Championship is: 8th BEST ALLBREED CHAMPIONSHIP CAT from Judge Robert Whyte. "Everybody loves a Sugar Cookie!"... With SEVEN perfect Ragdoll kittens at this show we debuted our 2 amazing 4 month old babies... BLOSSOM SCARLET SAGE MELODY and KATYDOLLS SWEET WILLIAM OF BLOSSOM Sire: QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom Sire: RW QGC Roysltyrags Thor of Catbirddolls Dam: QGC Rags2riches Ms Buttercup of Blossom Dam: CH Katydolls Betsy Boop Our absolutely adorable MELODY received a very hard earned Best of Color on Sunday! She loved being handled and played with all weekend and we look very forward to all the fun we will have with her continued show career! She is so gorgeous and oh so sweet! Our amazing sweet SWEET WILLIAM was one of the star Ragdoll kittens of this show! Even with the big 6 & 7 month old competition of Ragdoll kittens, he wooed the judges with his babydoll looks! He enjoyed every minute of his time to show off and the judges went on and on over our William! Wow! ... Thank you again to LuAnn McMann of Katydolls and to Brenda Hammett of Catbirddolls... We are very hopeful for a tremendous show season with our sweet new boy! He is so adored here at Blossom Ragdolls... With a stunning class of SEVEN gorgeous Ragdoll kittens present... Here are William's finals from this 4 month debut show! 7th Best Allbreed Kitten - Heather Roberts 8th Best Allbreed Kitten - Robbie Whyte 8th Best Allbreed Kitten - Robin Sessler 4th Best Longhair Specialty Kitten - Heather Roberts |
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| North Alabama Feline Fanciers & Volunteer Cat Club Presents 3rd Annual Championship & HHP Cat Show Jaycee's Building Huntsville, Alabama December 8 & 9, 2007 We presented our beautiful Sweet William, 5 month blue bi-color baby boy and had a fabulous time with our sister Ragdoll breeders of the Southeast Region. Sweet William is loving the travel & show scene and we are adoring our time with him. He is a gorgeous boy and is quite the funny clown in the rings! We look forward to our future with our very sweet, Sweet William! .....On the left is my precious friend, Scottie Cone with the one & the only, Toby! Click here to meet the amazing Toby... www.rags2richesragdolls.com/Toby On the right.... Sweet William with me & Judge Judy Chappetta Receiving 10th Best Allbreed Kitten |
| Jazzy Cats presents Mardi Gras Madness Cat Show January 5th & 6th, 2008 Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds Lodi, California This show weekend was one of the sweetest show experiences I have had... the weekend was extremely special for a list of reasons. The first inspiration of this trip was to deliver the beautiful baby girl, Blossom Daisy Mae, to the wonderful Carol Jaquez of Adorabledolls! This alone was enough excitement for Blossom Ragdolls, and spending this weekend with my precious friend, Carol, was one of the most special times I've had in a very long time! To add to this, and not even mentioning the show yet, also joining me during this weekend was a life-long, childhood friend and fellow horseman who lives in the Sacramento area, Kate Evans. In our childhood, Kate and I very seriously rode horses together, as her mother, JoAnn Evens, was my awesome, first riding coach. Kate and I had always stayed in touch, but had not seen one another in 20 years! Our time together this weekend was as if we had never parted! Wow, an irreplaceable slumber party reunion with my precious Kate... And finally, the excitement of the show... I flew to California with my gorgeous Katydolls Sweet William, now 6 months. This show having a very big count of 250 cats and kittens, I went with zero expectations! The kitten count was 88 Allbreed kittens... And 12 of these were gorgeous Ragdoll kittens! I'm so excited with my Sweet William's results... BEST ALLBREED KITTEN! - Aline Noel-Garel 7TH BEST ALLBREED KITTEN - Jeff Roberts 7TH BEST ALLBREED KITTEN - Debbie Lopeman IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO BE WITH ALL THE SWEET CALIFORNIA BREEDERS & EXHIBITORS! ...I HAD A GREAT TIME WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WARM WELCOME! |
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| Ooh La La Cats Presented by the LA Cats Club March 8 & 9, 2008 Marshall Civic Center Marshall, Texas Another glorious weekend filled with fun, felines and friends! ...humm? ...I do believe this is what TICA is all about! We debuted our beautiful seal mitted baby girl in her first Championship show! She showed beautifully as a kitten and she thoroughly enjoyed the show scene this weekend! We are so excited about this great show and future for our girl. CH BLOSSOM SCARLET SAGE MELODY Sire: QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom Dam: QGC Rags2riches Ms Buttercup of Blossom Melody just turned 8 months last weekend! ...and here are her show results! She was BEST OF BREED IN 4 RINGS 2ND BEST OF BREED IN 5 RINGS 3RD BEST OF BREED IN 1 RING Her finals were: 10TH BEST ALLBREED 2ND BEST ALLBREED 3RD BEST ALLBREED Judge Fate Mays Judge Hisaka Yamada Judge Vickie Shields OUR MELODY IS NOW A CHAMPION! She was Best of Breed Ragdoll at this show WE WANT TO GIVE A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE SUPPORTIVE RAGDOLL BREEDERS & TO MY SWEET FRIENDS... YOU HELPED MAKE THIS SHOW VERY SPECIAL. Thank you to the hard working show staff and judges and Congratulations to all of the exhibitors on your well deserved wins..... |
| C.L.A.C.E., Inc and Royal Canin Present The International Feline Spectacular & The 6th International Ragdoll Congress March 28th, 29th & 30th, 2008 Chicago, Illinois Donald E. Stephens Convention Center of Rosemont With 3 days of a remarkable and perfectly organized schedule of events, including several educational seminars, fabulous dinner & awards banquet and Ragdoll Congress and TICA show, my attendance at this amazing event is indescribable and absolutely priceless to me! I met & made new friends in the Ragdoll breeders from around the World, who all brought their very best Ragdolls. These Ragdolls, totalling almost 130 cats and kittens, set the record for the 2nd largest single gathering of Ragdolls under one roof! Here are some of the many names of sweet friends and breeders with whom I had the joy to spend time: Donna & Lee Lagomarsino - owners & exhibitors of Blossom American Symphony Sage - 6 month old Blossom Kitten Carol Jaquez - Adorabledolls - showing her Blossom Daisy Mae of Adorabledolls - 6 month old Blossom Kitten These Blossom kittens showing at this Congress is shown below Ank Wiggelaar - Hightide Lowtide Ragdolls of The Netherlands Mary Riddell - Furreal Ragdolls Linda & Richard Kauffman - Kauffman Ragdolls Virginia Shages - Moondance Ragdolls Dawn Moline - Kittyhaven Ragdolls Heather Goepfert - MysticRDS Sue Shorey - SuPurr Ragdolls Kathleen Metke - Angelspunrags Stacy Shafer - Bluestone Ragdolls Scottie Cone & Michael Hilton - Rags2riches Ragdolls Cori Cherok - Rockin Blues Ragdolls Sharon Steadman - Masquerag/LatteDolls Mindy Ferreira - Bellapalazzo Ragdolls Isabelle Bellavance - Kebekat Ragdolls JaNeil Cillessen - Dollhouse Ragdolls Lynne Chmelar - Celestrail Cats Cindy Carpenter - Bluegrasrags Judy Mackey - Galaxyrags Christie Lyons - Keepurrs Ragdolls Karen Hoppe - Rose Cottage Shelley Wood - Arctic Blue Ragdolls Michelle Meyer - Ragsinebra Brianne DeFoe - USAdolls Anne Paul - Cajun Ragdolls Yana Brozova - Anayakats Connie Walter - Sweetheaven Ragdolls Patti Riens - RiverCityRags Janice Starcevic - Stardolls Mark Schidler - Calirags Judy Gaither - Overland Trail Ragdolls Joyce Smith - Islandol Ragdolls Rachel Zimmer - Sunny Shores Ragdolls Pat Doss - Dollheaven Ragdolls David Nudleman - Brightstone Jennifer Gibson - Caelestis Ragdolls Leslie Cook - Catnip Ragdolls Lorna Kelly - CashmereRags BLOSSOM DAISY MAE OF ADORABLEDOLLS Loved, Owned & Shown by Carol Jaquez of Adorabledolls 6 months QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom TGC Rags2riches Daisy Sashay of Blossom BLOSSOM AMERICAN SYMPHONY SAGE "PIPER" Show Alter Boy Kitten - 6 months QGC Echoglen Oliver Sage of Blossom TGC Rags2riches Daisy Sashay of Blossom Adored, Owned and Shown by Donna and Lee Lagomarsino Residents of Pennsylvania THANK YOU TO MY BLOSSOM FAMILIES WHO TAKE SUCH BEAUTIFUL CARE OF THEIR KITTENS! ......I am so proud of you! |
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| Mission City Cat Club New Braunfels Civic Center April 5 & 6, 2008 New Braunfels Texas We brought our gorgeous seal mitted, 9 month old, Melody girl ...And even though she has it all, we received no finals at this show.... We attribute this to the very tough end of the show season time with all the campaigning cats of all breeds, and from all around the globe. Melody received 2 Best of Breed, and many 2nd Best She has beautiful type and large boning, long body, long tail, correct Ragdoll coat, beautiful ears & ear set, correct oval eye shape & eye set with sapphire blue eye color. She has beautiful big whisker pads with a very correct Ragdoll profile, is perfectly marked... And she has the most adorable, sweet personality! This was only her 2nd adult show... Please see her 1st adult show accomplishments at the Marshall show, below! We adore you sweet Melody! CH BLOSSOM SCARLET SAGE MELODY |
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