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PROGRAM

** Indicates fee activity (see registration information in 3^rd Qtr. ADGA News & Events, or online soon at www.adga.org. )

Saturday, October 16

**Youth program, Day 1

Registration

Introductions, Ice breaker games

Linear appraisal seminar with Betty Henning

AI seminar – with Karen Lewis

Poster project

Pizza party & scavenger hunt

Making Quilt Squares

**Linear Appraisal Training Workshop, Day 1

Spotlight Sale tent setup

Vendor Room setup

Sunday, October 17

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM

**Youth Program – Day 2

Field Trip to Sonoran Desert Museum – Desert Reptiles program

Skillathon, Quiz Bowl & t-shirts

Dinner with family/friends

AASRP Programming, Day 1

**Linear Appraisal Training Workshop, Day 2

**Pre-Judges Training Conference (Betty Henning)

Agenda/Introductions

Guidebook Review – pp. 71-129

Lunch

Sharing ring procedures/problems

Placing and reasons practice with live animals

Monday, October 18

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM

Spotlight Sale Tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5

**Youth Program – Day 3

Poisonous plants (Jennifer Tereba)

Veterinary Seminar – Biosecurity (Lee Ann Fosdick, DVM)

Showmanship Seminar in activity tent (Aaron Carter)

Lunch

Storytelling (Glenda Bonin)

ADGA Performance Programs (Lisa Shepard)

Disqualifications, defects, judging terminology (Aaron Carter)

Youth Representative Judging

AASRP Programming, Day 2

**Judges Training Conference – Day 1

**Body Products workshop with Caroline Lawson

**The Gothberg Farm experience – workshop with Rhonda Gothberg

“Farmstead Creamery Advisor” with Gianaclis Caldwell

Buck Management, “Our kings and their jewels” with Teresa Wade

**Youth Banquet and selection of 2011 ADGA Youth Representative

Tuesday, October 19=

Sable Breeders meeting

Nubian Breeders meeting

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM – Hosted by Golden Guernsey breed club

Spotlight Sale Tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5

**Judges Training Conference, Day 2

**Beginning AI workshop – Day 1 – (Lee Ann Fosdick, DVM)

**“Ricotta for lunch” workshop with Anne Jones

Body Products Judging – Day 1

Cheese Judging – Day 1

“Great American Goat Registry Opera” with Steve Considine

DHI and Linear Appraisal information sessions

Zoonoses – Maribeth Andresen

“Crow’s Dairy – An Arizona Success Story”

**Southern Arizona Wineries Tour

**Welcome Dinner and Pioneer Program

Wednesday, October 20

Saanen breeders meeting

LaMancha breeders meeting

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM Hosted by the Nigerian Breed Club

Spotlight Sale Tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5

ADGA Board of Directors Meeting Day 1

**Beginning AI – Day 2 (animal work)

Cheese Judging – Day 2

Body Products Judging – Day 2

**Boer Goat Judging Workshop – all day

**Herbal Foundations workshop with Kat Drovdahl

Zoonoses – Maribeth Andresen

**Pack goat hike in the Catalina mountains (Purple Mtn. Pack Goats, Tom DiMaggio)

Dinner on your own

Thursday October 21

Nigerian Breeders meeting

Alpine Breeders meeting

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM – Hosted by Michigan Dairy Goat Assn.

Spotlight Sale Tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5

ADGA Board of Directors – Day 2

Livestock guardian dog workshop with Erick Conard

**Traditional Emergency approaches workshop with Kat Drovdahl

**Cheesemaking with Gianaclis Caldwell (Pholia Farms)

Tami Parr (cheese judge) speaks on cheese making and marketing

**Body Products presentations by Body Products Judges Maria Gelnett and

Catherine Timberlake

CAE, CL, Johnes with Lee Ann Fosdick, DVM

**Improving your AI Success with Teresa Wade

Funding for goat operations with Scheree Atchison, NLPA Sheep & Goat Fund

Preparing a successful business plan with Mary Trimble, MBA

**Sonoran Desert Museum Tour

**Products Reception and Flashlight sale

Friday, October 22

Oberhasli Breeders meeting

Toggenburg Breeders meeting

Hospitality Room open 7-3

Spotlight Sale tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5

Livestock guardian dog workshop with Erick Conard

Farm welding demonstration with Terry Johnson

**Midgoatery (Natural Midwifery) workshop with Kat Drovdahl

Type Conference

Funding for goat operations with Scheree Atchison, NLPA Sheep & Goat Fund

Preparing a successful business plan with Mary Trimble, MBA

Acupressure for tired arms and hands - Lynn Benedict

The art of linebreeding- Daniel Considine

Operating a Petting Zoo with June Johnson

Fitting your goat for success in the show ring – Debbie Emholtz

Herd Health Q & A with Lee Ann Fosdick

Farmstead Creamery Advisor with Gianaclis Caldwell

**Tour to Tumacacori historic mission, art colony at Tubac, and Mission of

San Xavier del Bac

**Banquet and Ball

Saturday, October 23

**Champagne Brunch

Spotlight Sale