2022 National Specialty Honoring the Past… Flying into the Future
GSCA NATIONAL SPECIALTY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All events at the Purina Center unless otherwise
noted
Sunday 10/9
8:00 AM Scent work trials
offered by Bouviers—Purina: Service Center and Working Dog
Pavilion Scent
Work Premium
8:00 AM Herding offered by
Bouviers—Off site Herding
Premium
Monday
10/10
TBD
Lure Coursing offered by the Basenjis- off
site, Sorento, IL ASFA/AKC
Lure Coursing Trial
8:00
AM Scent work trials offered by
Bouviers—Service Center and Working Dog Pavilion
7:00 AM Agility offered by
Bouviers—Great Hall Agility
Premium
7:30 AM Carting offered by
Bouviers—Agility Field Carting
Premium
Tuesday
10/11
7:00 AM Agility offered by
Bouviers—Great Hall
7:30 AM Carting offered by
Bouviers—Agility Field
TBD Fast CAT offered by
Basenjis—Working Dog & Flying Disc Competition Field Fast
CAT
Wednesday 10/12
12:00-9:00 PM GSCA Grooming
Setup Opens—Gateway Hall
8:00 AM Obedience/Rally to
follow. Offered by Basenjis; GSCA will support these Trials as
Midwest I—Great Hall
2:30-4:00 PMCanine Good Citizen Testing—Gateway Hall
4:00 PM GSCA Board meeting;
open to all—Purina Café
Thursday
10/13
8:00
AM Obedience/Rally to follow. Offered by
Bouviers; GSCA will support these Trials as Midwest Regional II—Great
Hall
9:30
AM GSCA Midwest I 4-6 Month Beginner Puppy—Gateway Hall
10:00
AM GSCA Midwest I Regional Conformation; Juniors to follow--Gateway
Hall
2:00-4:30 Judge’s
Education—Founders Room and Gateway Hall
4:30 PM General Membership
Meeting—Café
Friday
10/14
8:00 AM National
Obedience/Rally to follow. All-breed trials with limited entries of
50 Obedience and 55 Rally. Preferential entry for Giants—Great
Hall
9:30
AM GSCA Midwest II 4-6 Month Beginner
Puppy—Gateway Hall
10:00
AM Midwest II Regional Sweeps—Gateway
Hall
TO
Follow Midwest II Conformation—Gateway
Hall
TO
Follow Juniors—Gateway Hall
3:00-5:00 PM Giant Schnauzer
101 Seminar—Service Center Conference Room
6:00 PM Pizza & Pajama
Party—Wildwood Hotel, Wildwood MO.
Saturday
10/15 – National Specialty
9:30
AM GSCA National 4-6 Month Beginner
Puppy—Great Hall
10:00
AM National Sweeps—Great Hall
TO
Follow Juniors—Great Hall
TO
Follow National Conformation—Great Hall
TO
Follow Parade of Title Holders—Great
Hall
6:00
PM Annual Awards Banquet & Auction—Founders Room
JUDGES
Conformation,
4-6 Month Beginner Puppy, Sweepstakes, Junior Showmanship
Thursday
10/13: Midwest I
Linda Robey:
Conformation, 4-6 Month Beginner Puppy, Junior Showmanship
Friday
10/14: Midwest II
Karen Clausing:
Conformation,
Garry Clausing:
4-6 Month Beginner Puppy, Sweepstakes, Junior Showmanship
Saturday
10/15: National
Edd Bivin:
Conformation,
Debra Long
Gschwender: 4-6 Month Beginner Puppy, Sweepstakes, Junior Showmanship
Obedience/Rally
Wednesday
10/12: Midwest I
Fred Buroff
Thursday
10/13: Midwest II
James Ham
Friday
10/14: National
James Ham
PARADE
OF TITLEHOLDERS:
(Saturday only)
Open
to any Giant Schnauzer with an AKC title. Each entrant is asked to
submit a brief resume of the dog, no more than 50 words, with the
entry, which will be published in the catalog. A commemorative
rosette will be awarded to each entry. You
must contact Becky Heubi at rheubi@aol.com
by September 7 with owner info, name of dog and title information to
receive a Rosette. Any entries after this date will not receive a
Rosette. The
Parade will be held following judging on Saturday. Entry fee is $25.
Indicate entry in the Additional Classes box on the entry form.
Scent work:
10/9 & 10/22 (Sunday & Monday).
Offered by ABdFC. Premium available at: Scent
Work Premium
Scent work:
10/9 (Sunday). Offered off
site by ABdFC. Premium available at: Herding
Premium
Agility:
10/10 & 11/22 (Monday & Tuesday).
Offered by ABdFC. Premium available at: Agility
Premium
Carting:
10/11 &
12/22 (Tuesday & Wednesday). Offered by ABdFC. Premium
available at: Carting
Premium
Obedience/Rally:
10/12/22
(Wednesday). Offered by BCOA. Premium available at: Basenji
Obedience/Rally
10/13/22
(Thursday). Offered by ABdFC. Premium available at: Bouvier
Obedience/Rally
10/14/22 (Friday).
Offered by GSCA. Premium available shortly.
HOTEL:
Call
direct: Wildwood Hotel phone
number 636-733-9100
20
miles from Purina- Wildwood, MO
Mention
Block Name : Giant Schnauzer Club of America
Rates
$108 weekdays - $158 weekend 2 Queen
$114
weekdays - $168 weekend King
$30
flat fee 1-2 dogs. $60 3-4 (max)
Host hotel details and other hotels
accepting pets can be found here: Hotel Info
TROPHY
SPONSORSHIP
Your
generous donations have successfully supported GSCA Specialties
throughout the 60 years of memorable events and this 60th
Anniversary National Specialty in October is a big milestone for our
club. Please consider sponsoring one of the major trophies for the
Midwest Regionals or National specialties (BOB, BOW, BOS, Select
Dog/Bitch), and Puppy and Veterans Sweepstakes (Best Puppy/Veteran
and any three Obedience/Rally Trials (HIT, HC/HC, THC. Your
sponsorship will be acknowledged in the Show Catalog and entitle you
to add a dedication. (Must be received by catalog deadline) If
interested:
1.
Contact Laurie Mason via e-mail for information on availability and
cost at mikey@rkymtnhi.com
2.
Availability will be confirmed
3.
invoice will be sent to your e-mail with payment information
(payment due within 10 days to hold trophy)
4.
e-mail dedication information to Laurie
GENERAL
DONATIONS
General
donations will be used towards show expenses, hospitality and
trophies and rosettes. Any amount is greatly appreciated!
-
|
Sponsorship
|
Amount
|
Benefits
|
|
Grand
|
$25
|
Recognized as a donor
|
|
Bronze
|
$100
|
Recognized as donor
& dedication in Catalog
|
|
Silver
|
$200
|
Bronze Level plus
T-Shirt
|
|
Gold
|
$400
|
Silver Level plus ½
page recognition/ dedication in Catalog
|
|
Platinum
|
$800
|
Gold Level plus
full page in catalog plus 2 banquet tickets
|
1.
Contact Laurie Mason via e-mail with your pledge amount at
mikey@rkymtnhi.com
2.
invoice will be sent to your e-mail with payment information
(payment due by 9/15)
3.
e-mail t-shirt size, banquet attendees and dedication (30 word max)
information to Laurie
The
2022 National Show Committee and GSCA Board thank you for your
continued generosity and support!
Annual Awards Banquet
The
Giant Schnauzer Club of America, Inc. will be hosting our Annual
Awards Banquet during the 2022 GSCA National Specialty at Purina
Farms. This event is open to all breed fanciers and their guests
and is not limited to GSCA members. The cost of the dinner is
$40 per person,
and there will be a cash bar. The buffet dinner menu will include:
Harvest
Garden Salad: mixed greens, grape
tomatoes, English cucumbers, garlic croutons, shaved parmesan, and
red vine vinaigrette
Chicken
Involtini: Bacon wrapped breast of
chicken with fresh mozzarella, spinach, roasted tomatoes and
caramelized onion or
Roman
Style Pork Tenderloin: Marinated pork
tenderloin rolled in toasted bread crumbs served with lemon infused
olive oil and fresh Italian parsley.
Roasted
Potato Medley: Tri Colored Potatoes
with Brown Butter
Haricot
verts: sautéed petit green
beans with sea salt and cracked black pepper
New
York style cheese cake: no description
needed😊.
Please
join us on Saturday, October 15th at 6:00 PM in the Founder's Room at
Purina Farms by signing up
via Annual
Awards Banquet Registration Form (or
by emailing chrisjreed@bellsouth.net
for more information).
All reservations must be received by October
1, 2022. After
registering, you will receive a PayPal invoice
via email from GSCA. Your banquet ticket(s) will not be issued until
the invoice is paid.
Giant
Schnauzer 101- Seminar
GSCA will
be hosting an educational seminar for giant schnauzer fanciers from
3-5 pm on Friday October 14th
during the 2022 GSCA National Specialty at Purina Farms. The agenda
will include a short history of our breed, the club, and the
evolution of the breed standard. The main topic will be the classroom
portion of judge's education presented by Robin Henderson. This
seminar is open to anyone interested in learning more about giants
and is not limited to GSCA members. Registration fee of $10 to cover
cost of handout materials. The specific Building/Room will be
announced later.
Please
sign up via GS
101 Seminar Registration
(or by email to chrisjreed@bellsouth.net).
All registrations must be received by October
7, 2022.After
registering, you will receive a PayPal invoice
via email from GSCA. If there is more than one person in your group,
please register each individual separately so we can maintain a list
of participants. (We can combine them into a single invoice if you
let us know who to include.)
Grooming Space
Limited
spaces still available. Contact Chris Reed for information:
chrisjreed@bellsouth.net
RV
Overnight Parking
Reservations
for RV parking at the show grounds is handled directly by Purina
Event Center Staff. A reservation form, with instructions for
completing, submitting, and paying, can be downloaded from the GSCA
2022 National Webpage at this link: Purina
RV Reservation Form
Limited RV Day parking is free and
available on a First-Come Basis while space is available. Parking is
in spaces designated by Purina Security on arrival.
National
Merchandise
Information
Coming Soon
Catalog
Advertisings - Deadline September 15
Full page (7.5” x
4.5”): With photo $60; No
photo
$45
1⁄2
page
(3.75”x4.5”):
With photo $40; No photo $25
Ad setup fee: $10 per ad
LATE
ADS WILL
NOT BE
ACCEPTED! PLEASE SEND ADS IN EARLY.
Photos can be
color or black/white. Preferred method of ad submission is via email
as a PDF or JPG file.
Hard
copy
ads
will
need
to
be
scanned
and
may
lose
resolution.
Ads
should
be
sent
to
Laurie Mason,
PO Box 171, Fraser CO 80442;
or
e-mailed
to
Laurie at
mikey@rkymtnhi.com Checks
should be made
to GSCA
& mailed to Laurie
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