Pics from the BAA Grand National -modified

[kerryandgoofy]

Grand National Budgie Show was a BLAST!!! What a party!!! ;D ;D What beautiful birds!!!! What a GREAT time seeing old friends and making new ones!!!

Oh I need a to take a few days to recover and rest up!!!

I ran off and forgot to take the show report this morning. I believe there were 435 birds in the show from all over the U.S. There were birds in all the division - Junior, Novice, Intermediate, Champion.

There were a LOT of birds donated for the auction. I think 1 pr when for $900. The live band was great with lots of dancing. Most of the ladies dressed in formal wear. There was a 200 year old antique platter that was donated as a door prize. Dinner was prime rib that just melted in your mouth. The served Pop's wine. Which was home made red wine that was soooooo smooth and light. Having had experience with this I knew to be careful, it will sneek up on you.

The Queen Mary



LONG hallways, everything is at the opposite end of the ship from where you are.
The Promenade Deck



M Deck where the show hall was held on



Who was sponsoring the show???



Birds were awarded to top bench Novice Division winners



Birds, birds every where....


A Crested Light Green


A Half Sider Grey and Light Green



Staging the birds for show



Judged birds






Best Bird in Show....Missy a yellow hen owned by Mike Rankin






the D/FW Girls, left to right
Rachel, Kerry, Julie (standing), Dorothy
Our cheeks are all rosey from all of Pop's wine



Henry and Lorain from FL


Some D/FW Guys, left to right
Ed and Virgil
Virgil was a bit warm from all the wine and shed his jacket.


More D/FW guys left to right
Virgil (warmer still-shed his tie), Mike, Henry (background), Jim

[Sivin]

Oh Kerry, what gorgeous birds! Thanks for the posting.

[henryswife]

Great pics. Kerry
Now, why was I thinking you were going on a 'cruise' on the 'Queen Mary? Than reading your other post saying you were packing to go to Houston with a fold-up cage, and packed millet in plastic etc.
Glad you had a great time. I'm sure you had fun 'dancing too'
Yep, that homemade wine can sneek up on you! ;D Our neighbor makes it and drops off a bottle with fresh eggs. for breakfast the next day! LOL
I personally like the 'cested light green' LOVE the hair-do, I mean 'feather-do' LOL ;D
Alice

[kerryandgoofy]

Well Alice I did go to Houston over Labor Day weekend. They host a 2 day show. NEXT year they will be hosting the Grand over that same weekend.

The Queen Mary is in dry dock and used as a hotel. It's a ship that sails no where. I was a bit upset about my cabin at first. The a/c didn't work too well, but there was lots of room. I kept the port holes open all day and all night. My bed was right under the windows so the cold air drifted down to me. Others had a/c problems, but also said they were next to a rock and role band where the beds even bounced most of the night. They were NOT happy!

One more show - Nov 3 and I will be finished for the year!!!! I need to set up my best birds this weekend. I would REALLY like to be ready to band chicks Nov 1.

[Sivin]

Kerry,

Did you know that the ship is supposed to be haunted?

Regards,
Sivin

[kerryandgoofy]

sivin said:

Kerry,

Did you know that the ship is supposed to be haunted?

Regards,
Sivin

Yep ;D and they also had the haunted ship (house) in the bowels of the ship. Tickets were $20 a pop. Also that was on my side of the ship. I didn't need to have my port windows open to hear all the screaming and the tap of ghost sounds until about might night.

But yes Julie, Dorothy and Ed "ran" into one of the ghosts. They were walking down a hallway and a door slowly opened - no one was there. Ed was the last person in line and the door slammed shut as he got to it.

I didn't hear of any other hauntings.

[Michael B]

Hmmm, all the inconveniences of a ship, without actually going anywhere? Just kidding, actually it sounds like fun (for once or twice).

I like the crested light green, because it reminds me of my old budgie. I guess she must have been a light green, she was brighter than the greens I'd see in the store, but I thought that was because she was special (which she was). The yellow 'best bird in show' didn't look interesting to me at first, but in the close ups even my uneducated eye can see how gorgeous her plumage and head are.

[Sheila]

Great pics Kerry and good to see you again in the pics!!! HA ;D!