YOU CAN NEVER STAND STILL!

We are always trying new things at our shows and the 2025 version of the Jamboree will be no different.  We have been having meetings for the last month trying to make sure we are always presenting a show that our exhibitors can get excited about!  Here are the elements that we are adding to the 2025 Jamboree.

Breeders High Point Awards

We are excited to bring in an award system to the Jamboree this year for folks that choose to enter all three shows.  Here are the particulars for the program:

We will have 6 divisions. 

Huacaya Farm Division Break Down

• Small Farm Division <= 25
• Medium Farm Division 26–60
• Large Farm Division >= 61

Suri Farm Division Break Down

• Small Farm Division <= 20
• Medium Farm Division 21–35
• Large Farm Division >= 36

A breeder must have a minimum of three entries at the all 3 shows to be eligible for the Small Farm Division Cup. A breeder must have a minimum of six entries at all 3 shows to be eligible for the Medium Farm Division Cup. A breeder must have a minimum of nine entries at all 3 shows to be eligible for the Large Farm Division Cup. The cup division will be assigned to each farm using the number of registered females 18 months or older and less than 15 years old per breed as reflected in the AOA database on the date show registration closes. Entries will be based on AOA certificates.

Our points will be awarded for each alpaca based on their average placement between all 3 shows. In addition, only the top two placing alpacas will be considered for points for the Small Farm Division, top 4 placing alpacas in the Medium Farm Division and top 6 placing alpacas for the Large Farm Division.

We will also award points for 1 entry in Get of Sire, 1 entry in Produce of Dam and 1 entry in Breeders Best Three, if an exhibitor chooses to enter those classes.

Breaking Ties

There are two levels of tiebreakers for this award.

Level 1

Show management will review all winnings of the ranches in question and the ranch with the most first place awards will win the tie.

Example:

Ranch A ended the show with four 1st place ribbons.
Ranch B ended the show with three 1st place ribbons.
Ranch A will be declared the winner.

Level 2

If there is still a tie, then show management will assign multipliers to the 1st place awards given to the ranches. The multipliers will be based on the size of the classes that the 1st place awards were given.

Example:

Each first-place ribbon awarded to the ranches will be reassigned the new points with the multiplier and the ranch awards will be re-calculated with these points to determine the winners.

Winners will be announced the week after the show and awards will be mailed to each winning farm.

PAOBA Breeders Showcase

This year this show will be a Premium show.   This means that we will award cash values to entries that place 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd place.  For this show we will award the following values to placings:

• 1^st – 25 dollars

• 2^nd – 15 dollars

• 3^rd – 10 dollars

• Champion – 50 dollars

• Reserve Champion – 25 dollars

• Judges Choice – 100 dollars.

There are several steps that we will take to make this happen.  We will increase the entry fee for the PAOBA Breeders Showcase by 10 dollars.  That is just 10 dollars.   If you take a 3^rd place you pay for that increase in fee, if you take a 2^nd or 3^rd, you are making money.  We do expect to operate this show at a loss which is very tough when shows are so close to breaking even at every event.  We are willing to do this to try to increase the excitement level at the shows!   Having said this last statement please understand that we will award flat ribbons for placings 1-6 and championship rosettes for the championship classes to try to minimize our expenses for this show.

Friday Night Mega Show Ring Sale and Marketing Event

When the show rings end on Friday we will start with an open bar for beer and wine.  We will invite all farms that wish to freely highlight their breeding program to enter this event.  You may sign up to highlight an alpaca for sale, the production of a dam or a sire that you would like to sell breedings to.  To sign up you just need to contact Holly Jacobs at hblod65@aol.com.  

Everyone will gather around the rings; the highlighted alpacas will parade into the rings and then a narrative written by you will be read.  Once we complete all narratives, we invite all attendees into the ring to look everyone over and have conversations with farms that have piqued your interest.  Once this part of the event is over, we will invite all of the champions from the Friday show back into the rings and we will allow everyone to come into the rings and look at the attributes that have allowed the judges to bestow this honor on the entrants.  This event can continue as long as folks want to socialize and look at alpacas in the farm stalls.