First Yorkie Yule Fest
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YORKIE YULE FEST 2008 - 30th November
Megalong Valley
for a report by our Rovin' Reporter, Helen,
on the 2008 Yorkie Yule Fest, please visit
www.dogs.net.au/yetholmeyorkies
The inaugural
Yorkie Yule Fest was held in 2002 at Wallerawang, NSW
The logo above was kindly designed for us then by Henny from The Netherlands
and has been used ever since.
The Yorkie Yule Fest was the 'brainstorm' of Jan of Yetholme Yorkies and
Di Murray. The aim was to bring yorkie-lovers together for a day of fun with other people
and their yorkies. It has grown from strength to strength both in numbers and in enthusiasm
with people attending from as far afield as Hawaii, Singapore, New Zealand and
most States of Australia.
(above) Di, Jan and Suzy
Unfortunately, this was back in the days before any of us had digital cameras so
the quality of the photos we took on that occasion leave a lot to be desired
and are not good enough to be shown here.
On that occasion, however, many friendships were formed; people discovered that not only
did they have their love of yorkies in common, but many other interests as well.
It soon became evident that it would be great to be able to keep in touch as a group so the OzYorkieRipples chat list was commenced.
People were invited to visit each other if in the 'neighbourhood' and not only did this take in the local scene, but overseas as well. It truly is quite remarkable how many of us have met others on the group, and where they've been met, in all parts of the world including Australia, England, New Zealand, USA, Canada.
Some of these meetings will be shown on following pages, complete with pics, eg., Yule Fest in Tasmania and Hawaii, visits to Crufts 2006 and 2008.
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