The GLFA Ferret Rennaisance '98 is history and it was a great day. There is nothing in the world like spending a weekend with ferret people!!! Brandon, I'm glad you and yours had a good time. The only complaint I heard related to directions sent. A map that was sent was off the Internet (Mapquest) and from the corporation itself was very misleading. Some people searched for 2 hours and on behalf of the GLFA, I apologize. My only explanation is the Capital Centre (our building being The Summit) is a brand new venture in the Lansing area and as such is work in progress and we were in on the ground floor. Unfortunately, all the bugs weren't worked out this time around. I will tell you that it will be our permanent home for our Fall Shows (knock on wood & hope that Murphy's Law bypasses us) (and the next one is October 2). I am happy to say that the same company who owns/operates The Capital Centre is building the same type of facility in Monroe, Michigan and we will be having our Spring Show there. So mark May 15, 1999 in your calendar for the GLFA Spring Show (knock on wood again). All in all, the day was great. Even the weather was with us because it was a gorgeous autumn day in Michigan. As Brandon stated in his posting, The Summit had other events going on, too. There was ice skating, gymnastics and even a wedding in progress at the same time as our show. The wedding party wandered thru during the judging later in the evening (I know the bride was holding ferrets but I don't think she was "poofed " by anybody. Can you imagine explaining that to the dry cleaners when you take your dress in to be cleaned after the wedding?). Personally, I enjoyed meeting people who had called me for information about the Show as well as friends I hadn't seen in a long time. We didn't get out of the building until after midnite so it was a long day and I know a lot of you can relate to that. At this time GLFA would like to thank the wonderful people who donated to our raffle (and if I leave anyone out, I'm apologize..... no oversite intended): Custom Creature Comforts Nok-Out Odor Eliminator Oxyfresh Morgan Designs FAIR Marshall Pet Products Rascal's Hideout Bio-Derm Laboratories Sun Seed Company United Vaccines Inc. Kong Company Suzies'Snoozers Warm Fuzzy Ferret Rescue Coastal Pet Products Ferretware 8-in-1 Pet Products Pets International LM Animal Farm Rainbow Bridge Hyper-Fur Products Four Paws The Crafty Ferret GLFA would also like to thank vendors who participated: FAIR Oxy Fresh Photos with Flair B10 Ferrets Ferret Warez Happy Critters Shadow Ferrets Custom Creatures Comforts Kits Original's and New York Ferrets Ferret Reflections Flemming Farms Rainbow River Exclusively Ferrets Scarlett's Happy Dookers Natures' Den Warm Fuzzy Rescue Ferret Madness Cozy Zone Dream Time Ferretry HighLander Ferretry Southeast Michigan Ferrets Nok-Out Odor Eliminator Beautiful Beadin' Mischief Maker's Ferretry Shannon Valley Ferretry Ralph & Judy York McFerret Acres I'll do another post shortly with the winners of the classes. Dee Beau & Nilla (who would both rather stay home next time, thank you very much) [Posted in FML issue 2473]