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Back to Live Showing!

 

This weekend I attended my first live show since the shutdown in March 2020. Melissa Hart hosted a Michigan Show Series show in Hastings, MI. This was the fifth Halloween Show. Showers and guests wore masks so it was tricky to blow dust off the models.

The Holiday Inn Express was very annoying and canceled my reservation due to an IT problem on their end. (They "updated" my credit card expiration date, address and phone number to old ones. Therefore the credit card declined and they called me on an old landline in Idaho. When I didn't answer, they sold my room to someone else.) I ended up staying in Grand Rapids, where the hotel kindly held a room for me without a credit card.

But never fear! I made it back to Hastings in time for the ponies to get unpacked.

The judges had six rings going at one time, so the showers were busy. Some were new, others had come back to the hobby after many years, and everyone else was out of practice.

Draft and pony breeds were a delight:

A sweet little mini-scale Italian Draft resin

Yummy dapples on a mini-scale Lithuanian Heavy Draft resin

A beautiful face on this Stablemate custom

A tiny braided tail on this French Riding Pony

What a looker this Walera Mare is

Check out the ears on this Tom Bainbridge mini-scale resin owned by Rebecca Callens.   

Horses of all scales showed together in the custom ring

In another ring, Levi Kroll had the nearly impossible task of judging the micro minis:

A tiny Knapstrupper

A little bridle Criollo micro

A reverse dapple gaited horse in micro mini scale



The Stock breeds were a colorful bunch:

A palomino pinto on one of my favorite molds

A paint mare custom Stablemate

Another paint with beautiful details

A chunky little custom mare by Karen Zorn

The show also had classes for amateur artists. If I recall, this little Cheesecake was one of the entries.


The custom foals were as cute as they were sassy:

A lot of 'tude in a small package

The perfect entry for a fall show

This little one is a classic scale drastic custom Sheltland pony


A few of my light breed horses: Arabian, part Arab, Walkaloosa and ASB

I enjoyed seeing Karen Zorn's Savannah Spark! A traditional "Epona" sculpted by Holly Conner in person. She is lovely.



 

A big shout out to Melissa Hart for hosting, and to Julia for lending a hand. A huge thanks to all of the judges: Tiffany Purdy, Marilou Mol, Tess Carson, Brenda Metcalf, Levi Kroll, Meghan Namaste and Karen Zorn.

Showers and artists, if you would like me to add credits to the models I've pictured, please let me know. I honestly don't know who owned which models, so your names were not included--but can be added. If you would like a photo of your model removed let me know.





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