Dec 28, 2007

2007 Election Results

Best wishes for a great 2008 for each and every one of you! The American Dutch Bantam Society just completed its election of officers for 2008 and 2009. Your new ADBS officers are:

We thank the outgoing officers for their service to the club: Wayne Gritter, Janet Davis, Dennis Pearce, and Carlton Sanderlin. Each of them had served for a number of years in their District Director positions. Therefore, thank you to each of you for donating your time and leadership.

All the ADBS officers lead busy lives in addition to their Dutch Bantam hobby. The club is grateful for the volunteer service of its members for these positions in order to support and further our wonderful breed. Therefore, thanks to all of you who have agreed to serve in these positions and donate your time.

The future looks promising for Dutch Bantams in the United States. Congratulations go out to many of our members for their success with their birds in 2007. There were several shows throughout the country where Dutch ended up on Champion Row in 2007. It is very satisfying to see so many ADBS members winning with their birds all over the country. So ... "Let's Go Dutch!"

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Sep 13, 2007

2007 Dutch National

Eastern Dutch National:
Delmarva Virginia National
Harrington, Delaware

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Mar 16, 2007

2007 Dutch Nationals

Western Dutch National:
Rocky Mountain Poultry Association
Montana State Fairgrounds
Great Falls, MT

Eastern Dutch National:
Delmarva Virginia National
Harrington, Delaware

At both shows, the club will award Glass trophies for the following:

Best of Breed and Reserve of Breed

Best Variety for: Light Brown, Blue Light Brown, Cream Light Brown, Blue Cream Light Brown, Silver, Black

Youth Show: Best of Breed and Reserve of Breed

-Bill Frank

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Mar 3, 2007

An Update From Your President, Kristi

In December 2006, the American Dutch Bantam Society lost our wonderful club president and good friend, Mary Hoyt, who passed away unexpectedly. Mary will be missed by many in the poultry fancy. Not only was Mary a great promoter of our beautiful Dutch bantams, she was also very involved in the clubs of other breeds. Mary was also very active in her local club, the Central Coast Feather Fanciers, of which whe was one of the founders. Mary was also a great friend of the youth in poultry. I know there are several young poultry fanciers in California (and probably elsewhere is the U.S., as well) who loved and admired Mary for her sharing of knowledge and beautiful birds. For those of you who did not know Mary well, she was always a gracious winner and a gracious loser. Mary was pleasant and friendly to everyone she met.

It was fortunate for our club that Mary was able to attend the memorable Crossroads of America show in Indianapolis in November 2006, so that members who had not previously met Mary could get to meet her there. Many of you may know that if it were not for Mary, we probably would not have gotten the Blue Cream Light Brown Dutch variety approved by the ABA and APA at the Indianapolis show and the Cream Light Brown Dutch variety approved by the ABA, also at that show. There were obviously others who were very much involved in making this happen, but it was Mary's behind the scenes work and conversations with the ABA and the APA that made the qualifying meets a reality. Mary's local club, the Central Coast Feather Fanciers, is sponsoring the color drawing of the BCLB variety for the APA Standard in Mary's name. Mary should therefore be remembered long into the future for her part in making this beautiful new variety an accepted variety that can now end up on champion rows throughout the U.S.

Due to Mary's passing, our club needed a new president to take over. As laid out in the ADBS Constitution, since the two club vice presidents, LeJean Marshall and myself, took office as VPS at the same time and neither of us were Senior VP, we got together and agreed that I would step in and serve as president of the club. Since my moving into that position vacated the Western VP position, I have asked Craig Richardson in District 4 to step into the position as Western VP (as laid out in the ADBS Constitution). Thank you, Craig, for agreeing to step into the Western VP position. Craig has previously served as an officer in the club and is familiar with the workings of the club.

Mary was a good friend to me and it is still hard for me to believe that I will no longer get to visit with her at each show I attend. Mary was such a wonderful woman and wonderful president of our club, it will be hard to follow and step into her shoes to serve as president as graciously as Mary did.

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