Big Rock Alpaca Farm

The 2009 MAPACA Jubilee is finally underway at the Farm Show complex in Harrisburg, PA.? If you are interested in learning more about alpacas this is one of the best opportunities to come out and visit with lots of different farms and see lots of great alpacas.

Judging a class

I don’t know what the official numbers are, but there are LOTS of alpacas to see.? Some of the best alpacas in the country are represented by the many farms, both suri alpacas and huacaya alpacas.

Much of the suri alpaca juding will take place on Saturday, April 24, 2009.? We will be showing Gaston in the light fawn class, probably late in the day on Saturday or possibly Sunday morning.

Admission is free this year so come out and see us!

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Isn’t it nice to finally be getting to SPRING!? And with the end of the deep freeze of winter come the spring alpaca shows.

Here are the spring shows that we’ll be show Gaston at:

2009 Maryland Alpaca Show and Sale, April 18-19, 2009? Westminster, MD

2009 MAPACA Jubilee, April 23-26, 2009?? Harrisburg, PA

2009 PAOBA Breeders Showcase, May 8-10, 2009? York, PA

We’ll be sharing a stall with Criative Acres at these shows so be sure to look us up and say hi.

Allen

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We will have two of our alpacas on display at the Live Nativity at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, in Hanover, PA on December 14th, 2008.? There will be two showings of the live nativity, one at 6:00 PM and one at 7:30 PM.? The alpacas wont actually be in the live nativity, there weren’t any alpacas at Jesus’ birth, although alpacas are related to camels and there were probably camels present at the original nativity.

Visitors will be able to both see and touch the alpacas.? We will also be available to answer any questions people may have about alpacas.

We hope to see you there!

Merry Christmas

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Today was a beautiful fall day.? Hopefully next week will be as nice for our open house.? We did take the opportunity to do some work outside around the farm. We also visited another alpaca farms open house at Eastland Alpacas.

The final version of the post card has finally hit the mail on Friday so hopefully you will be receiving your card in the mail shortly.? If you don’t have one, feel free to print out the card here to receive the 10% discount off the purchase of one store item.

The dates to remember are November 8, 9 & 15, 16, 2008 from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM.? We look forward to see you.

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? We’ve just completed our second Saturday at Ashcombe’s this weekend.? It’s been wonderful.? We’ve gotten to meet lots of nice people.? And the kids really love seeing the alpacas.

We will be there for one more weekend, weather permitting.? After that we’ll have a weekend off before our open house at the farm.?? If you miss us at Ashcombe’s be sure to come visit us during our open house.

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? Well it was a long day and we weren’t sure how it was going to go, but it turned out to be a pretty good day.? Friday, yesterday, was quite rainy so we didn’t setup Friday evening.? This morning the boys and I went in around 6:30 to set everything up.? Thank full it had quit raining sometime during the night.

? It did get a little hot during the afternoon, but thankful not like Sunday is supposed to be.? They predicting that tomorrow, 9/14/08 is to be close to a record high at 92 degrees and it will probably be about 90% humidity.

? We got to meet and talk to many great people.? If we you did stop by and see us thank you.? For those of you that didn’t make it you’ll still have plenty of opportunities to see us on National Alpaca Farm Day at Criative Acres, several Saturdays in October at Ashcombes and of course our open house in November.

We look forward to seeing you.

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One of the things we’ve been working on in preperations for East Berlin Colonial Day is our open house flyer.? We’d like to be able to give these outs to all the great people we’ll be seeing at Colonial Day.? We’ll also be mail them out to our mailing list in mid to late October so watch your mailbox.? It might not look exactly like this, but it will be something close.

We’re also working on getting our products ready to display at Colonial Day.? We have several new sweater designs available and?new lower pricing on some of our more popular items like the alpaca reversible socks.

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Come out to see us at one of the many events we will be attending this fall:

Sept 13, 2008 – East Berlin Colonial Day, we will again be on the grass near the post office and food vendors.? Come pick up some alpaca socks for winter.? Sorry, no alpaca will be in attendence.

Sept 27 & 28, 2008 – National Alpaca Farm Day, the farm will actually be closed.? We will?be doing our product stand at Criative Acres Alpacas?in Jarretsville, MD where you will be more than welcome to stop by and see us.? John & Renee will have some wonderful alpacas there for everyone to see and visit with.

Oct 4, 18 & 25, 2008 – Ashcombe Fall Festival, come out to a wonderful time.? In years past we’ve had loads of fun at this event.? There’s usually a corn maze, straw pit, pumkin picking and lots of other fall events.? We always look forward to the homemade apple butter.? If you haven’t gotten your alpaca sweater yet, this would be a good opportunity as there is usually getting to be a nip on the air by October.

Nov 8,9,15 & 16, 2008?- Big Rock Alpaca Farm Open House, our annual open house will be the 2nd and 3rd weekends in November.? Come out and see the widest selection of alpaca products that we have available.? Do your Christmas shopping in a quiet rural setting.? There will be alpacas available to see and feel!

We look forward to seeing you!

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