2006 AFA National Show Awards

AFA Honors Its Top Exhibitors at National Shows!

HONORS ABOUND the 2006 show season where AFA continues its proud tradition of bestowing top honors to winners of the two largest shows in the USA. The AFA National Show Award, established in 1992, is awarded annually for the “Best Bird Bred & Banded by an AFA Member” placing highest overall in each show.

David Arthur received the AFA National Show Award at the Great American Bird Show (GABS), held November 4, 2006 in Denver, CO, for his exquisite Normal Fishers’ Love Bird. AFA Western Regional Director Lisa McManus presented the prestigious award to Mr. Arthur, with AFA Legislative Vice President Sandee L. Molenda announcing the honors. The African Love Bird Society and the Rocky Mountain Society for Aviculture are affiliated member organizations of AFA.

Julia Allen received the AFA National Show Award at the National Cage Bird Show (NCBS), held November 18, 2006 in Chicago, IL, for a magnificent male Normal Grey Cockatiel. AFA National Show Awards Chair Linda S. Rubin presented the coveted award to Mrs. Allen during the banquet, who was earlier presented with the NCBS Higgins Award for Best Cockatiel in the NCS Division. The National Cockatiel Society has been an affiliate member organization of AFA since 1984.
 

Both the GABS love bird division and the NCBS cockatiel division were officiated over by ALBS/NCS Panel Judge Lee Horton. Mr. Horton served the AFA as its second president during the years 1976-1978.

Details on the AFA National Show Awards and photographs are published periodically on the AFA website www.afabirds.org and in selected issues of AFA In Brief, and the AFA Watchbird Journal. Contact AFA National Show Awards Chair Linda S. Rubin at LSR@CockatielsPlusParrots.com.