The CRHC has a Christmas party on Dec 19 2010. We did a gift exchange and played with bunnies for an afternoon. I am including pics of the bunny photo shoot we did.
Korr and Amelia
Kele and Liz
Ophelia, Sam, Tarquinn and Ronin
Lillian
Lillian and the new calendar
Korr and his page
Wallaby not happy with his gift (he wanted the bed used for the other photos)
On Dec 31 2010 we did a demo in Okotoks for their New Years eve kids event. We had just about all the regular members show up so lots of bunnies. The kids we loud and the bunnies didn't seem to appreciate that too much.
We did a demo at a local school for their Chinese New Year assembly on Feb 4th (the principal is a bunny guy too). We did an overview of the events during the assembly and after each class came up for a closer look and the meet the bunnies.
Wallaby
Amelia
Peace
Popcorn
Korr
Samantha
Group shot
I also got this thank you note from one of the kids at the school
We have had quite a few events since I last updated. We did 2 separate seniors homes on the 20th and 22nd of March. The bunnies were not quite on their A game these days, but still put on a good show. The people really seemed to like it, but they are not as rowdy as some of the events we have done in the past.
On March 26th and 27th, we were at the Calgary Pet Expo. We debuted the Long Jump as a competition and were quite surprised by some of the rabbis doing it. The one disappointing part of this event is that it is geared toward dogs and cats with less focus on the exotic pets like rabbits. We still get people coming by, but not with the enthusiasm of those that watch the dog events (even though we are much more exciting). As a bonus, my vet was there with the parrot club and we got talking about Sci Fi stuff and she now knows where Amelia's name comes from. We were also looking for a home for Thumper and though we had someone, sadly she brought Thumper back the next day. Thumper and Buttercup were not getting along then, so I ended up taking Thumper home after Pet Expo.
On April 7th, we did a demo at the Red Deer Lake School as part of their fundraiser to build a kindergarten in Kenya. I believe they raised about $6000.
April 9th and 10th saw us at Calgary Aggie Days. This event showcases agriculture for city kids. There are 3 days for schools to come followed by the weekend which is open to the public, we were only there for the weekend. We were VERY popular at this event, there was a line up to pet the rabbits and the crowd was about 3 people deep to watch the events. I tired to look around the event with Lillian, but didn't make it far due to being modded by people. My rabbits did quite well over the weekend. Amelia won the time trial on Sat and Korr won it on Sunday. Korr also got 2nd in both high and long jump on Sat and 2nd in High jump on Sun. He did jump 10 poles on Sun but due to time limits it was not a competition that day. We also managed to find Thumper a home at this event. The people who have her now are friends with another club member and apparently and spoiling Thumper.