Top 20 Gala
THE STARS COME OUT TONIGHT!
Join us for our annual Top 20 Gala as we celebrate the Top 20 Cavaliers for 2024
This has been such a popular Gala that you really should not miss, so mark your calendars and join us for fun, food and camaraderie. Exhibitors choose music especially for their own dog and spectators are invited to fill out a ballot for the People’s Choice Award.
Location for the Top 20 Event is the gorgeous
Alexis Park All Suite Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
On Thursday evening October 2, 2024
In conjunction with the CKCSC-USA National Specialty
Top Twenty Gala
Purpose of this Event: To recognize those Cavalier who best exemplify the breed.
Qualifications for the Top Twenty Gala: Top Twenty Cavaliers based on points accumulated from October 1st of the previous year to September 30th of present year are invited to compete, as well as the Top Three Cavaliers of each color, if not already in the Top Twenty.
Rosettes: All exhibitors who enter the Top Twenty Gala receive a commemorative rosette etched with their dog’s name.
Prize: Winner takes home a perpetual trophy of a piece of Cavalier artwork and receives a small Giclee print of that artwork to keep
Mystery Judges: The identities of the THREE judges are kept secret until the afternoon of the event.
Judges are drawn from three categories:
- Licensed Cavalier Breeder/Judge
- CKCSC, USA Breeder and/or Judge with in depth knowledge of the breed
- A licensed all-breed judge, not a breeder or owner of Cavaliers.
All must be well-qualified to judge dogs.
People’s Choice Award
At the same time as the Top Twenty dogs are being judged, spectators can participate as People’s Choice ringside judges, filling in the ballot provided. Ballots are tallied at the end of the evening and the winner of the People’s Choice Award will be announced at the banquet on Saturday evening and presented with a prize. For more information, contact Jennifer Flowers Foster starringcavaliers@gmail.com.
