02/01/2020 - Looking forward to NAN 2020!

Here's What You Need to Know About NAN 2020!

NAN 2020 is back once again in Lexington, Kentucky to celebrate our North American Model Horse Shows Association 25th Anniversary event.

NAN 2020 will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, a two day event July 7-8, 2020 during the week of Breyerfest at the Hyatt Regency Lexington located at: 401 W High St, Lexington, KY 40507 in the spacious Bluegrass Ballroom.

The NAMHSA Board of Directors is very excited for the change in show length and in this optimal venue. No more conflicts with other Breyerfest events occurring on Thursday!

Key elements to the NAN Committee have been voted in by the Board and we are excited to announce the volunteers to you:

• NAN Chairperson Team: The dynamic duo of Robin Roberts and Sara Parr will be ably sharing all Chair duties and responsibilities. You can reach them at NANChair@namhsa.org or at their Vice President and Presidential emails.
• NAN Registrar: Lindsay Diamond has graciously agreed to come back as Registrar after her previously successful work on NAN 2018. You can reach her at NANRegistrar@namhsa.org.
• NAN Head Steward: Another repeat volunteer, Vicky Kitzman is back once again as the Head Steward. Thank you very much Vicky! NAN lives by the volunteers and Head Steward is a super important part of a great show.
• NAN Sponsorship Chair: a new volunteer to the Org, Julia Platt has graciously volunteered to do sponsor wrangling for NAN 2020. We will be announcing sponsorship opportunities at a later date via Mail Chimp and through the Facebook Region groups. Until then, you can contact Julia at NANSponsorship@namhsa.org. (Please note, new email address!)

Currently the NAN Committee is on track to meet our goal of having the NAN Show Packet up and available to NAN attendees for downloading and to begin pre-NAN planning sometime in March. The hope is to be able to announce most, if not all, judges hired for the show by April. Registration for NAN will be open for an approximate two week time period in May. (Exact dates will be announced closer to April.)

NAN 2020 will feature NEW 25th Anniversary Champion and Reserve Champion medallions, designed by premier hobby artist Sommer Prosser (The Art of Sommer Prosser) with lettering designs by artist Christina Riley (Art by C. Riley).

NAN Co-Chair Robin Roberts has begun the search for a knowledgeable and capable judging team for NAN 2020.

If you would like to nominate yourself as a judge, please click HERE and fill out our survey completely. Please note, references will be checked and everyone who applies to judge will receive an answer on if they have been accepted or not.

We will be bringing a little something special to the show for the 25th Anniversary - benefit auctions! Online auctions will be held throughout 2020 as well as potential event specials as we approach the NAN 2020 show days. These auctions will be a fantastic opportunity to bring a little community awareness to any hobby based business or a simple way to give back to the hobby for Collector's offering donation. More information regarding how to donate will be released later this spring.

The Board of Directors and NAN Committee hope to see YOU in Kentucky in July!