Spring Fling Registration @ PetEdge starts @8AM… Class starts @9AM

Directions for Spring Fling are on the Spring Fling page.  If you are pre registered, we’ll have your name badge ready for you but you might want to come a little early to get your seat.  Classes start at 9AM.   AT Door Registration starts at 8AM…the price is :$125. for anyone.  PetEdge will have products to raffle and each attendee will get a Raffle ticket!

Wow–U R watching! This Early Bird Special has ended…watch for others coming

We had a post about inviting the first 50 people to the Contest and Trade show for SummerFest July 14&15th in Rhode Island.  You read and responded!  Within 24 hours!!!  Thanks …This particular Early Bird has ended BUT there will be more.  Keep checking back and on our Facebook page:  the new england pet grooming professionals.

Vendors—R U watching? ( The vendors  ofternlook at the number of attendees to determine whether they will come or not)

Wow-that was Great.. the prize for C&T filled for this round..more to come

Wow, what a nice response from you…the C&T pass promotion we did yesterday was a success!   Watch for updates on Facebook and here for more Early Bird specials as we gear up for SummerFest.  Just to clarify, C&T(contest and trade show) means to view the grooming competition and shop at the trade show…NOT entry fees to  the competition or a trade show booth. If you didn’t get a you are IN notification from me, lindacc, you did NOT make it.

Vendors—are you watching?

Act now–FREE Contest & Trade Show passes to first 50 people

Earlier today, 5/10,12 I posted about staying tuned for early bird specials for the Contest & Trade show(C&T) at SummerFest.  While I was grooming my next dog(had to finish “Teddy”), I had a brainstorm to offer it right now!!! Sooo, here’s the deal—the first 50 people who email me with C&T in subject line and your typical data info( unless you KNOW we have u in our database), I will give you a FREE C&T pass for either SAturday(7/14) or SUnday(7/15/12)

Email:  lindacc@nepgp.com

Ready, set—GO!!!

SummerFest Online Registration up SOON

We are getting excited as the SummerFest approaches.  We will have online registrations up soon; first is Spring Fling May 20th @ PetEdge.  Stay tuned for email blasts regarding early bird specials especially for the Contest & Trade show(C&T) .  If you don’t think you are on our mailing and email list, please send Linda cc(me) the usual info at:  lindacc@nepgp.com

To make our show a success, we need YOU.  The Vendors look at the number of attendees we have to decide whether they will come or not.  Sooo, lets show them the New England Show in Rhode Island is awesome. New contests, nice variety of seminars , our loyal and new vendors  and of course, YOU to build the momentum shining the light @ SummerFest!!!

Spring Fling is ON for May 20th, 2012; pre registration is closed

Wow, what a great response we have had for the Spring Fling with Cheryl Purcell and Anne Francis hosted by PetEdge.  While the pre registration and Early Bird offer is closed, there is still time to join us.  The price is now $125. member or non member.  We will try to have enough lunch.  PetEdge will be contacting you to offer you their specials with their deadline for products to be picked up during our May 20th, 2012 event via email soon.  Be thinking of products, jot them down and save $$$.

Welcome KC Grooming Supply, Inc…our new Best in Show Sponsor

We are very happy to welcome our new Best in Show Sponsor in each Division:  Entry, Intermediate and GroomTeam USA Sanctioned Open~~~KC Grooming Supply Inc. ” We don’t carry it all, we carry the best!”

Providing groomers products made by groomers.

Plan to visit their Booth at SummerFest and stock up on grooming goodies!

Congrats to “Cat” and Chad on their engagement

During the Intergroom ceremonies, Chad proposed to Catherine (one of our Board members) and she accepted…..Congrats!

Update Letter from Kathy Salzberg!!

March 20, 2012

Dear NEPGP friends,

I want to update you on my progress.  I had a lovely visit with Toni and Linda yesterday here at Forge Hill and they brought me up to date on NEPGP news along with a gorgeous bouquet of spring flowers and an adorable Bichon Frise (a stuffed version!) Thank you, dear friends.

I suffered a subarachnoid brain aneurysm back on August 18, 2011, and I have not been back to my Cape Cod home since.  I collapsed at a restaurant while dining with my partner Lee, brought to the floor by the worst headache of my life.  I was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital then on to Mass General in Boston.  Because I got pneumonia and a series of other infections, I was transferred to Harrington House, a nursing home in Walpole, postponing my brain surgery until October, but thanks to the skill of the MGH surgeons, I pulled through and began my long journey of recovery.

I have no memory of my hospital stay there or at Harrington House but am told I chatted with friends and family and blew kisses to the nurses.  From MGH, I went to Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital for six weeks, then to the Maples Convalescent Center in Wrentham, MA for five more.  I am now a resident of Forge Hill Senior Living, a wonderful assisted living facility in Franklin, MA, where I have my own apartment, get three nourishing meals a day and all the help I need while I recover.  (Note to fellow groomers – it’s time to get yourself a long-term healthcare policy!)

This life-changing journey has made me much more aware of the fierce love of my children and siblings who gathered around my bed wherever I was.  My daughter Missi managed to run our businesses with the unfailing assistance of our staff at the Village Groomer and those at her new venture, Chickadee Feed and Seed, while at the same time she and wife Tracy welcomed baby daughter Evangeline into the world, grandbaby number six for me.  Missi also became my advocate, at my side every day monitoring every aspect of my care and updating friends and family through her Facebook page throughout.  My son Peter became my driver and caretaker as well and I will always be grateful to them for their loving care.

This journey changed me at my core.  I no longer take the little things in life for granted.  I have gained a new understanding and empathy for my fellow travelers, challenged by age and infirmity, especially the new friends I have met through the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, which includes a wonderful online support group of kindred spirits who inspire me daily with their courage and grace.  I have graduated from my wheelchair, my walker and will soon no longer need my cane.  Although I have been physically separated from my sweetheart back on Cape Cod, our heart connection is still strong.  I believe that every day that I have left here on earth is a bonus, God’s answer to the onslaught of prayers that bombarded Heaven by those who loved me and refused to let me go. Thank you to each and every one of you for your cards, well wishes and prayers. I hope to see you soon!

Love,Kathy Salzberg

NEPGP SummerFest 2012 update-$$$

We are excited with some good news.  NEPGP will be Sponsoring the Creative Styling competition with $1,000. 1st place cash prize money, $500. 2nd and $250. third.  If you are one of those creative groomers, plan to attend the weekend of July 13-15th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, RI.

We thank Nature’s Specialties for coming and Sponsoring the Best All Around in Entry, Intermediate and Open Divisions. FIRST Place in OPEN for Best in Show and Best All Around will receive $1,200. !!!!!  PetEdge is Sponsoring our Poodle Class and that prize $$ has gone up in OPEN-$500. 1st, $250. -2nd and $150. third.   .
Some of the Vendors coming will be: Aussie Dog, Barkleigh(and Barkleigh TV),Eqyss,Frank Rowe&Dan & Debbie, Jodi Murphy, Learn 2 Groom Dogs with Melissa Verplank, Super Styling Sessions with Sue Zecco, Ultra Lift(also providing one of their fabulous tubs towards our Dream Salon Grand Door Prize)…more to follow

Dick Marsh is donating a Special door Prize stained glass piece for SA  and SU for those who attend Seminars and Compete!!!