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THE OSAGARD SIGHTHOUND FESTIVAL

9th – 10th August 2008

Osagard is a small village in the Nograd county. It is situated 50 km from Budapest in the Cserhat mountains.

According to historians, the name of the village comes from the word agar, which means sighthound and breeding of sighthounds. The coat of arms of the village shows this historical background as well, as there are two Magyar Agars represented on it. This breed is our national "jewel" and a symbol of Hungary. The village, the Magyar Agar Club and Élő Nemzeti Kincseink Alapítvány (the Hungarian National Heritage Fund) are working together to organize the festival and repeat it every year.

Our dream is to organise a big festival, where you can see a historical market with craftsman and their manufactured products, goulash, strapatchka, beer and amusement.

The festival will start with a short excursion to the history of the area; there will be a historical costume (typical for original breeders of the national breeds) show of noblemen accompanied by the 9 original Hungarian breeds.

The next point on the festival agenda is the Special CAC show of all the Sighthound and related breeds (FCI Group 5), from north to south, west to east - we expect a participation of 300 sighthounds.

Judges have been invited from Austria, Luxemburg and Poland.

During the whole event, a rich programme will be offered on the central stage. Visitors will enjoy a performance of a wide range of artists performing operetta, musical, opera, folk-songs, Latin and folk dance and music, brass bands, dog in work show, exercises, and of course the biggest show: the BIS.

Additional meetings and events, such as the second meeting of the Oriental Sighthound Section and lure coursing, will close the day.

The whole programme will be finished late in the evening with a concert and street ball.

On the following day, the second round of the conformance and performance weekend will take place on the Isaszeg racing track (handled by the Magyar Agar Club). Isaszeg is approximately 45 km from Osagard.

The invitations (judges, registration) to the CAC and racing will be sent separately.

Judit Szanka: devajs@gmail.com
President of the Magyar Agar Club
2614 Penc Rakoczi u.50.
+36-30-273-5334
magyaragar.klub@freemail.hu
www.magyaragar-klub.fw.hu

Ősagard
www.osagard.hu
Élő Nemzeti Kincseink Alapítvány
elo.nemzeti.kincseink@gmail.com

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