Cat show is Saturday
The cat’s curls and sticky disposition will make a debut at the cat show — a first for Dewberry and the City of Natchez.
Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Natchez Community Center on Franklin Thoroughfare, and the show will end around 4:30 p.m.
Signups have already closed, and 114 cats from across the U.S. are primping this week for the show.
One cat is making the trip from Santiago, Chile, and the holiday are coming from California, Maryland, Oklahoma and practically every Southern state including Mississippi and Louisiana. Many of the cats are staying at the Days Inn.
Hargis, a Natchez staying, said she has been showing cats for more than 10 years, and she is thrilled a cat show will be hosted in Natchez. Hargis said that cat shows were familiar in the region at one time, and she would show her own cats six to eight times a year. However, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, cat shows became less frequent.
For Hargis, showing cats all started with a cat journal she bought for her daughter. She said of all the cats pictured in the magazine, the Selkirk Rex stood out.
Source: Natchez Democrat