The largest cat show in the South is moving this year from Atlanta to Dalton, where exhibitors from all over the world will show more than 250 cats.
The Cotton States Cat Club, the second-oldest cat club in the U.S. producing consecutive shows, is holding its 86th annual Cat Fanciers’ Association show 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Dalton Convention Center.
“You can expect to see the finest cats in the nation,” club President Cynthia Lewis said by phone. “We are the largest, and we draw the most cats of any other show, and the finest specimens of every breed will be here.”
The show features at least 25 breeds as well as household cats competing in eight judging rings — each elaborately decorated according to this year’s theme, “Happiness is …,” Lewis said.