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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, October 28, 2006

SATURDAY SCOOPS
Cute and creepy kitties

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By Mike Leidemann
Advertiser Staff Writer

Peaches, a cream-and-white Persian who was a grand champion of the Cat Fanciers Association of America, works her Halloween glare for today's Aloha Cat Fanciers festival. This year, the show's added a lunchtime contest in which spectators judge decked-out cage and kitty.

Photos by JEFF WIDENER | The Honolulu Advertiser

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ALOHA CAT FANCIER'S ANNUAL HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL

9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. today ("cats in costume" contest at noon)

McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Park

$4 general, $2 for seniors and children

261-4354

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At the home of Joan Harris, a Persian is dressed up like the Sultan of Brunei in preparation for the Halloween cat show.

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Sasha, costumed by breeder Sophia McNeil Aikala, will be one of the festival contenders today.

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Cats in costumes? How can you go wrong?

The annual Aloha Cat Fanciers' Halloween festival is always serious stuff, with an array of purebreeds — including Abyssinians, Maine coons and Persians — showing off their fine grooming and best cute behavior. Local organizers even bring in four judges from the Mainland to keep the contest on the up-and-up.

This year, though, the event is adding something different: a lunchtime "cats in costume" contest in which spectators will help select the best decorated cage and the outstanding Halloween feline.

Organizers say more than 100 of Hawai'i's best cats will be in this year's show, which is one of more than 350 Cat Fancier Association events held annually across the country.

The show also features food (for humans, as well as cats), free gifts for children and a chance to buy the perfect toy for the favorite poi cat in your own house.

Reach Mike Leidemann at mleidemann@honoluluadvertiser.com.