July 8-10, 2001. Anaheim Convention Center. Hosted by the largest pet industry trade show on the West Coast, WWPSA. The trade show is only open to pet industry professionals. It features educational seminars, demonstrations, certification testing, pet product manufacturers and distributors, and grooming contests. Several grooming schools were represented as students participated in the "Oster Career Start Grooming Competition." with a total of 17 competitors.

Hacienda La Puente Adult Education Grooming Schools students swept the class.

Not pictured above: LA Dawn captured 2nd Place, Rebecca McTaggart captured "Best Dog Handling."

Instructor Donna Owens was very proud of all her students. Exhibiting at the trade show is hard work. Not only did they have to setup a booth, in order to compete teacher aid, Angie Guerra and Donna had to pickup, transport and house the dogs used in the competition from various kennels. Students not competing did a wonderful job of manning the booth and lending a helping hand. The President and Officers of the Southern California Groomers Assn. were very impressed and praised both the booth and the professional students. On Tuesday of the show all the trophies were displayed at the booth and it gave everyone a great sense of pride. Many pet professionals visited the booth and gave their congratulations.