Historic National Specialty Videos
ALAC Dedicates this 30-year Collection (1986-2016) of National Specialty Videos in memory of Jan Bruton.
This historic collection of over 85 two-hour videos is a tribute to the intense dedication, commitment and passion that Jan Bruton poured into everything she did in her involvement with ALAC, and to the Breed that she loved. It preserves more than a quarter-century of history of the dogs and people who have comprised the American Lhasa Apso Club over the years.
Almost concurrently with the advent of home video cameras in the mid-1980s, Jan and Larry Bruton began recording American Lhasa Apso Club National Specialty shows for personal and educational purposes. Soon, club members began requesting copies for themselves, and for those unable to attend the National. In 1988, under Jan’s direction, they offered multiple edited versions of the National Specialty and Futurity videos, at a modest cost to defray expenses, with 10% of proceeds going to the National Specialty Trophy Fund.
Later, Jan suggested we take advantage of advances in technology to offer not only edited videos of each show, but to also add voice-over narrative, and more content about the people who attended the Nationals. Jan’s extraordinary ability to sit down, with catalog in hand, and voice over the names of all the dogs in the show, was a marvel, let alone that she could do it in one take! And she continued to do it for over 20 years.
Please enjoy a walk through this compilation of ALAC history in Jan’s honor.
~ Larry Bruton
- 1986 ALAC National Specialty – Futurity, Hall of Fame
- 1986 ALAC Sweepstakes & Futurity
- 1987 ALAC National Specialty (not filmed)
- 1988 ALAC Futurity
- 1988 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy – Dogs 6-9 mos.- Bred-by Exhibitor Dogs (partial)
- 1988 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Bitches 9-12 mos. through Reserve Winners Bitch
- 1988 ALAC National Specialty – Veteran Bitches & Best of Breed
- 1988 Lhasa Apso Club of Central Colorado Sweepstakes
- 1989 ALAC Futurity
- 1989 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Bitches 6-9 mos. – Open Bitches
- 1989 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Winners Dog & Veteran Dogs
- 1989 ALAC National Specialty -Remainder Open Bitches & Hall of Fame (partial) (BOB footage missing)
- 1990 ALAC – Futurity (Western Division) & Hall of Fame Parade
- 1990 ALAC National Specialty – Bred-by Ex. Bitches – Best of Breed, Best Puppy, Best BBE & Stud Dog
- 1990 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Bitches 12-18 mos.
- 1991 ALAC Futurity (Midwest Division)
- 1991 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9 Mo.- American Bred Bitches
- 1991 ALAC National Specialty Open Bitches, WB, Veterans, Best of Breed, Brace, Stud Dog & Br. Bitch
- 1992 ALAC Futurity
- 1992 ALAC National Specialty – BOB (part 2), Special Classes
- 1992 ALAC National Specialty – Bred-By Bitches, BOB (part 1)
- 1992 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9, Puppy Bitches 6-9
- 1993 ALAC Futurity (Eastern Division)
- 1993 ALAC National Specialty – BOB (part 2), Special Classes
- 1993 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Bitches 6-9, BOB (part 1)
- 1993 Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Veteran Dogs
- 1994 ALAC Futurity
- 1994 ALAC Futurity & National Specialty Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Puppy Bitches 9-12 mos.
- 1994 ALAC National Specialty – Best Puppy, Best Bred-by Exhibitor,, Stud Dog, Brood Bitch, etc.
- 1994 ALAC National Specialty – Bitches 12-18 mos., Winners Bitch & Best of Breed
- 1995 ALAC Futurity 1995 National Specialty – Juniors, Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos.– Puppy Bitches 6-9 mos.
- 1995 ALAC National Specialty – BOB (part 2), & Special Classes
- 1995 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Bitches 9-12, BOB Dogs (part 1)
- 1996 ALAC Futurity & National Specialty – Jr. Showmanship, Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – WD & Veteran Dogs
- 1996 ALAC Grand Futurity & National Specialty – Juniors & Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Veteran Dogs
- 1996 ALAC National Specialty Best of Breed, Best Puppy, Best Bred-by Ex., Stud Dog & Brood Bitch
- 1996 ALAC National Specialty Puppy Bitches 6-9 mos. – WB, Veteran Bitches & Hall of Fame
- 1997 ALAC Futurity
- 1997 ALAC National Specialty – Am. Bred Bitches, Veterans, Hall of Fame, Best of Breed & Brood Bitch
- 1997 ALAC National Specialty Jr. Showmanship, Puppy dogs 6-9 mos. – Bred-By Ex. Bitches
- 1997 ALAC National Specialty Puppy & Veteran: Sweepstakes
- 1998 ALAC Futurity & Veteran Sweeps
- 1998 ALAC National Specialty – Junior Showmanship & Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Bred-By Ex. Bitches
- 1998 ALAC National Specialty II
- 1998 ALAC National Specialty Winners Bitch, Parade of CHs., High in Trial, Veterans & Best of Breed
- 1999 ALAC Futurity
- 1999 ALAC National Specialty – Bred-By Exhibitor Bitches, Winners Bitch, Veterans, BOB (part 1)
- 1999 ALAC National Specialty – J.S., Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – RWD & Puppy Bitches 6-9 mos. – 12-18 mos.
- 1999 ALAC National Specialty – BOB (part 2), Special Classes
- 2000 ALAC Futurity
- 2000 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9, Open Bitches
- 2000 ALAC National Specialty Winner’s Bitch, Veterans, High in Trial, BOB & Special Classes
- 2001 ALAC Futurity
- 2001 ALAC National Specialty Open Bitches (con’t.) – Best of Breed & Special Classes
- 2001 ALAC National Specialty Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Open Bitches (con’t.)
- 2002 ALAC Futurity
- 2002 ALAC National Specialty American Bred Bitches , Winners Bitch, Best of Breed & Special Classes
- 2002 ALAC National Specialty High in Trial, Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Bred-by Exhibitor Bitches
- 2003 ALAC Futurity
- 2003 ALAC National Specialty Bred-by Bitches, WB, Veterans, BOB, BPUP, Brace, Stud Dog & Brood Bitch
- 2003 ALAC National Specialty Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Novice Bitches
- 2004 ALAC Futurity
- 2004 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9 Mos. – Bred-by Exhibitor Bitches
- 2004 ALAC National Specialty Am. Bred Bitches -WB, Veterans, Best of Breed & Special Classes
- 2005 ALAC Futurity
- 2005 ALAC National Specialty – Open Bitches, WB, Veterans, Best of Breed & Special Classes
- 2005 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9, Open Dogs + RWD, Puppy Bitches 6-9, Am Bred
- 2006 ALAC Futurity
- 2006 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9, WD, Puppy Bitches 6-9, WB, Veterans
- 2006 ALAC National Specialty Best of Breed (to be continued)
- 2006 ALAC National Specialty Best of Breed, Best Puppy, Stud Dog, Brood Bitch & Brace
- 2006 ALAC National Specialty Breeders Forum: Marianne Nixon, Cassandra de la Rosa & Dorothy Kendall
- 2007 ALAC Futurity
- 2007 ALAC National Specialty – Open Bitches, RWB, Veteran Bitches, BOB, Special Classes
- 2007 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Bred-by Exhibitor Bitches
- 2008 ALAC Futurity
- 2008 ALAC National Specialty – Veterans, Special Classes, Best of Breed, Win Photos
- 2009 ALAC National Specialty (copyrighted – not available)
- 2010 ALAC Futurity
- 2010 ALAC National Specialty Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Reserve Winners Bitch
- 2010 ALAC National Specialty – Best Of Breed, Special Classes
- 2011 ALAC Cut Down Sweepstakes
- 2011 ALAC Futurity
- 2011 ALAC National Specialty Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Reserve Winners Bitch & Parade of Titleholders
- 2011 ALAC National Specialty Veteran Dogs-Best of Breed & Special Classes
- 2012 ALAC Futurity, Maturity
- 2012 ALAC National Specialty Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos. – Winner’s Bitch
- 2012 ALAC National Specialty Veterans, Best of Breed, Best Puppy, Best Bred-by, Brd. Bitches, Brace
- 2013 ALAC Futurity
- 2013 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9, Bitch Classes, WB, RWB
- 2013 ALAC National Specialty – Veterans, Best of Breed
- 2014 ALAC Futurity & Maturity
- 2014 ALAC National Specialty – Best of Breed, NOHS, Stud Dog & Brace
- 2014 ALAC National Specialty – Puppy Dogs 6-9 mos., all Bitch classes, & Veterans
- 2015 ALAC Futurity & Maturity
- 2015 ALAC National Specialty – Bred-by Ex. Dogs – Reserve Winners Bitch & Veterans
- 2015 ALAC National Specialty Best of Breed, NOHS, Best Puppy, Best BBE, Stud Dog & win photos
- 2016 ALAC National Specialty – Best of Breed, Best Puppy, Stud Dog
- 2016 ALAC National Specialty – Dogs, Bitches, Veterans