American Bantam Association http://www.bantamclub.com/ is a Poultry Fancy

Animal fancy

Animal fancy is a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals.Fancy may include ownership, showing, trialling and other competitions, breeding and judging. Hobbyists may simply collect specimens of the animal in appropriate enclosures, such as aquaria and...

 association founded in 1914 that promotes the breeding and exhibiting of all kinds of bantam

Bantam (chicken)

A bantam is a small variety of poultry, especially chickens. Etymologically, the name bantam is derived from the city of Bantam - currently known as "Banten Province" or previously "Banten Residency" - once a major seaport, in Indonesia...

 poultry (chickens).

It publishes a Bantam Standard which describes 57 breeds, 85 plumage patterns and more than 400 varieties of bantams and bantam ducks.

It also publishes a quarterly magazine and annual yearbook. It sanctions or has sanctioned a number of poultry shows across the United States held by local groups, such as the New England Poultry Exposition. and the Poultry and Rare Bird Show at the Los Angeles County Fair

Los Angeles County Fair

The inaugural Los Angeles County Fair, now known as the L.A. County Fair, opened Oct. 17, 1922, and ran for five days through October 21, 1922, in a former beet field in Pomona, California. Highlights of the Fair’s first year were harness racing, chariot races and an airplane wing-walking...

and the Ohio National http://www.ohionational.org/

Leadership

The current President of the ABA is Travis Bolen, Vice President is Matt Lhamon, and Secretary is Karen Unrath.

Districts

The ABA has 16 Districts in the US, Canada, and Bermuda, each of which has a District Director who acts to address concerns and represent their constituents in matters that require a vote at Semi-Annual and Annual meetings and in more informal capacities:

• District 1: ME,NH,MA,RI,CT Warren Carlow Director
• District 2: NY,VT Jamie Matts Director
• District 3: PA,NJ Kevin Unrath Director
• District 4: VA,WV,MD,DE,DC Tom Roebuck, Jr. Director
• District 5: OH,KY Laura Haggarty Director
• District 6: MI,IN,IL Thomas E. Chandler Director
• District 7: NC,SC,TN & Bermuda Neil Mahaffey Director
• District 8: AL,FL,GA,LA,MS Tommy Lee Director
• District 9: MN,WI,ND,SD,IA Dan Karasek Director
• District 10: KS,NE,OK,MO,AR Terry Britt Director
• District 11: TX Bob Choate Director
• District 12: UT,CO,AZ,NM Steven Beaty Director
• District 13: WA,OR,MT,AK,ID,WY Daniel Jerome Director
• District 14: CA,NV,HI Eric Kutch Director
• District 15: ONT and East Mark Camilleri Director
• District 16: MANITOBA and West Heather Hayes Director

History

The first president of the American Bantam Association was Charles E. Rockenstyie, who died in 1944.