CALENDAR of EVENTS

*LCBS cannot be responsible for errors or omissions of programs and/or presenters, venues, dates, or other details subject to change.

   Tuesday, 17 August 2010: LCBS August meeting at McNeese State University, Frasch Hall, Lecture Room 101 featuring TBA.

Tuesday, 21 September 2010: LCBS September meeting at McNeese State University, Frasch Hall, Lecture Room 101 featuring TBA.

  Saturday, 16 October 2010 at 10:00 a.m.: LCBS October meeting at McNeese State University, Frasch Hall, Lecture Room 101 featuring a presentation by Ron Smith of the Ancient Bonsai Company.

  Tuesday, 16 November 2010: LCBS November meeting at McNeese State University, Frasch Hall, Lecture Room 101 featuring TBA.

   Tuesday, 21 December 2010: LCBS December meeting at McNeese State University, Frasch Hall, Lecture Room 101 featuring our Annual Christmas Party.

Other Bonsai Events

   24-25 July 2010: Southeastern Regional Bonsai Show hosted by the Nashville Bonsai Society at Cheekwood Botanical Garden, 1200 Forrest Park Dr., Nashville, TN. Featuring Guy Guidry. Fr details call Barbara Bogan at 615-337-4728 or email bogansbonsai@verizon.net.

   August 2010: 1^st International Bonsai Show & Competition hosted by Malaysia Bonsai & Suiseki Society and the Government of Malaysia at Johor, Malaysia. Details from Nor Yadi Bin Noruddin at yadi.noruddin@cimb.com.

   9-12 September 2010: Bonsai and Suiseki Prague 2010, XIIIth National Exhibition of the Czech Bonsai Association at Royal Canonry of Premonstratensisans, Strahov Monastery, Strahovcké nádvori 1/132, 118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic, info: karel68@volny.cz, www.cba-bonsai.cz, hotels: vystava13@cba-bonsai.cz.

   10-19 September 2010: Crespi Cup—Parabiago 9^th International Bonsai & Suiseki Meeting at Crespi Bonsai Museum in Parabiago, Milano, Italy. For this occasion the Enthusiasts' Exhibition (amateurs' bonsai trees) is planned in the first week-end, from 10^th to 12^th September, while the exhibitions Crespi Bonsai Cup and Crespi Shohin Cup (professionals' and collectors' bonsai trees) will be held in the week-end from 17^th to 19^th September.
From 10^th to 19^th September the following competitions will be planned: the competitions Crespi Suiseki Cup, for all suiseki collectors, and the Crespi Pot Cup, dedicated to bonsai pot collectors and pot masters. Several prizes will be awarded including the Coppa Kaneko Memory awarded to the best tree based on technical, naturalness and artistic quality, the Coppa Yokohama awarded to the best conifer bonsai and the Coppa Masakuni to the best deciduous bonsai, selected among all the bonsai exhibited in the Enthusiasts' Exhibition. For details contact Crespi Bonsai at Corso Sempione, 35—20015 Parabiago (Milano)—Italy or phone +39 0331 491850 or fax +39 0331 559410 or e-mail crespicup@crespibonsai.it or visit http://www.crespibonsai.com.

   16-19 September 2010: 6^th Shanghai International Mineral Fossil Show hosted by the Geological Society of Shanghai. Details at http://www.simfs.cn.

   17-19 September 2010: Pacific Northwest Bonsai Clubs Association Convention at the Bremerton Convention Center in Bremerton, WA, USA. Featuring Dan Robinson, Kathy Shaner, David DeGroot, Michael Hagedorn, John Conn and Ann Spencer. Details from Bonsaitree@comcast.net.

   18-19 September 2010: Newstead 4 at Newstead Garden and Bonsai Centre, Newstead Lane B6428, Havercroft Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF4 2HW UK. For details call John Hanby at +01977-610040 or visit http://www.johnhanbybonsai.co.uk.

   24-26 September 2010: Japan Suiseki Sogoten Exhibition at the Ueno Green Club, Tokyo, Japan. Details from http://www.sakura-house.com/ or http://www.tokyo-hotel.jp/ or email: contact@sakura-house.com.

   30 September—3 October 2010: International Stone Appreciation Symposium at the Holiday Inn—Harrisburg/Hershey in Grantville, PA, USA. Featuring Seiji Morimae, Rafael Monje Garcia, Larry Ragle, Jim Doyle, Art Skolnik, Sean Smith, and William Valavanis. Full registration is $195 prior to 1 August and $265 thereafter. For details phone Glenn Reusch at 540-672-5699 or Sean Smith 717-957-4172 or e-mail StoneShow2010@aol.com or visit http://www.StoneShow2010.com.

   9-10 October 2010: Festival International du Bonsaï at the Parc des Expositions in Saulieu, Burgundy, 21-France. Featuring First Masters of Bonsai: an exhibition of 100 premier bonsai. For details contact Christophe Richy, BP 40419—77309 Fountainebleu Cedex or call +33(0)160-396951, fax +33(0)160-396990 or e-mail christophe.richy@lva.fr or visit http://www.festival-bonsai.com.

   9-11 October 2010: BCI 2010 will be held in Tianjin, China (near Beijing). To assist overseas travelers, BCI and hosts have arranged a 12 day VIP tour of China which departs 30 September and concludes on 12 October. The itinerary includes Guangzhou, Chencun (Foshan), Nanjing, Yixing, Yangzhou, Beijing, and Tianjin with many garden, penjing and pottery sites as well as must see Chinese history and culture. Further details of this and of pre and post convention tours at http://bonsai-bci.com.

   28-29 October 2010: New Face of Bonsai: GSBF Convention XXXIII at the Marriott Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. Featuring Ryan Neil, Peter Warren, Michael Hagedorn, and Kathy Shaner. For details visit http://www.gsbf-bonsai.org.

   5-7 November 2010: Luis Vallejo and Hotsumi Terakawa in Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico. For details contact Emigdio Trujillo at info@bazardebonsai.com.

   November 2010: Shuga-ten (秋雅展) is an annual exhibition held at Ueno Green Club in Tokyo (上野グリーンクラブ, Tel: 03-5685-5656) (3-min. walk from Nezu Station on subway Chiyoda Line) by AJSBA (All Japan Shohin-Bonsai Association, 全日本小品 盆栽協会, Tel: 075-691-5488). You can also buy bonsai at the sales corner. Admission: ¥600.

   November 2010: Taikan-ten (日本盆栽大観展), is the biggest annual bonsai exposition in the Kansai (west Japan) area held at Miyako-Messe in Kyoto (京都市勧業館みやこめっせ). 8 minute walk from Higashiyama Sta. on subway Tozai Line or 15 min. by bus from JR Kyoto Station to Kyoto Kaikan-mae Bus Stop. Vendors. Admission: ¥800.

   24-28 November 2010: FELAB 2010 in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. Featured artists include Solita Rosade, Min Hsuan Lo, Alejandro Bedini, Robert Stevens, Rob Kempinski, Guillermo Castaño, Václav Novák, Mauro Stemberger, Nelson Hernández, Erik Wigert, Lukáš Sirotný, Enrique Castaño, and Pauline Muth. For details contact Enrique Castaño at ecs7768@yahoo.com.

   9-10 April 2011: Best of British Bonsai 2011. Details TBA.

   20-22 May 2011: Shohin St. Louis II at Gateway Center, in Collinsville, IL. Featuring Koji Hiamatsu. For details email Stlshohin@sbcglobal.net or visit http://www.stlbonsai.org.

   16-19 June 2011: Bonsai in the Bluegrass: BCI/ABS 2011 will be held at Fern Valley Hotel & Convention Center in Louisville, KY, USA. Details TBA at http://bonsaiinthebluegrass.com, http://www.louisvillebonsai.org and http://bonsai-bci.com.

      18-21 November 2011: ASPAC—Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Convention and Exhibition at Sunport Takamatsu (Kagawa-ken), Japan. Details from http://www.sakura-house.com/ or http://www.tokyo-hotel.jp/ or email: contact@sakura-house.com.

 BCI-ABS 2012: Visions of the American West will be held in Denver, CO, USA. This will be BCI’s 50^th anniversary. Details TBA at http://bonsai-bci.com.

BCI 2013 will be held in Yangzhou, China. Details TBA at http://bonsai-bci.com.

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