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CALENDAR of EVENTS
*LCBS cannot be responsible for programs and/or presenters, venues, dates, or other details subject to change.
« Wednesday, 2 April at 7:00 p.m.: The monthly meeting of the Bonsai Society of Acadiana (BSA) at the Ira Nelson Horticultural Building, 2206 Johnson Street, Lafayette.
« 11-13 April 2008: MidAtlantic Bonsai Society’s 25th Anniversary Spring Festival at Hudson Valley Resort & Spa at Kerhonkson, NY, USA. Featured artists are Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Graham Potter (UK), Michael Hagedorn (USA) and George LeBolt (USA). For more information, visit http://midatlanticbonsai.freeservers.com.
« 17-20 April 2008: 11th International Bonsai, Suiseki and Tea Exhibition hosted by Bonsai Centrum Nitra at the Main Pavilion of Exhibition Area Agrokomplex in Nitra, Slovakia. For details contact tea@e-tea.sk.
Saturday, 26 April 2008, 9:00-5:00: LCBS’ April meeting will move to Saturday for a Lecture and Workshop by Joe Day of Mobile, AL at McNeese State University, Frasch Hall, Room 101. Joe will present on Developing a Southern Bonsai Style. There is no charge for the lecture. The bring-your-own-tree workshop fee is $20 or $5 for observers.
« 2-3 May 2008: Dungeness Bonsai Society 32nd Annual Bonsai Exhibition in Sequim, WA, USA. 90 bonsai exhibit with daily live demonstrations, videos, and vendors. Free admission and parking. Also 109th Annual Irrigation Festival in Sequim. For details contact Karen at 836-877-6254 or email: dungeness_bonsai@yahoo.com.
« 2-4 May 2008: The 23rd Arcobonsai Convention and the 12th U.B.I. Congress will be hosted by Arcobonsai Club Garda Trentino, Via Garberie, 6, 38062 Arco (Trient) Italy. In addition to bonsai and suiseki exhibits, there will be the 8th Arcobonsai contest, demonstrations by 16 Italian teachers and a vending area. Simultaneously there will be the 10th Arcofiori, a festival floral market. More details at http://www.arcobonsai.com.
« 3-4 May 2008, 10-4: Serenity Through Bonsai: 22nd Annual Bonsai Exhibit of the Dai Ichi Bonsai Kai at the Ken Nakaoka Community Center, 1670 W. 162nd St., Gardena, CA, USA. Demonstrations daily at 1:00. Free admission and parking. For details call Herb Eisenberg at 310-545-5954.
« 3-4 May 2008, Saturday 10-4:30, Sunday 11-4: Spring Show of the Redding Bonsai Club at Wyntour Gardens, 8025 Airport Road, Redding, CA, USA. Free admission. For details call 530-221-4842.
« 3-4 May 2008, Saturday 12-5, Sunday 10-4: 62nd Annual Bonsai & Suiseki Show of the Sacramento Bonsai Club at the Sacramento Buddhist Church, 2401 Riverside Blvd., Sacremento, CA, USA. Daily demonstrations with raffles to follow by Boon Manikitivipart at 2:00. Free admission, vendors. For details call Gary Judd at 916-630-1340 or e-mail juddbonsai@starstream.net.
« 4 May 2008, 10-4: 34th Annual Bonsai Show of the Watsonville Bonsai club at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple, 423 Bridge St., Watsonville, CA, USA. Demonstration at 2:00 by Katsumi Kinoshita of Monterey, CA. For details call Don White at 831-724-9283 or Iwao Yamashita at 831-724-5332.
« 4 May 2008: Bournemouth, UK Bonsai Show.
« 10-11 May 2008, 10-4 Sat./11-4 Sun.: Annual Spring Exhibit of Bonsai Society of Greater Kansas City at Powel Garden, 1609 NW US Hwy. 50, Kingsville, MO, USA. For details e-mail: gsherman1@kc.rr.com.
« 17 May 2008, 10-4: Annual Spring Show & Sale of the San Pu Kai at the Senior Center, 799 Pine Ave., Carlsbad, CA, USA. Free admission and parking. For details call Joanie at 760-431-1014 or visit http://www.sanpukai.org.
« 17-18 May 2008: Atlanta Bonsai Society Annual Show at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA, USA. Featuring Boon Manikitivipart. Show is free with garden admission fee. For details visit http://www.atlantabonsaisociety.com.
« 17-18 May 2008 from 10:00-5:00 p.m.: The Austin Bonsai Society hosts its Annual Exhibit and Sale at Zilker Botanical Gardens, 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 78746. Demonstration at 2:00 p.m. For details contact ewbonsai@austin.rr.com.
« 17-18 May 2008, Saturday 11-4, Sunday 10-4: Bonsai Club of Santa Barbara Annual Exhibition at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Daily demonstration at 1:00. For details contact Ann Erb at 905-929-4972 or e-mail annerb@charter.net or visit http://www.santabarbarabonsai.org.
« 17-18 May 2008, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-4: Satsuki Aikokai of Sacramento Annual Show at the Sacramento Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, CA, USA. Daily demonstration and raffle at 1:30. Free admission. For details call Ann Hultgren at 916-961-3889 or e-mail mahult@earthlink.net.
« Saturday, 24 May 2008 from 9:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m.: LCBS May meeting will feature Guy Guidry’s lecture and workshop. There is no charge for the lecture. The bring-your-own-tree workshop fee is $20 or $5 for observers.
« 23-25 May 2008: Rendezvous 2008 at Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery, 8125 Center Hill Road, Olive Branch, MS 38654 (near Memphis). For details see http://www.brusselsbonsai.com.
« 24-25 May 2008, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-4: 30th Annual Bonsai Exhibition of the Seacrest Bonsai Club of Crescent City, CA in conjunction with the Brookings/Harbor Annual Azalea Festival at the Best Western Brookings Inn, 1143 Chetco Ave. (Hwy. 101 N), Brookings, OR, USA. Daily demonstration at 2:00.
« 31 May-1 June 2008, 9-4: Annual Bonsai Show of Modesto Bonsai Club at the Doubletree Hotel, 1150 Ninth St., Modesto, CA, USA. Daily demonstration by Sam Adina at 1:00. Admission is free.
« 31 May-1 June 2008, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-4: 14th Annual Satsuki Bonsai Show of Bay Area Satsuki Aikokai at Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Belview Ave., Oakland, CA, USA. Daily demonstrations at 1:30; Rick Garcia on Saturday, Johnny Uchida on Sunday. For details call Bob Gould at 925-935-1914.
« 1 June 2008, 11-4: 44th Annual Exhibition by the Monterey Bonsai Club at the Monterey Buddhist Temple at 1150 Noche Buena, Monterey, CA, USA. Demonstration by Katsumi Kinoshita at 1:30.
« 6-9 June 2008: Si-Diao—BSF 2008. Bonsai Societies of Florida’s 35th annual convention at the Radisson Hotel & Resort, Cape Canaveral, FL. (Reservations '321-784-0000 *mention BSF 2008 convention.) Featuring Cheng Cheng-Kung along with Gustavo Bures, Toby Diaz, Mike Rogers, Sean Smith, Ed Trout Allen Carver and Erik Wiggert. Registration is $235/individual or $450/family.
« 12-15 June 2008: Mid-America Bonsai Alliance 2008 Convention hosted by the Indianapolis Bonsai Club Marten House Hotel and Lilly Conference Center. Featuring Danny Use, Steve Pilacik, Dana Quattlebaum and Matt Ouwinga. More details at http://www.maba2008.org/
« 14-15 June 2008: 28th Ohio Regional Bonsai Show at Dawes Arboretum, Newark, OH, USA. Featuring Jim Doyle with demonstrations, critique, beginners workshop (1-4 Saturday), and over 100 bonsai displayed. Cal 800-44-DAWES or e-mail kmstevens@dawesarb.org.
« 14-15 June 2008 from 9-5: Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society Annual Exhibit at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York St., Denver, CO, USA inside the main building. Free with garden admission.
« 15 June 2008 (Father’s Day) from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Matsuyama Bonsai Exhibit will be held at the Carriage House, Parkwood on the historical McLaughlin Estate, 270 Simcoe St. North, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Free admission to BCI members! For further details contact Joan Greenway at joan.greenway@gmail.com.
« Tuesday, 17 June 2008 at 7:00 p.m.: LCBS June meeting will be Air Layering by Clark Long.
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19-22 June 2008: The Many Faces of Bonsai in Texas,
the American Bonsai Society Learning Seminar 2008 hosted by the Lone Star
Bonsai Federation and the San Antonio and Austin Bonsai Societies at the El
Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel, 110 Lexington Avenue in San Antonio, TX. Featuring
Guy Guidry, Mike Hansen, Hal Mahoney, Ted Matson, Jerry Meislik, Michel
Phaneuf, Martin Schmalenberg,
Sean
Smith, and Ed Trout. Hotel reservations at
866-293-1842.
Contact:
Pauline Muth, Registrar, telephone: 518-882-1039 or e-mail:
ABS@pfmbonsai.com.
http://absbonsai.org/seminars/ABS2008/main2008.html
« June 2008: 48th Nippon Suiseki Meihinten at the Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo. Sponsored by Nippon Suiseki Association and Nippon Economic News Paper.
« Tuesday, 15 July 2008 at 7:00 p.m.: LCBS July meeting will be Rob Turley, LSU Agricultural Extension Agent, on Pest Management.
« Saturday, 16 August 2008 at 9:30 a.m.: Wayne Greenleaf will present on the topic, The Art of Bonsai Critique for our August meeting at MSU, Frasch Hall, Lecture Hall 101.
« 23-24 August 2008, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-4: Redwood Empire Bonsai Society Silver Anniversary and 24th Annual Bonsai Show at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Avenue. Demonstrations by Kathy Shaner daily at 1:30. For details call Bob Shimon at 707-884-4126 or e-mail to shimon@mcn.org or visit http://www.rebsbonsai.org.
« September 2008: Nippon Suiseki Sogoten at the Ueno Green Club in Tokyo. Sponsored by the Nippon Suiseki Association.
« 5-8 September 2008: Deciduous Bonsai Symposium featuring Maples sponsored by International BONSAI at the Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY, USA. Featured artists are Peter Adams, David Easterbrook, Matt Ouwinga, Arthur Joura, Brussel Martin, Suthin Sukosolvisit, and Bill Valavanis. Information at http://www.internationalbonsai.com.
« Saturday, 20 September 2008 at 7:00 p.m.: LCBS September meeting will be a picnic/workshop at Shangrila Gardens in Orange, TX.
« 20-21 September 2008: Newstead, UK Bonsai Show.
« 24-28 September 2008: BCI 2008 at St. Vincent, Italy. Featuring an international cast of bonsai and suiseki artists and teachers including Shinji Suzuki (Japan), Min Shuan Lo (Taiwan), Hideko Metaxas (USA), I.C. Su (Taiwan), Isao Omachi (Japan), Nikunj and Jyoti Parekh (India), Pauline Muth (USA), Rob Kempinski (USA), Carlos Van der Vaart (The Netherlands) and Italian artists: Michele Andolfo, Chiara Padrini, Sandro Segneri, Angelo Attinà, Adriano Bonini, Luca Bragazzi, Patrizia Cappellaro, Giorgio Castagneri, Aldo Cetorelli, Carlo Cipollini, Samuel Corazza, Donato Danisi, Stefano Frisoni, Giovanni Genotti, Valerio Gianotti, Ezio Piovanelli, Antonio Ricchiari, Enrico Savini, and Gaetano Settembrini. Pre and post Convention tours of suiseki collecting areas, Bonsai renowned private collections and nurseries. Tour famous Italian cities known for art: Pisa, Florence, Rome, and Venice. Daily tours visiting the main Valle d’ Aosta sites and mountains. More information at http://www.bci-ibs2008.it or e-mail: presidenza@bci-ibs2008.it.
« 2-5 October 2008: 4th Biennial International Suiseki Symposium at the Harrisburg-Hershey Holiday Inn, Grantville, PA, USA. For more information contact: Glenn Reusch, ISAS Registrar, 2241 Jacks Shop Road, Rochelle, VA 22738. Email: StoneShow2008@aol.com or call '540-672-5699.
« 3-5 October 2008: New Zealand National Bonsai Convention at Tabard Theatre on Coronation Street, Napier, NZ. Demonstrations will feature Grant Bowie from Canberra, Australia, Dianne Miller of Hamilton, NZ, Adriaan and Poppy Engelbrecht of Tauranga, NZ. For further information e-mail Ian Sayer at iansayer@xtra.co.nz.
« 4-5 October 2008: Bonsaiautumn IV at Stadthalle, 4600 Olten, Switzerland. Featured artists are Marco Invernizzi, Sandro Segneri, Serge Clemence, and Roman Bona. Walter Pall will moderate. For more details contact: Andi Dörfliger at info@bonsaiautumn.ch or http://www.bonsaiautumn.ch
« 11-12 October 2008 from 09:00—17:00: BONSAI 2008—1st National Bonsai Exhibition in conjunction with International Bonsai’s 30th anniversary celebration at the Historic Monroe Community Hospital in Rochester, NY. Daily admission is $15; weekend pass is $20. In addition to the juried exhibition there will be a vendor area and continuous demos, plus an award dinner. For more details visit http://www.internationalbonsai.com/
« Tuesday, 21 October 2008 at 7:00 p.m.: LCBS October meeting.
« 30 October-2 November 2008: Golden State Bonsai Federation Convention XXXI at the Doubletree Hotel—Modesto and the Modesto Centre Plaza, 1150 Ninth Street. Featured artists are Boon Manikitivipart, Martin Schmalenberg and Tak Shimazu. http://www.gsbf-bonsai.org/.
« Saturday, 8 November 2008: LABS 2008 hosted by Guy Guidry at Bonsai Northshore in Covington, LA.
« Tuesday, 18 November 2008 at 7:00 p.m.: LCBS November meeting will be our Annual Auction.
« 21 (Friday)-25 (Tuesday) November 2008: 28th Japan Grandview Bonsai Exhibition (Nippon Bonsai Taikan-ten) is held at Miyako Messe in Kyoto.
« 3-6 December 2008: Thai Bonsai—Country of Amazing Attractions: 2008 ABFF Convention at The Rose Garden, Bangkok, Thailand. Details from Robert Steven at markamtr@cbn.net.id or Montri Suksermsongchai at montri@century-advertising.com.
« 16 December 2008 at 7:00 p.m.: LCBS December meeting is traditionally our annual Christmas party with election of officers for 2009.
« 19-23 March 2009: BSF 2009 "Bonsai in Florida through the Years" at the Sun Resort in Orlando, FL. Featured artists will be Boon Manikitivipart, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Min Hsuan Lo and Pedro Morales. Convention room rate is $89 a night for convention registrants. Guests are invited to come early and take advantage of this great location within three miles of Disney World. The diverse exhibit will feature shohin specimens. Visit http://www.bsf-bonsai.com for more information and updates.
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June 2008: The Many Faces of Bonsai in Texas,
the American Bonsai Society Learning Seminar 2008 hosted by the Lone Star
Bonsai Federation and the San Antonio and Austin Bonsai Societies at the El
Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel, 110 Lexington Avenue in San Antonio, TX. Featuring
Guy Guidry, Mike Hansen, Hal Mahoney, Ted Matson, Jerry Meislik, Michel
Phaneuf, Martin Schmalenberg, Sean Smith, and Ed Trout. Hotel reservations at
866-293-1842.
Contact: Pauline Muth,
Registrar, telephone: 518-882-1039 or e-mail:
ABS@pfmbonsai.com.
http://absbonsai.org/seminars/ABS2008/main2008.html
« 17-18 April 2009: LSBF 2009 Convention hosted by the Houston Bonsai Society at the Marriott West Chase. Featured artists include Boon Manikitivipart, Roy Nagatoshi, and Milagros Rauber Herrera.
« 25-27 September 2009: 2009 Mini-Convention hosted by the Hawaii Bonsai Association at the Pacific Beach Hotel, Waikiki, HI. More information coming.