Violets Around the World

Violets Around the World - October 2006

Court of Honor

Court of Honor, Owego, NY. October 26-28, 2006

Award Winners

At the Friday night awards banquet, awards chairman Sylvia Switek presented awards to the winning growers and designers.

All images can be "clicked" to zoom even though they don't all say that.

[click to zoom] Sylvia presents awards to winners.	[click to zoom] Linda Rowe adresses the dinner. Linda is Ways and Means co-chair with Mary Ryan.	[click to zoom]
[click to zoom] MAAVS Treasurer and hybridizer of the Macs violets, George McDonald	[click to zoom] Former AVSA president Janet Reimer collects her award.	[click to zoom]
[click to zoom]	[click to zoom] NYSAVS President Margaret Califano	[click to zoom] MAAVS President Rodney Barnett
[click to zoom]	[click to zoom] Future Bond girl Carol Hamelink, our 007 Convention Chair, receives her award for second best Semi-miniature.	[click to zoom] Bill Price had the best Other Gesneriad
[click to zoom]	[click to zoom]	[click to zoom] Paul Sorano had the best and second best new introductions.
[click to zoom]	[click to zoom] David Dick had the second best in show as well as best variegated violet and a host of other awards.
[click to zoom] The after dinner crowd watches the awards ceremony.	Rob Robinson had many awards	[click to zoom] Can you tell they're sisters? Sue knows everyone at MAAVS and has been coming to MAAVS conventions since 1993 to help Libbie
	Vladimir and Tatiana presented Marie Burns with the award for best Russian Collection.
		Paul Kroll, Sweepstakes runnerup and best Vintage Violet
Olive receives her customary stack of awards.	Nancy Kast was sweepstakes winner!!!	A MAAVS table at the awards. Margaret Califano, Barbara McDonald, Rodney Barnett, Walker and Laurene Jones. Margaret is president of NYSAVS but her heart is really with MAAVS.
Convention sweepstakes winner and MAAVS member Nancy Kast made the trip from Tampa, FL with a van load of large, large, large violets. Here she poses with a few of her award winners. Did we tell you Nancy grows large violets?

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