Violets Along the Shenandoah

Violets Along the Shenandoah November 2008

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Fredericksburg Hospitality House, Fredericksburg, VA. November 13-15, 2008

Getting Started

The Mid Atlantic African Violet Society convention for 2008 was held in Fredericksburg, VA and hosted by the Saintpaulia AVS. Show Chairs Fay Wagman and Sue Hoffmann as well as Convention ChairRich Follett teamed up to put on a fun violet show. The hotel was very convenient to commercial services and shopping while inside we had spacious accomodations for commercial sales room and a well decorated showroom. In the showroom were some spectacular horticultural entries and a wide array of designs.

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[click to zoom]	[click to zoom] MAAVS Convention Chair Rich Follett at the Childrens Discovery Table.
[click to zoom] Vladimir Kalgin from Moscow, Russia at the Registration desk..	[click to zoom] Jan Davidson drove from Dallas TX to Fredericksburg, VA to sell AVSA CD's and DVD's.
[click to zoom] John Carter, Judy Carter, Jan Davidson and Ron Davidson.	[click to zoom] Mary Ruth Follett and Richard doing a turn at registration
Maridell and Susan Barbi join the Folletts at the registration table.	Susan Barbi, Libbie and Ken Barbi at the classification table.
[click to zoom] Sharon Long and Maridell Loomis discuss the size of niches.	[click to zoom] Michelle Lewis and Sue Hoffmann run the classification desk.
[click to zoom] The experts discuss an entry. Sue Hoffmann, Susan Barbi, Kitty Hedgpeth and Marie Burns..	[click to zoom] Show Chair for the AVSA convention "The Once and Future Violet" in Raleigh NC April 2010, Brenda Petry
[click to zoom] As part of the MAAVS convention, a student art contest resulted in many entries with the winning students receiving US Savings Bonds.	[click to zoom] These interesting cookies decorated the hospitality table.
There's always someone to sample the cookies.	Hospitality table
Book of Duh, Georges special award	The iHop breakfast gang. Nancy Hayes, Janet Reimer, Francis Salva, Kathy Lahti, Linda Abplanalp, Laurene and Walker Jones
Model Libby Behnke with leaf stand	From AVSA!!!! John Carter, Ron Davidson, Mary Boland, Kathy Lahti, Art Boland and Judy Carter. MAAVS applauds and thanks the AVSA team for visiting our convention, driving hundreds of miles at their own expense to help us get the 2010 National convention off to a strong start.