Violets Along  the Shenandoah November 2008

Fredericksburg Hospitality House, Fredericksburg, VA.
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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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sign
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diccovery table
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MAAVS Convention Chair Rich Follett at the Childrens Discovery Table.
registration
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Vladimir Kalgin from Moscow, Russia at the Registration desk..
Jan Davidson
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Jan Davidson drove from Dallas TX to Fredericksburg, VA to sell AVSA CD's and DVD's.
AVSA Team
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John Carter, Judy Carter, Jan Davidson and Ron Davidson.
Mary Ruth Follett
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Mary Ruth Follett and Richard doing a turn at registration
Registration x 4
Maridell and Susan Barbi join the Folletts
at the registration table.
at the entries table
Susan Barbi, Libbie and Ken Barbi at the classification table.
niche measuring
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Sharon Long and Maridell Loomis discuss the size of niches.
classification
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Michelle Lewis and Sue Hoffmann run the classification desk.
classification
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The experts discuss an entry. Sue Hoffmann, Susan Barbi, Kitty Hedgpeth and Marie Burns..
Brenda Petry
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Show Chair for the AVSA convention  "The Once and Future Violet" in  Raleigh NC April 2010, Brenda Petry
Art Contest
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As part of the MAAVS convention, a student art contest resulted in many entries with the winning students  receiving  US Savings Bonds.
hospitality cookies
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These interesting cookies decorated the hospitality table.
cookies
There's always someone to sample the cookies.
Libbie & Laurene
Hospitality table
book of duh
Book of Duh, Georges special award
breakfast
The iHop breakfast gang. Nancy Hayes, Janet Reimer, Francis Salva, Kathy Lahti, Linda Abplanalp, Laurene and Walker Jones
leaf stand
Model Libby Behnke  with leaf stand
avsa gang
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.





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Mid Atlantic African Violet Society 2008 Convention and Show