RE: conventions -- was OT-BIO: Brenda Gibula

>Lucky you. This year was my first convention and I will not be going to
>Denver.  I may make the one after that.
>
>You can expect to be very busy for the duration of the convention.
>There are board meetings,section meetings, judges training and garden
>tours.  I did not attend the board meetings.  You can find get the
>latest registration lists at the section meetings and there is usually a
>slide show and speaker to highlight new developments.  The board
>business at the section meetings was very brief.
>
>Judges training is useful for non-judges too.  If you exhibit, hybridize
>or plan to do either, judges training will give you a better
>understanding of what you need to do to get the prizes.  There was a
>pretty full turnout at all the training sessions.
>
>Then there are the garden tours.  Buses load up very early in the
>morning to visit gardens.  Refreshments are available at each stop and
>lunch is usually arranged somewhere en route.  Time is limited at each
>stop and you will find yourself hard pressed to see everything in the
>garden.
>
>All-in-all, you will be immersed in irises.  You will see pictures of
>iris, you will hear speakers on iris, you will see iris and you will be
>talking about iris.  Most importantly, you will be surrounded by people
>who love irises.
>
>Maureen Mark
>Ottawa, Canada
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: paul gibula [SMTP:gibber@interlog.com]
>> Sent: Monday, November 10, 1997 10:47 AM
>> To:   Mark, Maureen; Multiple recipients of list
>> Subject:      OT-BIO: Brenda Gibula
>>
>> > I am considering attending the Denver, Colorado convention in 1998
>> and am curious to know how many others intend to attend. For those of
>> you who have attended past conventions, what can I expect?
>>
I was not invited to reply, but I have been at many AIS Conventions since
my first in Hamilton, Ont.,Canada in l955. They are very exciting to
novices and full of interest to old-timers like me. The Denver Convention
of some decades ago was a Jim-dandy, and I hope to go next year. That time,
it was announced in the plane that Denver had had a huge hailstorm, and I
felt utterly disappointed. But they changed the order of gardens, and we
saw the Danver gardens the last day, and they had recovered remarkably
well. Lots of beautiful scenery. Lloyd Zurbrigg Durham NC.
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