Bonsai Conventions, Symposia, & Demo/Workshops, Part II
THE  CONVENTIONS,  SYMPOSIA &  DEMO/WORKSHOPS,  PART II


A typical convention might include demonstrations (identified below as "demo"), workshops (identified below as "work"), lectures (identified below as "lect"),
exhibition, banquet, awards, silent auction, vendor area and bazaar, business meeting, tours of local enthusiasts' collections, tours of local cultural interest.

This is by no means an exhaustive list.
There have been many other congregations, often held at the same location year after year.
Here we have what have been among the largest and most internationally attended gatherings
at differing sites.
If you are aware of missing information in this listing or feel that another group's conventions
should be included here, please e-mail rjb@phoenixbonsai.com with as many details as possible.

This list was compiled from material found in the assorted specialty magazines (advertisements and articles before and after the conventions),
convention brochures, books, and web sites.  Special thanks to Solita D. Tafur Rosade (FELAB), Arthur Joura (The North Carolina Arboretum),
and Joy Williams and Kath Hughes (FoBBS)
for their valuable input and corrections.

Also, profound thanks go out to all the unnamed committee chairpersons and behind-the-scenes helpers
without whom none of these educating and entertaining functions would have been possible.

Last Updated: January 28, 2010


AFRICAN  BONSAI  CONVENTION   (ABC)

AMERICAN  BONSAI  SOCIETY   (ABS)

ASIA-PACIFIC BONSAI  &  SUISEKI  EXHIBITION  and  CONVENTION  (ASPAC)

ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIAN BONSAI CLUBS LTD.  (AABC Ltd)

ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH BONSAI ARTISTS  (ABBA)

BONSAI  CLUBS  INTERNATIONAL   (BCI)

BONSAI  SOCIETIES  OF  FLORIDA   (BSF)

BRUSSELS  BONSAI  RENDEZVOUS   (BBR)

CAROLINA  BONSAI  EXPO (CBE)

EUROPEAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (EBA)

FEDERATION  of  BRITISH  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (FoBBS)

FEDERATION  LATINO  AMERICANA  de  BONSAI   (FELAB)

GOLDEN  STATE  BONSAI  FEDERATION   (GSBF)

INTERNATIONAL  BONSAI  ARBORETUM   (IBA)

INTERNATIONAL  STONE  COLLECTION  ASSOCIATION   (ISCA)

MID-AMERICA  BONSAI  ALLIANCE   (MABA)

MIDATLANTIC  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (MABS)

PACIFIC  NORTHWEST  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (PNBCA)

U.  S.  NATIONAL  BONSAI  EXHIBITION  

WORLD  BONSAI  FRIENDSHIP  FEDERATION   (WBFF)


BCI  CALENDAR  OF  EVENTS






FEDERATION  OF  BRITISH  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (FoBBS)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1981 Sept. 26 - 27 Keele University, Straffordshire (near Manchester), England
Over 250 attendees; Humphrey Welch (lect: seeds and cuttings), Dr. Peter Brown (slide lect: "Cultural Origin and Horticultural Background of Bonsai"), Dan Barton (demo-lect: pines & lect: Scots pine), Peter Adams (demo: Scots pine), Victor Woodward (lect: suiseki), Lucille Lee Roberts (lect: "Digs, Demonstrations and Shows")  [See Also: "The Start of a New British Tradition" by Lucille Lee Roberts, Bonsai, BCI, Vol. XXI, No. 3, April 1982, pp. 86-87, with 1 b&w photo by Robert Burgess]
1982
none



1983 Apr. 16 - 17 Staffordshire, England
Harry Tomlinson, Dan Barton, Peter Adams
1984
none



1985 Sept. Nottingham University

1986 July


1987



1988



1989 August Brighton
Over 300 delegates; over 1500 members of the public attended the Bonsai Exhibition; Mitsuo Masui, Dan Barton, Harry Tomlinson, Peter Adams, Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Marian Borchers
1990



1991 July 26 - 28 Birmingham, England
Over 600 attendees; joint BCI/FoBBS; Hideo and Shigeo Kato, Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Peter Adams, Dan Barton, Harry Tomlinson, John Naka (California, USA), Dan Robinson (Washington, USA), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Colin Lewis, Craig Coussins (Scotland), Jim McCorragh, Mike Street, Bill Jordan, Suchin-Ee, Charlotte Dalamira, George Davis
1992



1993 Sept. 24 - 26 Guernsey, Channel Islands

1994



1995



1996 June 22 - 23 Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, Wilts, England
Harry Tomlinson
1997 April 25 - 27 Bournemouth, UK
Peter Adams, Gerhard Voderwulbecke, Rodney Clemons, Nobuyuki Kajiwara
1998 May 29 - June 1 Plymouth, UK
Icio Ishi, Toshikane Kondo, Joe Harris III, Corin Tomlinson
1999



2000 June 10 - 11 Margam Park, South Wales, UK
Kevin Wilson, Craig Coussins (Scotland)

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FEDERATIÓN  LATINO  AMERICANA  de  BONSAI   (FELAB)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1994 April San Juan, PR First Latin American Bonsai Encounter Eight countries represented; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA)
1995
none
1996
none
1997 March 12 - 14 Cali, Columbia Second Encounter Hatsuji Kato; Kayuza Morita
1998
none
1999 June 17 - 20 Castries, St. Lucia, W.I. Third Encounter Ben Oki (California, USA), Milagros Rauber (Venezuela), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico)
2000
none
2001 June 22 - 23 Panama City, Panama Fourth Encounter Luis Vallejo, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Guy Guidry (Louisiana, USA), Beatriz Botero; Edgar Castrellon, Migdalia de Endara, Amalia Membreño, Gloria de Mollah, Dicky Bennett, Juan Monterrey
2002
none
2003 Oct. 29 - Nov. 2 Caracas, Venezuela Fifth Encounter Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Qingquan Zhao (China)
2004
none
2005
July 6-10
Martinique
Sixth Congress
The first Contest "New Talent FELAB" and workshops by international bonsai artists Salvatore Liporace (Italie), Milagros Rauber & Luis-Ricardo Garcia-Gomez (Venezuela), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), François Jeker & Alain Arnaud (France), Yasushi Oonuma (Japan), Renée-Paule Yung-Hing, Charles Bastol & Xénio Baron (Martinica).
2006
none
2007
July 11-15
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Seventh Congress
In conjunction w/BCI; Shinji Suzuki (Japan), Marco Innervezzi (Italy), David Benavente (Spain), Bill Valavanis (USA), Suthin Sukosolvisit (Thailand/USA), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Milagros Rauber (Venezuela), Yrene Vásquez (Venezuela/Puerto Rico), Sean Smith (USA), Xénio Baron (Martinique), Arthur Skolnik (Canada), Robert Martínez (Puerto Rico), Tammy Kovar (USA).
2008
November 5-9
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Eighth Congress
Kunio Kobayashi, D. Pedro Morales, Walter Pall, Damián Carlini, Martín Erculiani, Alejandro Sartori, Omar Dominguez, Wan Siao Fen.
2009
July 7-13
Puerto Rico

In conjunction w/WBFF
2010
November 24-28
Merida Yucatan, Mexico

Solita T.D. Rosade (Chairman World Bonsai Friendship Federation), Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Alejandro Bedini (Chile), Robert Stevens (Indonesia), Robert Kempinski (USA), Guillermo Castańo (Mexico), Václav Novák (Czech Republic), Mauro Stemberger (Italy), Nelson Hernández (Puerto Rico), Erik Wigert (USA), Luká Sirotný (Czech Republic), Enrique Castano (Mexico), Pauline Muth (USA).

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GOLDEN  STATE  BONSAI  FEDERATION   (GSBF)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1978 November Berkeley     
1979   Newport Beach    
1980   Sacramento    
1981 Nov. 13 - 15 San Diego    John Naka, Khan Komai, David Andrews, Warren Hill, Jim Barrett, Mas Takanashi, Roy Nagatoshi, Ko Tsushima 
1982 Nov. 5 - 7 San José   Tom Yamamoto; Susanne Barrymore, Warren Hill, Khan Komai, Melba Tucker, Mitsuo Umehara, Terry Ward
1983 Nov. 4 - 6  Long Beach     
1984 Nov. 2 - 4  Oakland  "Bonsai by the Bay"  Yasuji Matsuda (Japan, demo), Katsumi Kinoshita (demo), Toshio Saburomaro (demo & work); Khan Komai (work), Jim Barrett (work), Melba Tucker (work), Roy Nagatoshi (work), Harry Hirao (work), Terry Ward (work), Ben Oki (work), Mas Imazumi (work), Sandy Planting (work)
1985 Nov. 8 - 10 Palm Springs    Dan Barton and John Naka 
1986 Nov. 21 - 23 Monterey    Yasuo Mitsuya, William N. Valavanis 
1987 Nov. 5 - 8  Anaheim   Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Susumu Sudo, John Naka 
1988 Oct. 27 - 30 Santa Rosa    Masamitsu Kubota, Kihachiro Kamiya, John Naka 
1989
 none
     (none in lieu of World Bonsai Convention in Omiya)
1990 Nov. 1 - 4  Burlingame  "Soaring with Bonsai"  Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Mas Imazumi 
1991 Oct. 31 - Nov. 3 San Diego  "Bonsai Fiesta" Shinichi Nakajima (Japan), John Naka, Ben Oki, Harry Hirao 
1992 Nov. 5 - 8  Sacramento  "Bonsai, A Capital Celebration" Chase Rosade, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kathy Shaner 
1993 Nov. 4 - 7 Irvine "A Bonsai Jamboree" John Naka, Joe Harris, Hiroshi Suzuki, Warren Hill; Harry Hirao, Ben Oki, Susanne Barrymore, Roy Nagatoshi, John Uchida, Dave DeGroot, Dennis Makashima, Pat Brodie, Ted Matson, Larry Ragle, Lindsay Shiba, Ed Murakami 
1994 Nov. 3 - 6 San José    Joint BCI/GSBF; delegates from 9 countries; John Naka, Toshio Saburomaru, Yuji Yoshimura, Kihachiro Kamiya, Masamitsu Kubota; Melba Tucker, Mas Imazumi, Mike Page, Sandy Planting, Roy Nagatoshi, Dennis Makishima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Cheryl Manning, Mel Ikeda, Harry Hirao
1995 Nov. 2 - 5  Pasadena "Bonsai: The Art of Dedication"  
1996 Nov. 7 - 10 Sacramento  "Sacramento With a Difference" Suisho Nakayama (Japan), Bill Valavanis (New York, USA)
1997 Nov. 6 - 9  San Diego "Bonsai Making Waves" Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), David DeGroot (Washington, USA)
1998 Nov. 5 - 8 San José "The Evolution of Bonsai"  Headliners: Tohru Suzuki and Shinji Suzuki; Kathy Shaner, Roy Nagatoshi, Boon Manakitivipart, Sandy Planting, John Thompson, Jim Gremel
1999 Nov. 11 - 14 Anaheim  "Bonsai Art thru Millennia"  Headliners: Marc Noelanders, Gary Marchal, John Naka; Harry Hirao, Mas Imazumi, Mas Ishii, Boon Manakitivipart, Dennis Makishima, Ben Oki, Lindsay Shiba 
2000 Nov. 3 - 6 Oakland "Bonsai -- Bearing Fruit" Kunio Kobayashi (Japan); John Boyce, Pat Brodie, Fred & Dolly Fassio, George Fujita, Jim Gremel, Ruben Guzman, Harry Hirao, Mas Imazumi, Dennis Makishima, Boon Manakitivipart, Ted Matson, Sandy Planting, Kathy Shaner, Johnny Uchida, Thin Vu
2001 Nov. 2 - 5 Woodland Hills "Bonsai Odyssey" John Naka, Harry Hirao, Ben Oki, Kathy Shaner, Ted Matson, Kenji Miyata (Japan)
2002 Oct. 17 - 20 Sacramento "Look at us -- Now" 300 registrants from 70 California clubs and societies and visitors from out of state; Yasuo Mitsuya (Japan, demo: reworked some of his long-ago previously designed trees plus new material ); Mary Miller (work: tropical), Mel Ikeda (lect-demo: collecting), Kathy Shaner, Dennis Makishima, Cheryl Manning, Boon Manakitivipart, John Thompson (work: cork oak), Doug Philips (work: olive), Steven Faulk (work: styrax), Valerie Monroe (work: flowering quince)
2003 Oct. 30 - Nov. 2 Fresno "Bonsai California Style" Shinji Suzuki, Walter Pall, Ben Oki, Hideko Metaxas
2004 Nov. 3-4
Santa Rosa

Harunobu Tokita (Japan), Yousuki Omizo (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Mel Ikeda, William Valavanis, Boon Manikitivipart, Hideko Metaxas, Sean Smith
2005
Nov. 3-6
Anaheim
"The Magic of Bonsai"
John Thompson, Doug Phillips and Joel Pasco (work: grape dig); Kathy Benson (work), Jim Gremel (work), Doug Phillips (work), Ted Matson (work, tree critique, demo: group planting), Greg Brenden (work), Paul De Rose (work); Marco Invernizzi (tree critique; demo: prostrata juniper), Cheng Kung Cheng (tree critique, demo: carving on a San Jose juniper; work), Larry Ragle (suiseki critique); Dolly/Fred Fassio (work), John Thompson (work, demo: oak), Cindy Reed (work), Dennis Makishima (work; seminar: deciduous pruning & care); Ben Oki (tree critique; demo: old prostrata juniper; work), Tak Shimazu (demo: California juniper), Suthin Sukosolvisit (demo: Hinoki cypress & shohin; work), Kenji Miyata (demo: black pine; work), Cheryl Manning (demo: twisted pomegranate with Japanese technique), Min Hsuan Lo (demo: ficus; tree critique; work),  Ed Nakanishi (demo: large rock planting from Hawaii; work), Mary Madison (demo: bald cypress; work), Bill Valavanis (lecture & slide show).
2006
Nov. 2-5
Sacramento
"Bonsai by the River"
Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Kathy Shaner, Lindsay Shiba.
2007
Oct. 31 - Nov. 4
Anaheim
"Bonsai Buccaneers"
Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Warren Hill, Kathy Shaner, Pedro Morales; Harry Hirao, Ted Matson, Cary Sullivan-Valentine, Mel Ikeda, Bill Castellon, Steve Valentine, Bob Hilvers, Lindsay Shiba, Phil Tacktill, Janet Wanerka, Susanne Barrymore, Larry and Nina Ragle, Cindy Read.
2008
Oct. 29 - Nov. 2
Modesto
"Trees of Dreams"
Boon Manakitivipart, Martin Schmalenberg, Takashi Shimazu, Ted Matson, Steve Valentine, Scott Chadd, Peter Adams, Mel Ikeda, John Thompson, Johnny Uchida, Steve Vallentine, Al Keppler, Cary Sullivan Vallentine, Sam Adina, Al Nelson, Bob Shimon, and Richard McKinstry.
2009
Nov. 5 - 8
Riverside
"A Southwest Bonsai Journey"
Roy Nagatoshi (work: shohin twisted pomegranate amd critique and demo), Fred Miyahara (work: Japanese black pine), Kathy Shaner (seminar and demo and work: Foemina juniper and critique), Al Nelson (seminar), Dan Robinson (works: bougainvillea carving and Japanese black pine and critique), Mel Ikeda (work: cork bark elm), Lindsay Shiba (work: shohin Japanese boxwood), Larry Ragle (seminar), Mas Ishii (work: kishu shimpaku), John Thompson (work: Chinese quince), Tak Shimazu (work: Itoigawa shimpaku), Bob Hilvers (work: Kingsville boxwood), Peter Adams (seminar and critique), Kathy Benson (work: Mexican lime), Jim Gremel (work: Chinese quince), Peter Tea (work: Hokkaido elm), Ann Erb (work: trident maple).
2010

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INTERNATIONAL  BONSAI  ARBORETUM   (IBA)


YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1981 Sept. 12 - 13 Rochester, NY "Fruiting Bonsai" Over 160 fanciers from 15 states and 2 Canadian provinces attended; William N. Valavanis, William Breiten, Doris W. Froning, Marion Gyllenswan, F. Chase Rosade, Lynn K. Porter, Keith B. Scott, Jerald P. Stowell, David Andrews
1982 Sept. 11 - 12 Rochester, NY "Elm Bonsai" F. Chase Rosade, Lynn Porter, Lynn Perry Alstadt, Keith B. Scott, William Breiten, Marion Gyllenswan, Marian Borchers, William N. Valavanis
1983 Sept. 10 - 11 Rochester, NY "Pine Bonsai" Lynn Perry Alstadt, David L. Andrews, Harriet A. Henderson, Kenneth W. Mudge, Richard K. Ota, Keith B. Scott, Donald P. Torppa, William N. Valavanis
1984 Sept. 8 - 9 Rochester, NY "Juniper Bonsai" 150 registrants; William N. Valavanis, Keith B. Scott, Donald P. Torppa, George L. Good, John Y. Naka, Lynn K. Porter, Lynn Perry Alstadt, F. Chase Rosade
1985 Sept. 7 - 8 Rochester, NY "Maple Bonsai" Nearly 200 registrants from Canada, Trinidad, and throughout the U.S.; Louis D. Albright, Robert F. Drechsler, Marion Gyllenswan, Tony Mihalic, F. Chase Rosade, J. D. Vertrees, William N. Valavanis
1986 Sept. 6 - 7 Rochester, NY "Bonsai Design" Over 200 registrants; William N. Valavanis, Arnold J. Copeland, Mikio Oshima, John Y. Naka, Harvey B. Carapella, Jack Billet, F. Chase Rosade 
1987 Sept. 12 - 13 Rochester, NY "Forest Bonsai" Over 200 registrants; Tony and Frank Mihalic, Harry Tomlinson (UK), Marion Gyllenswan, William N. Valavanis, Harvey B. Carapella, Jack Billet
1988
Rochester, NY "Unusual Bonsai"
1989
Rochester, NY "Magic Bonsai"
1990
Rochester, NY "Rock Planting"
1991
Rochester, NY "Collected Bonsai"
1992
Rochester, NY "Maple Bonsai"
1993
Rochester, NY "Conifer Bonsai"
1994
Rochester, NY "Deciduous Bonsai"
1995
Rochester, NY "Pine Bonsai"
1996
Rochester, NY "Literati & Cascade Bonsai"
1997 Sept. 5 - 7 Rochester, NY "Blossoming Bonsai" People representing 20 states, Germany, Columbia, the Netherlands, and Canada were in attendance; Arthur Skolnik, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), William N. Valavanis, Chase Rosade, Jane Nelson, Bruce Baker, Joe Harris
1998 Sept. 11 - 13 Rochester, NY "Landscape Bonsai" 135 people attended; Qingquan Zhao (China), Karen Albert, William N. Valavanis, Masahiro Furukawa, Rodney Clemon, Brussel Martin
1999 Sept. 10 - 12 Rochester, NY "Pine Bonsai" Julian R. Adams, Joe Harris, Dennis Makishima, Martin Schmalenberg, Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sukosolvisit, William N. Valavanis
2000
Rochester, NY "Millennium Bonsai"
2001
Rochester, NY "Contemporary Bonsai"
2002
Rochester, NY "Deciduous Bonsai II"
2003 Sept. 5 - 7 Rochester, NY "Collected Bonsai II" Shinji Suzuki (Japan, demo: shaping collected juniper & work: Rocky Mountain juniper, critique), John Biel (Canada, demo: refining collected slippery elm & work), Andrew Smith (South Dakota, demo: creating Phoenix graft spruce on Rocky Mountain juniper driftwood & work), Boon Manikitivipart (California, demos: shaping collected pine & works: Black Hills spruce & Ponderosa pine, critique), William N. Valavanis (New York, demo: enhancing collected bonsai), Hideo Metaxas (California, demo: the art of bonsai display, critique).  BCI Board and annual meetings on Sept. 4 at this alternative program to the cancelled Taipei, Taiwan BCI Convention.
2004 Sept. 10 - 12
Rochester, NY "Cultivated Bonsai"
Kenji Miyata, Colin Lewis, Fred Miyahara, Pedro J. Morales, Doug Philips, Donald P. Torppa, Wm. N. Valavanis
2005
Sept. 9 - 11
Rochester, NY
"'Unyewsual' Bonsai"
Dale Cochoy, Yasuo Mitsuya, Martin Schmalenberg, Kathy Shaner, Arthur Skolnik, William N. Valavanis
2006
Sept. 8 - 10
Rochester, NY
"Blossoming Bonsai"
Harvey Carapella, Kora Dalager, David Kreutz, Colin Lewis, Kathy Shaner, Sean Smith, Wm. N. Valavanis
2007
Sept. 6 - 9
Rochester, NY
"Shohin Bonsai"
Paul Goff (England), Kenji Miyata (Japan), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Arthur Skolnik (Canada); Suthin Sukolosvisit, Michael Hagedorn, Doris Froning, Julian Adams, Harvey Carapella, Dale Cochoy, Jim Doyle, David Kreutz, Robert Mahler, Sean Smith, and William N. Valavanis.
2008
Sept. 4 - 7
Rochester, NY
"Deciduous Bonsai featuring Maples"
Peter D. Adams, David Easterbrook, Arthur Joura, Brussel Martin, Matt Ouwinga, Suthin Sukolosvist, Wm. N. Valavanis
2009
Sept. 10 - 13
Rochester, NY
"Shohin II Bonsai"
Nobuichi Urushibata (Japan), Peter Warren (England), Julian Adams, Harvey Carapella, Sean Smith, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Erik Wigert, Jack Wickle, Wm. N. Valavanis
2010 Sept. 9 - 12 Rochester, NY "North American Bonsai" David Easterbrook, Mary Madison, Ryan Neil, Martin Schmalenberg, Wm. N. Valavanis

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INTERNATIONAL  STONE  COLLECTION  ASSOCIATION  (ISCA)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1991 May Taipei, Taiwan
 
 
1992
none
1993
South Korea
 
1994
Japan

1995 April 14 - 16 Taipei, Taiwan   About 300 suiseki on display, 150 from Taiwan and the rest from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Malaysia
1996 May Seoul, Korea   Over 550 stones on display
1997    Japan    
1998 Sept. 5 - 7 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   About 280 stones on display from 8 countries
1999 March Taipei, Taiwan  
2000
none

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MID-AMERICA  BONSAI  ALLIANCE   (MABA)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1978
1979 August Glencoe, IL
2nd Annual Exhibit
Drew more than 9,000 viewers to the Chicago Botanic Gardens
1980
1981 Aug. 14 - 16 Glencoe, IL
4th Annual Exhibit
1982 Aug. 20 - 22 Glencoe, IL
5th Annual Exhibit
A pomegranate (Punica granatum) exhibited by Tom Tecza was selected as "Best of Show."
1983 Aug. 19 - 21 Glencoe, IL
6th Annual Exhibition
William N. Valavanis, Keith B. Scott, Jack Wikle, Tony Mihalic; Dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus procumbens "Nana") exhibited by Jack Wilson selected as "Best of Show." [See Also: Morris, E.A.  "6th Annual Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 38, No. 2, Summer 1984, pp. 49-50, with 4 b&w photos]
1984 Aug. 17 - 19 Glencoe, IL
7th Annual Exhibition
Blue Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca') exhibited by Bob Hoffer was selected as "Best of Show."
1985 Aug. 16 - 18 Glencoe, IL
8th Annual Exhibit
1986 Aug. 15 - 17 Glencoe, IL
9th Annual Exhibit
Canaerti juniper (Juniperus virginiana 'Canaerti') exhibited by Jack Douthitt was judged as "Best of Show."
1987
1988
1989
1990 Apr. 17 - 19 Glencoe, IL
13th Annual Exhibit
Brussel Martin, Bill Valavanis, Keith Scott, Chris Rojas, Tony Mihalic, Sharon Muth, Harold Sasaki, Mike & Candy Hanson, José Cueto, Ivan Watters, Pedro Morales, Dick Meleney
1991 Aug. 16 - 19 Glencoe, IL
14th Annual Exhibit
Brussel Martin, Bill Valavanis, Keith Scott, Sharon Muth, Tony Mihalic, Mike & Candy Hanson José Cueto, Pedro Morales, Harold Sasaki, Dick Meleney
1992
1993
1994
1995 June 16 - 18 Milwaukee, WI
Hotsumi Terakawa, Bruce Baker, Martin Schmalenberg, Jack Douthitt, Mike Devore, Vance Wood
1996
1997 Aug. 15 - 17 Glencoe, IL
20th Exhibit
Susumu Nakamura (Japan), Warren Hill, Ernie Kuo, Tony and Frank Mihalic, Brussel Martin, Ted Matson, Ben Oki, Harold Sasaki, Keith Scott, William Valavanis, Ivan Waters
1998 Aug. 14 - 16 Glencoe, IL
21st Convention
Bill Valavanis, Mahalic, Martin, Scott, Waters, Harold Sasaki
1999
2000 June 30 - July 2 Novi, MI With ABS; Masahiko Kimura (Japan, demo & works: Rocky Mountain juniper), Marty Schmalenberg (demo: huge slab planting with Eastern white pine & works: Korean hornbeam and Chinese elm), Johnny Uchida (demo: Japanese black pine & works: trident maple and black pine), Bob Eskeitz (works: hornbeam grove & field grown green mound juniper), Dave Lowman (works: eastern red cedar & planting on lace rock), Vance Wood (works: Mugo pine & shimpaku)
2001
2002
2003 July 3 - 6 Mason, OH
Salvatori Liporace (Italy), Colin Lewis (England), Mary Madison, Boon Manakitivipart, Dave Kreutz, Doug Hawley, Vance Hanna
2004
2005
2006 Aug. 18 - 20 Glencoe, IL
29th Annual Exhibit
2007
2008
2009
2010

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MIDATLANTIC  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (MABS)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1984
1985
1986 Apr 12 - 13 North Haven, CT
3rd Annual Symposium
Yuji Yoshimura, Jim Barrett, Chase Rosade, Dr. David Andrews, Marion Gyllenswan, Robert Dreschler
1987 Apr. 25 - 26 North Haven, CT
4th Annual Symposium
Yuji Yoshimura, Toshio Saburomaru, Jim Barrett, Vaughn Banting, Lynn Perry Alstadt, Steve Pilacik
1988 Apr. 23 - 24 Willow Grove, PA
5th Annual Symposium
John Naka, Hiroyoshi Yamaji (Japan), Chase Rosade, Jeff Jabco,0
1989 Apr. 29 - 30 Willow Grove, PA
6th Annual Symposium
Dan Robinson, Warren Hill, Randy Clark, Chase Rosade
1990 Apr. 29 - 30 Saddle Brook, NJ
7th Annual Festival
Yuji Yoshimura, William N. Valavanis, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Hu Yunhua (China)
1991
1992
1993 Apr. 16 - 18 Mahwah, NJ
10th Annual Symposium
Ben Oki, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Hal Mahoney, Katherine Shaner, Bruce Baker
1994
1995 May 5 - 7 Grantville, PA
12th Annual Symposium
Yasuo Mitsuya (Japan), Pius Notter (Switzerland), Mary Madison, Bryan Hoerner, Robert Mahler
1996 Apr. 26 - 28 Long Island, NY
13th Annual Festival
Qingquan Zhao (China), Harry Tomlinson (England), Ernie Kuo, William Valavanis, Phil Tacktill
1997 Apr. 18 - 20 Long Island, NY
14th Annual Festival
Farrand Bloch (Holland), Thomas Yamamoto (Japan), Melba Tucker, John Biel (Canada)
1998 Apr. 17 - 19 East Hanover, NJ
15th Annual Festival
Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Colin Lewis (England), Bruce Baker, Jack Billet, Suthin Sukosolvisit
1999 Apr. 23 - 25 East Hanover, NJ
16th Annual Festival
Luis Vallejo (Spain), Kevin Wilson (Great Britain), Katherine Shaner, Gary Marchal, Arthur Skolnik (Canada)
2000
2001
2002 Apr. 19 - 21 East Hanover, NJ
Mitsuya, Dan Barton (England), Kathy Shaner, Ed Trout, Dale Cochoy
2003
20th Annual Festival
Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Patrizia Cappelaro De Martino (Italy), Colin Lewis, Dr. David Andrews, Chase Rosade, William Valavanis
2004 Apr. 16 - 18 East Hanover, NJ
21st Annual Festival
Kenji Miyata (Japan), Hiroyoshi Yamaji (Japan), Craig Coussins (Scotland), Donald Torppa
2005 Apr. 15 - 17 Hanover, NJ
22nd Annual Convention
Hatsuji Kato (Japan), David Prescott (England), Cheryl Manning, Andy Smith
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010 Apr. 16 - 18 Kerhonkson, NY
27th Spring Festival
Charles Ceronio (South Africa), Michele Andolfo (Italy), Michel Phaneuf-Quebec (Canada)

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PACIFIC  NORTHWEST  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (PNBCA)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1989
1990
1991
1992 Aug. 28 - 30 Beaverton, OR
Convention IV
John Naka, Ben Oki, John Uchida
1993

Convention V

1994 Aug. 5 - 7 Eugene, OR
Convention VI
John Naka, Chase Rosade, Mel Ikeda, Guy Guidry
1995 Aug. 11 - 13 Portland, OR
Convention VII
Kathy Shaner, Joe Harris, Dennis Makishima
1996 Sept. 13 - 15 Seattle, WA
Convention VIII
Ernie Kuo, Peter Adams, Brody
1997 Aug. 22 - 24 Eugene, OR
Convention IX
Yasubumi Imura(Japan), Kathy Shaner, Tak Yamaura
1998 Sept. 19 - 20 Seattle, WA
Convention X
Sharon Muth, Roy Nagatoshi, Qingquan Zhao
1999
none
2000 Sept. 15 - 17 Victoria, B.C., Canada
Convention XI
Arthur Skolnik (Canada), Boon Manakitivipart
2001 Sept. 21 - 23 Bellevue, WA
Convention XII
Suisho Nakayama, David DeGroot, John Uchida
2002 Sept. 20 - 22 Portland, OR
Convention XIII
"The Twelve Seasons of Bonsai"
Masa Furukawa, Ted Matson, Dave DeGroot, Boon Manakitivipart, Joe Harris
2003 Sept. 19 - 21 Bellevue, WA
Convention XIV
"Living Treasures in Bonsai"
With ABS: Colin Lewis (lect-demo: Naked Bonsai & collected mountain hemlocks & mini-demo), Chase Rosade (work: field-grown crab apples & demo), Solita Rosade (work: Ficus retusa), Charlie Anderson (work: beech forest groupings & demo), Jack Douthitt (mini-demo), Michael Hagedorn (mini-demo)
2004 Sept. 17 - 19 Victoria, B.C., Canada
Convention XV
"Talk to the Trees"
Cheryl Manning, Dan Robinson, David Rowe, Bob Wilcox   [See Also: "PNBAC Convention Victoria, Canada", Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 38, No. 4, Winter 2004, pp. 9-10, with 14 color photos]
2005
Sept. 16 - 18
Bremerton, WA
Convention XVI
"Back to Our Roots"
Yasao Mitsuya, Jerry Meislik, Tak Yamaura, Kathy Shaner, Stan Serbousek, Dan Robinson
2006 Sept. 15 - 17 SeaTac, WA
Convention XVII
"Northwest Bonsai Spirit"

2007 Sept. 21 - 23 Vancouver, WA
Convention XVIII
"Hackin' at the Hilton"

2008 Sept. 18 - 21 Spokane, WA
Convention XIX
"Connected Roots"

2009 Oct. 2 - 4 Victoria, B.C., Canada
Convention XX
"Bonsai Without Borders"
David Easterbrook, Qingquan Zhao, David Rowe, Tak Yamaura
2010
Bremerton, WA

2011
Seattle, WA

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U.  S.  NATIONAL  BONSAI  EXHIBITION   (USNBA)
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YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
2008 Oct. 11-12 Rochester, NY
138 exhibits featuring 194 bonsai from 90 artists coming from 26 states and Puerto Rico; Seiji Morimae (Japan), Peter Warren (England), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sukosol, Dr. Alice W. Chen
2009
none
2010 June 12-13 Rochester, NY Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Dr. Alice W. Chen

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WORLD  BONSAI  FRIENDSHIP  FEDERATION   (WBFF)
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YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1989 April 6 - 9 Omiya, Japan  "World Peace Through Bonsai" Some 1237 delegates from 32 countries, approx. 40% Japanese and 60% from abroad; Saburo Kato (demo: Ezo spruce group planting), Hiroshi Takeyama (demo: stewartia grove), Hideo Kato, Masahiko Kimura, Susumu Nakamura, Jiro Fukuda, Toshinori Suzuki, Shinji Ogasawara, Tsunekazu Nakajima (demo: informal upright five-needle pine), Kanekazu Yoshimura, Koji Amakawa, Masao Komatsu, Hideo Chugun, Eijiro Hiruma, Noburo Kaneko (work: coniferous group planting) (all Japan)   [See Also: "Our Japan Trip Report" by Jack Wikle, Journal, ABS, Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 1989, pp. 12-21, with 27 b&w and 1 color photo and 2 line drawings]
1990
none
1991
none
1992
none
1993 May 27 - 31  Orlando, FL, USA "New Horizons"  In conjunction w/BCI & ABS; 700 - 900 delegates; Saburo Kato (Japan, demo:  39 tree Stewartia monodelpha forest), John Naka (California, USA, demo: 111 Florida elm forest from a preplanned computerized sketch), Yuji Yoshimura (New York, USA, lect-demo: shimpaku juniper rock planting); Pius Notter (Switzerland, demo: Ponderosa pine), Ben Oki (California, USA, demo: two bald cypresses & work: Podocarpus), Rod Clemons (Georgia, USA, demo: shimpaku juniper and Kingville boxwood forest on stone slab), Mary Madison (Florida, demo & work: buttonwood), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico, demo: triple trunk Neea buxifolia & work: Ficus neriifolia clump) Ben Oki (California, USA), Russell Coker (Florida, USA, demo & work: Texas cedar elm), Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands, demo: jaboticaba & work: San Jose juniper and Hinoki cypress), Vaughn Banting (Louisiana, USA, demo: bald cypress group), James J. Smith (Florida, USA, demo: Ficus neriifolia & work: for children), Mas Imazumi (California, USA, work: juniper), Qingquan Zhao (China, demo: penjing planting on 48" white marble slab & work), Shinichi Nakajima (Japan, demo: buttonwood), Keiko Yamane (Japan, demo & work: kusamono), Paul Imada (Hawaii, USA, demo: Casuarina equisetifolia informal upright), Larry Ragle (USA, lect: suiseki), Felix Rivera (USA, lect: suiseki), Pat Vanders (USA, lect: suiseki).  [See Also: "It Was An Experience" by Martin L. Mann et al, Bonsai, BCI, Vol. XXXII, No. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 9-36, with 97 b&w and 16 color photos by Randy Clark, Charles Roy and Pius Notter, plus 3 lines drawings by John Naka and 1 by Paul Imada]
1994
none
1995
none
1996
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1997  Oct. 24 - 28 Seoul, Korea    Approx. 200 overseas delegates, over 400 participants from 20 countries and a large exhibit of 220 Korean bonsai; Saburo Kato (Japan), Hideo Kato (Japan), Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Shinji Ogasawara (Japan), Hiroshi Takeyama, Haruhiko Kato, Pius Notter (Switzerland), John Naka (California, USA), Maria Teresa Volonterio, Hideo Saito, Ben Oki (California, USA), Hiroshi Suzuki, Lorenzo Malberti, Marina Pavanello, Othmar Auer
1998
none
1999
none
2000
none
2001 May 31 -  June 4  München, Germany    In conjunction w/ EBA ; over 100,000 visitors to the event; Walter Pall, François Jeker, Angel Mota, Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Serge Clémence, Saburo Kato (Japan), Hirosi Takeyama, Toru Suzuki, Osamu Komatu, Shinichi Nakajima, I. C. Su (Taiwan), Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Pedro J. Morales (Puerto Rico), Chen Jen-Liang, Solita Tafur Rosade (Columbia & USA), Gill Taylor-Duxbury, Patrizia Cappellaro (Italy), Sabine Weber, Kirsten van Croonen-borgh.
2002
none
2003
none
2004
none
2005 May 28 - 31 Washington, D.C. "Bringing the World Together Through Bonsai" In conjunction w/ABS, BCI & NBF, some 951 registrants; Jim Barrett (USA, lect: bonsai pots), Lindsay Bebb (Australia, work & demo), Charles Ceronio (South Africa, demo), Thomas Elias (USA, lect: bonsai history), Luis Ricardo Garcia (Venezuela, demo), Gadiel Gonzalez, Jr. (Puerto Rico, work & demo), Don Gould (USA, lect: bonsai pots), Guy Guidry (USA, demo & work), Kemin Hu (China & USA, lect: Chinese scholars' rocks), Marco Invernizzi (Italy, demo & work), Arthur Joura (lect: interesting native species), Mary Madison (USA, work & demo), Koichi Masumi (Japan, work: shohin & demo), Arishige Matsuura (Japan, lects: suiseki and suiseki display), Hideo Metaxas (USA, lect: suiseki in California), Roy Nagatoshi (USA, work: Ponderosa pine & demo), Nikunj & Jyoti Parekh (India, work: black olive), Solita Rosade (Columbia & USA, work: for children & demo), Kathy Shaner (USA, demo & work), Lindsay Shiba (USA, demo & work), Arthur Skolnik (Canada, demo & work), Robert Steven (Indonesia, demo), Jack Sustic (USA, work: California juniper), Hiroshi Takeyama (Japan, demos & work), Steven Tolley (UK, work & demo), William Valavanis (USA, lect: bonsai display & work ), Keiko Yamane (Japan, works: grass planting), Qingquan 'Brook' Zhao (China, demo & work: land and water penjing).
2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
July 7 - 13
Puerto Rico

Tohru Suzuki (Japan), François Jeker (France), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Mrs. Chen (China), William Valavanis (USA), Xec Fernandez (Spain), Suthin Sukosolvisit (Thailand/USA), Lindsay Shiba (USA), Robert Stevens (Indonesia), Sean Smith (USA), Martin Schmalenberg (USA), Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Jim Doyle (USA), Louis Nell (South Africa), Sujey & Ruppa Shah (India), Rafael Rebollo (Chile), Jesus Ignacio Marín (Venezuela), Juan Manuel Andrade (Costa Rica), Roberto Martínez (Puerto Rico), Pedro J. Morales & Puerto Rico team, Masakuni Kawasumi III (Japan)
2010
none

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