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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. |
| 1981 | Sept. 26 - 27 | Keele University, Straffordshire (near Manchester), England |
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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]
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| 1983 | Apr. 16 - 17 | Staffordshire, England |
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| 1989 | August | Brighton |
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| 1991 | July 26 - 28 | Birmingham, England |
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| 1993 | Sept. 24 - 26 | Guernsey, Channel Islands |
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| 1996 | June 22 - 23 | Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, Wilts, England |
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| 1997 | April 25 - 27 | Bournemouth, UK |
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Peter Adams, Gerhard Voderwulbecke, Rodney Clemons, Nobuyuki Kajiwara |
| 1998 | May 29 - June 1 | Plymouth, UK |
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Icio Ishi, Toshikane Kondo, Joe Harris III, Corin Tomlinson |
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| 2000 | June 10 - 11 | Margam Park, South Wales, UK |
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| 1994 | April | San Juan, PR | First Latin American Bonsai Encounter | Eight countries represented; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA) |
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| 1997 | March 12 - 14 | Cali, Columbia | Second Encounter | Hatsuji Kato; Kayuza Morita |
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| 1999 | June 17 - 20 | Castries, St. Lucia, W.I. | Third Encounter | Ben Oki (California, USA), Milagros Rauber (Venezuela), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico) |
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| 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 |
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| 2003 | Oct. 29 - Nov. 2 | Caracas, Venezuela | Fifth Encounter | Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Qingquan Zhao (China) |
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2005
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July 6-10
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Martinique
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Sixth Congress
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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).
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July 11-15
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Seventh Congress
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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).
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2008
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November 5-9
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Eighth Congress
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Kunio Kobayashi, D. Pedro Morales, Walter Pall, Damián Carlini,
Martín Erculiani, Alejandro Sartori, Omar Dominguez, Wan Siao Fen.
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2009
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July 7-13
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Puerto Rico
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2010
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November 24-28
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Merida Yucatan, Mexico
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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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| 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)
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| 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 | |
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| 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)
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| 2003 | Oct. 30 - Nov. 2 | Fresno | "Bonsai California Style" | Shinji Suzuki, Walter Pall, Ben Oki, Hideko Metaxas |
| 2004 |
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Santa Rosa
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Harunobu Tokita (Japan), Yousuki Omizo (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Mel Ikeda,
William Valavanis, Boon Manikitivipart, Hideko Metaxas, Sean Smith
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Nov. 3-6
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Anaheim
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"The Magic of Bonsai"
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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). |
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Nov. 2-5
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Sacramento
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"Bonsai by the River"
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Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Kathy Shaner, Lindsay Shiba.
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2007
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Oct. 31 - Nov. 4
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Anaheim
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"Bonsai Buccaneers"
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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
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2008
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Oct. 29 - Nov. 2
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Modesto
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"Trees of Dreams"
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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.
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2009
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Nov. 5 - 8
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Riverside
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"A Southwest Bonsai Journey"
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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).
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| 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 |
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Rochester, NY | "Unusual Bonsai" |
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Rochester, NY | "Magic Bonsai" |
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| 1990 |
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Rochester, NY | "Rock Planting" |
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Rochester, NY | "Collected Bonsai" |
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Rochester, NY | "Maple Bonsai" |
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Rochester, NY | "Conifer Bonsai" |
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Rochester, NY | "Deciduous Bonsai" |
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Rochester, NY | "Pine Bonsai" |
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Rochester, NY | "Literati & Cascade Bonsai" |
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| 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 |
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Rochester, NY | "Millennium Bonsai" |
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Rochester, NY | "Contemporary Bonsai" |
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Rochester, NY | "Deciduous Bonsai II" |
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| 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. |
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Sept. 10 - 12
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Rochester, NY |
"Cultivated Bonsai"
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Kenji Miyata, Colin Lewis, Fred Miyahara, Pedro J. Morales, Doug Philips,
Donald P. Torppa, Wm. N. Valavanis
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2005
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Sept. 9 - 11
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Rochester, NY
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"'Unyewsual' Bonsai"
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Dale Cochoy, Yasuo Mitsuya, Martin Schmalenberg, Kathy Shaner, Arthur Skolnik,
William N. Valavanis
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2006
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Sept. 8 - 10
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Rochester, NY
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"Blossoming Bonsai"
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Harvey Carapella, Kora Dalager, David Kreutz, Colin Lewis, Kathy Shaner, Sean Smith, Wm. N. Valavanis
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2007
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Sept. 6 - 9
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Rochester, NY
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"Shohin Bonsai"
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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.
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2008
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Sept. 4 - 7
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Rochester, NY
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"Deciduous Bonsai featuring Maples"
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Peter D. Adams, David Easterbrook, Arthur Joura, Brussel Martin, Matt Ouwinga,
Suthin Sukolosvist, Wm. N. Valavanis
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2009
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Sept. 10 - 13
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Rochester, NY
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"Shohin II Bonsai"
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Nobuichi Urushibata (Japan), Peter Warren (England), Julian Adams, Harvey Carapella, Sean Smith, Suthin
Sukosolvisit, Erik Wigert, Jack Wickle, Wm. N. Valavanis
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| 2010 | Sept. 9 - 12 | Rochester, NY | "North American Bonsai" | David Easterbrook, Mary Madison, Ryan Neil, Martin Schmalenberg, Wm. N. Valavanis |
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| 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 |
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| 1979 | August | Glencoe, IL | Drew more than 9,000 viewers to the Chicago Botanic Gardens | |
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| 1982 | Aug. 20 - 22 | Glencoe, IL | A pomegranate (Punica granatum) exhibited by Tom Tecza was selected as "Best of Show." | |
| 1983 | Aug. 19 - 21 | Glencoe, IL | 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 | Blue Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca') exhibited by Bob Hoffer was selected as "Best of Show." | |
| 1985 | Aug. 16 - 18 | Glencoe, IL | ||
| 1986 | Aug. 15 - 17 | Glencoe, IL | Canaerti juniper (Juniperus virginiana 'Canaerti') exhibited by Jack Douthitt was judged as "Best of Show." | |
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| 1990 | Apr. 17 - 19 | Glencoe, IL | 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 | Brussel Martin, Bill Valavanis, Keith Scott, Sharon Muth, Tony Mihalic, Mike & Candy Hanson José Cueto, Pedro Morales, Harold Sasaki, Dick Meleney | |
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| 1995 | June 16 - 18 | Milwaukee, WI | Hotsumi Terakawa, Bruce Baker, Martin Schmalenberg, Jack Douthitt, Mike Devore, Vance Wood | |
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| 1997 | Aug. 15 - 17 | Glencoe, IL | 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 | Bill Valavanis, Mahalic, Martin, Scott, Waters, Harold Sasaki | |
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| 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) | |
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| 2003 | July 3 - 6 | Mason, OH | Salvatori Liporace (Italy), Colin Lewis (England), Mary Madison, Boon Manakitivipart, Dave Kreutz, Doug Hawley, Vance Hanna | |
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| 1986 | Apr 12 - 13 | North Haven, CT | Yuji Yoshimura, Jim Barrett, Chase Rosade, Dr. David Andrews, Marion Gyllenswan, Robert Dreschler | |
| 1987 | Apr. 25 - 26 | North Haven, CT | Yuji Yoshimura, Toshio Saburomaru, Jim Barrett, Vaughn Banting, Lynn Perry Alstadt, Steve Pilacik | |
| 1988 | Apr. 23 - 24 | Willow Grove, PA | John Naka, Hiroyoshi Yamaji (Japan), Chase Rosade, Jeff Jabco,0 | |
| 1989 | Apr. 29 - 30 | Willow Grove, PA | Dan Robinson, Warren Hill, Randy Clark, Chase Rosade | |
| 1990 | Apr. 29 - 30 | Saddle Brook, NJ | Yuji Yoshimura, William N. Valavanis, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Hu Yunhua (China) | |
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| 1993 | Apr. 16 - 18 | Mahwah, NJ | Ben Oki, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Hal Mahoney, Katherine Shaner, Bruce Baker | |
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| 1995 | May 5 - 7 | Grantville, PA | Yasuo Mitsuya (Japan), Pius Notter (Switzerland), Mary Madison, Bryan Hoerner, Robert Mahler | |
| 1996 | Apr. 26 - 28 | Long Island, NY | Qingquan Zhao (China), Harry Tomlinson (England), Ernie Kuo, William Valavanis, Phil Tacktill | |
| 1997 | Apr. 18 - 20 | Long Island, NY | Farrand Bloch (Holland), Thomas Yamamoto (Japan), Melba Tucker, John Biel (Canada) | |
| 1998 | Apr. 17 - 19 | East Hanover, NJ | Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Colin Lewis (England), Bruce Baker, Jack Billet, Suthin Sukosolvisit | |
| 1999 | Apr. 23 - 25 | East Hanover, NJ | Luis Vallejo (Spain), Kevin Wilson (Great Britain), Katherine Shaner, Gary Marchal, Arthur Skolnik (Canada) | |
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| 2002 | Apr. 19 - 21 | East Hanover, NJ | Mitsuya, Dan Barton (England), Kathy Shaner, Ed Trout, Dale Cochoy | |
| 2003 | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Patrizia Cappelaro De Martino (Italy), Colin Lewis, Dr. David Andrews, Chase Rosade, William Valavanis | |||
| 2004 | Apr. 16 - 18 | East Hanover, NJ | Kenji Miyata (Japan), Hiroyoshi Yamaji (Japan), Craig Coussins (Scotland), Donald Torppa | |
| 2005 | Apr. 15 - 17 | Hanover, NJ | Hatsuji Kato (Japan), David Prescott (England), Cheryl Manning, Andy Smith | |
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| 2010 | Apr. 16 - 18 | Kerhonkson, NY | Charles Ceronio (South Africa), Michele Andolfo (Italy), Michel Phaneuf-Quebec (Canada) |
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| 1995 | Aug. 11 - 13 | Portland, OR |
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| 1996 | Sept. 13 - 15 | Seattle, WA |
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Ernie Kuo, Peter Adams, Brody |
| 1997 | Aug. 22 - 24 | Eugene, OR | Yasubumi Imura(Japan), Kathy Shaner, Tak Yamaura | |
| 1998 | Sept. 19 - 20 | Seattle, WA |
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Sharon Muth, Roy Nagatoshi, Qingquan Zhao |
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| 2000 | Sept. 15 - 17 | Victoria, B.C., Canada |
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Arthur Skolnik (Canada), Boon Manakitivipart |
| 2001 | Sept. 21 - 23 | Bellevue, WA |
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Suisho Nakayama, David DeGroot, John Uchida |
| 2002 | Sept. 20 - 22 | Portland, OR | Masa Furukawa, Ted Matson, Dave DeGroot, Boon Manakitivipart, Joe Harris | |
| 2003 | Sept. 19 - 21 | Bellevue, WA | 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 | 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 | Bremerton, WA | Yasao Mitsuya, Jerry Meislik, Tak Yamaura, Kathy Shaner, Stan Serbousek, Dan Robinson | ||
| 2006 | Sept. 15 - 17 | SeaTac, WA | ||
| 2007 | Sept. 21 - 23 | Vancouver, WA | ||
| 2008 | Sept. 18 - 21 | Spokane, WA | ||
| 2009 | Oct. 2 - 4 | Victoria, B.C., Canada | David Easterbrook, Qingquan Zhao, David Rowe, Tak Yamaura | |
| 2010 | Bremerton, WA | |||
| 2011 | Seattle, WA |
U. S. NATIONAL BONSAI EXHIBITION (USNBA)
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| 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 | |
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| 2010 | June 12-13 | Rochester, NY | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Dr. Alice W. Chen |
| 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]
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| 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] |
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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 | |
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| 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. | |
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| 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). |
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Puerto Rico
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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) |
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