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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. Exhibitions of bonsai usually do not include any significant lectures or demonstrations. 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 and exhibitions 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), Joy Williams and Kath Hughes (FoBBS), Delyse Upton (ABBA), and Cat Nelson (MABE) 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. |
| 1996 | Oct. 19 - 20 | Asheville, NC | Dan Chiplis | |
| 1997 | Oct. 11 - 12 | Asheville, NC | Peter Adams | |
| 1998 | Oct. 10 - 11 | Asheville, NC | Susumu Nakamura | |
| 1999 | Oct. 9 - 10 | Asheville, NC | David DeGroot | |
| 2000 | Oct. 14 - 15 | Asheville, NC | Chase and Solita Rosade | |
| 2001 | Oct. 13 - 14 | Asheville, NC | Walter Pall, Jim Doyle | |
| 2002 | Oct. 12 - 13 | Asheville, NC | Harry Tomlinson | |
| 2003 | Oct. 11 - 12 | Asheville, NC | Rodney Clemons | |
| 2004 | Oct. 9 - 10 | Asheville, NC | Qingquan Zhao | |
| 2005 | Oct. 8 - 9 | Asheville, NC | Dan Robinson | |
| 2006 | Oct. 14 - 15 | Asheville, NC | 13 clubs from 6 states now participating; William N. Valavanis, Terri Ellis Todd, Jim Doyle, | |
| 2007 | Oct. 13 - 14 | Asheville, NC | Brussel Martin | |
| 2008 | Oct. 11 - 12 | Asheville, NC | Peter Adams | |
| 2009 | Oct. 10 - 11 | Asheville, NC | Kathy Shaner, Sibbie Wilson, Terri Todd, Harold Johnson, Jim Doyle, John Geanangel and Ken Duncan, | |
| 2010 | Oct. 9 - 10 | Asheville, NC |
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| 1984 | April 28 - 29 | Mannheim, Germany | 19 countries represented; John Naka (California, USA), Paul Lesniewicz (Germany) headlined; Peter Brown (UK) elected president, Marc de Beule (Belgium) secretary, and Cees Doppenderg (Germany) treasurer. | |
| 1985 | Appeldorn, Holland | |||
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| 1987 | Birmingham, England | Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands) | ||
| 1988 | Heidelberg, Germany | |||
| 1989 | Nantes, France | |||
| 1990 | Turin, Italy | Masahiko Kimura (Japan) | ||
| 1991 | Lensburg, Switzerland | Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands, demo) | ||
| 1992 | May 22 - 24 | Luxembourg | Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Dorothy and Deborah Koreshoff (Australia), Satoru Hanya, Marc Noelanders, Chye Hock Tan, Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands); the European Suiseki Association was born at this convention | |
| 1993 | Zoetermeer, Holland | Deborah Koreshoff (Australia, demo) | ||
| 1994 | Oct. 21 - 23 | Valencia, Spain | Saburo Kato (Japan), Hideo Kato, Shinichi Nakajima, Keiko Yamane (Japan), Dan Barton, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Massimo Bandera, Pep Ferrer, Felipe Recio, Luis Vallejo, Jose Villaescusa, Jorge Penalba, Peter Adams, Jesus Revuelta, Sebastian Fernandez | |
| 1995 | June 9 - 11 | Monaco | Noboru Keneko, Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Ben Oki (California, USA), Gilbert Labrid, Ramsey Kinany, Shinji Suzuki, Giovanni Genotti, Marc Noelanders, Phillippe Schultz | |
| 1996 | May 23 - 27 | München, Germany | Hideo Kato, Pius Notter (Switzerland), Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Dan Barton, Lorenzo Agnioletti, Gijs Meboer, Walter Pall, Gerhard Voderwuelbecke, Michael Wilhelm | |
| 1997 | May 1 - 4 | Bruges, Belgium | Demonstrators from 10 countries. | |
| 1998 | June 18 - 21 | Fermo, Italy | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Hideo Suzuki, Arishige Matsuura | |
| 1999 | July 30 - August 1 | Stratford-upon-Avon, England | Marc Noelanders, Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Luis Vallejo, Kevin Wilson, Martin Bradder, Wendy Carpenter, Gill Duxbury Taylor, Terry Foster, John Hanby, Dave Prescott, Mike Sullivan, Tony Tickle, Hans Van Meer | |
| 2000 | Apr. 28 - May 1 | Arco, Trentino, Italy | Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands); Lorenzo Agnoletti, Michele Andolfo, Adriano Bonini, Patrizia Capellaro (Italy), Aldo Cipollini Carlo, Cetorelli, Donato Danisi, Michele Invernizzi, Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Andrea Parolari Emilio Melloni, Sandro Segneri, Gaetano Settembrini, Alfiero Suardi, Ken Ziliani; Prof. Augusto Marchesini, C. Padrini, Danilo Bonacchi, Prof. Ferruccio Poli | |
| 2001 | May 31 - June 4 | München, Germany | In conjunction w/WBFF | |
| 2002 | May 25 - 26 | Trévarez, France | Philippe Manquant (France), Willi Benz (Germany), Georges Pons (France), Gilbert Labrid (France), Michele Andolfo (Italy), Mrs. Gill Taylor-Duxburry (UK), François Jeker (France), Oscar Roncari, Alain Arnaud (France), Alexander Kennedy (UK), Thierry Font (France), JM. Guillaumond (France), Raymond Claerr, Jürgen Zaar (Germany), Patrice Bongrand (France), Serge Clemence, Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Dirk Mellemans (Belgium), Martin Nielsen (Denmark), Vaclav Novak (Czech), Teunis Jan Klein (Netherlands), Tony Tickle (UK), A. Torres Vazquez | |
| 2003 | May 29 - June 1 | Jihlava, Czech Republic | Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Sae Won Kim (Korea) | |
| 2004 | May 28 - 30 | San Marino | In conjunction w/Unione Bonsaisti Italiani & European Suiseki Association; Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Thierry Quinchon, Enrico Savini, Willy Benz, Lorenzo Agnoletti, Valerio Gianotti, Sandro Segneri, Marco Invernizzi., Terry Foster, Carlos Van der Vaart, Roberto Colombini, Mirko Tedeschi | |
| 2005 | May 6 - 8 | Arco, Italy | ||
| 2006 |
Apr. 28 - May 1 |
Castle Ksiaz, Walbrzych, Poland |
Marc Moelanders, Salvatore Liporace, Vaclav Novak, Marco Invernizzi, Jurgen Zaar,
Serge Clemence |
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| 2007 |
May 17-20 |
Thermae Palace, Oostende, Belgium |
Patrizia Capellaro (Italy, art), Dirk Mellemans (B, demo), Carlos van der Vaart (NL, demo), Jean-Bernard
Gallais (FR, demo), Klaus Buddig (DK, demo), Sarka Jasenska (CZ, demo), Walter Pall (D,
moderator, demo), Thierry Quinchon (B, demo), Marc De Beule (B, demo), Xec Fernandez (E, demo),
Takeo Kawabe (demo) with moderator Hotsumi Terakawa; Marianne Vervaet (calligraphy), Anita Sevenoo
(ikebana); Mr. Su (Taiwan, lect: pottery), W. Benz (Germany, lect: suiseki), M. Remeggio (Italy, lect: display),
Takeo Kawabe and European Students from the Belgian Kawabe School with moderator Danny Use. |
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| 2008 |
Apr. 25-27 |
Vienna, Austria |
Adriano Bonini (Italy), Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Walter Pall (Germany), Willi Benz (Germany), Adriano Bonini (Italy),
Vaclav Novak (Czech Rep.). |
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| 2009 |
March 6 - 8 |
Lorca/Murcia, Spain |
Luis Vallejo (E), Philip Recio (E), David Benavente (E), Gabriel Romero (E),
Antoni Payeras (E), Jaime Canals (E), Erasmo García (E), Santi Galan (E),
Kevin Wilson (GB), Sebastián Fernandez (E), Jorge Campos (E), Jesus Quintas (E),
Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Kevin Wilson (GB), Marc Noelanders (Belgium), François Jeker (France),
David Benavente (E), Pilar Gillen (E), Rafael Monje (E), Takeo Kawabe (Japan). |
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| 2010 | June 11 - 13 |
Zürich, Switzerland | Michele Andolfo (Italy), Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Enrico Savini (Italy), Won Dong Cho (Korea), John Armitage (UK). |
| 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] |
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| 1983 | Apr. 16 - 17 | Staffordshire, England | Harry Tomlinson, Dan Barton, Peter Adams | |
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| 1985 | Sept. | Nottingham University | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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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 | 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 | |
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| 2000 | June 10 - 11 | Margam Park, South Wales, UK | Kevin Wilson, Craig Coussins (Scotland) |
| 1994 | April | San Juan, PR | Eight countries represented; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA) | |
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| 1997 | March 12 - 14 | Cali, Columbia | Hatsuji Kato (Japan), Kayuza Morita (Japan) | |
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| 1999 | June 17 - 20 | Castries, St. Lucia, W.I | Ben Oki (California, USA), Milagros Rauber (Venezuela), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico) | |
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| 2001 | June 22 - 23 | Panama City, Panama | 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 | Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Qingquan Zhao (China) | |
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| 2005 | July 6-10 | Martinique | 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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| 2007 | July 11-15 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | In conjunction w/BCI; Shinji Suzuki (Japan), Marco Innervezzi (Italy), David Benavente (Spain), William N. 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 | 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 Castaño (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) |
| 1978 | November | Berkeley | ||
| 1979 | Nov. 16 - 18 | Newport Beach | ||
| 1980 | Nov. 7 - 9 | Sacramento | Toshio Saburomaru, Ben Oki and Harry Hirao, Dan Robinson, Bob Kato | |
| 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 | 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 in lieu of World Bonsai Convention in Omiya) | |||
| 1990 | Nov. 1 - 4 | Burlingame | Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Mas Imazumi | |
| 1991 | Oct. 31 - Nov. 3 | San Diego | Shinichi Nakajima (Japan), John Naka, Ben Oki, Harry Hirao, John Naka | |
| 1992 | Nov. 5 - 8 | Sacramento | Chase Rosade, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kathy Shaner | |
| 1993 | Nov. 4 - 7 | Irvine | 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 | ||
| 1996 | Nov. 7 - 10 | Sacramento | Suisho Nakayama (Japan), William N. Valavanis (New York, USA) | |
| 1997 | Nov. 6 - 9 | San Diego | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), David DeGroot (Washington, USA) | |
| 1998 | Nov. 5 - 8 | San José | Headliners: Tohru Suzuki and Shinji Suzuki; Kathy Shaner, Roy Nagatoshi, Boon Manakitivipart, Sandy Planting, John Thompson, Jim Gremel | |
| 1999 | Nov. 11 - 14 | Anaheim | 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 | 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 | John Naka, Harry Hirao, Ben Oki, Kathy Shaner, Ted Matson, Kenji Miyata (Japan) | |
| 2002 | Oct. 17 - 20 | Sacramento | 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 | 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 | 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), William N. Valavanis (lecture & slide show) | |
| 2006 | Nov. 2-5 | Sacramento | Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Kathy Shaner, Lindsay Shiba | |
| 2007 | Oct. 31 - Nov. 4 | Anaheim | 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 | 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 | 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 | Oct. 28 - 31 | Santa Clara | Harry Hirao, Kats Kinoshita, Kathy Shaner, John Thompson, Peter Tea, Boon Manakitivipart, Ted Matson, Gordon Deeg, Jim Gremel, Valerie Monroe |
| 1981 | Sept. 12 - 13 | Rochester, NY | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Over 200 registrants; Tony and Frank Mihalic, Harry Tomlinson (UK), Marion Gyllenswan, William N. Valavanis, Harvey B. Carapella, Jack Billet | |
| 1988 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 1989 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 1990 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 1991 | Rochester, NY | John Biel, Reiner Goebel, Nick Lenz, Dan Robinson, Harold Sasaki, Yuji Yoshimura, William N. Valavanis | ||
| 1992 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 1993 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 1994 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 1995 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 1996 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 1997 | Sept. 5 - 7 | Rochester, NY | 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 | 135 people attended; Qingquan Zhao (China), Karen Albert, William N. Valavanis, Masahiro Furukawa, Rodney Clemon, Brussel Martin | |
| 1999 | Sept. 10 - 12 | Rochester, NY | Julian R. Adams, Joe Harris, Dennis Makishima, Martin Schmalenberg, Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sukosolvisit, William N. Valavanis | |
| 2000 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 2001 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 2002 | Rochester, NY | |||
| 2003 | Sept. 5 - 7 | Rochester, NY | 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 | Kenji Miyata, Colin Lewis, Fred Miyahara, Pedro J. Morales, Doug Philips, Donald P. Torppa, Wm. N. Valavanis | |
| 2005 | Sept. 9 - 11 | Rochester, NY | Dale Cochoy, Yasuo Mitsuya, Martin Schmalenberg, Kathy Shaner, Arthur Skolnik, William N. Valavanis | |
| 2006 | Sept. 8 - 10 | Rochester, NY | Harvey Carapella, Kora Dalager, David Kreutz, Colin Lewis, Kathy Shaner, Sean Smith, Wm. N. Valavanis | |
| 2007 | Sept. 6 - 9 | Rochester, NY | 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 | Peter D. Adams, David Easterbrook, Arthur Joura, Brussel Martin, Matt Ouwinga, Suthin Sukolosvist, Wm. N. Valavanis | |
| 2009 | Sept. 10 - 13 | Rochester, NY | 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 | David Easterbrook, Mary Madison, Ryan Neil, Martin Schmalenberg, Wm. N. Valavanis |
INTERNATIONAL STONE APPRECIATION SYMPOSIUM (ISAS)
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| 2002 | Oct. 4 - 6 | Harrisburg/Hershey, PA | Arishige Matsuura (Chairman of the Japanese Suiseki Association), Martin Pauli (Switzerland), Felix Rivera, Hideko Metaxas, Kemin Hu, William Valavanis. In addition, 6 other talented artists and collectors shared openly of their knowledge and experience: Pat Coen, Jim Doyle, Jim Hayes, Howard McNeal, Marty Schmallenberg, Sean Smith, and Arthur Skolnik (Canada). | |
| 2003 | ||||
| 2004 | Oct. 1 - 3 | Harrisburg, PA | Seiji Morimae (Chairman of the Japanese Suiseki Association), Willie Benz (Germany, President of the European Suiseki Association), Chiara Padrini (Italy), Arthur Skolnik (Canada), Hideko Metaxas, Larry Ragel, Pat Coen, Sean Smith, William Valavanis, Martin Schmalenberg, Jim Doyle. | |
| 2005 | ||||
| 2006 | Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 | Grantville/Harrisburg, PA | Uhaku Sudo (Japan, headmaster of the Keido School of display, replaced originally-scheduled Seiji Morimae, Mr. Sudo is Mr. Morimae's sensei); also, Aiseki Kai members Jim Greaves (lect: West Coast Suiseki), Hideko Metaxas (lect: Ikebana), Mas Nakajima (lect: Suiseki Display), and Dr. Tom Elias (lect: the Mystery of Chrysanthemum Stones). | |
| 2007 | ||||
| 2008 | Oct. 2 - 5 | Grantville, PA | Seiji Morimae (Japan), I. C. Su (Taiwan), Peter Warren (England), Kemin Hu (MA, USA), and Xiaoshan Yang (IN, USA). | |
| 2009 | ||||
| 2010 | Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 | Harrisburg/Hershey/Grantville, PA | Seiji Morimae (Japan, "Japanese Suiseki Display I and II," "Japanese Suiseki Philosophy," and "Japanese Aesthetics" and critique); Kemin Hu ("Chinese Stone Appreciation I and II"); Larry Ragle ("Stone Collecting In California" and "Keido Study In Japan" and critique), Rafael Monje Garcia ("Collecting Spanish Suiseki" and critique); Peter Warren ("Japanese Suiseki Aesthetics"); James F. Doyle (work: "Collecting Suiseki," limited to 8 persons); Arthur Skolnik (Canada, work: "Japanese Table Top Dry Garden," limited to 10 persons); Sean Smith (lect: Kiri Bako (Wooden Box Making)); William N. Valavanis (lect: "Stone Placement in Suiban"). | |
| 2011 |
INTERNATIONAL STONE COLLECTION ASSOCIATION (ISCA)
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| 1991 | May | Taipei, Taiwan | ||
| 1992 | ||||
| 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 |
KOREAN BONSAI ASSOCIATION
(Korean Bonsai Growers Cooperative) (KBA)
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| 1986 | April 22 - May 17 | |||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1988 | Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 | Seoul | ||
| 1989 | ||||
| 1990 | Mar. 5 - 9 | Seoul | ||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1992 | Oct. 9 - 13 | Seoul | ||
| 1993 | Aug. 6 - 15 | Seoul | ||
| 1994 | Oct. 28 - Nov. 1 | Seongnam | ||
| 1995 | Oct. 27 - 31 | Seoul | ||
| 1996 | May 31 - June 9 | Seoul | ||
| 1997 | May 3 - 18 | Ulsan | ||
| 1998 | Oct. 12 - 18 | Gwacheon | ||
| 1999 | Oct. 14 - 18 | Seongnam | ||
| 2000 | ||||
| 2001 | June 1 - 5 | |||
| 2002 | Oct. 17 - 20 | |||
| 2003 | Oct. 22 - 26 | |||
| 2004 | May 19 - 22 | |||
| 2005 | May 9 - 12 | |||
| 2006 | May 19 - 25 | |||
| 2007 | Oct. 3 - 7 | Incheon | ||
| 2008 | May 6 - 9 | Daejeon | ||
| 2009 | Oct. 28 - 31 | Pocheon | ||
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