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New
Information on Our Fall 2024 Convention Show
Well
dog gone it!
Things
simply didn’t work out with the Birmingham Botanical Gardens for our
2024 show in spite of all of Michael’s efforts. The contract
the Gardens’ staff finally provided was incomplete, and they
haven’t reworked it. They advised Michael that they’ve
had an employee shortage and have also made new rules for Garden
events. Due to the Gardens’ slowness in even providing us a
date, many of our faithful convention attendees have wound up with
other obligations for the week we were given. That includes
Kathy Spissman, one of our two vendors. That’s understandable
as we had tried and were hoping to obtain a September date.
Because
so many are unable to attend, the time is short, and the contract has
not been worked out, the Dixie officers have all agreed unanimously
that rescheduling
this show to next fall
is our only choice. We’re sorry this year’s show has turned
out to be so iffy. It’s certainly not Michael or Robbie’s
fault.
In
the meantime, Michael was able to obtain a September date for our 2025
show. More information about that will be coming out so we can
all plan around it. Our schedule was approved, and we’ll adapt
it for next year’s show.
Best
wishes for fall even if we don’t get to enjoy a fun get-together
this year.
Betty
Ferguson
Dixie
President
Results
for our October 2023
DAVS Convention Show
Best in Show, Best Variegate, and Best
Semiminiature Eternal Orbit Shown by Wayne Geeslin
Best
Design In Show and Best Dish Garden Created by Phillis Hinkle
See more pictures on our Convention
Page Also, you are invited to ready Becky's observations
from the November 2023 Dixie News about this very successful convention
and show.
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The May 9, 2024, Numbers 1 -1916,
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View
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and decide for yourself!
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representing the best procedures used by our members. Additionally,
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African Violet and
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After two years of
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