Button Contest 2012
Congratulations to our button winners!
They are:
Joanne Tsukamoto - 1st Place - $100
Julie Sutherland - 2nd Place - $50
Karen Booth - 3rd Place - $25
We had an exceptionally well entered contest this year, thanks to Debbie Arrington from the Sacramento Bee who was kind enough to put an article in the paper regarding our contest. We ended up with 50 entries! We unfortunately had to limit the number to be voted on, so we started with 20 entries. The membership voted on their top six favorites and from there we voted a second time for our number one, two and three top entries. We are very pleased with our button winner, who caught the essence of what our theme, Crazy for Camellias, meant. Joanne's drawing was brought to "Buttonworks" where they made her drawing into a button.
The new button is now available for purchase! Please call me (see below) and I will be happy to take your order. We will have lots of buttons at the Show on March 3rd, so please stop by the Information Booth or the Hostess area to buy a button. Sale of the buttons help keep us going as a group. So please help us out by purchasing one (or two...) at the Show.
Thank you everyone for entering the button contest this year and we hope that you enter again next year!
If you have any questions, please feel free to call
Julie Vierra
916-371-2174
or email her at
j4sfgiants@sbcglobal.net
PHOTO CONTEST - 2012
We will once again have our well entered photo contest this year! So start looking around for some camellia shots to take for the Show. The categories this year are:
1. Best Single Camellia
2. Best Camellia(s) in a landscape
3. Best Camellia(s) with a child or pet in the photo
4. Best Camellia(s) with adult(s) in the photo
5. Humorous Camellia photo (NOT with children or pets. Something that will make the judges smile!)
RULES
1. Contestants must be amateur photographers and a member in good standing of any Camellia Society.
2. Contestants may enter in any 4 of the 5 categories. Please, only one entry per Family in each category.
3. All entries must be 8 x 10, vertical or horizontal, and displayed in a 11 x 14 Black mat. (Mats available at art stores, Michael's, photo shops, etc.)
4. Entries must have the photographer's name, address and phone number on the back of each photo. It should not be visible from the front.
5. Contestants need to fill out a Camellia Entry Card to submit with each photo. These are completed the same way as if you were entering a bloom. Example, Front of card: Section No. 1 - Variety: Single Bloom. Inside of card need only have exhibitors name and address.
6. All photos, with completed entry cards, should be placed in the correct Photo Section by 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 3, 2012.
7. Photos will be judged on the overall quality of the composition with emphasis on the Camellia bloom(s).
8. Ribbons and trophies will be awarded to winners in each division.
If you have any questions, please call Jackie Randall, 421-2456
Congratulations to Randall Ishida for his winning poem in 2011!
Here it is:
Camellias are...
Camellias are flowers for show,
Each on with a special glow.
Camellias come in different blooms, sizes and shapes
...some, so delicate just like crepes.
Camellias come bright red
And look nice in a flower bed.
Camellias are pink
So pretty they make you think.
Camellias bloom white,
Oh, what a wonderful sight.
Camellias in the sun look nice
Even when it's cold and covered in ice.
Camellias take time to mature and grow
So they will be ready to show.
Camellias take lots of care
And soon they'll be ready to share.
Poem Contest 2012
Start thinking about the poem you want to write for the 2011-2012 Camellia Season. It's easy to do! Just write it and hand it over to one of our board members. We haven't decided who will be on the poem contest team this year.
Happy Penning!
2011 Best of Show winner Elaine's Betty
grown and shown by
Don and Joan Lesmeister
