Very soon we will be at The Winter Silhouette show! In this month's newsletter I provide information for:

Attendees

Banquet attendees

Exhibitors

Vendors

This is a very long newsletter, so, make sure you read the entire newsletter. Email me at stevenzeisel@gmail.com if my lists below are mistaken.

Please let others know of the show and convince them to drop by. You can help me by getting active on social media, email etc. to encourage as many bonsai people as possible to come see the show.

Attendees info

Location: North Carolina Research Campus, 150 N Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081

The schedule for the show:

Saturday December 2, 2023

Open to public 10 AM-5 PM

​DEMOS

10 AM Rodney Clemmons

2 PM William Valavanis

​ 5 PM Bonsai auction (open to all) 

​ 7 PM  Dinner Banquet at exhibit site (by reservation only)

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Sunday December 3, 2023

Bonsai Critique by WIlliam Valavanis  8:30 AM -10 AM 

Open to public 10 AM-3 PM

DEMOS

10 AM Tyler Sherrod

3 PM Show closes

Banquet info

The banquet will start at 7 PM on the 2nd floor of the atrium.

The following people have paid ($48pp) and have a seat reserved:

Akins, Eli 1

Andes, Gary 2

Arpag, Marc  1

Barnett, Merritt 2

Beckman, Denise 1

Binnall,  Cheryl 2

Blanton, Amy  2

Clark, Gary 2

Clemons, Rodney  1

Ekarintaragun, Pitoon 1

Fahey, Ken 2

Gross, Hank 2

Lauer, Marianne  2

Mack, Jenifer 2

Markoff, Michael  1

McAtee, Mac  1

Mitchell, Mike 1

Noga, Joe  1

Perdue, Reggie 2

Rogers, Stuart 1

Salyer, Shannon  2

Saadat, Palman 2

Peterson, Greg 1

Sherrod, Tyler 1

Sisler, John 1

Snow, Peggy  2

Spitzer, Mark 1

Spradin, Cynthia 2

Thomas, Brett 2

Tran, Dat 2

Thatcher, Bob 1

Tripp, Katerina 4

Valavanis, William 2

Waffa, Brad  2

Zeisel, Steven  2

The following people have not yet paid and will lose their reservation on Nov 1; I will reach out to people on the waitlist after that date. If you want to get on the waitlist you can do so on the website reservations page.

Bradshaw, Ryan 2

Comstock, Mark 1

Dawsey, Rick  2

Dennis, Patty 1

Eliason, Rob 1

Hull, David 1

Kirby, James 1

Lang, Ron 1

Martin, Adair  1

Rogers, Stuart 1

Salyer, Shannon  2

If you do not want to lose your seat, pay $48pp before Nov 1 (paypal susanzeisel@gmail.com as a friend).

Exhibitors info

Before Nov 20th, email me (stevenzeisel@gmail.com) the following information for each tree you are displaying (in order left to right on display table): Tree common name, tree latin name, pot origin (Japanese, American, etc) and maker (artists name or kiln), stand origin (Japanese, American, etc) and maker (if you have artist name).

Setup: Friday Dec 1, 2023. 5 PM-7 PM

Location: North Carolina Research Campus, 150 N Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081

Please don't try to come early, as this is an office building and the owners are kind enough to let us use it.

Please enter via the loading dock - NOT THE FRONT DOORS! The owners ask us to do this as they do not want brass doors scratched. Again, the building owners are kind enough to let us use the building, don't annoy them.

The tables for the exhibitors are in the main atrium. This map will be posted in the atrium, as well as your table assignment by number. You will have a black drape backgroud if you are in the center circle, if you are on a wall the backgroud will be white marble. Each table will have a black table cloth. Your table display is yours to design, please make it something special.

Tear-down starts at 3PM Sunday, not before please! Please clean up after yourselves. Get rid of trash, sweep up after yourself (bring a brush and dustpan), fold your table cloth up. I don't want to have to clean up after you, thanks.

Exhibitors, please be generous and bid for stuff at the auction. The auction helps me defray costs (Table rental alone this year is $2400).

Map of exhibitor tables:

Current exhibitors (with your table number) are:

Andes, Gary 8

Andrews, Luke 22

Arpag, Marc  6

Barnett, Merritt 23

Binnall, Cheryl 24

Blanton, Amy  9

Buechele, Ken   25

Clark, Gary 26

Clemons, Rodney  16

Ekarintaragun, Pitoon 27

Entrekin , Robert 36

Fahey, Ken 28

Geanangel, John  29

Gross, Hank 31

Johnson, Dan 32

Kempinski, Robert 15

Kirby, John 3

Lauer, Ed  10

Mahler, Bob (Kifu Bonsai) 30

Markoff, Michael  33

Martin, Adair  14

McAtee, Mac  18

Mercer, Bryan 21

Miller, Bradford 34

Mitchell, Mike 35

Noga, Joe  12

Oneal, Dan 39

Schmuck, Christopher 1

Perdue, Reggie 37

Russell, Brad 17

Sawheny, Arjun 7

Smith, Dane 38

Saylor, Shannon 20

Tran, Dat 13

Valavanis, William 4

Valavanis, William 5

Voorhies, Alexander 19

Wallace, Robert  2

Zeisel, Steven  11

Vendors info

Setup: Friday Dec 1, 2023. 5 PM-7 PM

Location: North Carolina Research Campus, 150 N Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081

Please don't try to come early, as this is an office building and the owners are kind enough to let us use it.

Please enter via the loading dock - NOT THE FRONT DOORS! The owners ask us to do this as they do not want brass doors scratched. Again, are kind enough to let us use the building, don't annoy them.

Tear-down starts at 3 PM Sunday, not before please! Please clean up after yourselves. Get rid of trash, sweep up after yourself (bring a brush and dustpan). I don't want to have to clean up after you, thanks.

You will get two 6 foot tables (you provide tablecloths if you need them). DO NOT spread out beyond this footprint. We have added many more vendors and space is at a premium.

Each vendor donates stuff for the auction in lieu of paying for vending space. The auction helps me defray costs (Table rental alone this year is $2400).. Please be generous.

Maps of vendor tables (This map will be posted in the atrium, as well as your tables assignment by number :

List of Vendors (name, tables number):

Adams, Julien 15

Akins, Eli 21

Andrews, Luke 1

Barnett, Merritt 23

Boggs, Sonny 19

Buechele, Ken   3

Clark, Gary 2

Comstock, Mark 4

DeSilva, Patrick 5

Ekarintaragun, Pitoon 6

Eliason, Rob 22

Gross, Hank 14

Hallatt, Ken 26

Hull, David 9

Huth, Ken 8

Lages, Betty Lou 7

Mercer, Bryan 12

Miller, Bradford 29

Myrick, Byron 20

Perdue, Reggie 10

Salyer, Shannon 30

Sherrod, Tyler 11

Snow, Peggy  13

Thomas, Brett 28

Tolbert, Preston 16

Tran, Dat 18

Valavanis, William 24

Wallace, Robert  17

Youtz, Andrew 27

Zeisel, Steven  25