The exhibits this March showed why this Club is going from strength to strength. Whether it was the superb quality of the flower designs, the wild imagination of the botanical arts creations or the sheer abundance of spring's lush horticutural specimens, everything simply sang.
At right, Sarah Olson's sweet tea table decoration, and below, the winners in each category as well as Brenda Bingham's astonishing two-sided design.
Flower Design
Novice 1st: Karen Fricke 2nd: Olga Bequillard 3rd: Kathy Bachmann
Intermediate 1st: Deb Hirsch, 2nd: Marie Donnelly
Advanced 1st: Floss O'Sullivan 2nd: Barbara Baletti 3rd: Carol Callahan
Advanced Plus 1st: Cynthia Corhan-Aitken 2nd: Sarah Stransky
Trial Run Karen Fricke (critiqued only)
Botanical Arts
Topiary
1st: Michele Tomasik
2nd: Karen Fricke
3rd: Cynthia Corhan-Aitken
HM: Fran Ackerly
The Shoe class (all entries with the two firsts at top shown below) was divided by the judges into a ‘dress’ shoe group and a more ‘casual/informal’ shoe group, as there were nine entries total:
The other winners in no particular order ....
‘Dress’ Shoe group
1st: Floss O’Sullivan
2nd: Michele Tomasik
3rd: Fran Ackerly
HM: Cynthia Corhan-Aitken
HM: Jacoba Coes
“Casual/Informal” Shoe group
1st: Karen Fricke
2nd: Cheryl Slutzky
3rd: Marilyn Zaret
HM: Barbara Baletti
Horticulture
First Place—TIE: Cynthia Corhan-Aitken/Kathy Bachmann
Second Place: Celia Radek
Third PlaceL Maureen Sprong
Invitational
Brenda Bingham created this dramatic two-sided design.
