March '98 followed by the April Annual Show

The March meeting was one to finalise the Annual Show preparations.  Under the shade shelter at Brian and Judy Fischle's, in ongoing dry, dry, dry.....and hot conditions, just a few good flowers were benched.  The Goomeri members brought Sharon Lord as a visitor to tell us all about the Pumpkin Show in May and we all had a good yarn besides getting some planning done.

This June's Joy was Champion Single and Most Spectacular	Sprinkle Rain - Champion Mini.	Norm & Joy Hatton's Cola, the Champion Seedling, a Brian Kerr creation .	A ring-in worth seeing...not a bad seedling from the Hattons Moonshot x Herm Geller

Sharon promotes Goomeri to some of our Scorched Earth victims.  We're going to the Pumpkin Festival with bells on!!!  It should be fun. Watch for the instalment.

The most important activity of all is our picnic lunch!

The ANNUAL SHOW

at St Patrick's Hall, Gympie

Forced from our usual venue, we made a pretty good job of St Pat's Hall.  The following pictures give you an idea of the fun we had.

Part of the view at the entrance to the Show.	The rest of the view...it cost $2.00 to get past.	Chris Noble with his general information... pests and stuff.	One of the step frames supplied to display blooms.
A view down the hall from the door.		Part of the view back towards the door.
Julie Lindsay and bro'-in-law pose for that moment of fame for the local paper photographer.		Bloom stewards Mal Hay, Judy Fischle and Jan Hay.
Don Macdonald reluctantly poses with his fantastic array of native plant essential oils both aromatic and cosmetic.		Judgment day gets under way with Jocelyn Gehrman, Bob Gray, John Marshall, Shirley Thomas and Marj Dollisson.
Results announcers Entry Steward Judy Fischle, Show Manager Norm Hatton and A.H.S. Prresident Brian Cheers.	Black Knight made a successful appearance again as Champion exhibited by Chris and Patricia Noble.	Fascinatin' Rhythm was the Champion Double and Grand Champion for Norm and Joy Hatton.	Minator is still hard to beat and Kevin and Shirley Thomas have forgotten how many points they've won with it I'm sure.
If only!!!  Just for a moment, Silver Ghost had it all but a seedling can't be Grand Champion.  Champion Seedling and Most Spectacular was all that was left.  Wow!!  Greg & Julie Lindsay raised this from an Oyster Pearl x Stormy Days seed bred by Noel Hedges. Julie was pleased with its performance.		The real Grand Champion Fascinatin' Rhythm with exhibitors, Norm and Joy Hatton.  Champion Double  and Grand Champion trophies are displayed here.
Reg Cornwell wins Mini-Seedling with his new one Desert Sand. This was bred from two un-named seedlings Elena Mia x Creole Flame X Blueberry Tart x Pacific Pearl.	Patricia Noble's Floral Art takes the trophy this time.	Show Manager Norm and President Joy Hatton had a good day.	Shirley Thomas with another one for Minator.