Note: check out previous postings on this show: Opening Day Set-Up Day Chalking Day
The communal snack table at the back of the Pioneer Museum upon which I exclusively dined upon donuts and club cake. I was able to have my cake and eat it, too! |
Topsy Nemke (left) and Terrence Tweedy (right) were our hospitality booth's primary players and they did a great job! |
The Native Sons of the Golden West - San Miguel Parlor #150 did their typical bang-up job operating a full-service Santa Maria-style barbecue for our show. |
Past-President Richard Smithen (left) and David "The Handyman" Nelson posing by our raffle wheel. |
Yukon jade bracelets - I do not recall seeing this type of jade before today. |
Legendary jade hunter and diver-extraordinaire Ernie Porter visited us again today. |
One can always identify the show chairperson by their servicing the bathrooms. |
Our display case competition in the Pioneer Museum.... |
.... was a big hit again this year and our display case competitors did a fine job once again, too. |
Orcutt Mineral Society member (again) Sharon Duncan with our gimpy club president Barbara Bilyeu. |
Club facetor and past-president Rich Smithen (left) and dealer chairman Dale Conrad (right). |
Club bead-maker Pete Duckworth manning his demonstration station. |
Young Chris Driesbach at the grinding wheel demonstration station. |
The scene today at David Nelson's demonstration station featured only two soda cups today, but where is David? |
Our silent auction station never looked better than this year. |
The street-view of the show from Riverside Avenue. |
The show now over, the park thinned out as dealers headed home. |
The park continued to empty and darken as evening deepened. |
Ernie DeFever sharing his views on my performance as show chairman this year. |
With the gathering gloam over the park the day said goodnight. |
All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).
Excellent series of posts on the show and much appreciated. I really wish I could have come down from seattle.
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